Proverbs · kng

mwana a kinsamuna kakala mpasi ko

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Original text · kng

mwana a kinsamuna kakala mpasi ko

French translation

l'enfant du récit n'est pas en peine

English translation

the child of the story is not in trouble

Meaning

to make a long story short

People: kongo

Sources

Bentley, William HolmanTranslation pending — Appendix to the Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo LanguageTranslation pending (1895), p. 848
mwana a kinsamuna kakala mpasi ko (Proverb), to make a long story short
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Bentley, William HolmanTranslation pending — Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, as Spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West AfricaTranslation pending (1887), p. 362
Mwana, 1, n., child, offspring, son or
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Bentley, William HolmanTranslation pending — Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, as Spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West AfricaTranslation pending (1887), p. 391
Nsamuna, 2, n., relation, narration.
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Bentley, William HolmanTranslation pending — Appendix to the Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo LanguageTranslation pending (1895), p. 873
Mpasi, 2, n., trouble.
Source context : auteur missionnaire, période colonialeTranslation pending
Reading guidance : Source produced in a colonial or missionary context: read with critical distance.