Noun

MEANING

 Flour, meal.

Example of use

1.      Ubunga bwa mpumpu, MEANING: Ordinary flour

2.       Ubunga bwa mpombo, MEANING: Fine flour

3.      – Ubungabwa mimena, MEANING: Malt (germinated grain used in the fermentation of beer).

4.       – Ubunga bwa mpese, MEANING: Fine dust produced by wood borers.

5.      –Kasa ubunga, MEANING: To dilute flour with water.

6.      –Kanda ubuunga bwa mukate, MEANING: To knead dough for bread.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Aingilwa na ubunga mu mutwe, LITERAL TRANSLATION: He spread his head with flour, MEANING: He is getting old, grey haired.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

 –Mena imfwi or indale.

PROVERBS

 Ubunga bushipelele noko mito,

Literal translation.

The flour that your mother did not grind is ashes for you.

Meaning.

Flour that does not belong to you will not satisfy your hunger. Do not covet your neighbour's goods.

Bemba meaning.

Icintu ico ukwete we mwine, icili ku mubiyo nangu ciwame cafye, kano nga wamuli iwe. Uo mushili nankwe nangu mu mwakwe mununkile ifya mabwenge atemwa ifyawama shani, fyanshi ifyo ushalyeko?

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1.      Akanwa  katikila uko ulya.

PROVERB 2

Pakwakana ubunga nasofyala tapaba nsoni.

 Literal translation

When sharing mealie meal with your father in law, do not be shy to ask or get your fair share

Meaning

There are occasions when a person has to defend his rights despite the human respect he may feel about the person he has to deal with

 Bemba meaning(

Umulumendo uwali na bashifyala pa lwendo, balongele impao mu lupe lumo. Ilyo baafikilepa masansa yanshila apo baali no kulekanina lumbwe aatile: Pakwakana ubunga...Mukwai apo twalalekana nabanjakanyeko ubunga. Awe bayakana. Pantu umushiushili noko nokupula milimo. 

Nga waumfwa insoni, bakufyenga, uko uleya kuti wafwa ne nsala

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