Postproverbials in Hausa (Nigeria)
Curator(s)
Prof. E. E. Sule & Rabiatu Lawal
Postproverbial: Jarrabar duniya, baturiya da bilicin
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white woman bleaching her skin.
Proverb: Jarrabar duniya, bature da gwado
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white man wearing a loincloth
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white woman bleaching her skin.
Proverb: Jarrabar duniya, bature da gwado
Translation: Wonders shall never end, a white man wearing a loincloth
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Wahala, dan jami’a da budurwa.
Translation: It is very tasking, a university undergraduate having a girlfriend
Proverb: Wahala, noma ba taki
Translation: It is very tasking, farming without fertilizer
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: It is very tasking, a university undergraduate having a girlfriend
Proverb: Wahala, noma ba taki
Translation: It is very tasking, farming without fertilizer
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Abin duniya menene! Yan chibok sun bawa dan bokoharam mafaka
Translation: Wonders shall never end! Chibok girls have given Book Haram insurgents shelter
Proverb: Abin Duniya menene! Kaza ta jawo muzuru kwanan gia
Translation: Wonders shall never end! A hen befriending a cat
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Wonders shall never end! Chibok girls have given Book Haram insurgents shelter
Proverb: Abin Duniya menene! Kaza ta jawo muzuru kwanan gia
Translation: Wonders shall never end! A hen befriending a cat
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Kai dai ayi shi’ani, talaka yaje Abuja
Translation: It is business as usual, the poor has travelled to Abuja
Proverb: Kai dai ayi shi’ani, na birni ya cuci na kauye
Translation: It is business as usual; the town urchin has taken advantage of the villager
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: It is business as usual, the poor has travelled to Abuja
Proverb: Kai dai ayi shi’ani, na birni ya cuci na kauye
Translation: It is business as usual; the town urchin has taken advantage of the villager
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Kanku akeji, Obasonjo ya yaga katin PDP
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me, Obasonjo has torn his PDP membership registration card.
Proverb: Kanku akeji, mahaukaci ya fada rijiya, yace wanka na keyi
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me, Obasonjo has torn his PDP membership registration card.
Proverb: Kanku akeji, mahaukaci ya fada rijiya, yace wanka na keyi
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Banza dan bokoharam a masallaci
Translation: Nonsense, bokoharam insurgent in the mosque
Proverb: Banza girman kashi ba tsoka
Translation: Nonsense, shit is no meat
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Nonsense, bokoharam insurgent in the mosque
Proverb: Banza girman kashi ba tsoka
Translation: Nonsense, shit is no meat
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Rashin sani dan shi’a ya gaisa da Buratai
Translation: It is because the Shiite didn’t know, that was why they exchanged pleasantries with Buratai
Proverb: Rashin sani makaho ya taka sarki
Translation: It is because the blind man didsn’t know that was why he stepped on the emir
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: It is because the Shiite didn’t know, that was why they exchanged pleasantries with Buratai
Proverb: Rashin sani makaho ya taka sarki
Translation: It is because the blind man didsn’t know that was why he stepped on the emir
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Tashinku tashi na inji dan NGO a Sambisa
Translation: "If you go, I am gone", said the NGO volunteer in Sambisa
Proverb: Tashinku tashi na inji mai jiran gawa
Translation: "If you go, I am gone", said the undertaker
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: "If you go, I am gone", said the NGO volunteer in Sambisa
Proverb: Tashinku tashi na inji mai jiran gawa
Translation: "If you go, I am gone", said the undertaker
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, an ba Shekarau white paper
Translation: What you sow is what you reap; Shekarau has been given a white paper
Proverb: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, abinda kayi shi za’ayi maka
Translation: What you sow is what you reap
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: What you sow is what you reap; Shekarau has been given a white paper
Proverb: Abinda ka shuka shi zaka girba, abinda kayi shi za’ayi maka
Translation: What you sow is what you reap
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: I.G. bari murna, xdn sandanka ya kama Shekau
Translation: Do not be happy the I.G. that your policemen have caught Shekau
Proverb: Dan farauta bari murna, karen ka ya kama kura
Translation: Do not be happy the hunter that your dog has a caught a hyena
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Translation: Do not be happy the I.G. that your policemen have caught Shekau
Proverb: Dan farauta bari murna, karen ka ya kama kura
Translation: Do not be happy the hunter that your dog has a caught a hyena
Language - Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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