noko
Noun
MEANING
Your mother.
Example of use
Ba noko nabesa kuno MEANING: Your mother has come here.
MEANING 2
Na uko = noko
even where, where
Example of use
Noko naciya taakwaciba MEANING Even where I went there was nothing
PROVERBS
1. PROVERB 1
Noko, tafiita minwe
Literal translation:
Your mother never has dirty hands
Meaning:
Never criticise your mother, ignore her failings. If your mother has a sickness, care for her.
Bemba meaning
Umufyashiobe tabipa mu musango uuli onse nangu abe nobulema bwa musango shani. Alingile ukusakamanwa pantu ewakuleta pa calo. Umufyashi aliinga ukupelwa umucinshi uwapwilililka.
2.
PROVERB 2
Noko wakota, witiila taembele bulindu
Literal translation:
Your mother is old. Don’t think she did not have comeliness of youth
Meaning:
Do not stop loving or respecting your mother when she gets old.
Bemba meaning:
Taufwile ukuleka ukucindika noko nga akota. Ufwile lyonse ukumulanga icikuuku nomucinshi epakuti ukashale nepaalo nangu afwa.
3. Noko wa mubiyo, takungwa nshima
Literal translation:
You cannot coax a meal out of someone else`s mother
Meaning:
Only your mother will spoil you or will tolerate your whims. Your mother can protect and take care of you more than somebody`s mother
Bemba meaning:
Ilingi kulaba ukumfwila ba noko kanshi nangu ifyo balekweba tafilondolweke kufikonka. Kanshi nangu kukonaula cintu cayanguka pantu noko ewingas uminishafye ifyabuwelewele fyobe.
4.
PROVERB 4
Ako usulile, ekoopa noko
Literal translation:
A man you used to despise, is the one who married your mother.
Meaning:
Do not despite somebody, tomorrow he/she might be your guardian. Do not judge people`s dignity by their looks.
Bemba meaning:
Tacaliinga kusula umuntu pafyo alemoneka pali leelo pantu tawishiibe ifyo akaba pali mailo. Limbi ulya wine ewingesakusunga. Kanshi cilingile ukucindika umuntu onse kumo naabo ulesunga pa ng`anda pantu uusunga umunankwe teeshibikwa.
5. Cimumbwa pala noko, pala wiso ukuwama
Literal translation:
Cimumbwa, doll, imitate your mother imitate your father in being good.
Meaning:
A child should learn good manners from its parents. It should not devise its own nor learn them from strangers
Bemba meaning:
umwana afwile ukusenda imisango isuma ku bafyashi bakwe teekuitolela imibeele yakwe iyalubaana. Kanshi nincito yabafyashi ukulamona ifyo umwana alekula mu mibeele na ukushininkisha ukuti alekulila mu mibeele isuma
6. Nkaya mailo, ni noko wamubiyo afwile
Literal translation:
I will go tomorrow, its somebody else`s mother who died
Meaning:
Somebody else`s bereavement does not disturb you that much.
Bemba meaning:
Ubwafya nga buli pa munobe tabusakamika saana. Limo teeti bonaule nemilimo ulebomba pantu bulamoneka ukwanguka ico buli ukutali.
Similar proverbs
Lekeni buce, mukashi wa mubiyo eketwe
2. Nsala yamubiyo taifufya tulo
3 Umulandu wa mubiyo, cibashilo ca mupini.
PROVERB 7
Ukukaana ilya musha kano uli na noko wakonkako
Literal translation:
To afford to refuse the breast of a slave , you must still have your mother to suck from
Meaning:
One can afford to be difficult for food or anything else only if one is sure to be able to get something better elsewhere
Bemba meaning:
Umuntu kuti asuula atemwa ukukaana icakulya nangula icintu cimbi ico amwene nangu icilipo nga cakuti naishiba ukuti nakwata kumbi uko alaafumya fimbi ificililepo ukuwama.
PROVERB 8
Literal translation:
Your friend`s mother will not let you touch her larder
Meaning:
Somebody who is not your mother will not have your mother`s tolerance with you
Bemba meaning:
Uushili noko teeti akusuminishe ukulacita ifishilolelemo nga ifyo noko engakuleka
SIMILAR PROVERBS
1. Tapafwa noko , apesa umbi
2. Sankata noko acilipo
Nok wa mubiyo takungwa nshima