Noun

MEANING

 

Flour, meal.

Example of use

1.      Buunga bwa mpumpu, MEANING: Ordinary flour

2.       – Buungabwa mpombo, MEANING: Fine flour

3.      – Buungabwa mimena, MEANING: Malt (germinated grain used in the fermentation ofbeer).

4.       – Buungabwa mpese, MEANING: Fine dust produced by wood borers.

5.      –Kasobuunga, MEANING: To dilute flour with water.

6.      –Kandobuunga bwa mukate, MEANING: To knead dough.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

FIGURATIVE : - Aingilwa na ubuunga mu mutwe, LITERALTRANSLATION: He spread his head with flour, MEANING: He is getting old,grey haired.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

 –Menaimfwi or indale.

PROVERBS

 Buungabushipelele noko mito,

Literal translation.

The flour that your mother did notgrind is ashes for you.

Meaning.

Flour that does not belong to youwill not satisfy your hunger. Do not cover your neigbour’s goods.

Bemba meaning.

Icintu ico ukwete we mwine, icili ku mubiyo nanguciwame cafye, kano nga wamuli iwe. Uo mushili nankwe nangu mu mwakwe mununkileifyamabwenge atemwa ifyawama shani, fyanshi ifyo ushalyeko.

Other proverb that mean the same.

1.      Witwala amaano ku fili mu maboko yambi.

2.      Akanwa  katikilauko ulya.