Proverb: Enekunek ifiokke ete edem imo edi ukwan.
Translation: A dancer does not know that his back is bent.

Proverb: Efere enemde, nkpo akpa atak.
Translation: A delicious soup has many ingredients.

Proverb: Okuk ikpuikpu, ofong ikpuikpu, owo edi iyene.
Translation: Money is nothing, cloth is nothing; people are wealth.

Proverb: Asanga ikpong unam idogo ndisime.
Translation: The animal that walks alone is not stupid.

Proverb: Eyen ekpe edi kpa ekpe.
Translation: The child of a lion is a lion.

Proverb: Iyak ama okpon oyong eka idim.
Translation: When a fish grows big it swims to the ocean.

Proverb: Urukikot odom akparawa, enye okut utun, efege.
Translation: If a snake bites a young man, when he sees a worm, he would run.

Proverb: Ayara adia ikot, Abasi abat isua.
Translation: The bully plunders the land but God counts the years.

Proverb: Ama okop tab enye unogho.
Translation: When you hear the sound tab you will crouch.

Proverb: Abasi ono owo mfat ono ubok mbara.
Translation: God gives rashes and gives finger nails.

Proverb: Ama adia udia ye owo nkari kama ayan ikpang.
Translation: If you are eating with a trickster use a long spoon.

Proverb: Afia ebot imagha ndek.
Translation: A white goat does not like dirt.

Proverb: Nkpo emi akwa owo etiede okut ke ayan, akparawa idi kwe ke ini adadeda.
Translation: What an old person sees while seated a young person cannot see while standing.

Proverb: Ku dom ubok onode fi udia.
Translation: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you food.

Proverb: Ebua enyenede ime enye esita akamba okpo.
Translation: The patient dog eats the fattest bone.

Proverb: Anie okokut mfon emek ukut.
Translation: Who is it that saw kindness and chose suffering.

Proverb: Abasi inọghọ idiọk unam nnuk.
Translation: God does not give wild animals horns.

Proverb: Nkpo emi akwa owo etiede okut ke ayan, akparawa idi kwe ke ini adadeda.
Translation: What an old person sees while seated a young person cannot see while standing.