noun

Plural: amashamo

MEANING.

Bad luck, misfortune.

Example of use.

• -Ba na ishamo, MEANING: To be unlucky.

• Ishilwa (or mona) ishamo, MEANING: To meet with bad luck.

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

DIMINUTIVE: Akalishamo.    AUGMENTATIVE: Fimashamo.

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

Lishamo lilolela, kusuka washuka, MEANING: Bad luck rots, good luck finally shows up.

PROVERBS.

Ubushiku usheme necimbala ciloca.

Literal translation.

On an unlucky day even cold porridge burns you.

Meaning.

When it is not your day everything goes wrong.

Bemba Meaning.

Kolwe ubushiku alefwa apusa imisambo. Umwaka ushile obe taucilwe baka. Ishamo nga lyakusupila kuti wafilwa ukucenjela.