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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.

1 proverb matching “Dombo, yipa ntha ing’ompela ndizo bana bazanile imwe ntha”. Showing 1–1.

Proverb #79

Dombo, yipa ntha ing’ompela ndizo bana bazanile imwe ntha

Literal English rendering
Mountain, be evil on one side so that children may play on the other side
English meaning
However bad somebody is, he has to be good in some ways or at least to some people so that he is not hated by everyone

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