Verb Transitive

MEANING
To cause to resemble, to liken, to compare.

Example of use
Mbuusa shimo bapalanya ku banakashi, shimo ku nkalamo, MEANING: They made some figurines look like women, and some others look like lions.
Ndemupalanya ku finama fya mu mpanga, MEANING: I will compare him to the big beasts in the forest.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES
Reflexive: Aipalanya kuli cimbwi ku kwenda, MEANING: He wanders from place to place like a hyena.
Passive: -palanishiwa.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS
Nil.

PROVERBS
Nil.