Proverb #223
Ladla wunda
- Kalanga explanation
- Ihhuba lawhaya bamomwa yewunda
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.
16 proverbs under L. Showing 1–16.
Proverb #224
Lafuma laba bhofu atjaziba makamu awe
- Kalanga explanation
- Annu afuma atjina anya ngemakamu kene bengha uwe
Proverb #225
Leba phele wakazhalila dendele
- Literal English rendering
- Talk about the hyena when the hut is closed
- English meaning
- Be careful when you gossip about someone, you might be telling a person who will tell him/her
Proverb #226
Leba she wakatathat dombo
- Literal English rendering
- Talk about the chief when you are on top of a hill
- English meaning
- Be careful when you talk about your senior, those around you maybe his pimps
Proverb #227
Leba tjemwe wulabila
- Kalanga explanation
- Wa ndebo dzemizi usiye ipapo
Proverb #228
Leba tjomwe wulabila
- Kalanga explanation
- Ndebo yomwe usiyisenge sayipapo
Proverb #229
Leba zwibuya kopinda n’ganga inolapa
- Kalanga explanation
- Lebeleka zubuyanana kodzima buhongola
Proverb #230
Lebeleka ngekuyela njele
- Kalanga explanation
- Ulebeleke semwana unatate name
Proverb #231
lebelekani tjinyayi
- Kalanga explanation
- Lebelekani kumatula ndebo dzenyu
Proverb #232
Lembeleka kwedamba ate iko wa kwalo
- Kalanga explanation
- Handulana konsikana kene nkadzi ate iko akubvuma
Proverb #233
Letja mvimi agwe nembwa iye
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu unozwidanila dzindebo muwunletjeni
Proverb #234
Lima nge tjitjo, tjing’wango nkumbigwa atjina ndima
- Literal English rendering
- Plough with your own, the borrowed hoe does not make you cover a portion of a field
- English meaning
- You own means a better than borrowed means; with your own you do not wait and you make progress
Proverb #235
Londolodza ntamba uwa luzipo kene ntobwe
- Kalanga explanation
- Gala nonkadzi kakwegula mihingo iye yakanaka
Proverb #236
Lukuta gwesimbe unlomo
- Kalanga explanation
- Nnu wesimbe tuta nlomo mukulebeleka koga, hinga atepo
Proverb #237
Lume ling’ompela alikombi tjiwulu
- Literal English rendering
- One man cannot round the anthill
- English meaning
- It is hard to do something single-handed
Proverb #238
lundzi gobva kulusubulilo
- Kalanga explanation
- Mwana wowu wakatodza bazwali babe