Buta.
Noun.
MEANING 1.
Bow.
Example of use.
1. -Lema ubuta,MEANING: To bend a bow.
2. –Fona mu buta, MEANING: To pull the bowstring.
MEANING 2.
The trigger of a gun.
-Bwesha ubuta, MEANING: To pull the trigger.
MEANING 3.
War.
Example of use.
1. -Busho ubuta, MEANING: To declare war.
2. –Lalika ubuta, MEANING: To announce the end of the war.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
Inkondo.
MEANING 4.
A draw-plate.
Example of use.
Buta bwa nsambo, MEANING: It is a draw-plate.
MEANING 5.
The placenta.
Example of use.
Ubuta bumo tabwisusha ?anda, MEANING: One placenta does not fill up the house, i.e. there is room for more children.
MEANING 6.
Heirlooms.
Example of use.
Atoola amata yakwa munyina, MEANING: He inherited the heirlooms from his brother.
MEANING 7.
Amata (ya ngulu) ya mipashi, MEANING: The paraphernalia of one who pretends to be possessed by spirits.
FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE/EXPRESSIONS.
FIGURATIVE: -Kaka mu buta MEANING: (To stretch the bowstring) i.e. to insist, persist in one’s demand.
PROVERBS.
PROVERB 1
Shiwaililwa onta ubutabwakwe.
Literal translation.
He who is overtaken bynightfall burns his bow as firewood.
Meaning.
Necessity knows no law.
Bemba meaning
Umuntu nga aculisha kuti aashitishaneco-ashalefwaya ukushitisha.
PROVERB 2
Ubuta bumo tabwisushang'anda.
Literal translation
One placenta does not fillup the house.
Meaning
The more children themerrier
Bemba meaning
Akaana kamo... umushiushili baice.
PROVERB 3
Ubuta bwamukalambabulashila pa kapanda (pa buleele)
Literal translation
The bow of the old manstrikes from the hook where it hangs, or from a lying position.
Meaning
An old man who cannot gohunting anymore has a right to a share in the game
Bemba meaning
Ekutiila umukalamba nanguteemine pa busanshi-abaana kuti bamuleetela. Kabili calola na mukuti umukalambateekuti amone amaka ya kupita mu kupempula abaana umo baikala. Abaana ebali nokwenda ukuyamona, umufyashi wabo. Umwine mbwa tashiita. Kolwe wakota asabilwana baana.
Similar proverb
Mayo mpaapa, nainenkakupaapa
Uwafyala taliiwa na mbwa
PROVERB 4
Ubuta bwauma, bwaumina ukufunika.
Literal translation
The bow that is bent tootight breaks.
Meaning
An obstinate person willnot get away with it for too long
Bemba meaning
Epamo ne cikutwilwe tacumfwandibu. Umuntu nga alakana ukumfwa ku bantu nishi pail icilemubendelacimuwikishe mubwafya atemwa mumfwa.
PROVERB 5
Wafunina buta pa kalulu.
Literal translation
You have ruined your bow ona hare
Meaning
you have wasted your energyon a trifling.
Bemba meaning
Waonaula amaka pa fya bupuba.Ulepoosa icuma pa finangwa. Ukufulwa nelyo pashili mulandu wiine wiine.