...Bufumo
Noun
MEANING
Chieftainship, kingship and all that appertains to it;authority, power, nobility
Example of use
Umya ubufumu,MEANING: To abuse one’s authority as chief.
FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS /PHRASES /COLLOQUIALUSE/ EXPRESSIONS
FIGURATIVE: Bufumuebusosa, MEANING: Kingship is what speaks, when the king has spoken nothingmore to say.
PROVERBS
1.Ubufumu bucindikomwine.
Literal translation
Chieftainship honours itself.
Meaning.
To be respected a person must be respectable.
Bemba meaning.
Ubucindami bwenupakutitima kano mwabiikako amano mwebene. Uo mucindaminemo nga mwamwikatamwamupuma atemwa mwamutuka bushe bambi kuti bamucindika?
2. Bufumu ebusosa.
Literal translation
It is the Kingshipwhich speaks.
Meaning
When the chief has spokenthere is nothing more to be said.
Bemba meaning
Umukankala nanguimfumu nga yalanda ninshi nacipwa. Abaice tabalinga kucita fikansa kubakalamba.`Umulanda afwa tie fyebo mukanwa
3. Bufumu notushopo.
Literal translation
Chieftainship means suffering
Meaning
Leadership meansresponsibility and suffering
Bemba meaning
Takwaba uushicula.Abafyuma nabo balikwata ubucushi. Wilakumbwa ukuba ifyaba bambi. Nabo bakumbwaifyo waba.