nkondo (inkondo)
Noun

MEANING

War (imported).

EXAMPLE OF USE

Inkondo yabukaya MEANING: A civil war.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Buta,

FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

1A mulisha inkondo kalanda, MEANING: He made him suffer (weep).

2 Uli nkondo yakwa Kalembe, MEANING: You are a miser.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

nkonyongo

PROVERBS

Ifita fyakukuuta tafilwa nkondo

Literal translation:

Troops enlisted by force do not fight well in battle.

Bemba Meaning

Ifintu fyakukwatila mumumpatikisha tafifumaluka. Pakuti umubomfi abombe bwino kano naatemwa umulimo wakwe; teekupatikishiwafye iyoo.


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