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: Gya m’wɛ n’tu, se m’yage lam.
Translation: Come down with good fortune rather than beauty.
Proverb: Ilé Ọba tó jó, ẹwà ló bù kún un.
Translation: The palace that is burnt will make a more magnificent edifice.
Proverb: Mficha uchi, hazai.
Translation: One who hides his/her private parts cannot bear children.
Proverb: Kò sí ẹni tí kìí rẹ̀.
Translation: There is no one who is never exhausted.
Proverb: Ara kìí sá f’ára, bíí ti kúrúnà kọ́.
Translation: Bodies do not run from bodies, not with scabies infection.
Proverb: Subira huvuta heri.
Translation: Patience brings blessings.
