Verb Intransitive, intensive of ikata

MEANING

Holding on for good.

Example of use

Cabala caikata, caikatilila, MEANING: It is holding it is holding on for good.

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: Ikatililwa: Uyu umuntu ifyo aikatililwa mu kuumwa! 

MEANING: That man, the way he was seized and given a beating.

 

PROVERBS

Icitemenwe nama cilekatilila.

Literal translation

He who wants a piece of meat must hold on to it while they are cutting it

Meaning

He who wants a share of the spoils must have a hand in the fight

Bemba Meaning

Akantu akasuma ako ukwete kano ukukapoosako amaano. Pakulanga ukuti walitemwa umukashi obe kano ulemusunga bwino.

Similar proverb

Uwakana ukwela, akana nokooca