noun

Plural - amalungu

 MEANING 1.

A blast-furnace. Smelting furnace.

MEANING 2.

A wide marshy space on shores of large rivers.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

iliwanga

 OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

Augmentative -icililungu

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

Nil

PROVERBS.

Ukususha ilungu kwendamo

Literal translation

To speak ill of marshy plains, one must know about them.

Meaning

To talk on a subject, one must have experienced it.

Bemba Meaning

Umuntu pakulandapo pafintu ninshi nao alipitamo.

 

2. Inama ya pe lungu taimona umo. (akanama ka pe lungu kamonwa nabengi)

Literal translation

The animal on the plain not seen by only one person.

Meaning 

If you see something precious or a girl you would like to marry, do something about it before somebody else beats you to it

Bemba Meaning

Bonse twacilabendelafye mama ico yaciba pelungu apabuuta. Limbi kuti mwalasanafye mfuti nenama yaya no kuya nokupuba kwalaala. Ekutiila, umukashana umushimbe abamukabila ukumuupa beengi. Nga naumutemwa twala bwangu insalamo kubafyashi bakwe, nga washingashinga ulesanga abacampwike nabatwala insalamo nempango iwe upelwepofye. Ukushingashinga mukucite fintu teekusuma iyoo.

 

3. Kolwe afwile pelungu, umucila elushishi lwakwe.

Literal translation

The monkey that dies in the marshes, his tail is used as a rope to tie him up.

Meaning

Use what you have at hand instead of looking afar for something else

Bemba Meaning

Akabombelo ako ukwete ekalinga ukubomfya ukucila ukuya uleyashima. Umukashi waciine niuyo wiine muli nankwe, wiya ulefwaya bambi ukasebana. Ala batiila tafipwa ukulowa