I don't eat brothers

I began my first week of Bemba language classes. Bemba is the second most used language in Zambia behind English. The classes are long and tedious, but I am slowly picking things up. In our first week we learned some basic phrases like "Hello, my name is Devin." "What is your name?" Etc. The other day my teacher wanted us to get some practice with people in the community. We walked to a local village and started conversing with some women who were lounging under a tree. I introduced myself in Bemba and starting spouting off everything that I had learned in the last week. After I had asked the women what each of her ten siblings did for work and what their names where the conversation started to slow down. The only thing I could think of to say was "Nshilya inama," "I don't eat meat," but because I am good at Bemba I made a mistake and said "Nshilya banume," "I don't eat brothers." The woman looked at me with a terrified look as my teaching started busting into tears laughing. I think I am going to enjoy learning Bemba.