noun

Plural – amabeta

 MEANING

A small bowl made on the ground and covered with clay in which the mpeta game is played.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Baleta mpeta pe beta MEANING  they are playing  mpeta game on the beta.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST - Nil

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

Diminutive – akalibeta

Augmentative - cilibeta

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

Nil

 PROVERBS.

Icifulo cimo, cipwe mpeta.

Literal translation

A single abode may finish your ‘mpeta’ seeds.

Meaning

If you are not lucky at one place, try your luck somewhere else.

Bemba Meaning

Apo wikele nga wamona ifintu tafileenda bwino, nalimo kuti cawama ukufumapo wayesha kumbi. Mu ibeta namucisolwa nga batendeka ukukonkanya ukukulya ninshi bakwishibila amapinda uletamo impao. Ipinda aliti pacifulo nga walashama-shama kuti waesha ukusokola kumbi.