Verb Intransitive.

MEANING

To be bitter (unsociable).

Example of use

Uyu umuti walilula saana, MEANING: Those tablets are very bitter.

MEANING 2 (Onomatopoeic)

To patter (of rain) torumble, roar as thunder, wind, aeroplane etc).

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE: bululu,kalululu, ndulu.

APPLICATIVE:lulila.

INTENSITIVE:lulisha.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Alilulanga lunda.

He is as bitter as a ‘lunda’squash.

Alulapababiye.

He is scolding others very severely.

He is unsociable to others.

PROVERBS

Tabululilansupa nkulu.

Literaltranslation

Thestronger beer is not always the one in a big calabash.

Meaning

Real valueis not gauged by bulk.

Bembameaning

Icintuicisuma nangu cingaba pafingi cifwile camoneka.