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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 “Tjimwe tjitekesi tjimwe tjisipo”. Showing 1–1.

Proverb #439

Tjimwe tjitekesi tjimwe tjisipo

Literal English rendering
One boasts of knowledge when the other is not there
English meaning
A person who knows little boasts when experts are not there

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