મામા પુઇનાં, તે વહાલાં મુઇનાં.

māmā puināṁ, tē vahālāṁ muināṁ.

Literally: Maternal uncle and paternal aunt are dear only until death.
What it means: Collateral relatives remain cherished only so long as family elders remain alive.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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