Proverbs

Bemba Chewa Tonga Lozi Kaonde

Kupepa wa kulu.

To bear children as the tortoise does.

To be negligent of one’s children.



January 18, 2019
142 89

Sikampafwa.

A bat.

An unpredictable person.



January 18, 2019
135 89

Akaloti.

That which does not drip.

A stingy person.



January 18, 2019
142 99

Kukutisa lizoho.

To return a hand.

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



January 18, 2019
147 102

Kunatela kwa toho.

To hit on the head.

To state the very truth of the matter.



January 18, 2019
135 92

Kukena mwa kazuma kakasina mwalo.

To enter a small basket that has no exit.

To be in great trouble.



January 18, 2019
152 85

Kuca masipa a litaka zahao.

To eat your peer’s faeces.

To fail in life.



January 18, 2019
139 92

Bo lukanda ni siziba.

The belt and the kilt.

People who are very good friends.



January 18, 2019
142 88

Kufula mwa manamani.

To graze amongst calves.

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



January 18, 2019
135 96

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
138 87

Tipa ye buhali.

A sharp knife.

The final abiter or supreme judge in a trial case.



January 18, 2019
136 82

Kuyumba simulamu.

To throw away like a stick.

To receive someone badly or in a disinterested manner.



January 18, 2019
132 70

Kuswala mutu mwa lito.

To touch a person in the eye.

To deprive a person of something particularly important to him.



January 18, 2019
154 97

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
133 99

Kubona malu.

To see clouds.

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



January 18, 2019
129 108

Kunyalela mwa lizazi.

To marry in the sun.

To be married to a person from a poor family.



January 18, 2019
152 107

Kunyelela mwa muluti.

To marry in the shade.

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



January 18, 2019
158 87

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
148 109

Kuboko kulonda kuboko kukwabo.

An arm follows another arm.

A person helps he who helps him.



January 18, 2019
133 104

Bichi biji pamo byoishenkana.

Trees that are together brush against each other.

It is normal for people living together to quarrel.



January 18, 2019
126 85

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