Maji ya moto hayachomi nyumba. (Swahili) Hot water does not burn down the house. (English) Swahili (Eastern and Central Africa) Proverb Also Sukuma and Ngoreme (Tanzania), […]
Maa daa’it illa maa forigat. (Colloquial Arabic) Inna maa al osr yosran. (Koran Arabic) Baada ya dhiki, faraja. (Swahili) No matter how hard it may get, […]
Hano wangere iyomokoro oregeenda bwire. (Kuria) Kama ukikataa la mkuu utatembea mpaka machweo. (Swahili) If you refuse the advice of an elder you will walk […]
Akolahee Ngorulahi kukosaa Ngarambangandu? (Mpoto) Je, haupo uwezekano Ngorulahi akatosheka na Ngarambangandu kukosa? (Swahili) Cannot Ngorulahi be satisfied and Ngarambangandu miss the chance? (English) Mpoto (Malawi, […]
Kitacakari nyakook ewonit ngibaren. (Toposa) An empty stomach can make a person lose his or her cattle; that is, when the stomach is empty the legs […]
Amihwa gaholela nwele. ( Longo) Miba imepoa kwenye wayo. (Swahili) The thorn in your foot is temporarily appeased, but it is still in. (English) Longo (Tanzania) […]
Døø wøk adhienga teek. (Anyuak) The beer is difficult to strain. (English) Anyuak (Ethiopia) Proverb Background, Explanation, Meaning and Everyday Use Beer plays an important […]
Ngoko ya ng’wana itamilaga igino.(Sukuma) Kuku mwenye vifaranga hamezi funza (nyungunyungu). (Swahili) The hen with baby chicks doesn’t swallow the worm. (English) Sukuma ( Tanzania) Proverb […]