nona
Verb intransitive
MEANING
To be fatty (animal)
Example of use
Ili isabi lyalinona, Meaning: This fish is fatty
PROVERBS
PROVERBS 1.
Pungwa ukunona kano uowipeye,
Literal translation: The kite that is fat is the one you have killed.
Meaning:
to say the animal is fat, you must kill it. Do not count chickens before they are hatched
Bemba Meaning:
Ukutasha ubusuma bwa cintu kamo ico wamona nokucibomfyapo pakwishiba ubususma bwa ciko.
Similar Proverb
Akafumbe, kantu kali pa bwali
Akafumbe ukunona, katula ku, bwaice
Literal translation:
The kafumbe being tasty starts from its childhood
Meaning:
Get your child used to discipline from childhood. Good habits are better acquired when young.
Bemba meaning:
Ufwile ukubeelesha umwana ukukanshiwa mu mibeele isuma pantu umwana ukukula bwino nemisango iisuma, afwile atampa ukukanshiwa ilyo acili umwaice
PROVERBS 3
Akasabi ukulya akanankwe, ekunona
Literal translation:
For a small fish eating another small fish, that`s the way to get fat.
Meaning:
Traditional approval of the marriage of close cousins, such marriages do not scatter the families, wealth and they last since the family has a strong interest in continuity
Bemba meaning:
Mu fyupo fyacikaaya ukuupa amufyala calisuminishiwa pantu batiila ninshila imo iyakwikatanya ulupwa necuma ukukaana salangana pantu cili mu lupwa lumo lwine
Similar Proverb
Ng'ombe shuupana mwitanga.