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.