Verb intransitive/Adjective

MEANING.

MEANING 1.

To be tired.

Example of use.

1 Nanaka nga kakukutwi MEANING: I’m tired (as soft) as the lobe of the ear.

2 Shibo taanakile ukubeeba MEANING: The father was never tired of telling them. 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

bonsa, foota

MEANING 2.

To be at the point of death.

Example of use.

Umulwele nanaka MEANING: The sick person is at the point of death.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Nil.

MEANING 3.

To be soft, tender, supple, easy.

Example of use.

1 Icilomo ca tondo canaka tifutifu  MEANING: The snout of the shrew mouse is very soft.

 2 Iinama intu yanaka, MEANING: This meat is very tender.

3 Iyi mpapa nga bafikina iba iyanaka MEANING: This animal skin when tanned is very supple.

MEANING 4.

To give way, to yield.

Example of use.

1. Umwala na unaka MEANING: The beam is giving way, (is bending).

2. Abalwani banaka, bacimba, MEANING: The enemies have yielded, they have surrendered.

MEANING 5.

To be docile, (of a yielding and soft character).

Example of use.

1. Ulya alinaka nga aka kukutwi, MEANING: He is as docile (as soft) as the lobe of the ear.

2. Naka umutima MEANING: To be gentle, submissive.

MEANING 6 -VERB

To tire

Example of use.

Ala naka bwangu Meaning He tires easily

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

APPLICATIVE: nakila.

CAUSATIVE - Nasha

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE/EXPRESSIONS.

Musha uwanaka akaya namatwi yakwe, LITERAL TRANSLATION: The docile slave will go away with his ears intact (i.e. without being mutilated). MEANING; Docility is always the safest way.

2. Naka lukutu MEANING to be very tired.

PROVERBS.

PROVERB 1

Kunaka apapilwe mumpapa ya nkalamo.

Literal translation.

The docile one was nursed in a lion skin.

Meaning

The docile one will eventually get his just reward

Bemba Meaning.

Umuntu uwanakilila alalambulwa. Uwanakilila, uwamutembo abantu banankwe balamukonka;limbi kuti aakula nomushi.

 

PROVERB 2

Komba nokunasha (kunaka): akombele mfumu takooma.

Literal translation.

One must work quietly without any fuss.

Meaning

For those in public service, be energetic, if you weaken, the country willsuffer.

Bemba Meaning.

Imilimo isuma iyakuwamye calo yalyafya, ileta necifukushi pambi icitendwe. Lelo ipinda aliti shipikisha pantu umulimo obe ukalamba, nga wanakuka walapose calo mubucushi.

 

PROVERB 3

Kunaka aile namatwi yakwe.

Literal translation

He who was obedient left with his ears intact. He was not punished

Meaning

Docility is always the safest course

Bemba Meaning.

Kale mukupingula kwa milandu balenashishako uwanakilila. Umulandu nga naukuwamina,nga watalamisha pakulubulula kuti batiila wewalubuli niwe, no mulandu niwebapeela. Lelo tacilepilibula ukuti nelyo tacilolelemo, unakilile awe. Ukubakwena, ukuboko bapota ukuumine.

 

SIMILAR PROVERBS

1. Kunakilila aile namatwi yakwe.

PROVERB 4

Ciombo tanaka:icinaka muusashi.

Literal translation.

It is not the beaten bark which gets supple but the person who beats it who gets tired.

Meaning. 

A pun on the word 'kunaka' which means to get soft and also to get tired. Applied to workers who take it easy without finishing the job).

Bemba Meaning

Incito ilashala umuntu afwa. Mulebomba bwino ukwabula pilikiti. Limbi kutila umuntu uufulumbana pamilimo anakilafye pambilibili no mulimo taulapwa.

PROVERB 5

Ukupandila umuko icishololokano umwana nanaka.

Literal translation

You do notprovide your in-laws with luxuries, unless you are pleased with your wife

Meaning: 

One good turn deserves another

Bemba Meaning 

Emukuti lumbwe nga tabaleikala bwino nomukashiwakwe tekuti abikishe amano ku bapongoshi.