verb intransitive

MEANING

MEANING 1.

To bath, wash or swim in water.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS

Samba

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE /EXPRESSIONS

DERIVATIVE: cowelo

APPLICATIVE – owela

PASSIVE – oweshiwa

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

1 Ukowa citoba meaning To bath in a mixed company.

2 Owa intambala  meaning  To swim on the stomach.

3 Owa katuku meaning   To swim on the back.

4 Owa inshiki meaning To tread water.

PROVERBS.

PROVERB 1

 Akaowele takashika.

Literal translation: 

He who has swam before cannot get drowned

Meaning: 

Experience saves in difficult circumstances

Bemba meaning: 

Icintu nga walicibombapo teeti wise ufilwe ukubomba nangu pakokole shani

PROVERB 2

Uwabinga ukowa, teeminina

Literal translation: 

He, who intends to go for a swim, does not wait. 

Meaning: 

Do not waste time, once you have your mind to do some work.

Bemba meaning:

Nga uli no mulimo, wilapoosa inshita, iyoo, tampako uyo mulimo.

PROVERB 3

Ukuifwenae kuicusha ukowa e kulomotoka ku ifiko.

Literal translation 

To scratch oneself is to waste one's time, to bathe is to get rid of the dirt.

Bemba meaning:

Pakutalushaubwafya pa mubili obe kano wabucimfya; nob­ulwele kano waya kucipatala.