Read by the tongue
1 Malagasy proverb read closely — filed under Caution and Time; set beside cousins in Māori (Te Reo Māori), Russian and Irish.
Ataovy dian-tana
ataovy dian-tana
Why Malagasy speakers tell each other to move like the chameleon — one eye forward, one eye behind — and how Maori, Russian, and Norse sayings divide the same labour of looking two ways at once.
Move like the chameleon — one eye forward, one eye behind.
Ataovy dian-tana
Literally: Do as the chameleon's gait
Malagasy · Madagascar
Set beside
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