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The dog that is a good hunter is the one that will wear the collar | Eshigi na gomi gbe na wun ga a la giri da o |
The conversation between the hungry dogand the satisfied one will not be very pleasant | Eshi ninfuchi be eshi madagunchi nyi eza a a ma a |
The crab is wise he has made the back the | Etia buriatia kara gbodzu la zunma Jin Ve |
null | front it can walk either backward or forward |
When okra becomes old the sap goes to the roots and it sprouts again | Etia buriatia kpanmi ga akuku u ke da gboko da ye dzwa be |
When the hair is long the job belongs to the razor | Eti gu asc kara fin o |
If the head is not erect the throat cannot swallow water | Eti gikinni a kro a nyi nu- won a |
A areat wnirior will not come and |>ros- | EgAmaga nya nupe Eti na da gia na wun k dSjin be k |
null | trate himself hefirre aymmint people |
The head is never too heavy for us owner | Eti a lukpun fi etitswa a |
You will see n lump on the head of the man who began the trouble | Eti \vunts a le kk y o |
When one sees the sword -grass he will not allow it to pierce his eye | Fato na eza leyc na u tun u ya bo a |
There are many things that catch chicken besides cats | E toto danichi a enya na ewon bishe na dokun |
It is work that puts one on a head of another | Etun wun gti elil eza wangi ga gwa o |
Two hundred rats don relative ofone | Etshu kpako dangi nini |
The king held a working assembly so also did his father-in-law | Etsu la gbe yele ma la |
when a king stretches forth his arm it is not bent | Etsu ta gwa u ka a |
Work will never go slowly so Ion ga as the owner is about | etun egba dinni eye tuntso bo a |
Work says that it is not afraid of the | Etun g§ u sunda kagbochi a bo- lanchi Isa wun esunda o |
null | strong man it is the weak man that fears |
When the calabash breaks the pot laughs | Evo ala dukun ematsa dukun ga ala evo matsa |
null | and when the pot breaks the calabash laughs |
The snake says that it can do a mean trick | Ewa gchi u kpe binakun ye tsu- kun kpe ga u |
null | harm but a stick can do more |
Money softens a dispute as water softens clay | Ewo da aga ke nuwon da gun na |
The price of the ego fish is not as much as that of thefish | Ewo go u kun nya shin a |
Two hundred cowries will catchi more guinea fowls tlm i bird-lime | Ewo kpako won se!u ga te |
One comes to borrow money like a turtle | Ewo ma yl nyada gbataw yi kasa |
null | with his head on the ground but pays |
Borrowing money is peace but the paying back again is trouble | Ewo ma yi za gbatawo yi wun |
The colour of the garment that the chia- meleon sees is what it imitates it cant unitate the garments in a hamper | Ewo na giama leye na wun ga wun esa o Vvaun hsh ewo kon do a |
Money is the witness | Ewo yi kara o |
Money kills more men than a club | Ewo wu za ga tsukun |
The challenge of the enemy made outside the citv wall shows that the yOuno men of the town are despised for the enemy has | Ewu na a eti ems sekpata nya ezi o na gbarufu zi a gbaye o |
U is too shallow for a canoe and too deep to wade | Eya da a bichi ma da a |
A canoe is never too small to carry the canoeman | Eya gba eyapachi a |
Only two good friends would loan one another two thousand coweries over a fence | Eya guba na ge na wun ga ama gba sokun be dozi nyi o |
A friend sold vou and another friend redeemed you should you then say that you will never make any more friends what alKut the one who redeemed vou? | Eya la n kun eya la n sawoga we a da ya be a ke we k jin na sa wo na o ? |
If my friend climbs a y\la tree I will not eat green y\la fruit ie a friend can t»*et vou what vou want | Eya mi ga agun yila mi a gi yila tsun a |
Your friend is a good fighter and you are glad but guard against the day that he may fight against you | Eya we ma koce we emanin wo tswa fo na eko u a be gun be wotso nyi na |
The friend of a thief also a thief | Eya yigbechi yigbechi u yi o |
The witch of night becomes a fire -fly in the morning | Eye a ga wun aze nababangi lazhin |
When the sky is black the world has a cover over it | Eye as! yize ade kpere |
The new moon is never in suchi a hurry that it appears in the morning | Eye din tswa u ce lazin a |
The eye sees but cannot take away | Eye leye wun a la wun a |
Face to face | Eye n dana be nya o nyi |
To see is better than to hear | Eye u leye u ge ga wuwo |
The sun has set tiredness has gone and the juju-inan says that he is now getting warmed up to it | Eyi ada abo ada ndako bya n ga nya u atsana |
If a grain of corn falls in to the mud the inside is still white | Eyi wara ga pin do nfnmi u yi tsatsayi |
When a man becomes poor he does not Avail it and it will take three yenus lor lum to find it out | Eza ada u kpe a wun a gun eya guta chi be kpe |
The person attachied to a wealthy mad will always be receiving from him | Eza a da be zako nyi wun a de nya zako |
The man who carries a stick will not be | Eza ade tsukun eshi ko u nyi- ka a |
null | bitten by a dog |
A wise person will not talk about his wisdom | Eza agban u ta a |
If a person retires before you he will awaken before you | Eza a lele ke o wun k sale ke o |
For one living in a leper-town it is better to close the fists so as to appear to hare no fingers | Eza ga !e zi nini be skgunchi nyi wun a la gwa tsun ko |
A person living in a leper- town lia<i }etter scorchi luniselt* with fire that he may | Eza ga le zi nini be skgunchi- nyi wun a sun na vun nin- mi u ebo u de ba u fe ke u na |
When the sky is thick there is plenty of shade | Eye ashi wuru aclokun |
If one gets too close to a pv»t lie will get pot black on him | Eza atsoba dukun wun a ta ezChin gwakpa |
A person is never su tall that he can he seen from one town to another it is his name that will reach there | Eza awunkpa dagan babo a le u ye ehzi ndochi bo a suna u tsa a lo bo |
Even though a man may boast that his antidote for a snake bite is the best? he will not put his hand in a snakes hole to prove it | Eza eta ga wasa u ma wua a gwa da b wa bo a |
A man on horseback cannot show the | j Uzh fe dk ti o u vah gwa bishe |
null | height of a fowl |
the who hates another would sav if that one were wading- in water town nls him that he was raishing a dnst on him | nuwon be u ga wun ala run- abd kpe u |
If one tells you that he has got into a jot and descended into a well then ask him whichi pot it was foi- there are man} shizes some like liottles | Hih ga egh ga u da rnange o chin goga wo %i\ kichitst wo da o gam a minge da bo to nya bakonibagi |
When a person says what is there thathave never eaten envy caused him to sav it | Eza ga ga ga Ke ke mi gi a a nyagbhnnyl go u be o |
It the follower of a butchier complains of | Eza gba mafwochi gh u de nya a u gh wun a da gbanddce? |
null | not havino enough meat is it likely that he would follow a hunter ? |
Do they divide a mans goods before he is dead ? | Eza la tsu a a gi u gun ? |
If the people of my town are at war I | Eza mi mi wun a de kun mi a sa vvaniko a gama u ga agun mi a |
null | will not fear for they will not fight against me |
A very sliewd person cannot be caught | Eza na aga yeka na u ye din da evo bo a |
null | and but in a calabash |
There is always ruoni for one who is wanted | Eza na a wa na eba pin vvun a |
The one Avho has no oil heats the oil cruise to get all out | Eza na de emi a na wun ga epo bo o |
The man who had no friend last year will | Eza na de eya eyabachi a na wun a de nya eya ana a |
null | not have one this year either |
The one wdio has no money wants the article divided | Eza na de vvo a na wun ga ewa gada o |
The one with a sore head is the one who | Eza na eti eta na wun ga ewd ka o |
null | Wants to and for carry a load |
The man who wants to gain this world wont delay and the one who wants to gain the next world wont play either | Eza na ewa yize na wun k dzdzo a eza na ew& eku na wun a dzdz a |
If one wants to see a crowd let him go to the market place | Eza na ewa za kuma u leye na u lo dzukoda |
When one wants followers he will not turn away even aninvalid | Eza na ewS za na wun h de gtinchi a ya a |
This person shingled me out as a tally nut | Eza nana a mi wa ka |
One does not cry when washing his own wound | Eza na ninnu u tin kpogan a |
If the one building the granary does not say that he is afraid in case he should fall is the person on the ground likely to say that he is ? | Eza na tu do na u ga eti u sa k za na shiye chin u le na u gft eti u asa ? |
The conversation behind the door has come to the front of the house | Eza nya kpakota u da be kpan- gvvagi o |
After throwing up a furrow and they say It is not in line is it right for a person to say that he who not throw up another ? | Eza sa V nini a ga Wun aka u ga wun a sa bachi be a? |
A timid person does not enjoy the world | Eza tipachi u woma yize a |
A respected man will never go to the ferry - crossing and not get a boat across | Eza yiganchi u lo kpata u chin yabo a |
A man with a large following when he dies will not be left in the sun | Eza za kama wun etsu da yigi- di bo a |
A walking stick a bet a r recommendation in a town than a messenger who is not known | Ezi na a kpe za ye ana tsukChin gwasun gama ga u |
The town that says that it will not obey the king will have vultures living there | Ezl na ga wun a wun tsu a na gulu a le zi ga o |
If you are to take money to another city the securing of the money decides the time of your departure | Ezi na we a a wo lo na ewo ga wun shiri wun o |
The leaf said that it would not dance to the wind has it got a druininer of its | Fini ga wun a nyanya nyd fe a u de edza nya gwa u ? |
null | own ? |
The day on which a man wears his best clothes he wont meet his father-in- law | Fo na eza fa V wanai na wun a gun yale u fo ga a |
The thief that steals a fence mat cannot hide it u\ his sleeve | Qagagugu yigbechi zana wun ace \v gwa |
Don t do it * is the best remedy for Let it not be known | Qa jin ma wun ga yi chigbe ga kpe ma |
Dont question the ceremonialof elephant meatfor it is imposibilities to bleed one | Ga jin shiaka be dagba nak& nyi ma musari o |
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