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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 “Tjithu itjithu, tjozhalila phako”. Showing 1–1.

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

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