noun

Plural: amapala

MEANING.

Baldness.

Example of use.

Uwe pala, MEANING: A bald headed man.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

-Sebeka umushishi.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

Nil

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

Kuseba ipala.  LITERAL TRANSLATION: To become bald. MEANING: To listen and to be careful. One must be wise and listen to reach old age.

 

PROVERBS.

PROVERB 1

 Ipala tabafwaila umuti

Literal translation.

One does not look for a remedy for baldness.

Meaning.

Some situations are beyond relief

Bemba Meaning.

Nga taukwete ico umunobe akulomba teeti umupele iyoo. Kumfwa nako takwaba muntu nangu umo uwacenjela; nangu shi?anga acenjela tondapa mulwele iyoo. Kuti umuntu afwafye nashi?anga nefisoko fyashala namuminwe natankamana nafyo. Kanshi eko fyaba ifintu fimo ifishaba nabusengu nga fyaisa.

 

PROVERB 1

Ukusebe ipala, kutesha, kutekanya.

Literal translation. 

To become bald (to grow old) one must listen and behave well.

Bemba Meaning.

Pa kufika kubukote kano uleumfwa amafunde nokuyakonka. E cebo calenga fine: cindika wiso na noko wende nshiku ishingi muno calo.