ahmadi.kipacha@nm-aist.ac.tz, ahkipacha@gmail.com
Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
Postproverbials in Kiswahili (East Africa)
Curator(s)
Dr. Ahmad Kipacha
Postproverbial: Kidole kimoja hakidondoshi ukuta
Translation: One finger does not pull a wall
Proverb: Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa
Translation: One finger does not kill a head louse
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: One finger does not pull a wall
Proverb: Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa
Translation: One finger does not kill a head louse
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Bahati ya mwenzio yaweza kuwa yako
Translation: Someone's luck might be yours
Proverb: Bahati ya mwenzio usiilalie mlango wazi
Translation: Do not leave a door open for someone's luck
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: Someone's luck might be yours
Proverb: Bahati ya mwenzio usiilalie mlango wazi
Translation: Do not leave a door open for someone's luck
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Asiyesikia la mkuu tapeleka jela
Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, will be sent to jail
Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu
Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, breaks his leg
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, will be sent to jail
Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu
Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, breaks his leg
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Kama una haraka shuka ukimbie,
Translation: If you are in a hurry, drop from a bus
Proverb: Haraka haraka haina baraka
Translation: Haste haste has no blessing
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: If you are in a hurry, drop from a bus
Proverb: Haraka haraka haina baraka
Translation: Haste haste has no blessing
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Kama akili ni nywele basi ubongo ni nyusi
Translation: If intelligence is like hair, then the brain is like an eye brow
Proverb: Akili ni nywele kila mtu ana zake
Translation: Intelligence is like hair every person has his/her own
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: If intelligence is like hair, then the brain is like an eye brow
Proverb: Akili ni nywele kila mtu ana zake
Translation: Intelligence is like hair every person has his/her own
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Tufapo tumekufa
Translation: When we are dead we are dead
Proverb: Kufa si kuisha
Translation: To die is not [the same as] to come to an end
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: When we are dead we are dead
Proverb: Kufa si kuisha
Translation: To die is not [the same as] to come to an end
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Barabara ndefu ongeza mwendo au utachelewa kufika
Translation: For a long road speed up otherwise you will arrive late
Proverb: Barabara ndefu haikosi kona
Translation: A long road must have corners/curves
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: For a long road speed up otherwise you will arrive late
Proverb: Barabara ndefu haikosi kona
Translation: A long road must have corners/curves
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Asiyesikia la mkuu husikiliza la mdogo
Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, listens to the junior
Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu
Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, breaks his leg
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, listens to the junior
Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu
Translation: He who does not heed the elder's/senior's advice, breaks his leg
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Hasira za mkizi atatafuna wewe
Translation: An angry cuttle-fish can eat you
Proverb: Hasira ya mkizi furaha ya mvuvi
Translation: The anger of a cuttle-fish is a joy of a fisherman
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: An angry cuttle-fish can eat you
Proverb: Hasira ya mkizi furaha ya mvuvi
Translation: The anger of a cuttle-fish is a joy of a fisherman
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Aliye kando, amekupisha njia
Translation: He who stays to the side, has given you a way
Proverb: Aliye kando, haangukiwi na mti
Translation: He who stays to the side will not be hit by a falling tree
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: He who stays to the side, has given you a way
Proverb: Aliye kando, haangukiwi na mti
Translation: He who stays to the side will not be hit by a falling tree
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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