Languagle #26: South Ndebele
Ubukhosi ngombethe
"Kingship is like a dew."
What it means
Recorded as an isiNdebele proverb in a study of the multilingual Soshanguve community north of Pretoria, in a table of proverbs about being governed by kings. The book prints the literal translation only and offers no further gloss, so none is added here.
What kind of saying it is
Oral tradition. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.
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