noun

MEANING

A large kind of locust.

Example of use

Yambala nawa muli iyi ncende, MEANING: This place is infested with the yambala locust

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Yensa.

 

PROVERBS

Icatwala yensa na yambala cikamutwala.

Literal meaning

Whatever drove the ‘yensa’ away will drive the ‘yambala’ away.

Meaning

History repeats itself. It is applied particularly to problems arising from divorce and remarriage and now in politics.

Bemba translation

Yensa na yambala fipaso ifyapalana, lelo kwena tee fimofine iyoo. Umuntu uo umwina mwakwe alekele, na uo akopa nao wine akafilwa nga filyafine  fyafililwe umutanshi. No mwaume uo umukashi abutuka, naumbi wine akesafilwa.

Ku fikansa fya calo, we kateeka nga abantu bakutendwa, fumapo, pantu mu Zambia bakakufumya filya fiine bafumya bakateeta abo tabalefwaya! Akapeshi ukuwama ingala, kuimina!