noun

Plural - amabonge

MEANING 1.

An overripe fruit.

EXAMPLE OF USE

ibonge liponesha ipompo MEANING: the overripe fruit made the green fruit fall.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS.

Nil

 OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

Derivative - Bonga

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

The chipped pot lasts longer than the new one.

PROVERBS

1. Ibonge liponeshe Ipompo.

Literal translation

The over-ripe fruit caused the green one to fall.

Meaning 

A stupid elder can bring trouble for a younger person.

Bemba Meaning

Abakote limo balaleetelela abaice. Kabili umulwele kuti alenga umutuntulu ukufwa, wena apola nokupola!

 

2. Ilipompo lilapona, ibonge lyashala.   

Literal translation

The green fruit falls while the ripe one still hangs on the tree.

Meaning

Death knows no age. Youngsters may go and old people remain.

Bemba Meaning

Abaice balafwa, abakote bashala