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Kalanga proverbs and wise sayings

Makungulupeswa eTjiKalanga

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 “Gwembizi ndegu muntumbu gumu nlomo unopkhwawula ikapfa”. Showing 1–1.

Proverb #115

Gwembizi ndegu muntumbu gumu nlomo unopkhwawula ikapfa

Literal English rendering
The grass of the horse is the one inside its stomach, the one inside its mouth, u can strike it in the mouth and cause it to spit out the grass
English meaning
You can only claim something as your own when it is securely in your possession. (A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush)
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