What then is a postproverbial, or to address the form in the plural sense, what are postproverbials? Postproverbials are radicalized proverbial utterances which subvert the logic and the pattern of conventional proverbs...
Proverb: Ara kìí sá f’ára, bíí ti kúrúnà kọ́.
Translation: Bodies do not run from bodies, not with scabies infection.
Proverb: Ọmọ tó ní ìyá òun kò ní sùn, òun náà kò ní fi ojú kan oorun.
Translation: A child who will not allow his mother to rest will himself stay awake.
Proverb: ɔpanin fɛre ne ba, na ɔnsuro no.
Translation: An elder respects his child but does not fear the child.
Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu.
Translation: He who does not heed the elder’s/senior’s advice, breaks his leg.
Proverb: Mo na kwɛɛre de m’bɔɔlo bu, o wo gya mo pene a ma wu wua mo.
Translation: If you play with your lover’s child, s/he will use your penis as a whistle.
Proverb: Penye miti hapana wajenzi.
Translation: Where there are trees, there are no builders.
