Proverb #449
Tjisikwegule
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu umilile gupu lebana elela kene ediya
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.
Browse the collection
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.
75 proverbs under T. Showing 61–75.
Proverb #450
Tjitata mabuya, tjobuza mabi
- Literal English rendering
- The person chasing away good things brings back bad things
- English meaning
- If you scatter or destroy good things, you will be left with bad things to gather
Proverb #451
Tjithu itjithu, tjozhalila phako
- Literal English rendering
- A thing is a thing, it closes a cleft
- English meaning
- Do not despise small things; even a small thing has its own great use
Proverb #452
Tjitjo ngetjawadla
- Kalanga explanation
- Dla masimba awo utjatjila kene kuzwiwa mbili
Proverb #453
Tjiviriviri ndetje whudzululu, tja mansiabhundu tjidzetedzete
- Literal English rendering
- The swift flight is of the blue bird, the hump-tailed bird makes quick dashes
- English meaning
- Speed is for the fast, if you are slow, rely on tactics
Proverb #454
Tjolonda dumbu malalo mabinge atjo
- Kalanga explanation
- Isiyangwa isina bazwadzi inodla pamwe nepamwe
Proverb #455
Tjonoka wangwa kula akutoyitjowo kula lini
- Kalanga explanation
- Mwana unotola hhana kadzi yemimwedzi apa azwagwa unolibilidza
Proverb #456
Tjononoka wangwa kula tjowokula lini
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu wabe asima mwana, kabva ewana mwana, kwasla kula koga
Proverb #457
Togwila makuwu nenungu
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu upakathi kwebugwele misingemisi
Proverb #458
Tokwiya nyemba ngemmahha
- Kalanga explanation
- Kudziyila kondila mbeli
Proverb #460
Towoboka dzabuya
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnu wandakunghingo tobona ngezizwalo zwizwe
Proverb #459
Towo tobela zila yabakwa
- Kalanga explanation
- Towogala butjilo gunonga gwabakwa mumano
Proverb #446
Tshinyunyi babili komba yega tjowuluka
- Kalanga explanation
- Bannu babili munghingo wabo banopedza tjinyolotjo
Proverb #461
Tundutundu tjayenda luseloselo
- Kalanga explanation
- igwendo gwefulayimatjina
Proverb #462
Tungamigwa ngehhadzi dzonokuligila mudziba ngemitolo
- Kalanga explanation
- Unnukadzi etum\ngamila nzi bhelelo, lufu, nebabhamu wose