Noun

MEANING

Garden, cultivated patch in forest fertilized with ashes of branches.

Example of use

1.Tema ubukula MEANING: Lop trees for the bukula (garden)

2. cikanga bukula, MEANING: A half fertilized garden.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Citemene, cikumba

 

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1

Tulebutanda ( bukula), kano kashila wa ndala atontwela

LITERAL TRANSLATION

 We will sow, unless the marker of furrows (for seeds) gets tired of it.

MEANING:

When someone starts a work one should finish it, unless something serious prevents one. Courage andperseverance are all that is needed).

Bemba meaning

Icintu ukucicenda kanonuishiba apo cipelele. Ukwangwa ukucite cintu ninshi nuimona ifyo uli. Calolanamukuti apali intun­gulushi kano ulepima kuli ulya wine, nga wamona ifyo acitaelyo waishiba auti kanshi tacafishe. Ukusuushe lungu kwendapo. Icitiila lumbwe nina, ecitiila lumbwe ika. Cimbwi ekatiila umukoosha

 

PROVERB 2

Bukula, mwana wa mbusa, tabukula bwangu

Literal translation

Bukula is a small child, it does not grow quickly (pun on the words bukula and kula: to grow)

Meaning:

Rome was not built in a day

Bemba meaning

Nga uli no mute, nefikali fyone kuti wacimfya

PROVERB 3

Ukutema ubukula bukalamba, kwenda umutende

Literal translation

Cutting (lopping) trees for a big garden means being in good health

Meaning:

Big work requires good health

Bemba meaning

Sungeni ubuumi bwenu. Nga uli no buumi busuma fyonse kuti wabomba