Noun

Singular:icisabo

Plural:ifisabo

MEANING

foodstuff,crops. Different kinds of indigenous crops

Example of use

- Bula (amale), cilemba, cinkamba,cipushi, cumbu, ilanda, isaka (masaka), lutooyo (ntooyo), mbalala, muumbu,muungu, ntongwe, nyanje.MEANING:Millet, beans, bean leaves, pumpkin, sugar bean, sorghum, monkey nuts,groundnuts, maize, peas.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Nil.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Nil.

PROVERBS

Imfula pa kuya epo yonefisabo.

Literal translation

When the rain is about togo, that is when it destroys the crops

Meaning

When a person is leaving aplace or a community is likely to be the time when he spoils things for others,because he knows they will not be able to do anything about it

Bemba Meaning

Umuntu nga aba pakufumapacifulo wena alafwaya ukusha aonaule fintu pakuti bambi bashale balecula. Ukuekuitemwa ukwatumpa. Icibemba cimbi cilakaana aciti: tabasha balona.

similar proverb

Fulwe pakufwa apaso mulilo.