Bwamba
Noun and adjective.

MEANING

Beer

Examples ofuse

1.     -Longo bwalwa, MEANING: To brew beer.

2.     -Shimpulo bwalwa, MEANING: To pour boiling water intoa second lot of germinated millet (first operation in the brewing of beer).

3.      -Poto bwalwa, MEANING: To pour water into asecond germinated flour, so as to form a thick mush, this, later on, is mixedup with the first lot (second operation in brewing of beer).

4.     -Tubilo bwalwa, MEANING: To pour hot water in thebeer (just before drinking).

5.     -Nwo bwalwa,MEANING: To drink beer.

6.     -Papaso bwalwa, MEANING: To drink beer with straw(the different names for these straws: mulonde,mutete, munwena, pilu).

7.     -Tumyo bwalwa, MEANING: To work for beer (locals oftenhelp one another for beer).

 

Differentkinds of beer:

1.     Bwalwa bwa mubanga (or bwacipumputu),MEANING: Strong beer. It intoxicates without giving any warning to thedrinker (e bwa mulowa mbaso; e buposabantu mwishiko).

2.     Bwalwa bwa kaleta (buli na kaleta), MEANING: Beer with a sweet taste,very popular with heavy drinkers.

3.     Bwalwa bwalunda (or simply kasepe), MEANING:  Strong andbitter beer, never drunk to intoxication point, due to its bitter taste.

4.     Bwalwa bwa sansha (or bwa nsongwa orbwa kutomona), MEANING: The beer having no foam, with a tart and bitter taste.

5.     Bwalwa bwa nsansha mukumbwa ushilipo, the ‘nsasha’ MEANING:  beer doesnot intoxicate.

6.     Bwalwa bwa pante, similar to the ‘nsasha’ beer, MEANING: With more tartness.

7.     Bwalwa bwa cifula misunga, MEANING:  Beer made with certain quantity of millet andthe chaff of millet. Very bitter to taste.

8.     Bwalwa bwa kusumata (or bwakampyata),MEANING: The first beer of the harvest season.

9.     Bwalwa bwe shinda, MEANING: His beer given to those who interred a dead person.

10.  Bwalwa bwe tembwe (or bwa matembwe), MEANING: The beer given to thosewho helped to destroy the hut of a deceased chief (or son of a chief).

11.  Bwalwa bwa cililo, MEANING: The beer given to themourners.

12.  Bwalwa bwa cansula mabula, MEANING: The beer that thefather-in-law drinks with his son-in-law the morning after the latter has beenofficially received into the house of his in-laws.

13.  Bwalwa bwa lupopo, MEANING: Beer drunk in memory of adeceased. The elders then proceed to the election of the successor. (COMPARE: –Pyani)

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Bwalwa bwakupyanika.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

 

DIMINUTIVE: Tubwalwa or Twalwa.    COMPARE: Mulenselense

 

PROVERBS 1

Ubwalwatabunwa mwipi

Literaltranslation

Beer is not drunk by a short(insignificant) person.

Meaning

He or she who drinks thinks himselfor herself a big person.

Bemba meaning

Umuntu nga akolwakuti aibika napo taba. Aimona uwamaka, kuti aikonga nakubo atina kale.

PROVERB 2

Citondo cabwalwa, e nsokolola twebo.

LiteralTranslation

The big pot of beer is the finder of smallwords.

Meaning

Out of the beer pot comes the truth,when drunkards are taken off-guard. Also: out of beer the pot come quarrels andfights.

Bemba meaning

Umuntungaakolwa kuti asokolola fyonse ifyaba ku mutima ifyo afilwa ukulanda.

PROVERB 3

Bwalwabwingi, bucende no lubuli takuli.

LiteralTranslation

Plenty of beer, no adultery and nofights.

Meaning

When there is plenty of food there isno fighting, there is just happiness.

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