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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.

64 proverbs under M. Showing 61–64.

Proverb #299

Mwandabula ngewembizi wakakambe a!

Kalanga explanation
Bhanti buya ngelembizi lekakambe undzwa koga

Proverb #301

Mwembwe ludziya zwagwa inalutoba

Kalanga explanation
Mwana wazwagwa katodza meyabe kene tate babe

Proverb #302

Mwezi kumba tiwane busebo

Kalanga explanation
Pakumba mwezi kobulawa mbudzi kene wuku

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