Proverb #191
Kunabo galatidle milika tikulebe
- Kalanga explanation
- Kunabannu banabunnu gonlomo mukati kulikuhabahaba
Kalanga proverbs and wise sayings
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Compiled and edited by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo. The original collection includes English renderings for some proverbs and Kalanga explanations for others. Source numbers are retained for reference.
76 proverbs under K. Showing 21–40.
Proverb #166
Kuna bonlanda hha demwe
- Kalanga explanation
- Balanda bahe pakhuta kene lubahhe gwahe
Proverb #167
Kuna bophembwe
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu banodanda benyepa mumizi
Proverb #192
Kunabo phwephwe
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu banonda beleba manyepwa muhango
Proverb #168
Kuna bukamu gusinga swike tjilimo, hhihha, mbaba
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu banabukwinya gonyeyana kene gwemanyepwa
Proverb #169
Kuna debwe tjakakatsangwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Indebo inabasupi ngemazwibhatigwa inopela ngokubvumilana
Proverb #170
Kuna gona lenkadzi kene nlume zwe
- Kalanga explanation
- Unkadzai kene nlume unabuwolomwa gusina mano
Proverb #171
Kuna gumbo ntswayilo
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu watumiwa emilika enda tjatjose
Proverb #172
Kuna kudidi ntanga kungwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Kobviwa nnu etangigwa muvula ngentuzi uwe
Proverb #173
Kuna kukuta tjanga katsangwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Mukukwebelana ndebo pangha kozwala lufu kene palalana
Proverb #193
Kunamabhende ketswena Indebo dzinolebelekegwa hule kwematula
Proverb #174
Kuna mahla kwala
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu engina mugwizi gungisa vula elamba kangina kasengwa
Proverb #175
Kuna masalila bona
- Kalanga explanation
- Kwinya pangha ngono wasala unozwibonela
Proverb #194
Kunamatsimbe emboma
- Kalanga explanation
- Awa ensenya wakahangana nensetje anopwa
Proverb #195
Kunambomana
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu banozibana kene balombe nebabehhi
Proverb #176
Kuna mbvulunga moto
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu banopaladza ndebo pakhutha belebela ntome
Proverb #177
Kuna mwina tjigu
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu unoleba ndebo isina nneswi
Proverb #196
Kunanda nadzo mbuya nadzo
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu unonda enyeya mumizi kakale ebuya ngedzindebo dzemizi yabannu
Proverb #179
Kuna nda pakati mundebo
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu banoti ndebo yabapakati yozipa bakayinginila
Proverb #180
Kuna ndebo yefupe phwe
- Kalanga explanation
- Indebo yakahandukila kubalebi bayo