noun

Plural: ameenso

MEANING 1.

Eye.

Example of use.

Namumona mu meenso, MEANING:  I saw him with my own eyes.

MEANING 2.

Openly, to everyone’s knowledge.

Example of use.

Acita uyu mulandu pa meenso ya bantu, MEANING: He committed that case openly.

MEANING 3.

A glance, a look.

Example of use.

Nalolesheko ameenso yabili, MEANING: I took two glances at it.

MEANING 4.

Sight (at sight, by sight, in sigth).

Example of use.

Namwishiba ku meenso, MEANING: I know him by sight.

MEANING 5.

Mesh of the net, eye of the needle, grains.

Example of use.

Linso lye sumbu, MEANING: The mesh of the net.

Linso lya keela, MEANING: The eye of a needle.

Amasaka nayabiikamo ameenso, MEANING: The sorghum has put on eyes (grains).

 

PROVERBS.

Ameenso ya caalo yaba namumfifi.

Literal translation.

The eyes of the earth see even in the dark.

Meaning.

What is done in secret will eventually be revealed.

Bemba Meaning.

Tamwaba icifisama ku bantu muno caalo ca panshi.

Similar proverbs

1. Ameenso ya mukundilwa yengi

2. Ifyakulya ubushiku fitulikila ku malushi.

 

2. Ameenso ya mukundilwa yengi

Literal translation.

The eyes of the cuckold are everywhere

Meaning.

What is done in secret will eventually be revealed.

Bemba Meaning.

Tamwaba icifisama ku bantu muno caalo ca panshi.