Noun

MEANING

MEANING1

A snail

Example of use

Icalo ici! Ba Mucime balalya inkola MEANING This world is strange. The Ngoni eat snails!

MEANING 1

A sly, clever person. One who knows how to avoid trouble

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Nkolobwa

PROVERBS

PROVERB 1

Tacibula pa nkola

Literal translation.

Even the snail, which is so careful, cannot avoid all troubles

Meaning

Even the most clever or careful person-cannot-always avoid trouble. There are things which one cannot have influence over. If they have to happen, they will happen!

Bemba Meaning.

Nelyo umuntu aisunge shani teeti ataluke ku mafya yonse. Ubwafya bwisafye nelyo tawenekele.

PROVERB 2

Napaapa ica pa penkola.

Literal translation.

I carry on my back something similar to what the snail carries

Meaning

Endless troubles

Bemba Meaning.

Umuntu nga acita umulandu, ala noko aya alausenda. Ipinda limbi lyakuti' Cibanda laa1a, ukulaala kwa cibanda kusosa umo wasosele'. Umuntu alingile ukutiina ifikali pakutaluka ku macushi.