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Mmangwana o tshwara thipa ka fa bogaleng
A mother holds the knife by its sharp edge.
What it means
A mother will take the cut herself before she lets harm reach her children. Gripping a knife by the blade means accepting the wound so someone else doesn't have to.
Tswana
· Southern Africa
Source and context
From:
Tswana, Southern Africa
Source:
Setswana (Botswana) oral-tradition proverb (Mmangwana o tshwara thipa ka fa bogaleng), documented in Setswana proverb collections
The meaning given here is our own reading. Other interpretations exist.
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