Somali proverbs

Proverbs from all Somali speaking parts of the world.

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• Nin wax cunay xishood.
  • A man who has eaten something becomes shy.
  • "Society had a crime problem. It hired cops to attack crime. Now society has a cop problem."
  • Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
  • Matthew Kelly Gordon B (1993). OMIMEE's English-Somali Dictionary. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-921008-06-5. 

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• Talo walaal diide taagoogta ayuu kajabaa.
  • One refusing a sibling’s advice breaks his arm.
  • Knowles, Heather (2011). "Language & Expressions". Welcome to Somalia: Passport to Africa. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-7877-2747-5. 

See Also

• Afrikaans proverbs
• Oromo proverbs