Verb transitive.

MEANING 1

To turn someone back, to cause to return, to put back on the road.

Example of use

Abakana ukumwalulula nga aliluba,

MEANING: If he or she had not been told to come back, he or she would have gotten lost.

MEANING 2

To beat the game towards the nets.

Example of use

Alululaimbushi shingile mwicinka, MEANING: Beat the goats back to the kraal.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

bwelulula

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE –Alululwa.

APPLICATIVE –Alulwila.

Example of use

1.     Cinshi wamwalulwile? MEANING: Why did you make him or her return?

2.     Ku mumana eko namwalulwila, MEANING: I made him or her come back at the river.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Ulino kwalulula abantu abatoolele imisango ishiweme, MEANING: You must set right the people of those who have adopted such bad manners.

 

PROVERBS

 

1. Icikulu tacalululwa.

Literal translation

Greatness can never be changed and become small.

Meaning

Your elder brother or sister will never be your younger brother or sister. Applied to any sort of greatness, e.g. a chief/president cannot be changed or his decision altered.

Bemba Meaning

Umukalamba obe takatale aba umwaice obe. Imfumu ni mfumu, nefyo yapingula ninshinaipingula.