Noun

Singular: insokolobe

Plural: nsokolobe

MEANING.

A fruit of the musokolobe tree.

Example of use.

Alefwaya nsokolobe, MEANING: He wants a fruit of the musokolobe tree.

PROVERBS.

Abaana ni nsokolobe: tashilya watema.

Literal translation

Children are likethe nsokolobe fruit: the one who cuts the tree for them to ripen is not the one who eats them. 

Meaning

Parents have all the trouble rearing children, but it is other people who profitfrom them. This is used as an encouragement to work for the common good; evenif you don’t benefit from it, others will

Bemba meaning

Umuntu onse panonseabombela umunankwe ico nao abaafwa balisha balimubombelako. Abafyashibapelelafye mu kufyala, abasekela mu baana ni bambi. Aabasangile ululimi bakalenokufwa balifwa. Aabasangile imbuto shonse nabo bayashi. Kanshi cintu icikalambaukubombapo umulimo umo pano caalo ilyo ushilafwa, pakuti eo bashalabalakumwenako