Editing Zulu language (section)

===Proverbs===
In 1912, Franz Mayr, an Austrian missionary in southern Africa from 1890 until his death in 1914,<ref>[https://fhya.uct.ac.za/reverend-father-franz-mayr Reverend Father Franz Mayr] ''Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA)''. Retrieved July 14, 2024.</ref> published a collection of 150 proverbs in Zulu with an English translation.<ref>Mayr, Fr. (1912). [https://archive.org/details/anthropos_1912_7/page/956/mode/2up "Zulu Proverbs"]. ''Anthropos''. 7: 957-963.</ref> The proverbs include:
*"''Inhlwa aibanjwa ngekanda isavela''." "The winged termite is not caught by its head as soon as it appears (i.e. wait till you have heard the whole story before you judge or even answer)."
*"''Aku 'qaqa lazizwa ukunuka''." "No polecat ever smelt its own stink (i.e. nobody recognises his own faults)."
*"''Aku'nkwali epandela enya''." "There is no partridge that scratches for another (i.e. everyone looks after his own interests)."
*"''Ikot'eyikotayo''." "The cow licks the one that licks her (said of people who help one another)."

[[John Colenso]] also included a selection of Zulu proverbs with English translations in his ''[https://archive.org/details/colenso-zulu-english-dictionary-1884/Colenso%2C%20Zulu-English%20Dictionary%20%281884%29%20-%20copy%20A/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater Zulu-English Dictionary],'' first published in 1884.<ref>Colenso, John W. (1884). ''[https://archive.org/details/colenso-zulu-english-dictionary-1884/Colenso%2C%20Zulu-English%20Dictionary%20%281884%29%20-%20copy%20A/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater Zulu-English Dictionary]''. Natal. pp. i-xv. See also the [https://archive.org/details/zuluenglishdict01colegoog/page/725/mode/2up?view=theater 1905 edition], pp. 725-728.</ref> Here are some of those proverbs:
*"''Iqina lipum'embizeni.''" "The buck has jumped out of the pot (i.e. it has escaped the hunter just when he thought he had it)."
*"''Izubela ladhl'indhlovu.''" "The wood-shaving killed the elephant (by striking it in the eye; used of a small matter producing a very serious result)."
*"''Aku'mmango ungena'liba.''" "There is no hill without a grave (i.e. death is everywhere)."