kutulia
koo-too-LEE-ah
How to say it
Swahilikutuliakoo-too-LEE-ah
Meaning
To become or stay calm and quiet, without worry or movement, or to settle in one place or situation.
Good to know
No object: tulia! calm down, keep still; mambo yametulia, things have calmed down. The adjective -tulivu and the noun utulivu, calm, come from it.
Examples
- Tulia, daktari atakuja sasa hivi.Calm down, the doctor will come right away.
- Hali ya usalama imetulia mjini.The security situation has calmed down in town.
- Mtoto hawezi kutulia mahali pamoja.The child cannot keep still in one place.
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