Noun

MEANING 1

A hammer.

 

Example of use

Inondo ya katootwa, MEANING:  A small hammer with short handle.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Sando

MEANING 2

The gizzard, 

Example of use

1.     inondo ya nkoko. Meaning: a gizzard of a chicken

2.      inondo ya cuuni Meaning: a gizzard of a bird

MEANING 3

A cormorant, a water bird

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DIMINUTIVE:  Kanondo.

FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Kandecita nondo ibila, amako ayo LITERAL TRANSLATION Here come my parents in-law, let me hide underwater like the cormorant MEANING: let me hide from my parents in-law.

PROVERBS

Apakomaila nondo, ninshi pali ubulema

Literal translation: 

Where the hammer keeps striking, there is a defect.( in the metal)

(Allusion to village smelt iron: if it was of poor quality, its defects had to be eliminated by forging )

Meaning:

If people keep complaining about you, there must be a reason. If someone keeps complaining about something, there must be a problem. There is no smoke without fire.

Bemba meaning: 

Abantu nga baleilishanya pa muntu ninshi alikwata ubwafya mu mibeele yakwe iishawam. Atemwa abantu nga baleilishanya pa cintu ninshi tacilibwino. Kanshi cikankaala ukuwamya atemwa ukubombela pa cintu icilubeene pakuti abantu bekale mukumfwana.