njili
Noun

MEANING1

Warthog

Exampleof use

 

Mulibananjili mukuulolucelo, MEANING: Youare like the young ones of the war-hog, you work only in the morning.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Munjili

FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Weushishinjili ishibile mulunweno , MEANING:You who never met the person you are talking about, there he is now.

PROVERBS

Njiliyabula umwana, baimwena ulukasa kwifwe,

Literalmining:

The warthog which has no young ones,you see by its tracks at the waterhole.

Meaning1: 

It is easy to know a person who hasno one to help him or her, because he will be doing everything by himself

Meaning2: 

No one pays no attention to a manwithout children.

BembaMeaning 1:

Umuntu uwabula abacibululu nanguabaana, aleshibikwa pantu fyonse kuti euleicitila

BembaMeaning 2: 

Abantutabasakamana umuntu uwabula abaana

 

MEANING1

plural ofulwili MEANIUNG an oyster or the shell of an oyster


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