Adjective

MEANING

Belonging to a group, clan

Example of use

Umukowa wa beena ?andu emfumu sha babemba, MEANING the kings of the Bemba come from the crocodile clan.

PROVERBS

1. Abeena bowa nabapwa; pashala citondo na tente

Literal translation

The people of the mushroom clan have finished. What remains are the small sized mushrooms

Meaning

The elders with knowledge of the language, the local history, and those who know the customs are gone and those left know little

Bemba Meaning

Ifikolwe nafipwa, kushelefye ba mbuta-mputi abashaiba nagula cimo pa ntabi ne cilimi cesu!

 

2. Abeena buko, ninsamba sha tulimi tubili

Literal translation

Our in-laws have forked-tongues like water monitor lizards

Meaning

Your in-laws are not to be as trusted as your own family, or to be preferred to your family

Bemba Meaning

Wipata balupwa bobe nokutemwa balupwa ba mukashi nangula umulume obe.

 

SIMILAR PROVERB

1.Mwana noko awama libili

2.Mwana noko tabipa libili

3.Kapata mukaaya, mweni akaya, ukashala ucimona