Noun

MEANING 1.

Nakedness, naked

Examples ofuse

1.     Ali fye ubwamba, MEANING: He or she is just naked.

2.     Nasanga ali ubwamba, MEANING: I found him or her naked.

3.     Bwamba ushifwika tabwimya mutima, MEANING: Nakedness does not worrythose who are not concerned.

MEANING 2

Sexual parts of human beings.

Example ofuse

Ubu bwambabwa mwaume,MEANING: This is a sexual part of a male.

MEANING 3

Fishing weir (plural mamba).

Example ofuse

1.      -Pango bwamba mu mumana, MEANING: To build a fishing weir ina river.

2.     -Shindwilo bwamba, MEANING: To bank up a weir withsods.

3.     Ni mpene yacilo bwamba, MEANING: He is the fish that wentthrough the weir. Said of a man gone away for good.

PROVERBS

Bwamba bwamulila bulalala.

LiteralTranslation

The fishing weir of the lazy personis just lying there doing nothing.

Meaning

Nothing good comes from laziness.

Bemba meaning

Imilimo yamuna?ani taipwa bwangu.

PROVERB 2

Bwamba bwandi(sumbu lyandi) lala: tumone milile yabakaya.

LateralTranslation

Take it easy my fish trap, first letus see the eating habits of these people here.

Meaning

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

Bemba meaning

Umuntukubweni ebangilila kulanga misango yakwe, atale amone abakaya ifyo baba.