Maahmaah Soomaali

Discover the wisdom of East Africa through traditional Somali proverbs

🌟 Proverb of the Day

Arrin aan sidii futo riyo la feydin, ma fayoobaato
A matter not properly cleaned like a goat's tail never heals
Problems must be fully solved
Found 75 proverb(s) starting with "G"

Meaning: Without a wife, there's no comfort

Context: Companionship completes life — loneliness weakens the spirit

Meaning: A marriage without patience is a house without a roof

Context: Endurance shelters love — tolerance keeps peace

Meaning: Marriage is a two-sided trade

Context: Partnership requires giving and taking equally

Meaning: Marriage is bedding and judgment

Context: It involves intimacy and responsibility — both pleasure and patience

Meaning: A bad marriage is worse than death

Context: Peace of mind outweighs forced companionship

Meaning: Marriage is hands joined

Context: Unity and mutual help sustain relationships

Meaning: Marriage is a pit

Context: A humorous caution — it's easy to enter but hard to leave

Meaning: Marriage is destiny

Context: One finds the right partner through fate, not effort alone

Meaning: Marriage is two shoulders and two hearts

Context: Partnership needs shared support and emotion

Meaning: Without marriage, no bedding

Context: Respect tradition — morality protects dignity

Meaning: Marriage permits intimacy

Context: Proper union legitimizes relations — lawful commitment brings peace

Meaning: Marriage starts as narrow sin, ends as wide sin

Context: Early love is innocent, but corruption grows with neglect — humor about human weakness

Meaning: Let the drum be under your arm or held by your kin

Context: Keep control or trust only close allies — independence or family is safety

Meaning: The bad-smelling resin is scraped off

Context: Corruption or evil is eventually removed — truth cleans decay

Meaning: An axe can't fell a tree without striking another

Context: Every act has a cost — nothing happens in isolation

Meaning: Oh knife, you can't cut me unless part of me is within you

Context: Harm often comes from within, not outside — betrayal is internal

Meaning: Bargaining recognizes neither friend nor brother

Context: Business and emotion don't mix — trade by fairness, not favor

Meaning: The vulture is larger than the hawk

Context: There's always someone greater — humility keeps perspective

Meaning: The heron, when checked, turned out to be a bird

Context: Appearances can deceive — verify before judgment

Meaning: Once a pit has covered your shame, don't expose it again

Context: When a wrong is forgiven or hidden, don't bring it back — forget the past