noun

Plural - amabwe

MEANING 1

stone

EXAMPLE OF USE

Cimana mabwe MEANING  a river flowing over stones, a rapid

Amulasa ilibwe MEANING  he hit him with a stone

Akuula i?anda pe bwe MEANING  he has built his house on stone

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST. –

Kabwebwe, cisengafwafwa, mulundubwi, -lunga Lesa mabwe.

MEANING 2

A battery

EXAMPLE OF USE

Ndefwaya amabwe ya wayalesi MEANING I want batteries for the radio.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

Diminutive – akalibwe, akabwe

Augmentative – icilibwe, ifimabwe

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

Sona wa libwe MEANING  a female child as opposed to we sembe, canka nondo, a male.

These expressions are used when making known the sex of the child at birth.

 

PROVERBS.

Akabwe ka mushi, kapoosa uuli na nkashi.

Literal translation

A stone can be thrown in the village only by someone who has a sister.

Meaning

To begin trouble, the troublemaker should be sure that he is able to compensate for the damage caused.

Bemba Meaning

Nga ulebalabale milandu, ukwate namaka yakufuta. Pakale nga watula umuntu iliinso; amafuto ninkashi yobe.

Simila proverb

Mumbwe ukulila ninshi pali uko ashintilile amatako.