Noun

MEANING

Darkness, obscurity.

Example of use

1.     Sonteka kandulo tuputule imfiimfi 

MEANING:  Light a candle so as to reduce the darkness.

2.     Imfiimfi yaputuka

MEANING:  The darkness is dispelled.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION

DERIVATIVE: fiita.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES

Enda mu mfiimfi  Literal translation: To walk in the darkness.

MEANING: Not to know something

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ba muli kupi.

PROVERBS

Ameenso ya calo yaba na mumfiimfi.

Literal translation: The eyes of the earth see even in the dark.

Meaning: What is done in secret will eventually be revealed.

Bemba meaning: Tamwaba icifisama ku bantu muno calo capanshi. Ifyakulya ubushiku fitulikia ku malushi. Ameenso yamukundilwa yeengi, kuti uleeti bushiku kanshi abantu balekumona.