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If death were to brino forth blossom a child should not pluck it
Tsutsu la koro dzakangi a fe wun a
Prosperity causes the house to be rebuilt
Aziki la mi ye tu o
If a person sleeps before yoii he will waken before
Eza a lele ke o wun a sale ke o
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you
A leopard is never too old to catch goat
Nampa kuku ii won na mi bo a
A hungry person does not know poisoned food
Madag-unci u kpe je asamu ye a
The market noise will never kill a tree
Mita dzuko wun a wu cigban a
A stranger is never of the same standing as one who is born in the town
Ega u kun egi na a ma ezi o na a
A person is never so tall that he can be seen from here to the next town it is his name that goes
Eza awunkpa daga zi babo a le u ye ezi ndoci bo a smia tsa a lo bo
Two greybeards do not follow one another for
Nukpanyi guba a lamitu dozi banza a
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nothing
If you are to take money on a journey the money decides about the preparation for it
Ezi na we a la wo lo na ewo ga wun siri wun o
The eye sees but cant take away
Eye leye wun a la wun a
When a hook is a long time in the water if it doesnt bring up a fish it will bring up weeds
Groro ga agaka nuwon kaga u zin be nyika nyi a wun a zin be nyasa nyi
No one who trusts in God will ever fall
A kpetso Soko nikin nyi a
They dont open a crocodiles stomach in fiont of children
A la kasa gbako eye dzakan bo a
The world remains the same it is only the times that change
Yize si bo si ama kami tsa yi titi o
The colour of the garment that the chameleon sees is what it imitates it cant imitate the garments in a hamper
Ewo iia giama leye na wuii ga wun esa o wuii esa ewo koiido a
You took me to the market-place and stripped me of my clothing and now you say you will reclothe me up a lane {i e as the punishment was public so ought the reparation to be
Wo la mi da gban da fa de we ci ga we a be a de dzu nil efogi o
When two expert warriors join battle the vultures will go to sleep hungry
Egba guba ta daga gulu a le mada
When the calabash breaks the pot laughs and when the pot breaks the calabash laughs
Evo ala dukun ematsa dukun ga ala evo matsa
A child is like a camels neck it goes where it
Egi kpatsiin rakun u yi o ba na aba u na wun a ta nya u lo
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pleases
A very shrewd person cannot be caught and put in a calabash
Eza na aga yeka na u ye din da evo bo a
The red monkey still continues to have red young ones
Dzuru dzuru ebe yi ma re o
The bird that calls the rain will get wet itself
Elu na eyi ele na ele a wu wuntso
A child from a far-off country and a stay-at-home old man can both tell very interesting stories
Bzakangi nya ba kpako be niisa nyi nya dana nini etakpin a gangani u yi o
The work says it isnt afraid of the strong man it is the weak man that it fears
Etun ga u sunda kagboci a bolanci tsa wun esunda o
There it goes catch it
Lo na won u be
A spotted calabash went across the Niger
Voda yeregi pa du tu
There is a tree standing in my fathers compound when it sheds its leaves they fall outside they dont fall inside
Cigban ndoci gi emi tacin nya nda mi bo u ga kun finni de bo wun a kun lo wun a kun zi mi bo a
A little mallet pounded the road [all the way] to Hausaland
Epagi pa ba lo Keni
My father has one lamp but when he lights it the whole world is lighted up
Nda mi de fitila nini u ga la na da u yize kpata le ba ye
The shavings are worth more than the canoe Ans The tail of a parrot
Cikara de wo ga ya
The gatekeeper in Hausaland does not want money he wants only a dance
Bampaci yeko Keiii u cin wo a enya u cin o
The butcher in Hausaland does not want the meat only the tail
Mafwoci Keni u cin naka a cintara u cin o
Grandmother is sitting at the back of the room yet her hair comes right outside
Nnako si kata tako o enyi u be de
Baked beans
Kpiaria
Cover
Kpere
Piece
Kpere
To straight up to stand erect
Kpetu
Very coarse sleeping mat
Kpenbo
To differ
Kperi
To lean against
Kpetso
To explain
Kpeye
To far away from
Kpeya
Very dirty
Kpyatia
Very Small
Kpyaca
Knowledge learning
Kpikpe
To chip or break off
Kpin
Four hundred
Kpoba
To yell to roar to call out
Kpogun
Medicine or charm said to cause one to vanish
Kpogungi
Empty
Kokoro
Murder
Kponu
Of courseEbo
Kpoyin
person
Eza
canoe
eya
friend
Eya
knife
ebi
kola nut
Ebi
load
kara
mat
zogun
room
Kata
build
tuba
steal
yi
house
Emi
thing
enya
firm
lati
horse
doko
mother
Nna
father
nda
Hausa
Kenchi
Yoruba
Eyagi
woman
nyizagi
man
bagi
ten
guwo
fowl
Bishe
white
Bokun
many
dokun
child
Egi
to eat
gi
to agree
ye
to begin
ya
to serve
wun
to come
be
to drag
gba
to take
la
to wash
na
to enter
lo
to extinguish
nu
to kill
zun
to be complete
gun
The one who died first is the one who is dragging
Za ua tsu na wuu ga edin zezi ke na gwa o
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down the rest
An onion does not take tue character of water ie
Alubasa wuu ego li uya nuwon a
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a child is not always like its parents
They dont teacli old people how to take food cp
A wu nusa ga tsuu gi a
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Dont teach your grandmother etc
Can a person talk with a dry mouth ? ie a person
Ajin a ta ga mi kansana ?