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To commit a great shin is not good and the one who does so will lose his way home	Ebo kpaka ma jin a za na ga ejin u na u ga ale *mi u ba
A dispute may be ended according to the countenance but still remain in the heart	Ebo zo ye o u ma zo nyagban bo a
One bad yam will spoil all the others A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump	Echi nini u nyi echi kama
When the dandys clothes are torn then he will stop gadding about	Eda bamvogi asa kace adagwa
A cow is not led with an old rag rope	E de sakun a la din nanko a
When a stieam is crooked one will wade it twice seven times	Edln aka ajin a tshu u zun gutwa ba guba
Expensive pleasure causes the heart to fall	Edz wo wun enl a nyagban kin
The corn-cockle destroy -aa the com and calls the farmer to witness	Edo wu yi la kantso jin ri
not every day does one sleep in the house sometimes on the verandah	Efo kpata a !e kata bo a ajin a ce fo le zempa o
Not on the day that the child s[ills honey is he thrashed hut on the day that he spills water	E fo na dzakhngi ze fu ya na a wu u li! a efo na u ga be ze yekpara va na efo %a a wu u lu o
The bee made honey so did the fly	Efu da ge bini da ma
The bee makes honev and then eats it	Efu jin gban Vi gban fin
A fetish placed by the roadside and eaten by a clog never affects it	Efu won Vi a
A fold only shelters the flock it doesnt	Ega ekpa na kpa wun akun wun a
null	sell them
The strancfer did not know that the pounded yam was made from seed yams until the host informed him	Ega kpe chingini bu a emits gha wun o
A stranger can never have the same	Ega u kun egi na a ma ezi o na a
null	standing- as one born in the town
When an honorable guest arrives the ants will die	Ega yiganchi ga chin zungbere a ko ya
Bad news the fish is bathing in warm water	Ega dede nyika fu nuwon bipa
Private conversation does not turn over walls it is the people of the compound who tell it outside	Ega fu sokun k eza mi la u b o
Talking is not doing	E eghga achin a yi jinjin a
If the governor has nothing to eat lie cannot give to his vice	Egba de gia wun a de ya konu a
When two expert warriors join battle the vultures will go to sleep hungry	Egba guba ta dazan gulu a le madan
The governor of Kwale sent men to buy palm-wine and said to t hem If you are unable to get that which is upthen you are to get that which is on the ground	Egba nya Kwale wun ga tun a muge nyi shi o u chi gaKaga ye da de nya fhi k ye a §i nya kin
Wisdom used while saving accomplishes more than the needle	Egban gan nasara nya kin
This cord will outwear ten pairs of trousers	Egban nana a sa tsaka guwo
When the hunt turns out to be an elephant hunt call your dogs off	Egbe u ga aze gbe dagba a Vigi o won go
A child is like a camels neck it does where	Egi kpatsun rakun u yi o ba na aba u na wun a ta nyd u lo
null	it pleases
null	Egi kpokpo wo yi o na ewu nna u na ? So you are the mallet that strikes the log ?
The child that has a father cannot do as it pleases	Egi na de nda na u tu kunti a
The child that the father does not like is	Egi na nda navo na wun ga elo edo kpayi o
null	the one who will go into the kpayl granarynettles
Nupe child does not speak Nupe incorrectly If he makes a mistake he is in a hurry	Egi Nupe eta ga din a gh tso u wa o
If a Nupe child says that he he understands Nupe then you tell him to fill his mouth with water and blow the fire and see what will happen	Egi Nupe wun a ga ga u wo Nupe wo ga ya u ga u to nuwon u fi mi u be na chin u ie
If a lad says that he will wear his fathers clothe they will drag on the ground	Egi wun a ga ga wun a ku wo nda u fan u ga agba u kin
Children are possible but how few have grand -children is	Egi ye ma yagi ye go a
So long as thefish is in the water it will never consent to be called the ego of the juju place	Ego da nuwan o u ye a nya dzama a
The bass does not hatch suckers	Ego cma evun a
When a great man is ill he doesnt speak he only groans	Egun na td gorozo na u gaga a edun u gbin o
The monkeys arms are not that short that he cannot cover his	Egwa kana u gba u ye kpe a
The fruit of the egwa tree has more than one pointed end it has two	Egwa sun eti nlni a
The river Egwa rose and the Eyi rose so there was much water	Egwa zhe be Eyi za be nuwan adkun
The porridge is watery and there is no more flour	Eje adzu yikuru ma agba
If porridge remains long on the ground it will change there to what it is the in the stomach	Ejfe ga agaka kin bo nya na wun a sa gbako o na wun a be u sa de bo
God will outlive eternity	Eka gan Soko a
When white -ants have covered over a clay pot to eat it then the calabash begins to consider	Eka tu mhngbgi babo u bayeshi
White-ants do not build over stones to eat	Eka tu takun a
The pad placed on the head determines the ease of the load	Eka wun kara o
If the towns people are hard pressed in a fight then the stranger dwelling among them should give them assistance	Eko ga ace egi zits ega u be jin a ceto
A switch snare set on the ground will never catch a rat	Eko kin won du a
The shea-butter kernel in the drying kiln is out of the reach of the bat	Ek nyaktin wun afo gwa dS o
When your arm is weak you say the knife is blunt	Ekpa gho a wo ga ebi nu a
The nail whendoes not stop at yam hills	Ekpau gha woze a
Are you an arrow that is shot out and does not return ?	Ekpa wo \\ o a ce o wo zin be a ?
When the battle is joiner the spear will drink blood	Ekun ga awon liko ekwa a fin gia
If it rains the swamp will grow grassa and if it doesnt rain the swamp will grow grass	Ele ga du bata a nyl go kaga u du a bata a nyi go
If it rains the white-ant will build and if it doesnt rain it will build	Ele ga du eka a tu ba kaga u du a wun a tu ba
Sleep is the younger brother of death	Ele gwazunma nya tsutsu u yi o
A straw hat is no shelter in a heavy rain	Eleko go marufa a
The nun drenchied nie and then the drop- pings from the frees said they would drenchi me again	Ele wu mi toto gh wun a wu mi be
When a big bird lights in a tree the little ones leave	Elukogba elugi abichi
An old bird near carries a stick	Elti kuku u la tsukun a
The bird that calls the rain will get wet it- self	Elu na ayi ele na ele a wu u
The bird that ays it will eat driver-ants	Elu na gS wun k gi zungWra na be yfedin nyi wun k nakin o
null	will leave in a hurry
When a person dies owing money there is trouble adjusting his estate but when a child in pawn dies the affair awakens another child will have to be supplied as security	Elu tsubu kara tsubu eghts atsu ogh akpatiatia bamba ega swafa nyi swafa ga dtsu aga asale
To act humble doesnt mean that the heart is humble	Eli kin ba u jin nyagban kin ba ki
When a mosquito is going to bite it will tell the ear by buzzing	Emagi ga kg\ wun a ta ya tu- kpa
A serval-cat in front and a leopard behind	Ema Id ye naimpa la zunma
If the host has not made a fire the guest will be unable to roast yams	Emitso gun na a ega a po chi a
The juju man waits a long time for money at the poor mans house	Em I nya sunsunchi achinga kuti eshiwu o
The cat has caught a parrot	Emitumodu dangi won didia
The irons are red hot and the iron is red hot even if it were the head blacksmith he would put his hands in cold water	Emu adz nyankpa ma adzu ka u fe dokodza u ga a gwa da nuwon yeko o
When fire sees a king it burns fiercer	Ena a le etsugichi ye wun atsana
Because the fire had a pot to help it therefore it said it would quarrel with the water and boiled it dry	Ena de dukun a kaye u chi ga wun a sunwun be nuwon nyi
When the goat is old enough to eat corn it is old enough to be hit with the pestle	Ena u ga kun yi gi wun akun tun ta
The driver-ants never lose the road on the way home	Ena gboro na ata wuriabia wun egbinka yeko ml a
The red bird may be ever so red but it will never set fire to the forest	Ena kalu dzudzu wun edin kuso a
If a boat swings its head it will be unable to enter its house	Ena pa ti uga a
The small vine that twists about the tree will grow up with it	Enugi na kani gba na wanko ga- ni yi ga lo
Red dye does not rub off on another garment but it reflects on it	Enya dzuru wun ka lubakhmShi wun ajin ashike
If a person is being chased he will not enter a snakes hole	Enya ge nya za wun a gushe nya ewa a
That which is high up in the air is by no means small	Enya Tin u gbagba
If anything strikes the nose the eyes will run water	Enya ga aze yb eye ga aya nuwon
Badness bears badness and horse flies bear	Enya ma nya dinnikd ma kpin- kpinni
null	larva
When trying to overtake a thing and failing one will say Oh its a hairy thuiaa anyhow Sonr grapes	Enya na eza nyd u tso wun a na Enyi ghfu u la wun o
Nothing makes so much noise as a drum	Enya ndondo ti ke enyh na a
When you have nothing more on tin* heiuth take your eyes away	Enya o ga azo na ba o a ye la bo
If the hide taken to the river cannot be softened there are they likely to take it to a stream	Epa na a da Edu o na u chi da a na a la u da sangi ?
Even though the tjo grass resembles	Ep la ye sh kpan wun h va *ti ke ekpan na a
null	guinea corn it cannot bear a head like it
The witness rode atray on a horse and the elephant returned empty handed	Eri tu doko gatso eda gugwa
If a bag of salt is missing they will never accuse a cat	Esa jika agbin a ga dangi la wtin a
A dog fond of flesh will not carry off a piece of iron by mistake	Eshi ba vun la nyankpa a
When the dog comes to warm itself by the kiln it is anxious to return home again	Eshi ga eyena nyakun emi eba u nyi zin
The dog that growls Avill not bite many	EshiQfi na enawun na wun a ko za ny I ka kpwo a
null	people

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