Verb applicative of –naka

MEANING. 

To be submissive, docile.

Example of use.

Ulenakila umulume obe MEANING: You must be submissive to your husband.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Munaka pa koobwa

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS. 

Nil.

PROVERBS.

Mumbulu unakila ubucinga

Literal translation. 

A wild dog which looks beseechingly at a game pit. 

Meaning. 

Said of a person who is submissive and kind as long as he wants to get something.

Bemba Meaning. 

Umuntu uunakila pantu pali ico alefwaya ukukwata 

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