
KAMBA RIDDLES
Riddles (Ndae)
Kungula kangala kithembeni? Kungulu kambagal (noise) in the drum? | Mutwaano wa mbia A wedding of rats |
Nayiatha na kaluma ndiu ndukakwata? It’s in space, and you can’t touch the eagle eater? | Ndata A star |
Kaveti kaa kanini kakilitye mwenyu kuua? This small woman cooks better than your mother? | Nzuki A bee |
Kikungu muingo? Dust on the other ridge? | Nzana isembee mwana A monitor lizard running for its child |
Masee ma asa meanene? My father’s two equal calabashes? | Itu na nthi Earth and sky |
SOURCE : http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/proverbs.htm