Verb transitive.

MEANING 1

To slander, speak ill of someone who is absent, backbite.

Example of use

Cibi ukwamba umunobe kumbali, MEANING: It is not good to speak ill of your friend who is absent.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

fukunta, tekensha

MEANING 2

To begin.

Example of use

1 Amba umweshi, MEANING: To begin the month.

2Amba icaka MEANING: To begin a year or season.

3. Ambako MEANING You start off

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST:

tendeka, tampa,yamba, bala, balilapo, tala

MEANING 3

To provoke

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

sonsomba,balamuna, bala, tala, tampa, tendeka

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE:– Lwambo.

PASSIVE: –Ambwa.

APPLICATIVE: –Ambila.

Example of use

Cinshi mulenyambila? MEANING: Why do you slander me?

 

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Amba umuntu ulukasa, MEANING: To slander a guest after his or her departure, after having entertained him or her in a friendly way.

Uleamba imfwa ili mumona MEANING Ico umuntu alelandapo libili-libili ninshi umupashi naumona ati cileisa, cili mkuntanshi. TRANSLATION to talk about death; its in the nose,

 

PROVERBS

 

1.Babiyo ulipo. Ulafumapo (ufumepo) bakwamba ulukasa.

Literal translation

They are your friends while you are present, but the moment you turn your back, they start to slander you.

 

Meaning

Friends who can slander you when you are not there are not true friends and they cannot keep your secrets when you are not there.

Bemba Meaning

Abanobe ushingacetekela. Abakutemwafye pa menso tekuti bakusungile nkama nga taulipo

 

2.Ulwambo lupemba cibinda.

Literal translation

Gossip waits to trip the one who did the telling

Meaning

1. Those who are are fond of backbiting others eventually end up being tripped by their words

2. Those who listen to gossip surreptitiously will not hear nice things about themselves

Bemba Meaning

1.Ulwambo limo lulaletelela. Mwitemwisha ukwamba abanenu

2.Abatesha kubaleamba abanabo tabomfwa fisuma palibena