noun

Plural – amalonda

MEANING.

A wasp

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

mulondalonda.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

Ashelefye apashele ilonda MEANING  he just got out of it by a hairsbreadth.

PROVERBS

Lufwinyemba aapwishishe amalonda muli limo limo.

Literal translation

Thechameleon finished the wasps by eating them one by one.

Meaning

Little strokes fellgreat oaks

Bemba meaning

Shimucitapanoono aapokele mwikalafye umukashi;umuntu aalinga ukulabombako panoono panoono nangu umulimo ukose shani.