Noun

MEANING.

Allusion, an insinuation.

Example of use.

Sosa inshintu MEANING: To talk in parables.

PROVERBS.

Icishumfwa inshintu, tacikala ku muuba

Literal translation:  He who does not understand an allusion does not sit at a meeting of elders

Meaning: He who is not clever enough to understand allusion should not be among elders

Bemba translation: umwaice nga taleumfwa ku mafunde yabakalamba, talingile ukulasangwa pa nsaka atemwa apali abakalamba.