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One comes to borrow money like a turtle with his head on the ground but pays it back like a crocodilewith his head in the air | Ewo ma yi nyada gbatawo yi kasa |
The new moon is never in such a hurry that it appears in the morning | Eye din tswa u ce lazin a |
A wise person will not talk about his wisdom | Eza agban u ta a |
For one living in a leper-town it is better to close the fists so as to appear to have no fingers | Eza ga le zi nimi be sokogunci nyi wun a le gwa tsun ko |
A person is never so tall that he can be seen from one town to another it is his name that will reach there | Eza awunkpa daga zi babo a le u ye ezi ndoci bo a suna a tsa a lo bo |
Even though a man may boast that his antidote for a snale bite is the best he will not put his hand in a snakes hole to prove it | Eza eta ga wasa u ma wun a la gwa da emi wa bo a |
With the right hand they thrash a child and with the left draw it to them | A a gwalo da gl pin a d gwapin din u ba |
Dont rejoice over the finding of decayed fish for what killed it would have eaten it if it had been good | A de gavo manin a nya na wu u na u ruA gi |
You dont get a pigeon for nothing so look at its wings | A de lukuku fia a chin gwapa u le |
One may go around a ravine or arounchi a | A ace gudu kace a ma ece pdti Race ama a ece Soko kace a |
null | hill but one cannot go around God |
Even though one may make friends with a monkey his arrow wdll not remain up in the air | A bd& yk hb kdna nyi ekpa o le fiti bo k |
If she Avears lier best clothes when making knru food when it is cooked and taken out to be sold what will she then wear? | A adzu de na ko kuru a kuru ga dgena ke wo %k a ku da kun o ? |
When a fire is kindled against a tree there ua no need to kindle another fire against tlie parashite on the tree | A hguxx na fi chigban na a gun na f i tu be k |
Smoke cannot be confined to one place | A aka nawu da a |
One ts ould not sell a tootliless dog to oties own household ie do good to your own | A akun eai nyikankpuachi ya ezA m\k |
Ground-nut oil cannot be wrapped in a leaf | A ela emi woro pa fini k |
Tiger-nuts are not planted on guinea-corn land There is a place for everything | A ala eyi nuba nu fa a |
A straw cannot be driven into baked sorround to be used as a stake | A ela kanaari bisa lo kpata k |
One cannot say gafu with the mouth full of popcorn | A ela pvitaka fi mi o yi gafu k |
jod cannot be compared to a slate with riting | A ela Soko gun bb el nyi k |
One frife does not count on ushing the others pepper to make porridge | A ela ye tu yaka tsud b§fe k |
When they are slaughtering a knife the horse has no fear | A ela bi doko u sa v/knikd k |
Even though yoa may enter the house you dont always enter the hearts | A el a mi lo na a el a nan lo a |
One cannot say that the line is crooked when only one hill has been throwai up | IcS A asa wo nini g§ esun aka a |
A eso dz nyd enya bi a | |
null | People do not hide away the seeds of malice Forgive and forget |
When they are talking about shixty toads they have added seventy to the original | A eta tankpolo shita ece u yi adwani |
One does not make up an extra load just because another person says that he will carr}a it for them | A Hb da n kara o pa kara a |
Peope do not go to Gudu just to get a meal but should they le offered one while there thej would not refuse it | A Hb ja o lo Qudu k ktna a gd yk a bo a nav k |
One does not care to cultivate a taste for nice thintrs when he can have ndv what he befs | A etobo nya ba gi o kpin nya ma gi a |
If you loan a garment to a poor man you may expect him to wear it out | A ga a de ma sunsunchi u ga u dzu asa |
If I am tied to a aranarv I will not die of starvation | A ga a mi ba ylsa mada a mi wu a |
If they bind me to the yisa food I will not allow it to sour | A ga a mi pa ylsa n da yishi aba k |
When one is thinking about danching he must also conshider that his body will shake | A ga ekpa nya nyi nya a a kpa biye du |
When they roast a guinea-fowl the par- tridge has a head-achie ie when danger is near be careful | A ga epo selu eti u fe nu kpar |
A great chity is not taken by means of a little quarrel | A gun ziko be wun nyi h |
When one shoots an arrow does the | Ajin a ce kpa kin ykbk? |
null | ground mova out of the waay ? |
Do they follow a great man to receive only | Ajin a gba zako go cami ? |
null | his blcbshing ? They want something |
null | more substantial than that |
Do they ask [permisshion of the granary to | Ajin a gbin edo ga a chi fi u yi ? |
null | put corn in it ? Of course not it was |
null | built for that purpose |
null | Ajin a la nyankpa gtiba fi *na tDo they have two irons in the fire while |
null | forging? One thing atathne |
Can they make a lxunclarv line for the | Ajin a shi nuguiri ya kpar? |
null | partridge ? |
Can a person talk with a dry mouth? | AjIn a ta ga mi kansdnd? |
Do they turn laack at hearing the noise of water ? | Ajin a wo duku nuwon kezhe? |
The trouble has to be settled first then they can find out the cause | Ajin a zo ga bedzo a chi de gh |
Do well to-day on account of to-morrow | A jin nyina ge ebo sun o |
A child carried on the back cannot say that | A kpan dzakangi da zunma o u ga u pa nyika bichi a |
null | he stepped on a fish |
People know that a shieve leaks and yet they go and buy it | A kpe te ke sami elu nuwon na a chi ku wo da $i u |
No one wlio trusts in God will ever fall | A kpetso Soko nikin a |
A place without anything cannot be de- | A la ba kekere jiye a kaga pati da bo a gudu da bo |
null | saibed tor if there is no hill there then there must be a ravine ie there is an answer to every question |
They dont give stomachi medicine for a pain in the head Dont beat about the bush | A la chigbe nya gbako jin nya ti a |
They dont waste good words selling a cat | A la emi mana kushi dangi a gama wun k won nya ga etshu a |
null | for it will not catchi anything more than rats |
No one accuses an old person to the face hastily | A la ga tun nusa ye o vanyi a |
They dont open a crocodies stomach in front of children | A !a gbakko kasa eye dzakan bo a |
They ate this man like honey in a calabash | A la za nana gi fu voda |
The shin of the thief is one but the shins of the owner are a thousand | Aleki nya yigbbchi y\ ninf nyd zk na wan nya na u yi kpotsun |
Make sure that you have the cat by the neck first then tie a string about its body | A le kpatsun dangi ye a chi la gban da u shin o |
When they have found the thief there will be no further need to trace his foot- prints | A le yigbachi ye a gba bichi wun k |
In robbing a birdas nest they do not take the young ones and leave the old | A li elugij ke nna da esa boa |
One does not enter a granary in the | Aado kpayi ke anyd ekpan na a |
null | same way that he would enter an ekpqn one |
To go to the farm and return and find that an uncle has been born is posshible but to go to the farm and return and find that an older brother has been born is imposshible | a A lo lati zin be tshun a ma mma pa lo lati zin be tshun a ma yaya a |
An onion does not take the character of | Alubasa wun ego li nya nuwon ki |
null | water |
If a bad child is born they won’t give it to the hyenas | A ma gi dede a la ya makun- dunnu a |
People dont lick medicine and forget their tongue | A mu chigbe la gintara bata a |
It one washes vour face rubbing down- ward and you are not thankful let him wash it rolling upward and then you will appreciate it | A na wo ye fia kaba wo jin yebo a a be na wo nya gun we a ba jin yebo |
Misfortune is what keeps back the energetic man to make him wait for the feeble man | Asara wun ga eka maza ka bo- lanchi o |
Oh ! my banjo has no bells on it | Asa I dunguru n de bida a |
To belittle honey does not hinder it from being- sweet | Ashiada u ka fu nvi ma a |
Slunder does not hinder a person from eating | Ashiada u kfj za nyi gi a |
may build i wall to stop people looking but yon cannot build one to stop people hearing | A tu ma ka ya na a tu mi ka tukpa a |
Yon cant enjoy two things on a sandbank | P A N\onii %{ibi\ gunji bo a |
They dont teach old people how to take food | A vvu nusa ga tsua gl a |
what about the hen that has ten chicken ? | Ayivvenna bakogi wo jin gaga bishe na Ima aauwo nasunkun ? |
They dont call Cor two canoemen at a | A yi za guba kpata bo a |
null | ferrv |
Prosperity causes the house to be rebuilt | Aziki la mi ye tu o |
A dependent person never has as much | Babagl u ga nya nyantso a |
The one who does as he pleases is the one who does all the talking | Bade wun ga wun ma ga o |
A man who has not bought his board -money | Bagi na de sena a na wun a tu je ye a |
null | need not expect any porridge |
This man is bigger than his head | Bagi nana kun eti u ke |
The porridge is sour and the sauce bitter | Bakabaka lukulukuleje abS eni alu |
The branch that is broken and hanging is | Balele dulele ! chigban ale ta fiti o kants a sunda u |
null | feared by the fanner |
Where pahn -branch are to be had there | Ba na a te lanka na baga a pa tamu o |
null | they make tinder |
The kernel of the ground-nut is not fastened to the shell | Banamba i guzlagi ba kpara a |
Water never fills a fish trap | Bankotibu I nuwon ese zin a |
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