noun

Plural - Bakalulu

 MEANING.

The hare (Personification of cunningness in local  folklore).

Also called: Kalulu ncenjele.

       : The wily hare.

 

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS

1. Kalulu munshipuswa mu nshimi. MEANING The hare (Personification of cunningness in local  folklore).

2. Kalulu ncenjele.The wily hare who’ is always mentioned in fables. MEANING: A person who is always suspected owing to his bab character.

3. Kalulu atumine insofu; nimpeniko ako. The hare sent the elephant on an errand; do give me that. MEANING: Polite way for a child to address an elder person when asking a favour.

4. Ni Kalulu wa matanda ayeengi.He is the wily hare with many mats. MEANING: A man who divorces and remarries every now and again. (A woman chaser).

5. Laala utwa Kalulu MEANING: To sleep with one eye open (like the hare of fable)