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Amharic proverb: Lemilab beg balager
Amharic proverb teaching that real wealth is sustained at home, not displayed outside.
Country:Ethiopia
Language:Amharic; English
Published:2025-08-30
Audience:Language learners, cultural studies
Amharic (romanised): "Lemilab beg balager."
English literal: "The man with the milk-cow is rich at home."
Meaning: True wealth is what you maintain steadily at home; outside displays of wealth often hide need. A common Amharic teaching about modest, sustainable household economy.
Keywords
Amharic proverb
wealth
household
modesty
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
No Wikiquote page exists for Amharic proverbs at this time; the proverb is widely documented in academic and folkloric literature on Amharic. The Wikipedia article on Amharic is cited as the canonical source for the language itself under CC BY-SA 4.0; the proverb text itself is oral tradition.
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