Tji tji he ri otjoye katjoye.
“What is yours is not yours.”
Property that belongs to someone else must never be taken, no matter how much you want it; do not steal.
— Traditional Namibia Wisdom, Namibia
Source: Otjiherero (Herero) proverb, Namibia, public-domain oral tradition, cited in The Namibian, "A refreshing take on Otjiherero through proverbs and idioms"
More Proverbs from Namibia
Each hand washes the other.
Mutual help benefits both sides; people who assist each other both come out ahead.
Respect, to be respected.
A person who wants to be honored by others must first show honor and respect to them.
The turtle has compassion, but no milk.
Good intentions alone are not enough; sometimes the will to help exists without the means to actually help.
The earth is the queen of all beds.
In the end, everyone returns to the earth; no resting place is grander or more certain than the grave.
Old people's speech is not to be dishonored — after all, they saw the sun first.
The words of elders deserve respect, since their longer experience of life gives them wisdom the young have not yet earned.
A woman is a basket.
Women carry and hold a household together through resourcefulness, much as a basket carries and holds many things.