Noun

plural - amacinga

MEANING

Game pit.

Example of use

Imba ubucinga, MEANING: To dig a game pit.

TYPES OFFF GAME PITS

Bucinga bwa nsomokela, MEANING: A game pit covered with grass and having sharp stakes at the bottom .

Bucinga bwaciyanda MEANING A round game pit 

 Bucinga bwa mwalo MEANING: A game pit plastered and set with a half-broken beam 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

1.     Ubucinga shimwelela nshiku, MEANING: The game pit does not give results in a day.

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1.

Mumbulu unakila ubucinga.

Literal translation. 

A wild dog which looks beseechingly at a game pit.

Meaning. 

Said of a person who is submissive and kind as long as he wants to getsomething.

Bemba Meaning. 

Umuntu uunakila, pantu pali ifintu alefwaya.

Similar proverbs

Mwanya fili kwisaya.

PROVERB 2

Akalafya kaimbile ubushima (ubucinga) inshiku ashilawilamo.

Literal translation

Mister Let-me-forget dug a pit for the past to fall into.

Meaning

 When a person has been unjustly treated they act as if they have forgotten about it, but in fact they wait for an opportune moment to wreak their revenge

Bemba meaning

Ubushima ekutiila ubucinga. Calola ku muntu uwakuti bamubifyo mulandu, atala aba ngo wasulako mpaka uwamubifishe asuka atumpa, elyo aponya akatekele kacilandushi.

PROVERB 3

 Cibinda mwaice alya imo, ashika nobucinga. 

 Literal translation

The inexperienced hunter ate one animal and then filled in the game pit 

Meaning

Said of someone you have helped, instead of being grateful he is cheeky, he will get nothing else from his benefac­tor (anya ku ntulo).

 Bemba meaning

Impelwa mano ngayalipililwa ulupiya ilalaba na ku ncito, yal­anwafye ubwalwa. Bambi nabo nga aikuta apoosa nolukasu alaba ukuti ifili kubutala maafi, fikapwa.