Noun

MEANING 1

To work.

Exampleof use

Mwabombeni!MEANING: Greeting to one who is working.

MEANING2

To be damp, wet, soacked.

Exampleof use

Insaluyandi naibomba, MEANING: My cloth is wet.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Mwalimeni.

OTHER RELATEDUSES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS WORDS/

APPLICATIVE: –Bombela.                   PASSIVE: - Bombwa.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS /PHRASES /COLLOQUIALUSE/ EXPRESSIONS

Bomba nkaya milimo, MEANING: To scamp work. 

Mwisha kasuba, MEANING: To work like a ‘time server’.

PROVERBS

Akabombaakabiye ka munda.

Literal translation

The worker depends on the other worker in the tummy.

Meaning

A person can not work on empty stomach.

Bembameaning.

Umuntu nga ali na insala tekuti akwate maka ya milimo.

Otherproverb that mean the same

Umuubaukulila nipamifito.