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Free English-Bemba Dictionary: A-M

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Learning to speak Bemba language can be fun if you have some help. In this post we start our journey to populate an online English-Bemba Dictionary, in alphabetical order. The Bemba dictionary is not comprehensive but contains the more commonly used words.

If there are particular words you want to translate please feel free to leave a message below. If you speak Bemba and would like to participate, get in touch with us with suggestions about how you wish to participate.

Your comments and corrections are most welcome.

 

 

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If you want to translate English to Bemba you can send in your word and we will do our best to include it in the Bemba dictionary. Or if you simply cannot wait until we get to the word you want to learn because it appears under the letter “Z” let us know and we will translate it for you.

Remember that we want to include all other Zambian languages here. So if you speak Lamba, Lozi, Tonga, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Chokwe, or any other Zambian language, you can start the ball rolling by sending in a few words at a time and we will add it to our database. You can translate Bemba or another language into English and vise versa.

Click on a letter of the alphabet to get to the appropriate section of the English to Bemba dictionary:

A , BC, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M

N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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(For Free English to Bemba Translation Service click here)

8 Thoughts on Free English-Bemba Dictionary: A-M
    thompson siame
    22 Nov 2016
    10:12am

    what is the bemba name for date fruit?

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    JS
    29 Aug 2017
    5:29am

    Hi Sabina,
    “Ilonda” = Wasp
    “Amalonda” = Wasps

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    Sabila
    21 Aug 2017
    9:54am

    English for ilondq?

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    Laura
    24 Apr 2018
    1:50am

    What’s does my muntu in English?

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    JS
    24 Apr 2018
    5:06am

    Hi Laura,
    My muntu = my man (possibly as in “my hommie”).
    Muntu = human being.

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    Sean
    12 Oct 2019
    8:42am

    What does ‘Madoba’ mean

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    Gersh
    15 Oct 2021
    8:59am

    Ameno yawa in english

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      JS
      15 Oct 2021
      9:22am

      Ameno yawa = “teeth set on edge” (e.g. after eating a lemon or sour grapes).

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