noun

Plural: amafi,

 MEANING 1.

Excreta, stool

MEANING 2.

Dung.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS.

Icifi, ubusali

 OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

Diminutive – utumafi

Augmentative: ifimafi

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

PROVERBS

PROVERBS 1. Abanakashi mafi yampombo 

Literal translation

Women are as plentiful as duiker droppings

Don’t be upset if a woman lets you down; theirs is plenty more fish in the sea!

Bemba Meaning

Umwanakashi nga talekufwaya, muleke abe, kafwaye umbi. Abanakashi tabaabula.

PROVERBS 2. Amafi yapipa muka cinani 

Literal translation.

The person who has to clean a child's bottom or wipe excrement from the floor does not do it joyfully.

 

Meaning

When a person gives up something he likes or abandons a nice woman he is forced by necessity

Bemba Meaning

Ili lipinda lyapalana nelyakutiila Uupamfiwe eulwa necilbi. Icintu nga wamona taciweme, niwe uli nokubikako amano ya kuciwamya. Kabili ili pinda lyalola namukuti umuntu nga aleka umwanakashi uo bambi batiila musuma, nimukuti umwine naishibo mulandu ulengele aleke ulya mwanakashi.