Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-03T20:37:13.977Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Asu (Pare) Proverbs and Songs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2012

Extract

1. Eima kiandeni emanyifwa ni mofi.

Lit. He who digs in the hollow is known (i.e. betrayed) by the smoke, i.e. A man may dig quietly for a month without any one knowing much about it, but sooner or later he will have to burn his weeds, then the smoke will rise and fill the valley, and the secret be out. ‘Things done in secret shall be revealed openly.’

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 1933

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)