Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To play (with). Play game

 

Example of use

Ta umupila MEANING to play football, to play with a ball

Abakashana baleta iciyenga MEANING girls are playing a game using seeds of muyenga tree.

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Teya, tea

 

MEANING 2

Respond or answer evasively and furtively

 

Example of use

Ta umuntu bwelengwe MEANING to answer evasively

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Telebwela

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Applicative: teela 

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH /IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

 

Balentafye ngo mupila MEANING they sent me on continual errands, like people playing with a ball.

Bamuta ngo mupila MEANING they beat him like a ball

 

PROVERBS

Kolwe ali eka, tata ?onso pa bwingi.

Literal translation

 

A lone monkey doesn't play ball with a crowd.

Meaning

 

There is strength in numbers 

Bemba meaning

 

Ekutiila nga uli weka kuti wafilwa ukunasha abali abengi. 

 

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