Plural: amasako
MEANING.
A feather, a hair.
Example of use.
Bakusa abantu boonse, mwabula (mu mushi) no we sako, MEANING: They have taken away all people, there is no one left in the village, not even a feathered chicken
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 lili pali iwe leelo, ne shuko liine likasuka likakwishile umo shiceela bumo-bumo; pantu inshiku eshileeta ifi fyonse.