Adjective.

MEANING

Wild, fierce, angry with the proper prefix.

EXAMPLE OF USE

inama nkali or ikali.MEANING: a wild animal.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

DERIVATIVE: bukali, cikali, ukali (from kalipa).

INTENSIVE: - Kalipisha

 

PROVERBS

Ifikali filapwa, uluyendele lwashala.

  LITERAL TRANSLATION: The beast disappears and the journey keeps on.

MEANING: Bad days are followed by better times.  After the rain, the sunshine.

  BEMBA MEANING: Inshiku shabipa tashiikalilila iyo.  Nga wapita mu kucuula ilingi icikonkapo kusekelela.

Allusion to the fable in which the wily have got rid of all the wild animals and went on his journey.