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: Ọbẹ̀ tó dùn, owó ló pa á.
Translation: The delicious stew, is made possible by cash.
Proverb: Yɛde akyire gya wo a, ɛnka wo nko.
Translation: If we leave you as caretaker you are not regarded as being alone.
Proverb: Kure kwegava ndokusina mutsubvu.
Translation: A wild dog will go anywhere the mutsubvu fruit tree is found.
Proverb: Kugocha kunoda kwaamai, kwemwana kunodzima moto.
Translation: Roasting is tolerated when it is mother doing it, when the child does it, it is described as destructive to the fire.
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.
