Noun

MEANING

IN EXPRESSION: kaka inyemba.

MEANING: To tie a belt around the waist.

Used especially when referring to the band of cloth worn by a woman after child-birth.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/ SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Nil.

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS/IDIOMS/COLLOQUIAL USES/PHRASES

Kaka inyemba. MEANING: To give birth

Example of use

1. Ulya mwana nine namukakakiile inyemba, MEANING: That child, I have given him birth, I have suffered for him.

2.  Lupango lwa nyemba, MEANING: The second gift given by the young man to the parents of the girl to whom he is engaged. Allusion is made to the nyemba, which tied the mother’s waist when the child was born.

3. Ulete icikaka nyemba, MEANING: Bring a gift as a compensation for the pains I had in bringing up that child.

PROVERBS

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