Verb intranstive

MEANING

To fail

 

Example of use

Amaka yasuka yabula, MEANING: He has no strength left.

MEANING 2

To be in need of

Example of use

Wabula amaano, MEANING: You are in need of brains.

MEANING 3

To be absent, missing, found missing( when checking up)

Example of use

1.Tauletele fyonse, fyabulapo fibili, MEANING: You did notbring everything, there are two missing.

2.Umwaice uko atoola fulwe tabulapo MEANING: A child will notreadily leave ( or will always come back to) a place where he found a tortoise.

3.Kubula kwa kuya, or lubula ( lwendo) kwa kuya nga nayakale, MEANING: Had I had a place to go, I would have gone long ago.

4.Mbula ine, MEANING: Without me.

5.Ubula iwe, MEANING: Without you.

6.Ubula iwe, we mulume wandi, nga natufwa ku nsala, MEANING,Without you , my husband, we would have died of hunger.

7.Aubula bapo, nga banjipaya, MEANING: If you had not beenthere, they would have killed me.

8.Ishiwi ilyabule teeko, MEANING: Word spoken very quicklyand that one cannot catch.

9.Mulandu uwabula ibiko, MEANING: A difficult affair, had tosettle.

 

Passive- Bulwa,(bulilwe)

APPL - bulila.