Proverbs in hausa-nigeria
Curator(s)
Prof. E. E. Sule & Rabiatu Lawal
Proverb: Da jinni a tsoka, saidai rashin tsagawa
Translation: There is blood in meat, only if you don’t cut it
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: There is blood in meat, only if you don’t cut it
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Tashinku tashi na inji mai jiran gawa
Translation: "If you go, I am gone", said the undertaker
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: "If you go, I am gone", said the undertaker
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Na san za’a rina, an saci zanin mahaukaciya
Translation: I know it is going to be dyed, the stolen wrapper of a madwoman
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: I know it is going to be dyed, the stolen wrapper of a madwoman
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
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
Translation: What you sow is what you reap
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Muje zuwa, mahaukaci ya hau kura
Translation: Let’s keep going, a mad man on a hyena
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: Let’s keep going, a mad man on a hyena
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
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
Translation: Do not be happy the hunter that your dog has a caught a hyena
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: A deyi mugani, in tusa zata hura wuta
Translation: Make it happen, if the air from farting can make fire
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: Make it happen, if the air from farting can make fire
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Duk daya, makafi sunyi dare
Translation: It’s all the same, blind men coming back late in the night
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: It’s all the same, blind men coming back late in the night
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Abin Allah, budurwa da jika
Translation: It is from Allah, a maiden with a grandchild
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: It is from Allah, a maiden with a grandchild
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: A rashin kira karen kurma ya bata
Translation: It is for lack of calling that the dumb man’s dog got lost
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: It is for lack of calling that the dumb man’s dog got lost
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria