Noun

MEANING

A kind of mushroom, growing in one night (edible). They look like tiny mole hillsa nd are mixed with soil.

Example  of use

Tulalya samfwe, MEANING: We eat mushroom called samfwe.

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1

Twa muli samfwe, tatupwa kusala.

Literal translation

The details of an affair cannot be thoroughly worked out.

Meaning

Thesmall things among the mushrooms cannot all be picked out.

Bemba meaning

Fingi, te fya kukumamo. No mulandunga walepa teti ukumemo ukulondolola

PROVERB 2

Tuli samfwe, tumenena ukubola.

Literal translation

We are like samfwe, we germinate to rot very soon.

Meaning

Our life is short.

Bemba meaning

Fwe bantu nangu tufyalwe pano calo, tukafwa umo umo.