noun

Plural. amatimba

MEANING 1

A thicket.

Example of use

• Itimba lya caani, MEANING: A thicket of high grass.

• Bana maayo bonse beele kwi timba mukufuula icaani, MEANING: All women have gone to the thicket of grass to collect the grass.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

icisaanga/isaanga lya caani

MEANING 2

A beer-drink (where a group of people do a certain work for beer).

Example of use

Atumishe amatiimba ya bwalwa yabili. MEANING: He sent (them) to work for two beer-drinks

MEANING 3

A large swamp.

Example of use

Mu itimba mwalyafya ukwenda ameenshi nga yafula, Meaning: It is difficult to cross the swamp when there is too much water.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Iwanga, Inika.

OTHER RELATED WORDS

AUGMENTATIVE:  Cilitimba , Fimatimba .

DIMINUTIVE: Kalitimba , Tumatimba.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

Teeti uitumpe mu itimba ushashimpula, Literal translation: You must not dip yourself in a ferment you did not use. Meaning: You must not poke your nose in another’s business. Wanting to marry a woman who is pregnant from another man