Proverb #500
Wabhata gulu ngelile
- Kalanga explanation
- Indebo dzimunzi disingabhudile kuhhe
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.
36 proverbs under W. Showing 1–20.
Proverb #501
Wabhata mwana wedundule
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu notanga ludzi guna (sikho) asingalapike bhelelo ndiwe nebana
Proverb #502
Wadila mavu ntakula bamwe basipo
- Kalanga explanation
- Waleba ndebo yangha bamwe bongha basipo
Proverb #503
Wahaya nghingo kapotola wuku matoko
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu unozwilonga mumiha ngemiha
Proverb #504
Wakabhabha mwana tjibhembeha
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu wakabhabha mwana asina mbeleko
Proverb #505
Wakafa wakalusiya esiyila nnamo bapenyu
- Kalanga explanation
- Nnu un’gompela munzi wasala unowosenga bulemo
Proverb #506
Wakaladza bhihha ngewa unoziba bhuda kwalo
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu unobiganyidza maladzwa ebana babe muna lamangwana
Proverb #507
Wakanda nsumbe
- Kalanga explanation
- Wakatumiwa eswika wogala tjatjose
Proverb #509
Wakapinda dzakahhungwane dzikamiwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu wakahangana bulubi usingazibwe tjanoleba
Proverb #508
Wakapinda dzakahhungwa nedzikamwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu usina malebeswa mubutjilo gugwe gose
Proverb #510
Wakasungwa dzakawoto
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu usingake kazwitjidza pangha
Proverb #511
Walabwa ngefumwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Wukangangwa
Proverb #512
Walamba hhamba walamba neto yayo
- Kalanga explanation
- Walamba nsikana pamwe nebazwadzi nenzi wabo wose
Proverb #513
Waliwali ayina ngha
- Kalanga explanation
- Igamu linopembela ngemizi ndiko lowobaka lini. Akunabhatso
Proverb #514
Waloba nyoka pangholo
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu wabhata mbava ngemaboko awe wapedza nlandu
Proverb #515
Wamimila wahla
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu unokongwa nenzi uwe unodana bamwe bakawuntjidza
Proverb #516
Wana damba udle uwane nkume ubuye nawo
- Kalanga explanation
- Uswiswine mbunu dzedamba koga nkume ubuye nawo
Proverb #517
Wana tjitjo tidle koga zwibusiku tibudzane
- Kalanga explanation
- Awungabe ugwaligwa budza bamwe
Proverb #518
Wapeleka mbulu kumwina
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu watumwa pedlo nakanyi kwensikana eswika webaka
Proverb #519
Wapota dombo wadzimila
- Literal English rendering
- He who goes around the hill gets lost
- English meaning
- Out of sight out of mind