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: Mbio za utelezini zitachafua nguo yako
Translation: Running on the slippery area can soil your cloth
Proverb: Mbio za sakafuni huishia ukingoni
Translation: Running on the floor finishes at the edge
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: Running on the slippery area can soil your cloth
Proverb: Mbio za sakafuni huishia ukingoni
Translation: Running on the floor finishes at the edge
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Tamu chungu
Translation: Sweetness is sour
Proverb: Tamu si chungu
Translation: Sweetness is not sour
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: Sweetness is sour
Proverb: Tamu si chungu
Translation: Sweetness is not sour
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Aisifiaye mvua hajawai kuishi mabondeni
Translation: One who praises a rain has never lived in the valley
Proverb: Aisifuye mvua imemnyea
Translation: One who praises rain has been rained on
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: One who praises a rain has never lived in the valley
Proverb: Aisifuye mvua imemnyea
Translation: One who praises rain has been rained on
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Jambo usilolijua uliza
Translation: A matter of which you are ignorant inquire about it
Proverb: Jambo usilolijua ni sawa na usiku wa kiza
Translation: A matter that you are ignorant is like a dark night
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: A matter of which you are ignorant inquire about it
Proverb: Jambo usilolijua ni sawa na usiku wa kiza
Translation: A matter that you are ignorant is like a dark night
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Amani haipatikani kwa kuuana
Translation: Peace doesn't come from killing each other
Proverb: Amani haiji ila kwa ncha ya upanga
Translation: Peace is not possible except by the point of a sword
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: Peace doesn't come from killing each other
Proverb: Amani haiji ila kwa ncha ya upanga
Translation: Peace is not possible except by the point of a sword
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Mchagua jembe ana akili
Translation: One who selects a hoe is intelligent
Proverb: Mchagua jembe si mkulima
Translation: One who selects a hoe is not a real farmer
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: One who selects a hoe is intelligent
Proverb: Mchagua jembe si mkulima
Translation: One who selects a hoe is not a real farmer
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Dawa ya moto ni maji
Translation: The remedy to fire is water
Proverb: Dawa ya moto, ni moto
Translation: The remedy to fire is fire
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: The remedy to fire is water
Proverb: Dawa ya moto, ni moto
Translation: The remedy to fire is fire
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Proverb: Aisifuye mvua imemnyea
Translation: One who praises rain has been rained on
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation:
Proverb: Aisifuye mvua imemnyea
Translation: One who praises rain has been rained on
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Jeuri ya matiti sidiria
Translation: The control of the breast's arrogance is the bra
Proverb: Jeuri ya tembo sisimizi
Translation: The control of the elephant's arrogance is the black ant
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: The control of the breast's arrogance is the bra
Proverb: Jeuri ya tembo sisimizi
Translation: The control of the elephant's arrogance is the black ant
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Postproverbial: Asiyekubali kushindwa ndie mshindi
Translation: One who does not admit defeat is indeed the winner
Proverb: Asiyekubali kushindwa si mshindani
Translation: One who does not admit defeat is not a competitor
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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Translation: One who does not admit defeat is indeed the winner
Proverb: Asiyekubali kushindwa si mshindani
Translation: One who does not admit defeat is not a competitor
Language - Region: Kiswahili (East Africa)
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