Noun (obsolete)

MEANING:

Crocodile.

Used especially to designate the totem of the royal family of the Bemba.  

Example of use

Pamwenda ?andu MEANING: The favourite haunts of crocodiles along a river, especially in pools of still waters.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ing'wena, icibokolo

 

PROVERBS

Ng'andu tamina kabwe.

Literal meaning

The crocodile does not eat stones 

Meaning

The chief is fair to all his subjects

Bemba meaning

Imfumu teti isunge inkama nokuleka bamo balefyenga banabo. Ilingile ukubasokolola nga yabeshiba pantu taitiina.