Verb transitive and intensive.

MEANING 1

To kill game

Example of use

Ulya ni nyela kukubambainama, MEANING: That person is anexcellent hunter.

MEANING 2

1.     –Bamba i?oma, MEANING: To stretch a skin on a drum, to make a drum.

2.     –Bamba impapa, MEANING:  To peg out skin.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Lema.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: –Bambwa ,to be covered with skin (drum), to be pegged out (skin)

APPLICATIVE: –Bambila

Example of use

1.     Uushibambila kanwa kakwe, akomfwa ukusasa, MEANING: He or she who does hunt (kill) for his or hermouth (pot), will taste only bitterness (will never eat nice food).

2.     Wise umbambile i?oma, MEANING: Come and fix a skin on my drum.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH

Abambe mpapa mu nika, MEANING: In stretched out the skin in the meadow i.e. he isa vagabond.

 

PROVERBS

Uwabamba tabambuluka.

Literal translation

A person who has given proof of his skill will never lose it.

Meaning

A well earned reputation is never lost

Bemba meaning

Umuntu nga atukana ninshinatukana. Umucindami tasalulwa.