Verb transitive.

MEANING

To protect the crops, scare way birds, animals from the garden.

Example of use

1.     Ele mukwamina ifyoni, MEANING: He or she has gone to driveaway the birds from the crops.

2.     Naya ku kwamina masaka, MEANING: I am going to protect the sorghum.

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

bila amani

 

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: –Aminina

PASSIVE :–Amininwa

Example of use

Nayamininwa masaka, MEANING: I got people to protect the sorghum for me.

FIELD 5.0FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Amina umwela, MEANING: To try and stop the wind i.e. to try and do something impossible.

 

PROVERBS

 

Mwamina ?uni alanaka; mwamina bantu tanaka.

Literal translation

A guardian of crops gets tired; a guardian of people never gets tired.

Meaning

A leader never gets tired of his or her task of governing his or her people, no matter what difficulties he or she faces.

Bemba Meaning

Umuntu uwapelwa ukusunga abantu tafwile kunenuka pantu nga atendwa abantu bakwe kutibacula ico tabakwete kacema.