nda
Noun
MEANING 1
The maternal womb. Often used with mu
Example of use
1. Twafwelwe mu nda imo MEANING We were born of the same mother (womb)
2. Ulya wa munda imbi MEANINGT hat one is born of a different mother
FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS
1. Uwa munda nkalamba literal translation From an elder womb Meaning Of royal blood
2. Aka bufi kaba mu nda literal translation The lie is in your womb Meaning The child you are carrying is from adultery
3. Nkafwa na bana bandi mu nda paa literal translation I will die with my womb full of children Meaning since I have no husband, or my husband is impotent or is unable to make me pregnant, I will die without having any children
4. Naya munda ya tulo literal translation I am going into the womb of sleep Meaning I going to bed
PROVERBS
PROVERB1
Mu nda nimu cabu
literal translation
The womb is like a harbour; all sorts of people arrive there
Meaning:
Children from the same womb follow each other but are not alike
Bemba Meaning:
Batiila kafyalweni tabatiila kapalaneni. Mu ?anda imo muli abana bapompwe na boloke.
similar proverb
1. Mu nda tamusanikwa
2. Mu nda ni mwisano, mulaala insoka atemwa insofu
PROVERB2
Mu nda tamusanikwa
literal translation
You cannot shine light into the womb.
Meaning
You cannot know how the child to be born will turn out.
Bemba Meaning:
Batiila kafyalweni tabatiila kapalaneni. Bushe kuti waishibila mukolwe mwilini? Nakalya. Ifintu umwana ashilafyalwa akaba, kushila Lesa
Similar proverb
1. Mu ndani mu cabu
2. Mu nda ni mwisano, mulaala insoka atemwa insofu
PROVERB 3
Mu nda ni mwisano, mulaala insoka atemwa insofu
literal translation
The womb is like chief’s compound, therein lies a snake or an elephant
Meaning 1
One cannot tell what the child to be born will be like, a criminal (a snake) or a great man (an elephant)
Bemba Meaning:
Umwana nga afyalwa tapali wishiba ifyo akaba kuntanshi
Similar proverb
1. Batiila kafyalweni tabatiila kapalaneni.
2. Mu nda tamusanikwa
3. Mu ndani mu cabu