noun

Plural: Amafumo

MEANING 1.

The abdomen, belly

Example of use

Ifumo ilyatambalala MEANING a flat abdomen.  

Example of use

Ifumo ilyasonsomoka MEANING: a bulging belly.

MEANING 2.

Womb, pregnancy, foetus.

Example of use

Banshile na akalifumo akanoono MEANING I was just pregnant when he went away. 

pose fumo MEANING to miscarry

teke fumo MEANING to take care of a woman in confinement.

ponye fumo MEANING to cause abortion.

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1.

Winyuka mpapa taulafyala ulecenjesha ifumo

Literal translation

Don’t prepare the cloth for carrying the baby before the child is born; you will warn the pregnancy

Meaning

Don't be presumptions. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. You cannot tell beforehand whether the-child-will be born at all, to get the skin in advance is tempting providence).

Bemba meaning

Abati icintu nga nawishiba ukuti cikacitika witendekelapo ukucankwa.

Similar Proverb

1. Wifunda lushishi taulateba, ulecenjesha inkuni:

2. Ubushiku wafyalo mwana, elyo umone nempapa.

 

 

PROVERB 2.

2. Umwana musuma bamona kwifumo.

Literal translation

The good child is the one in the womb.

Meaning

Bemba meaning

Umulimo usuma umonekela pakutampa. Pamushi nga tabakupokelele bwino wikulapo i?anda.

Similar Proverb

Icikwanka bacimwena kumampalanya