Noun

Plural: mipya

MEANING

Place or any space cleared by fire in bush

Example of use

Ukooca umupya, MEANING: To burn a place in the bush

PROVERBS

Kalulu tapusuka mipya ibili

Literal translation: The hare does not escape the burning plains twice.

Meaning: A person who escaped without punishment for the first offence won’t be so lucky the second time. Eventually the mischief marker will come to grief)

Bemba Meaning: Ukuicita nga wewacenjela kuti wasuka waonaula na ishuko lyobe, nga wapusuka umuku umo,witiila walicenjela iyo, washukile fye, tecakwesha ukubwekeshapo imisango iifwile yakuletelela.