noun

Plural: batente

 

MEANING 1

An edible mushroom

Example of use

Leelo kanofye ndyetente! MEANING under whatevercircumstances, today I must eat tente!

 

 

PROVERBS

PROVERBS

1.Abeena bowa nabapwa; pashala citondo na tente

Literal translation

Thepeople of the mushroom clan have finished. What remains are the small sizedmushrooms

Meaning

The elders withknowledge of the language, the local history, and those who know the customsare gone and those left know little

Bemba meaning

Ifikolwe nafipwa,kushelefye ba mbuta-mputi abashaiba nagula cimo pa ntabi ne cilimi cesu!