TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kavari,Jekura Uaurika
TI  - Omiano vya Tjipangandjara: Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms
SN  - 9789991642086
AV  - PN6519 .O453 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - University of Namibia Press
KW  - Idioms
KW  - Proverbs, Bantu
KW  - Namibia
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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