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 , B, C, 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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what is the bemba name for date fruit?
Hi Sabina,
“Ilonda” = Wasp
“Amalonda” = Wasps
English for ilondq?
What’s does my muntu in English?
Hi Laura,
My muntu = my man (possibly as in “my hommie”).
Muntu = human being.
What does ‘Madoba’ mean
Ameno yawa in english
Ameno yawa = “teeth set on edge” (e.g. after eating a lemon or sour grapes).