Noun

MEANING

appl. Of buka

Exampleof use

Ekoulubuli lwabuukila, MEANING: There the fightstarted.

 

MEANING2

Toassault, attack

Exampleof use

Fikasukaafimubuukila MEANING: His evil ways will finally turn against him.

MEANING3

To takepossession of

Exampleof use

Uoaipeye alimubuukila, MEANING: The one he killed took possession of him. (aperson who dies with anger in his heart, is supposed to come back as an evilspirit( ciwa) to worry and take possession of the living.)

 

 

 

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OTHER RELATEDUSES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS WORDS.

Refl. Ibuukilaumwine.

MEANING

To wake up byoneself. To get up by one’s own strength, as sick person.

Passive. Bukulwa.

MEANING 2

1.     To be hardened in vice.

Alibuukilwa mubucende, he is an inverterate adulterer.

2.     To be attached, beset (physical or morally),tempted, scolded.

Bukilwa ne ciwa, to be possessed by an evil spirit.