Adjective.

MEANING1:

Stateof being broken

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Bongosoka

MEANING2

Tobe burning

Exampleof use

Akasubanakatobeka MEANING The sun is burning hot

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Kanunkana panshi

MEANING3

tomake a mixture, to mixed amongst

Exampleof use

1.Kalaba atobeka ifintu mu ifintu fya musango umbi  MEANING Kalaba mixed upthings of different kinds

2.Tobeka imfwi MEANING to have grey hairs mixed withblack hairs

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Reflexive:Itobeka

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ipandika,isokeka, yobeka

PassiveTobekwa

ApplicativeTobekela

 

PROVERBS

Cimpampa: uwaitobeka mu mitondo

Literaltranslation:

It is a “cimpampa” tree which has beenthrown among the “mitondo” trees.

Meaning:

Thisproverb is said to a person who lives in a foreign land; or whose character isstrange; or who is hated by everyone.

 

Bembameaning

Umuntuuwaikala pa bantu abashili balupwa bakwe. Umuntu uo abanankwe bapata nanguapanga imilandu teekuti bamusoseleko.