Proverbs
Proverb: Ita rĩtarĩ ndundu,rĩhũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe
Translation: Warriors that are not united are scattered with one club[bullet]
Language - Region: gikuyu-kenya
Translation: Warriors that are not united are scattered with one club[bullet]
Language - Region: gikuyu-kenya
Proverb: Ane bhonzo ane nyama hazvienzani neasin
Translation: One with a born (meat) is better than one without.
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: One with a born (meat) is better than one without.
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Charovedzera charovedzera, gudo rakakwira mawere kwasvib
Translation: Because of experience baboons climb slopes even during the night in darkness
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: Because of experience baboons climb slopes even during the night in darkness
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Igaroziva kuti mai mukadzi wabab
Translation: It is known that mother is father’s wife
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: It is known that mother is father’s wife
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Mudzimu wakupa chironda, wati nhunzi dzikudy
Translation: An ancestral spirit who gives you wounds, call for flies to eat you
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: An ancestral spirit who gives you wounds, call for flies to eat you
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Gudo guru peta muswe kuti vaduku vakutye
Translation: Big baboon, fold your tail so that the young fear you.
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: Big baboon, fold your tail so that the young fear you.
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Aive madziva ave mazambuko, aive mazambuko ave madziva.
Translation: Deep pools have become crossing points, crossing points have become deep pools
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: Deep pools have become crossing points, crossing points have become deep pools
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Matakadya kare haanyaradze mwan
Translation: You cannot console a hungry child by reminding him of the food eaten before
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: You cannot console a hungry child by reminding him of the food eaten before
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Kure kwegava ndokusina mutsubv
Translation: A wild dog will go anyway where the mutsubvu fruit tree is found
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: A wild dog will go anyway where the mutsubvu fruit tree is found
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Proverb: Kudada kwevari mugomo kumbira mapfihwa kune vari pasi
Translation: It is vanity of those who leave in the hills to ask for fireplace stones from those who live in the valley. Those who have should not ask to be given by those who have no means
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe
Translation: It is vanity of those who leave in the hills to ask for fireplace stones from those who live in the valley. Those who have should not ask to be given by those who have no means
Language - Region: shona-zimbabwe