Noun

MEANING1

Personification of the type who brings endless trouble on others

Example of use

Uyu ni Ngosa MEANING: This is a Ngosa, a trouble maker.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Shinalyamuntu.

PROVERBS

PROVERB1

Uwafyala Ngosa, tabula kuosaosa

Literal translation:

The parent who begets a troublesome child is continually scolded

Meaning:

A badly behaved child is a continuous cause of trouble for his parents

Bemba Meaning:

Uwafyala umwana uushumfwa kuti aletelelwa na mwane pe. Umufyashi talingile kunaka ukufunda umwana.

 

PROVERB 2

Uwenda na ngosa-kati, nobe walaba ngosa-kati.

Literaltranslation:

The one who keeps company with a troublemaker also becomes a trouble maker,

Meaning:

bad company contaminates.

Bemba Meaning:

Ukwangala no mupuupu na iwe ukeba. 'Uwenda no ulwele munda alabukilwa'. Tulesala abakwangala nabo.

Similar proverb

1.Uwenda na ngoshe no kumubeya eumubeya