Shibuka

Siambelwa kule kasikolwa ashimbululi.

Something spoken in a far-off place cannot fail to get people to transmit it.

Do not speak ill of other people just because they are away.

lozi Zambian Proverb

January 10, 2020

219 100

Mukanwa mu syatwato.

A mouth is worn-out canoe.

A person can say something he did not intend to say.

lozi Zambian Proverb

January 10, 2020

224 107

Mukwanwa kamukulu munuko kola bo kamukab

An Old’s mouth stinks, yet nothing false issues from it.

The old always have good judgement.

lozi Zambian Proverb

January 10, 2020

232 118

Mukwati-kwati wanyama koolwa kanyinga ku

Whoever handles meat must have blood on his fingers.

Every worker is entitled to a fair reward.

lozi Zambian Proverb

January 10, 2020

241 95

Kupotoloha kacacani ka mwangalala.

To go around a mwangalala bush.

To go mad.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

220 99

Mwahanu kimwa sicani.

A woman is a thick bush.

What a person says may not be necessarily be true.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

252 104

Mutu wa mwehae lubilo.

A person in a village cannot run fast.

A person should not react too harshly to inconveniences or minor offenses committed against him by neighbors, since he too might offend them in due course.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

243 111

Kututisa kalabo.

To shift kalabo to another site.

Something impossible to do.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

211 112

Kufalaza mutu.

To make a person flee his village or country.

To take almost everything if not all of a person’s food money or possessions in general.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

241 109

Kuleka kweta.

To buy favour.

o give someone money, or some other precious thing, in order for him/ her to witness, or judgement in ones favour.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

236 110

Kuatula si-Libonda.

To pass judgment after the manner of the Libonda people.

To give a biased or an unfair judgment.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

240 105

Mezi amata mwasikuka saona.

Water flows in its channel.

A person asks for help from his relatives and /or close friends.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

228 103

Kuba ni mala aboli.

To have rotten intestines.

To have wicked and useless children.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

223 104

Kupepa wa kulu.

To bear children as the tortoise does.

To be negligent of one’s children.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

202 110

Sikampafwa.

A bat.

An unpredictable person.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

225 106

Akaloti.

That which does not drip.

A stingy person.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

236 102

Kukutisa lizoho.

To return a hand.

To do good to a person who did something good for you.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

263 136

Kunatela kwa toho.

To hit on the head.

To state the very truth of the matter.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

260 146

Kukena mwa kazuma kakasina mwalo.

To enter a small basket that has no exit.

To be in great trouble.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

243 130

Kuca masipa a litaka zahao.

To eat your peer’s faeces.

To fail in life.

lozi Zambian Proverb

December 28, 2019

257 150

Proverbs

Siambelwa kule kasikolwa ashimbululi.

Mukanwa mu syatwato.

Mukwanwa kamukulu munuko kola bo kamukab

Mukwati-kwati wanyama koolwa kanyinga ku

Kupotoloha kacacani ka mwangalala.

Mwahanu kimwa sicani.

Mutu wa mwehae lubilo.

Kututisa kalabo.

Kufalaza mutu.

Kuleka kweta.

Kuatula si-Libonda.

Mezi amata mwasikuka saona.

Kuba ni mala aboli.

Kupepa wa kulu.

Sikampafwa.

Akaloti.

Kukutisa lizoho.

Kunatela kwa toho.

Kukena mwa kazuma kakasina mwalo.

Kuca masipa a litaka zahao.

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