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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 “Dzina tjitsha dzina nhu”. Showing 1–1.

Proverb #86

Dzina tjitsha dzina nhu

Literal English rendering
Domestic animals in the company of a tree stump-being are in the company of a human being
English meaning
To have somebody in the care of something however incompetent that person is, it is better than to have no one at all

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