Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To fix bands around hut or grain bin. Two flexible sticks (imango) are set horizontally inside and outside the poles forming the framework of the hut and are tied together with bark rope

Example of use

Bashi Mwape, mubange i?anda, MEANING:  Father of Mwape, you must fix bands around the hut.

MEANING 2

To file the teeth

 

Example of use

1.     Nababanga ameeno, MEANING:  They have filed their teeth

2.     Leka nkubange ameeno, MEANING:  Let me file your teeth

MEANING 3

To pull out teeth.

Example of use

Banga ameeno yansofu, MEANING:  Pull out the tasks of an elephant.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE  lubango, kabanga mutwe

COMPARE: Nshinsa.

PASSIVE: –Bangwa

APPLICATIVE: -Bangila and–Bangalila.

Example of use

Alefwaya utumutiutwa kubangilila pa mulu wa lwino, MEANING:He is looking for sticks to bind the shelf over the fireplace.

FIGURATIVE

Nil

PROVERBS

Banga banga tabangisha bwino

Literal translation

Hurry up and file the teeth quickly does not result in a good finish

Meaning

A job that one is forced to do in a hurry is usually not done well

Bemba meaning

Pakubomba umulimo bwino calinga umuntu natekanya