noun

plural:  amayanda

MEANING:

A house, hut.

Example of use

1. Kuula i?anda, MEANING: To build a house.

2. I?anda yamushika, MEANING: A round, as opposed to a conical hut.

3. I?anda yanjelwa, MEANING: A brick house.

4. I?anda yantunti or yalupungu MEANING: A two –storied house.

5. I?anda yandililwa or yacishale MEANING: A house where a person died.

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Cisakuta, litembe, musasa, litanda, tuti, cipompa.

MEANING 2

A kind of eagle.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

?anda cikatisha, kapumpe.

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS/SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USES

 1. Bafyelwe mu ?anda imo Literal translation: They were born in the same house.

Meaning: They are of the same mother.

2. Mu ?anda imo afyelemo abaana batatu, mu ?anda imbi namo utwana tusano.

Meaning: He had three children by one wife, and five by another wife.

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1. 

I?anda yabuuci balengilamo, icibi kutumpamo umunwe.

Literal translation: 

You may enter a hut where there is honey, what is bad is to put your finger in the honey.

Meaning: 

Entering a hut is not forbidden provided you touch nothing inside (provided you leave the house wife alone)

Bemba meaning

Ukupita ukwaba ifikwato fya muntu mubiyo, cabafye teemulandu,  leelo ukusendapo cimo pafikwatwa fyamwine, lubeembu, kuti walubulula.

PROVERB 2

I?anda ili umulume taibula kashinga.

Literal translation

The house with the husband in it does not go short of anything.

Meaning

Better to be married than to be a spinster!

Bemba meaning

Ekutiila mu ?anda nga muli umwaume nokucindama mulacindama. Tamubulilwa kantu.

 

 

PROVERB 3

 I?anda imo tayafya kulamba

Literal translation

One house is not difficult to avoid.

Bemba meaning

Umulandu nga uli umo, teeti cafye ukuupwisha.

 

 PROVERB 4

 l?anda ishibwelele mpango, ibusu.

Literal translation

The house without daughters (which does not receive any dowry) is a really poor one. In some societies, girl children are a source of wealth

Bemba meaning

Umuntu nga akutebeta ulingile ukumubwesesha pafisuma akucitile. Ecimo nokuti 'akaboko kakonka akabiye'.

 

 

PROVERB 5

 I?anda ushilaala baikumbwo mutenge.

Literal translation

The house that you don't sleep in is envied for its roof.

Meaning

Other people's homes or property seem to be free of the defects or problems that yours has. The grass on the other side is always greener

Bemba meaning

Emukutiila icupo camubiyo kuti watiila ecawamisha ukucila icobe. Ako ukwete nga kakulinga, cimo no ukwete ifingi. Wilakumbwa.

 

 

PROVERB 6. 

I?anda ushilaala tabateyamo matwi.

Literal translation

Don't eavesdrop on other people's houses.

Meaning

Keep out of other people’s business

Bemba meaning

Wilakutika kumilandu yababiyo nelyo ukuitumpamo, pantu abene limbi bomfwanina mukumana.

 

PROVERB 7 

I?anda ya cilema taisalwa.

Literal translation

The house of a cripple is not boarded up (like that of a dead person)

Bemba meaning

Umuntu nga bamusuula, balafilwa no kumwafwako nelyo nga ni nkoma-matwi kuti balebilikisha ukutali abati, ala wisaleko, wilaala kwacenama. Ukumupumya.

 

PROVERB 8. 

Mu ?anda yamubiyo tamubikilwa buomba.

Literal translation

In your neighbour's house no dainties are set aside for you.

Meaning

Stay in your own home as only your wife will take proper care of you

Bemba meaning

Ekutiila umukashi obefye, emwine mulimo wakukusunga. Mwa munobe kwena kuti walya, lelo teeti upingulemo. Nga walya yashala ilekalipa kuti washishimishafye lelo witiila tekapo nakabili! Kabili capilibula ukuti we mwanakashi umulume nga taliile mumobe ninshi talalya; kano umwine aisakanafye ati ninjikuta, e Cibemba. Iwe nga waloleshafye auti iyoo nshanaye pantu nimona umulume aliile kwa Namutale: awe nakalya! Ubuomba bubiike mpanda

 

PROVERB 9.

 Icona ?anda, tacifuma ?anda ulaala.

Literal translation

Whatever destroys happiness in the home does not come from the house in which you sleep. It comes from outside interference and influence

Meaning

Be careful what people gossip with you about

Bemba meaning

Uulekweba ati umulume obe mucende nangu ati umukashi obe enda naulya ninshi mulwani obe, witiila nalimo nakuemwa iyoo. Cimpatanya icaikelepakati kanshila. Icisuma kuteeka umutima pakuti wemwine waimwena

 

PROVERB 10.

Icikula, butala, i?anda taikula.

Literal translation

It is the size of the grain bin that is important not the size of the house.

Meaning

You may have many children, but you will not be better off if you do not have enough food in your grain bin to feed them

Bemba meaning

Ukufyala abana kano wabikapo nokubalimina. Nga tapali filyo bakafwa kunsala.

 PROVERB 11

Icipyu econa icitemwiko mu?anda.

Literal translation

Resentfulness and impatience kills love in the family 

Meaning

Tolerance is key in all relationships

Bemba meaning

Ukumfwana apo muleikala ecisuma; icifukushi cifulunganya imikalile isuma.