Àpọ́nlé ni Ìyá Káà, kò sẹ́ni tó wà ní Káà tí ò lórúkọ.

It’s a sheer honour to be called “Court Matriarch”, there’s no woman who does not have a proper name.

• Postproverbial: Àpọ́nlé ni ọmọ Lèmọ́mù, kò s'ẹ́ni tí a kò lè mú.
  Translation: It’s a sheer honour to be called “son of Imam”, there is no one who cannot be caught.
  
• Postproverbial: Àpọ́nlé ni fọ́maànù, ẹnì kan kì í jẹ́ èèyàn mẹ́rin.
  Translation: It’s sheer honour to be called “Foreman”, no one person can bear the names of four men.
  
• Postproverbial: Àpọ́nlé ni Málà, Awúsá l’Awúsá ń’jẹ́.
  Translation: It’s a sheer honour to be called “Mallam”, a Hausa man is Hausa.
  

Nigeria (Yoruba)

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