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Otetela Proverbs

By Stiltz E.B.

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english
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Linguistics Foreign
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2017-08-07 07:01:42
Языки и языкознание;Африканские языки;Языки банту

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Congo Belge, June 24, 1939. — 13 p.Штильц Э.Б. Пословицы народа тетела (на англ. и тетела яз.)1. Kanga yenda, ku muna ndjuku? The guineas are looking, and you plant ground peas? (That is, they will come and scratch them up). Wait until the others go away, so that I can talk to you privately.2. Kusha koko, ku ndu ukanga a lodi? I give you a chicken, and you want a charm to keep the hawk away? You want more instead of being grateful for what you get.3. Kete ya difuku (of diumbu, grave) hedimaka. The dirt of a hole (filled up) does not come to the level.

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