Noun.

MEANING.

Silliness.

Example of use.

1.      Uyu muntu ubutumpe! MEANING: What a silly fool that manis.

2.      –citaumuntu ubutumpe, MEANING: Treat a man as a fool.

PROVERBS.

Icibolya ca butumpe caba cimo.

Literal translation.

It only happened once that the wasabandoned out of stupidity.

Meaning.

A mistake will only be forgiven once.It also means that even though you succeed in cheating somebody once, don’tthink you will get away with it a second time.

Bemba meaning.

Ukutumpa kuti bakusuminishafye umuku umo epela. Ukutumpanga kwaba libili libili, takuli kubelelwa uluse. Umuntu uo mulecenjesha limbimukasanga nao nacenjela, akamucenjeshe nio.