Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To tell, talk, speak.

Example of use

Umuntunse aeba umunankwe ati...,MEANING: A man told his friend, saying...

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

ishibisha

MEANING 2

To order, command, advise.

Example of use

Ajeba ati ndeya MEANING: He ordered me to go

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: –Ebela.

PASSIVE: -Ebwa.

 

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1

Munshebwa aile namafi kwa nafyala.

Literal translation: He who would not listen went to his mother in-law covered in faeces.

Meaning: A person who won’t accept advice eventually makes a fool of himself.

Bemba Meaning: Umuntu uushifwaya kumfwa ku babiye limbi kuti asebana. Amano ya muntu yafuma ku bantu.

Similar proverbs 

1.     Mukutu ali eka taikutulula.

2.     Amano uli weka, tayashingauka ikoshi

3. Abantu babili na mano yabili: umuntu umo ne lyano limo.

4. Amano yabuweka, tayashingauka ikoshi.

5. Munshipingulwa, amano tayafula mu mutwe

6. Amano mambulwa

PROVERB 2

Tacibula pali nalikwebele

Literal translation

Itold you so is often heard

Meaning

There is never a shortage of hindsight

Bemba Meaning

Ecimonokutiila ukwali nsoke takwafwile Bantu'nangu munshebwa aile na mafi kubuko,uukwebele mfwa yanoko mutanshi. Tacalinga ukusuula ifyo abantu balekusokako.

Similar proverb

Nalikwebele tabulapo