Verb transitive

MEANING.

To shut, close.

Example of use.

• -Isala iciibi (or isalako), MEANING: Shut the door.

• –Isala inkongolo, MEANING: To barricade an entrance with logs.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Nil.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

PASSIVE: -Isalwa.   APPLICATIVE:-Isalila.  REFLEXIVE: Iciibi caisala, the door shut by itself.

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

Nil.

PROVERBS.

Mu ?anda ya cilema tamwisalwa.

Literal translation.

One does not shut the door of a hut where the crippled lives.

Meaning.

One does not do away with the lame as with the dead (whose huts are closed).

Bemba Meaning.

Umuntu nga ali umuumi cawama ukumusakamana mpaka fye nga afwa elyo mwingalabako.