noun

MEANING 1

Father

Oftenas a mark of respect, ba is added to make it batata MEANING my father

Exampleof use

Tata aliiya ku Ndola MEANING my father went to Ndola

Aba ebatata MEANING this is my father

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Umufyashi

MEANING 2

Spiritual Father, God

Exampleof use

Tata ku mulu MEANING God the father in heaven

Tata Waluse MEANING Kind Father/Father who is kind

 

MEANING 3

Godfather

Example of use

Tata wakumutima OR walubatisho MEANING my godfather

MEANING 4

Tata may also be addressedto any elderly person as a mark of respect.

MEANING 5

Asa sign of surprise

Example of use

Yangu tata! Awe ici taciweme nakalya MEANING Oh my goodness! This is not good at at all.

MEANING 6

To exclaminate

Tata!Exclamation of surprise, admiration, protest

Example of use

Awetata! Palilaalwa panonse MEANING my word! One sees queer things in thisworld

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

1. Tatawakumulopa MEANING my real father (blood father)

2 Batata bamfyala MEANING myblood father

3.Tata walubatisho MEANING Godfather

DECLENSIONS:

1. Wishi MEANING his father or her father

Example of use

Ebawishi MEANING that is his/her father

2, Shifwe MEANING our father

Example of use

Ulya muntu mwamona ni shifwe MEANING that person you have seen is our father

3. Shinwe MEANING your father

Example of use

Bushe bashinwe balikwi? MEANING Where is your father?

4 Shibo MEANING their father

Example of use

Shibo aliiya MEANING their father went away

5 Wiso MEANING Your father

Example of use

Bushe ebawiso? MEANING Is that your father?

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

Citata mwana MEANING gift given by the father to child when the child first says“tata”

Shifwe aba uwacumfwilo ngo musole MEANING our father is as loyal as anapostle

Tata mupe MEANING my father is a generous person

Shifwe mulilo MEANING our father is fire MEANING our father does not tolerate nonsense

Wiso mukali nge nkalamo MEANING your father is as fierce as alion

Mwilaikata tata mu meenso. Indalama takwata MEANING do not mock my father as he does not have money

 

PROVERBS

1. Butata, kutatana

Literal translation

The duties of afather and son are reciprocal.

Meaning

The son must helpthe father in his old age as the father helped him in his childhood. A goodturn deserves another.

 

Bemba meaning

Uufwaya umucinshi kubantu ali nokutampilapo ukubacindika. Nga walangaakaice umusalula nako kakakusalula. Abaana bafwile basunga abafyashi baabo ngabakota

Similar proverbs

1 Butata, kutatishanya.

2. Mayo mpaapa, naine nkakupaapa

3. Uwafyala taliwa na mbwa

4. Kolwe akota,asabilwa nabaana:

5. Iyakota, yonka kubaana

6. Ubuta bwamukalamba bulashila apo buleele(pa kapanda)

7. Ubukota bufuma kunuma

 

Proverb 2

2. Kakokotwa na yama; aba ni tata nga ampako mutwe.

 

Literal translation

It has been eaten by my uncle, if it was my father he would have givenme the head

Meaning

There is nothing like a parent's love

Bemba meaning

Umufyashi mufyashi mubusuma namubwafya mwine. Noko wamubiyo takongwanshima.

 

Similar proverb

Kakokotwa na yama; aba ni tata nga nalyako.

 

 

Proverb 2.

Apo tata afwila, epo naifwe tukafwila

 

Literal translation

Where our father died is the place where we will die too.

Meaning

Never forgetyour family roots and the long held cultures and traditions of your ancestors

Bemba meaning

Mulesunga intambi sha calo. Teeti mubule imibeele yabamwisa ati,eya, naifwe ififine efyawama. Calinga naimwe i?oma pa lwenu. Kabili abati. ukwalola ifikolwe naifwe eko tukaya. Naifwe bene tukafwa ifyafwa abafyashi.Imfwa tayaishila umo.

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