Months of the year
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Months of the year
- akabengele kanono
- January (before the leaves are green)
- akabengele kakalamba
- February (when the leaves are more green)
- kutumpu
- March (tradition or ceremony or activities)
- shinde
- April (tradition or ceremony or activities)
- akapepo kanono
- May (small cold)
- akapepo kakalamba
- June (big cold)
- chikungulu pepo
- July (windy & cold)
- akasakantobo
- August (getting hotter)
- ulusuba lunono
- September (small sun)
- ulusuba lukalamba
- October (big sun)
- chinshi kubili
- November
- mpundu milimo
- December (season for picking wild fruit)
- impundu
- wild fruit
- imilimo
- work (synonym for inchito)
- akasuba
- sun
- akanono (ulunono)
- small
- akalamba
- big
- abakalamba
- older (in an age sense, for people)
- impepo
- coldness
- naumfwa impepo
- I'm feeling cold
- akabengele
- season
- abana abanono
- small children
- umwana umunono
- small child
- ubunga ubunono
- mealie meal in a small quantity