Singular: icikote

Plural: ifikote

MEANING

Any old or worn out article

Example of use

Icisalu ufwele cikote,

MEANING: The cloth you are wearing is old/worn out.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ciboshi.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Nil

FIGURATIVE SPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

 PROVERBS

 

Apali icikote, epali cipya ,

Literal translation: Where there is an old thing, there will be a new one

Meaning 1: An old or worn out garment will make you work hard to have a new one to replace it to avoid embarrassment 

Meaning 2: There is nothing new under the sun. The more things change, the more we see how similar they remain).

Bemba meaning 1:

Takwaba cintu cipya. Fyonse fyaluka fye. Tupitulukanye mu fyakale mumisango imbi.

Bemba meaning 2:

Icintu nga cakotesha, ilingi tulafwailapo icipya. Efilya batila apali icikote…