noun

Plural: amasako

MEANING.

A feather, a hair.

Example of use.

Bakusa abantu boonse, mwabula (mu mushi) na uwe sako, MEANING: They have taken away all people, there is no one left in the village, not even a feather

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Nil.

 OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

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

 

• Wa masako ya ngobelela, MEANING: A person living with people who are not of his clan.

• Bushe ulya muntu wenu? Abati iyoo, Masako ya ngobelela, MEANING: is that man from your clan? No, he is only living with us, though he is not of the family.

 

PROVERBS.

Inshiku shacila amasako ya nama.

Literal translation.

Days (cares) are more numerous than an animal's feathers.

Meaning.

With the passage of time all people go through the vicissitudes of life

Bemba Meaning

Apo ishamo/ishuko lili pali iwe leelo, neshuko/neshamo line likasuka likakwishile umo shiceela bumo-bumo; pantu inshiku eshileeta ifi fyonse.