ZED Lingo

Mansunsu Keechi mutwene.

Shoulders cannot go above the head.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
264 129 Comment

Kuja kwanomba kuuma mukanwa.

The eating of a singer is to be sharp on the mouth.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
263 134 Comment

Munda mukyabu.

A womb is a bridge.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
268 134 Comment

Wakolwa munda yeulwa nakinzhilo.

He who has a ………..fights with the door

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
265 124 Comment

Mumuchima wamukwenu munkundwe.

Your friend’s heart is a wilderness.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
268 128 Comment

Kanwa kaalobeele mutwe.

The mouth put the head in trouble.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
239 141 Comment

Fukafuka uja twabakulu talala wajamo kub

kneeling you eat with the elders, keep standing you have nothing.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
245 140 Comment

Kuboko kulonda kuboko kukwabo.

An arm follows another arm.

kaonde Proverb Zambian Help
December 23, 2019
268 132 Comment

Bichi biji pamo byoishenkana.

Trees that are together brush against each other.

kaonde Proverb Zambian
December 23, 2019
246 138 Comment

Kuswala mutu mwa lito.

To touch a person in the eye.

lozi Zambian
December 28, 2019
249 142 Comment

Kuyumba simulamu.

To throw away like a stick.

lozi Zambian
December 28, 2019
265 125 Comment

Tipa ye buhali.

A sharp knife.

lozi Zambian
December 28, 2019
257 133 Comment

Komu haiimelwi ki manaka ayona.

A cow does not find its horns heavy.

lozi Zambian
December 28, 2019
259 126 Comment

Kufula mwa manamani.

To graze amongst calves.

lozi Zambian
December 28, 2019
260 152 Comment

Bo lukanda ni siziba.

The belt and the kilt.

lozi Zambian
December 28, 2019
258 149 Comment

Kuca masipa a litaka zahao.

To eat your peer’s faeces.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
263 154 Comment

Kukena mwa kazuma kakasina mwalo.

To enter a small basket that has no exit.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
248 134 Comment

Kunatela kwa toho.

To hit on the head.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
265 150 Comment

Kukutisa lizoho.

To return a hand.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
269 138 Comment

Akaloti.

That which does not drip.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
244 106 Comment

Sikampafwa.

A bat.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
232 108 Comment

Kupepa wa kulu.

To bear children as the tortoise does.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
208 114 Comment

Kuba ni mala aboli.

To have rotten intestines.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
233 107 Comment

Mezi amata mwasikuka saona.

Water flows in its channel.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
235 106 Comment

Kuatula si-Libonda.

To pass judgment after the manner of the Libonda people.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
245 109 Comment

Kuleka kweta.

To buy favour.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
241 114 Comment

Kufalaza mutu.

To make a person flee his village or country.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
245 114 Comment

Kututisa kalabo.

To shift kalabo to another site.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
218 115 Comment

Mutu wa mwehae lubilo.

A person in a village cannot run fast.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
245 115 Comment

Mwahanu kimwa sicani.

A woman is a thick bush.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
257 107 Comment

Kupotoloha kacacani ka mwangalala.

To go around a mwangalala bush.

lozi Zambian Proverb
December 28, 2019
226 102 Comment

Mukwati-kwati wanyama koolwa kanyinga ku

Whoever handles meat must have blood on his fingers.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
245 99 Comment

Mukwanwa kamukulu munuko kola bo kamukab

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

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
234 122 Comment

Mukanwa mu syatwato.

A mouth is worn-out canoe.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
227 111 Comment

Siambelwa kule kasikolwa ashimbululi.

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

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
221 105 Comment

Sifupa sakena nositunda kunyama.

A bone may be white, yet, it once had meat on it.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
214 103 Comment

Limbuta lihonga mweelo.

A crowd cheats a fool.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
240 116 Comment

Kwezi kamuhinonga, angi kaana nyoko.

The moon is not day-light, many people are not your mother’s children.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
224 116 Comment

Musilazi ni mung’ole.

In tranquility lies danger.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
234 109 Comment

Sakufangenda ka sikepaa ndambo.

What kills a visitor does not kill a local man.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
221 100 Comment

Payili pawa.

Where there are two, it is good.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
241 115 Comment

Sakutwa sakwila kasikasiye mandunga.

It is sharp, it boils and reaches the deepest parts of the river.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
241 129 Comment

Ngombe mukutwaleta inywa meyi Makena.

The first cow drinks clean water.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
227 122 Comment

Kanuke kasiambela kulungamene tumone.

A child who cannot be told let us wait and see.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
241 107 Comment

Panakotamene mbwa panalepe, ulimi wambwa

A dog has been bending for too long, yet its agricultural yield is never seen.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
238 101 Comment

Liyoka lyafa kale kulishangeza lingomba.

To accuse lingomba (a kind of bird) for the death of a snake that died a long time ago.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
237 120 Comment

Kupita kumwezi kulyangako.

To visit a sick person is to be feeding from his home.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
263 125 Comment

Sibuisa likundu ka wamwanjano, mwamba yo

He who uses a small paddle cannot go far; a person who has no witness cannot win a case.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
258 116 Comment

Nde alyamui ahatandwa peunja yolya muwa.

When a lion eats a bad person and it is not killed, tomorrow it will eat a good person

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
269 114 Comment

Sando sakulupala sinepaa anenge.

A reed-mat may be old, yet it had killed a lot of barbell fish.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
262 129 Comment

Ndungulume mapa mulozi

A treacherous person is a relative of a witch.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
276 121 Comment

Ndungulume mapa mulozi

A treacherous person is a relative of a witch.

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
260 135 Comment

Wakwanga kuita ongwele kuihimba.

If you cannot serve in the active forces join the carrier corps

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
264 139 Comment

Lyakufa luwawa kakawana musa wakuonza .

The day the jackal dies, it won’t find a musa tree under which to take shade

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
262 122 Comment

Sato sakufa mbasikaula ngombe

A broken canoe will not buy a cow

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 10, 2020
284 125 Comment

Ndiala mbayupela kuwa nyinawae

An orphan learns through the admonitions given to a child that has it’s mother

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 11, 2020
282 116 Comment

Kukwatela ndombe kuusila

To get hold of a barbel fish by the tail

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 11, 2020
291 120 Comment

Abuwa mbaafweke, aamba mbaakumeke

Those who paddle normally land, those who speak normally come to a stop

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 11, 2020
270 119 Comment

Mukulu ni likona

An old person is like a big mukona tree

lozi Zambian Proverb
January 11, 2020
283 121 Comment

woota yandeke

a blue lie or something that can never be done and is way out of the possible

urban Zambian idiom
March 27, 2020
240 122 Comment

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