Verb transitive

MEANING.

To remove.

Example of use.

-Ipula inongo, MEANING: To remove the pot from the fire.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Nil.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

REFLEXIVE: -iipula, MEANING: To withdraw from the fire.

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

Nil.

PROVERBS.

Umweni tepula nkama.

Literal translation.

A stranger should not take the sledgehammer from the fire.

Meaning.

A stranger should not get involved in his host’s affairs.

Bemba Meaning.

We mweni wiesha kuipoosa mu kuputula imilandu yabo abeene; tawishibe ifyo cili. Ifyo ushishibe, ifishikukumine witwalako kanwa, iwe kuti ulelolesha fye. Na cine umweni ati njipule nkama, kuti camuluba, apya.