VERB intransitive with passive.

MEANING

To be rebuked sharply.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS

Example of use

Na oswa –oswa umushi onse ku mulandu wa bucintomfwa boobe.   MEANING: I have been rebuked by the whole village because of your bad behaviour

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ebaulwa, eleketwe, sootwa, shobaulwa

 

 

PROVERBS.

Uwafyala ngosa tabula kuoswa –oswa.

LITERAL TRANSLATION: 

The parent who begets a troublesome child is continually scolded.

MEANING: A badly behaved child is a continuous cause of trouble for his parents.

BEMBA MEANING:

Umufyashi wamwana ashumfwa kuti bamuleetelela kuli mwane. Umufyashi tali kunaka mu kufunda umwana wakwe.

Similar proverbs

1 Mwamina ?uni alanaka; mwamina bantu tanaka.

2 Umwana kasembe kalakoma, wabwela wakobeka.