Proverbs

Bemba Chewa Tonga Lozi Kaonde

Kuba ni mala aboli.

To have rotten intestines.

To have wicked and useless children.



January 18, 2019
161 103

Kupepa wa kulu.

To bear children as the tortoise does.

To be negligent of one’s children.



January 18, 2019
165 104

Sikampafwa.

A bat.

An unpredictable person.



January 18, 2019
154 100

Akaloti.

That which does not drip.

A stingy person.



January 18, 2019
163 101

Kukutisa lizoho.

To return a hand.

To do good to a person who did something good for you.



January 18, 2019
162 108

Kunatela kwa toho.

To hit on the head.

To state the very truth of the matter.



January 18, 2019
156 99

Kukena mwa kazuma kakasina mwalo.

To enter a small basket that has no exit.

To be in great trouble.



January 18, 2019
173 94

Kuca masipa a litaka zahao.

To eat your peer’s faeces.

To fail in life.



January 18, 2019
155 97

Bo lukanda ni siziba.

The belt and the kilt.

People who are very good friends.



January 18, 2019
172 98

Kufula mwa manamani.

To graze amongst calves.

To do things that are below ones capabilities and /or expectations.



January 18, 2019
154 102

Komu haiimelwi ki manaka ayona.

A cow does not find its horns heavy.

A person cannot fail to look after his family.



January 18, 2019
151 91

Tipa ye buhali.

A sharp knife.

The final abiter or supreme judge in a trial case.



January 18, 2019
154 102

Kuyumba simulamu.

To throw away like a stick.

To receive someone badly or in a disinterested manner.



January 18, 2019
145 78

Kuswala mutu mwa lito.

To touch a person in the eye.

To deprive a person of something particularly important to him.



January 18, 2019
167 104

Kukena mutu mwamba.

To enter into a person’s stomach.

To give a person a very small portion of what is being shared.



January 18, 2019
148 105

Kubona malu.

To see clouds.

To see a person or people who are not supposed to hear what is being discussed.



January 18, 2019
149 110

Kunyalela mwa lizazi.

To marry in the sun.

To be married to a person from a poor family.



January 18, 2019
172 114

Kunyelela mwa muluti.

To marry in the shade.

To be married to someone from a well to do family.



January 18, 2019
174 99

Kipeshi batendekela kuwaisha mukachi.

A calabash is first cleaned from the inside.

A person should put his hose in order before he can tell others to do the same.



January 18, 2019
177 116

Kuboko kulonda kuboko kukwabo.

An arm follows another arm.

A person helps he who helps him.



January 18, 2019
148 108

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