noun

Singular:akabwa

PLURAL – utubwa

MEANING 1.

Small dog.

EXAMPLE OF USE:

Akabwa keesu kaafwa MEANING Our small dog has died.

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

Etymology: Kabwa manga MEANING A small dog from Manga (Zanzibar), name formerly given to a cat.

Nakaana ifyakene akabwa ukufwala.

Ekukaana, ukukaaninina ukwabula ukunenuka atemwa ukubwelela inuma. MEANING I refuse flatly as a small dog would refuse to wear clothes.

PROVERBS

1. Akabwa kamo, kenya ubufubo.

  Literal translation : An only puppy is very fussy over its food

MEANING: When they are many they are glad even to get something to eat.

  Bemba meaning: Umuntu ngatakuli bakumushindana tekuti asalapuke. Ukucimfyanya kuleenga umuntu ukubombesha.

 

2. Akabwa kwabeene, kabindila umucila.

Literal translation: A small dog keeps its tail down when it is away from home.

MEANING: Be calm when you are in a strange land. Don’t show off to people who do not know you for too long.

  BEMBA MEANING.:Umuntu aliinga ukutekanya ngacakuti ali ku bweeni

Similar Proverbs

1. Sumbu lyandi laala tumone imiliile kubakaaya

2. Kabundi cefya umutwe, impako shili na abeene.

3. Umweeni takolokota mafupa ninshi uko afuma amina ayatuntulu.

4. Umweeni talisha munsooli ninshi uko afuma ni ?omba.

5. Umweeni tepula nkabe.