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Kalanga proverbs and wise sayings

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Browse 570 Kalanga proverbs by their first letter. Read the wording and the explanations supplied in the collection.

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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.

65 proverbs under N. Showing 61–65.

Proverb #365

Nyunyi mbili inozwiba manlembe tjotamba kwabvila

Kalanga explanation
Nnu wakatjenjela ntome unohanganya vula nenkaka wakatebama kunyala zwe

Proverb #366

Nyunyi mbili inozwiziba manlembe tjotamba kwibvila

Kalanga explanation
Panrabi ulebeleke uyela njela kakale ulinga hhuba

Proverb #367

Nzi nkulu ibheta lopetesa ngombe

Kalanga explanation
Bakadzi banjisa bonkupa zwibhayo ngelufu nokwegula

Proverb #303

N’gombe komusiwa inomuka

Kalanga explanation
Nnu kotidziwa unozwibhatsa

Proverb #304

N’gumba yonlindzi ayitopotelekwa

Kalanga explanation
Unnu wakakombiwa nta dzose mabuli mana

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