Omiano vya Tjipangandjara Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms.
Kavari, Jekura Uaurika.
Omiano vya Tjipangandjara Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms. - Oxford : University of Namibia Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (212 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Embo rOkomeho; Preface; Ondangu; Acknowledgements; Ombutiro; Introduction; Omiano vya Tjipangandjara.PROVERBS; Omiano omitorokwa.CALQUES; Omiano vyohungiriro.IDIOMS; Ozomburo -- Bibliography; Ohunga nOmutjange; About the Author; Back cover
Omiano vya Tjipangandjara: Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms is a unique collection of linguistic and cultural significance. The author has collected over 150 proverbs and idioms from the Ovaherero community, particularly the Ovakaoko, in Namibia, and from various written sources. He encourages the use of these proverbs as a means of cultural enrichment, since younger speakers of Otjiherero tend to use and/or translate English or Afrikaans proverbs. Concise and extensively researched, this book distinguishes between proverbs and idioms; gives the literal English translation; the origin; general m.
9789991642086 9991642080
Idioms.
Proverbs, Bantu.
Proverbs, Bantu--Namibia--Translations into English.
Proverbs, Bantu--Namibia.
Electronic Books.
PN6519 / .O453 2013
Omiano vya Tjipangandjara Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms. - Oxford : University of Namibia Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (212 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Embo rOkomeho; Preface; Ondangu; Acknowledgements; Ombutiro; Introduction; Omiano vya Tjipangandjara.PROVERBS; Omiano omitorokwa.CALQUES; Omiano vyohungiriro.IDIOMS; Ozomburo -- Bibliography; Ohunga nOmutjange; About the Author; Back cover
Omiano vya Tjipangandjara: Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms is a unique collection of linguistic and cultural significance. The author has collected over 150 proverbs and idioms from the Ovaherero community, particularly the Ovakaoko, in Namibia, and from various written sources. He encourages the use of these proverbs as a means of cultural enrichment, since younger speakers of Otjiherero tend to use and/or translate English or Afrikaans proverbs. Concise and extensively researched, this book distinguishes between proverbs and idioms; gives the literal English translation; the origin; general m.
9789991642086 9991642080
Idioms.
Proverbs, Bantu.
Proverbs, Bantu--Namibia--Translations into English.
Proverbs, Bantu--Namibia.
Electronic Books.
PN6519 / .O453 2013