Noun

MEANING 1

Owner, master, head.

Example of use

Abenematala ni bani?  MEANING : Who are the owners of the grain bin?

MEANING2

Neighbour, other people.

Example of use

1.     Muntu wa bene, MEANING: A relative of someone else.

2.     Muka bene, MEANING: Another man’s wife.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Citwe-mambo, bene musunga.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

FIGURATIVE: Bene mumusumba abashibipilwa masha,

LITERAL TRANSLATION: The owner of the palace, whose dance is never bad. 

PROVERBS

I?ombe kwilala shabanabene.

Literal translation

The cattle of the Ilala people have owners

Meaning.

Knowing that there is wealth in a place leads to nothing whenone cannot share in it.

Bemba meaning.

Nga naukwata ifintu ufwile waishiba ifyakubomfya nabanobelyena filaba bwino.