Ba àm kɨ ɗwang ndin aas kas.

Water does not sour without flour.

The extended meaning of this proverb is that “there is no rumour without a cause’. The sense in this proverb denotes at the surface that rumour portrays negativity. However, the postproverbial gives an implicit meaning that “not all subject of rumour is negative”.

• Postproverbial: Ba jir àm aas a ɗiiɗwang kas.
  Translation: Not all cereal drink is sour.
  

Nigeria (Mwaghavul)

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