Verb transitive

MEANING

MEANING 1

To warm oneself.

Example of use

Koshako utumulilo tonteko kwatalala.MEANING: Make a fire for us to warm ourselves

OTHER RELATED WORDS /USES /SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

Applicative  –ontela

MEANING 2.

To warm oneself in the sun.

Example of use

Fumina panse onteleko akasuba MEANING: Go outside and warm yourself in the sun

OTHER RELATED WORDS /USES /SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

INTENSIVE – ontesha.

APPLICATIVE: Ontela

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

Onta mwana cipuba MEANING: A way of saying all the firewood has been thrown on the fire at once.

I?onta kasuba– MEANING: Lazy or young people who enjoy warming themselves in the sun.

Mulilo wakonta nokutaluka  MEANING: An aggressive person.

Akasu batontela nakashima : Literal Translation The sun that used to warm us is gone. Meaning Referring to a person who was generous but has passed on.

 

PROVERBS

1. Shiwaililwa onta, ubuta bwakwe.

Literal Translation.

He who is overtaken by nightfall burns his bow as firewood.

Meaning: 

Necessity knows no law.

Bemba Meaning:

Umuntu nga aculisha kuti acita neco taacilafwaya kucita.

Similar proverbs.

1 Akamuti ukwete eko bominako imbwa.

2 Akanani kantu kali pa bwali

 

PROVERB 2

Abaonta, umulilo, ebo oca

Literal Translation: 

Those who warm themselves at the fire are those who get burnt

Meaning: 

Familiarity breeds contempt and with chiefs this can result in punishment for those who are close to him/her.

Bemba Meaning: 

Umulandu nga waisa mwebasangwapo kukosapofye. Ukutambikisha teeko. Ulingile ukucenjela pa kubomfya ifyanso .