Reflexive pronoun.

MEANING

The one

Example of use

1.     Ati, “Kanje mone uo tuletintana nankwe MEANING:  He said, “I must go and see the one with whom I am playing tag -of-war”.

2.     Umuti uo nandilepo, MEANING:  The tree (the one) of which I spoke.

     Uo mulefwaya aisa MEANING The one you wanted is here

      

      

PROVERBS

Uo washikatabamuluba ku ntambalilo.

Literal translation

No one doubts the direction in which the person you just buried faces.

 

Meaning

1. When you know somebody well, and you know he will not change very much

2. When you know somebody well, then you know even his secrets

Bemba

Abati umuntu uo waishibe misango kuti wamutetekela shani ukuba umusango umbi? Uli nokumwishibilafye umo mwine abela. Kabili abati, umuntu waishibisha, na tonse utubi notusuma twakwe walitwishiba

 Similar proverb

Icipunanga catiila shikulu wanya, ninshi cacine