Verb transitive

MEANING

Intensive of tana

MEANING1

To refuse absolutely

EXAMPLEOF USE

Tanisha itolo Meaning: To refuse absolutely to givesomething

MEANING2

To jump form one place to another, move about

EXAMPLEOF USE

Kolwealetanisha imiti Meaning: The monkey is jumping manytimes from tree to tree

Ulyakateka alatanisha ifyalo Meaning: That president travels tomany countries.

MEANING3

Causative of – tana

To cause to refuse to give

EXAMPLEOF USE

Kundaantana; niwe wantanisha Meaning: Kunda refused to give itto me; it is you who caused this refusal.

OTHERRELATED WORDS

Applicative: tanishisha

PROVERBS

Akefupakatanisha akamunofu

 

Literaltranslation:

The small bone was the cause of the refusal of the otherbone with meat on it.

 

Meaning:

By refusing a bone to your companion, you caused himto refuse to share his meat with him. If you are mean in small things, otherswill treat you the same way in bigger things.

Bemba meaning:

Ufwilelyonse ukwishiba ukuti ifyo ulecitila ababiyo, naiwe wine efyobakakucitila.  Nga uli mutani, naiwebakalakutana.  Nga ulapeela, naiwebakakupeela.

Similar proverb

Uwakutana ubwali, akwangusha umubili;uwakupeela, akufinya umubili.