Proverb in the local language
Kipya kinyeme ingawa kidonda.
What’s new can be a wound
Proverb's direct translation
A new thing attracts even though it is a wound.
Proverb's meaning
New things always look nice even though they may have defects.
From: Swahili
General comments
Kiswahili is spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Somalia.
