kula
KOO-lah
How to say it
SwahilikulaKOO-lahsoon
Englishto eat
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Meaning
To take food into the mouth and swallow it; in speech also to spend money or to take a bribe.
Good to know
The ku stays in most tenses: nitakula, I will eat; amekula, she has eaten. Chakula is food and mlo a meal; kula rushwa is to take bribes.
Examples
- Tunakula chakula cha jioni saa mbili.We eat dinner at eight.
- Watoto wamekula wali na maharage.The children have eaten rice and beans.
- Sitaki kula nyama leo.I do not want to eat meat today.
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