Verb transitive and intransitive.

MEANING 1.

To have hiccups,as a person dying.

Example of use.

Aletifula or aletifula ntifu, he hascontinual hiccups.

MEANING 2.

Verb transitivecausative of –tifuka, to crack.

Example of use.

Aletifula ulumono, MEANING he cracked the branch of a castor-bean plant.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

Passive: -tifulwa to be made to crack.Applicative: -tifwila.