Augmentative Noun

 Singular: icona

Plural: ifyona

 MEANING

A big nose, snout.

Example of use

Kapoli aba na icona,

MEANING: A pig has a big nose.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Moona.

PROVERBS

Icona ca ngulube calaipeneka,

Literal Translation: The snout of the wild pigalways curls up.

Meaning: The affair came to light because the culprit gavehimself away. Some things cannot be kept hidden no matter what a person does toconceal them e.g. the pregnancy of an unmarried woman

Bemba Meaning

 Ifintu fmo tufifsama; kuti caileetafye iciinepabwelu, nangu mulefivaya atemwa iyoo; ukucila ififuma mumicitile ibi.

Similar proverb

Icilomo cangulube, cilaipeneka