verb Transitive, causative of tenta

MEANING 1

To shake, to jostle, to move, to push a personroughly

Example of use

Tensha umutwe MEANING to shake the head

Tensha umuntu, MEANING to jostle, push a person about

Tensha akanwa MEANING to move the jaws(when eating)

Tensha ifikope MEANING to shrug theshoulders, in refusal

Tensha ku cilimba MEANING to play the cilimba musicalinstrument

 

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Sunkanya

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Applicative:Tensesha

Passive: tenshiwa

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Intensha calo MEANING Some event that shakes thecountry

Example of use

Imfwa yakwa kateeka yalini ntensha calo MEANING the death of the president shook the whole country

 

 

PROVERBS

Insalatailya watensha kanwa,

Literal translation

Hunger does not eat(kill) he who makes his jaws move

Meaning

He who eats something,anything will not die of hunger.

Bemba meaning

Akacepakakufwala! Akokene akolyo wamona, ni ntimbwa nako!

 

Similarproverbs

Akalyo ulile (akali munda) nintimbwa nako.