Noun

Plural: mipundu

MEANING

A kind of treebearing a lupundu fruit

PROVERB

Umupundu ukulu taukubilila

Literal translation: The big mupundu tree never stops yieldingcompletely.

Meaning: a responsible parent does not eateverything but leaves some for emergency

Bemba Meaning: Umukuluafwile ukusengulwila ifintu nga fyabula. Abati umukalamba afwile ukuti alebiikatumo mwitumba utwa kuntanshi

PROVERB 2

Abekala mu mupundu ebomfwa uko impundu shilepona

Literal translation: those who sit nearthe mupundu are the ones who hearwhen the mupumdu fruit falls

Meaning: only eye witnesses can really be trusted

Bemba Meaning: ububinangu ubusuma bwa muntu bomfwa kubo bangala nabo. Ubusuma nangu ububi bwa cupo,bomfwa kubaupana. Abati uwacisangwako nga alanda te kuti umukanye