Fuluka
Verb Transitive and Intransitive.
MEANING 1
Tobe homesick, to long for home, to miss one’s people.
Example of use
Alefuluka ku?anda,MEANING: He/she is longing to behome.
MEANING 2
Toflow over (beer).
Example of use
Ubwalwa bulefukana bukalipa,MEANING: The beer is flowing overbecause it has over fermented.
SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST
–Pala.
RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS
PASSIVE:–Fulukwa :To be missed (said ofabsent or dead person).
APPLICATIVE: –Fulukila.
FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS
PROVERB 1
Imyenu balafuluka ne ibi (Or ne mbi)’,
Meaning:
Ahome, though it may be bad, is always longed for.
Meaning
There’sno place like home.
BembaMeaning
Takwabaicifulo nangu icaalo kubweni icingalingana nakumwenu. Nangu ucindame shani,wikale bwino shani, ukumfwa fye nikubweni, teekumwenu, ninshi nakashala.
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