Noun

MEANING

Sickness, illness, disease.

Exampleof use

Ikatwano bulwele, MEANING:  To be seized by a sickness.

OTHER RELATEDUSES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS WORDS.

DERIVATIVE: - Lwala.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS /PHRASES /COLLOQUIALUSE/ EXPRESSIONS

FIGURATIVE: 1. Bulwelebwa cambu, MEANING:   A countagiousdisease. 

2.Bulwele bwa mfumu,litensha calo, LITERAL TRANSLATION:   Thesickness of the country shakes the world, MEANING: The slightest illness of thechief scares his people.

Ubulwele bwa makowesha MEANING tuberculosis (TB)

Ubulwele bwa mpepo MEANING malaria, fever

Ubulwele bwa kansa MEANING cancer

Ubulwele bwa cifine MEANING the common cold, flu

Ubulwele bwa kalaye nokoMEANING AIDS

Ubulwele bwa kalyelyeMEANING rabies

Ubulwele bwa shuga MEANING diabetes

Ubulwele bwa nsala MEANINGmalnutrition

Ubulwele bwa kabulungwa ka kubwaume MEANING prostate disease

Ubulwele bwa kalaso (bambe, kabali, kasoma) MEANING pleurisy or pneumonia

Ubulwele bwa kakosi musa (cipumputu; shinsa, kunyu MEANING epilepsy, seizure disorder

Ubulwele bwa kunyu MEANINGfits, epilepsy, seizure disorder

Ubulwele bwa mulopa ukubutukisha MEANING hypertension

Ubulwele bwa musamfu MEANING febrile convulsion. This is due to highfever in children

Ubulwele bwa shinsa (cipumputu; akakoshi musa) MEANING; fits, epilepsy, seizure disorder

Ubulwele bwa shinsa (Cipumputu; Akakoshi Musa MEANING Epilepsy

Ubulwele bwa Kwikatwa na Lupuma MEANING Stroke

Ubulwele bwa kucipande ca mubili ica Kabulungwa ka ku Bwaume MEANING prostate diseases

Ubulwele bwa icele MEANINGDysentry

Amalwele ya Kolela na Taifodi MEANING Cholera and Typhoid

Amalwele ya tushiishi na sumu mu Fyakulya MEANING Food Poisoning

Ubulwele bwa mubongola MEANINGBirhazia

Ubulwele bwa kushipula MEANING Sleeping Sickness

 

Some of the knowndiseases:

Bambe, kabali, kasoma, cicintila, cisoma- pleurisy.

Bulebe- pararysis

Bushilu- epilepsy, madness

Cele- dysentery

Citubi- eye cataract

Cibukulo –goitre

Cifu – stomach trouble

Cimisha – sourness of the stomach

Cipulukusu –swelling due to blow

Cisole – stricture of the vagina

Cisongo – skin disease

Cishi – homesickness

Cite, lukata- weakness of the legs

Cuulu –large tumour, boil

Fibashi – leprosy

Fundwefundwe – pustules on body

Kakoshi musa – epilepsy

 Kamonkola, nasuna –inflammation of the gums

Kampasa, umwalo, nkanga – small pox

Kapangi – urethra disease

Kapoopo – articular rheumatism

Kasanga, mutulu – eye disease

 Kasokopyo – sty

Kaswende – syphilis

Katungwe – whitlow, abscess

Lubeleka – hard, swollen stomach

Luubu – skin disease

Lubungu – decay of teeth

Lukanu, kalongwe – blepharitis

Lupolomyo – diarrhea

Lusuku – dropsy

Mboboyo –ear trouble

Mpepo – fever

Mpelo – swelling of stomach

Muca – toothace

Mupindo – colics

Mubamba – elephantiasis

Mubongola – bilharzia

Mulemba – otitis

Mutunta – heart disease

Nsukulu – itching on the ear

Ntanda bwanga – tuberculosis, lingering disease

Nsundu – skin disease

Ntifu – hiccup

Sakatila – mumps

Shinsa – epilepsy

Shiki – dysentery ,diarrhoea