Kaguoya kainũkĩre nyina, gekagima.

The coward returned home safely to his mother.

The focus is on the coward’s characteristic of vacillation or shirking responsibility. In the traditional proverb, the coward does not participate in activity/war, hence he returns to his mother unhurt. In the postproverbial, the coward simply returned home, perhaps even before reaching the battlefield.

• Postproverbial: Kaguoya kainũkire,kwao mũciĩ.
  Translation: The coward returned to his home.
  

Kenya (Gikuyu)

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