Verb transitive and intransitive

MEANING

To take or receive with both hands; to take up; to assent

Example of use

1.     Pokelela, MEANING receive it

2.     -pokelalo lwimbo, MEANING to take up a song, a refrain

3.     -pokelela ishiwi lya mfuma, MEANING to take up a subject spoken of by the chiefand give it one’s assent

4.     PROVERBS

Ukupokelela uwa matako yakulu,akakupoke cipuna.

Literal translation

If you welcome someone with big buttocks he will eventually get your chair.

Meaning

Beware of selfish and ambitious people.

Bemba meaning

Uwabukakashi nangu umone anakilile wimutekelesha. Uwa bucenjeshi tewa kufukatila.