Proverb in the local language
Qäwʿi k-äy-kätätä, säb k-äy-motä ʾay-yəʾəmmän-ən.
A harvest, man and trust
Proverb's direct translation
The harvest is not to be trusted before it is reaped; the man not before he is dead.
Proverb's meaning
Don't trust anybody or anything.
Equivalent proverb
Don't count your chicks before they are hatched.
From: Tigrinya
General comments
Tigrinya is spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia.
