...Buta.
Verb intransitive.
MEANING 1.
Bow.
Example of use.
1. -Lema ubuta,MEANING: To bend a bow.
2. –Fona mu ubuta, MEANING: To pull the bowstring.
MEANING 2.
The trigger of a gun.
-Bweshaubuta, MEANING: To pull the trigger.
MEANING 3.
War.
Example of use.
1. -Busho ubuta,MEANING: To declare war.
2. –Lalika ubuta,MEANING: To announce the end of the war.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
Inkondo.
MEANING 4.
A draw-plate.
Example of use.
Buta bwa nsambo, MEANING: It is a draw-plate.
MEANING 5.
The placenta.
Example of use.
Ubuta bumo tabwisusha ?anda, MEANING: One placenta does not fillup the house, i.e. there is room for more children.
MEANING 6.
Heirlooms.
Example of use.
Atoola amata yakwa munyina, MEANING: He inherited the heirloomsfrom his brother.
MEANING 7.
Amata ( ya ngulu) ya mipashi, MEANING: The paraphernalia of onewho pretends to be possessed by spirits.
FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE/EXPRESSIONS.
FIGURATIVE: -Kaka mu buta,
MEANING: (To stretch the bowstring)i.e. to insist, persist in one’s demand.
PROVERBS.
Shiwaililwa onta ubuta bwakwe.
Literal translation.
He who is overtaken by nightfallburns his bow as firewood.
Meaning.
Necessity knows no law.
Bemba meaning.