Noun

MEANING 1

Owner, master, head.

Example of use

Abene matala ni bani?  MEANING : Who are the owners of the grain bins?

MEANING2

other people's thing, possession etc.

Example of use

1.     Muntu wa bene, MEANING: A relative of someone else.

2.     Muka bene, MEANING: Another man’s wife.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Bene mu musumba abashibipilwa masha LITERAL TRANSLATION: The owner of the palace, whose dance is never bad MEANING the owners can do no wrong

PROVERBS

I?ombe kwi Lala shaba nabene.

Literal translation

The cattle of the Ilala people have owners

Meaning.

Knowing that there is wealth in a place leads to nothing when one cannot share in it.

Bemba meaning.

Ifintu fyabene fintu fyabene, teeti ucetekela ati ukalyamo. Iwe ishiba ifyo wikete mu minwe yobe