ngulube (ingulube)
Noun
MEANING1
A wild pig.
Exampleof use
Ingulube yalitemwisha kalundwe, MEANING: A wild pig is fond of cassava.
SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST
Kapoli.
FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS
ukupoosa ingulube mwibala Literal translation To throw a wild pig in the garden
Meaning: To entrust a rogue with valuables, wife, etc
PROVERBS
PROVERB 1
Ingulube ukuya mwibala ne milile.
Literal translation
As soon as a wild pig breaks into a garden it starts to eat.
Meaning:
If you decide to do some things don’t waste time
Bemba Meaning
Ngolefwaya ukucito mulimo umo, utampefye palya peene pantu batiila `akalimo ucito mulele, kalakupemba'.
similar proverb
1. Ukukokola pa nengo, malole
PROVERB 2
Ingulube iyabula umufyala: icena ne nkashi, no mwipwa.
Literalt ranslation:
The wild pig that has no cousin takes liberties with his sister or nephew.
Meaning:
The boy without a cousin takes liberties with his sister or the child of his maternal uncle.
Bemba Meaning:
Umuntunga takwata abakucena nabo kuti acena nenkashi nangu nalume kwati emufyala wakwe.
PROVERB 3
Icifuca ngulube, citemwo mwine (cilya uucitemenwe).
Literal translation :
A pig's stomach: whoever likes it is welcome to it.
Meaning:
There is no accounting for tastes
Bemba Meaning
Icishili cakupatikisha. Icintu nga taucitemenwe wionaula, e pali kuli abacitemenwe.
PROVERB 4
Icifu cangulube: kaupane ne ?umba.
Literal translation :
Its like the stomach of the wild pig, one can decide to marry a barren wife.
Meaning:
Let people marry if they love one another
Bemba Meaning:
Ico bambi bapatile bambi kuti bacitemwa. Uulefwaya ukuupa uwang'ongo mulekeni umwine.
similar proverb
Lumbwe ukuupila umulanda, kuicikilisha
PROVERB 5
Icilomo (icona)cangulube, cilaipeneka.
Literal translation :
The snout of the wild pig always curls up.
Meaning:
Somethings cannot be kept hidden no matter what a person does to conceal them e.g. the pregnancy of an unmarried woman
Bemba Meaning:
Ifintu fimo tafifisama;kuti caileetafye iciine pabwelu, nangu mulefwaya atemwa iyoo; ukucila ififuma mumicitile ibi.
similar proverb
1. Ifyakulya ubushiku, fitulikila ku malushi
2. Ubwaca, tabuluba ?uni
PROVERB 6
Imipini ibili yalishishe ngulube.
Literal translation
It was the second blow (from the axe handle) that made the wild pig squeal.
Meaning:
The straw that broke the camel's back. Too many rebukes get on one's nerves
Bemba Meaning:
Icintu cim umuntu kuti ashipikisha. Ifibi nga fyakonkanya ukufikilo muntu kuti fyamunasha.
similar proverb
Umunona pamo walishishe ngulube.
PROVERB 7
Mungulube talyampwa: bamwilwila cimo.
Literal translation :
The wild pig does not eat the egg plant: that's one bad point it does not have.
Meaning:
Even a bad person has his good points
Bemba Meaning:
Umuntu tabipililafye, kuusuka mwamusanga nobusuma panoono.
PROVERB 8
Ngulube bakonka iilile umumbu.
Literal translation :
They follow the wild pig that ate the potatoes
Meaning:
Said to a person coming to complain about somebody else's conduct. It also means confront the wrong doer with evidence.
Bemba Meaning:
Ekutiila umuntu nga acita umulandu mwibikamo abakaele iyoo. Cimo nokuti 'impuupu ni pa kuboko'.
PROVERB 9
Umunona pamo walishishe ngulube.
Literal translation
Hitting in the same place made the wild pig squeal.
Bemba Meaning:
Ubwingi bwafyebo kuti bwafulumuna umuntu.
similar proverb
Imipini ibili yalishishe ngulube