Noun

MEANING

Dugout canoe, boat.

Example ofuse

1.     -Baso bwato,MEANING: To make a dugout canoe.

2.      -Iliko bwato, MEANING:  To shape out a canoe from a log.

3.      -konkolo bwato, MEANING: To smoothen out, or give afinishing touch to a dugout canoe.

4.     -Endela mu bwato,MEANING: To travel by boat.

5.     Lwendo lwa mu bwato, MEANING:  A journey by boat.

6.     -Ikila mu bwato, MEANING: To get out or jump out ofa canoe.

7.      -Kulo bwato, MEANING: To moor or pull a canoe onshore (also: to make a portage).

8.     Sunkilisha bwato, MEANING: To push off a canoe.

9.     Shiko bwato, MEANING: To paddle canoe.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

CONFER, COMPARE cisolo.                   AUGMENTATIVEcibwato

PROVERBS

Uwaoba amatoyabili alashika

LiteralTranslation

He who paddles two canoes at the sametime will get drowned.

Meaning

One cannot serve two masters at atime.

Bemba meaning

Umuntu tetiabombele mfumu shibili.