Proverb: Atangaye na jua huungua.
Translation: He who wanders around in the sun gets burned.

Proverb: Atangaye na jua huungua.
Translation: He who wanders around in the sun gets burned.

Proverb: Asiyekuwepo machoni na moyoni hayupo.
Translation: The person who is not in sight, is out of mind.

Proverb: Asiyekuwepo na lake halipo.
Translation: The person who is not in sight, finds also that his portion is not there.

Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu.
Translation: He who does not heed the elder’s/senior’s advice, breaks his leg.

Proverb: Asiyekujua, hakuthamini.
Translation: He who does not know you, does not value you.

Proverb: Asiyekubali kushindwa si mshindani.
Translation: One who does not admit defeat is not a competitor.

Proverb: Amani haiji ila kwa ncha ya upanga.
Translation: Peace is not possible except by the point of a sword.

Proverb: Aliye juu ni juu.
Translation: He that is above is above.

Proverb: Aliye juu mngoje chini.
Translation: He that is above, wait for him below.

Proverb: Aisifuye mvua imemnyea.
Translation: One who praises rain has been rained on.

Proverb: Aliye kando, haangukiwi na mti.
Translation: He who stays to the side will not be hit by a falling tree.

Proverb: Alalaye usimwamshe, ukimwamsha utalala wewe.
Translation: Don't awake one who is asleep; if you awaken him/her, you too will fall asleep.

Proverb: Akumulikaye mchana usiku ukuchoma.
Translation: One who shines light on you at day time, will harm you at night.

Proverb: Akili ni nywele kila mtu ana zake.
Translation: Intelligence is like hair every person has his/her own.

Proverb: Akili nyingi huondoa maarifa.
Translation: Too much intelligence diminishes strategy (knowledge).

Proverb: Aisifuye mvua imemnyea.
Translation: One who praises rain has been rained on.

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: Apẹ́kótójẹ, kìí jẹ̀’bàjẹ́.
Translation: He who tarries to achieve, does not lose in the end.

Proverb: Òfófó kò gba ẹgbẹ̀wá, ẹnu ọpẹ́ ló mọọ.
Translation: The gossip earns no money, it gets only commendation.

Proverb: Ará oko tí yò jẹ búrẹ́dì, ó gbọ́dọ̀ fi làgìdì tọrọ ná.
Translation: The villager who will eat bread, must send the gift of palm-waste lighter.

Proverb: Àgbò tó tà’dí m’ẹ́yìn, agbára ló lọ mú wá.
Translation: The ram that charges backward, readies itself for another onslaught.

Proverb: Olè tó gbé kàkàkí Ọba, níbo ni yó ti fọ́n?
Translation: The thief that stole the king’s trumpet, where would he blow it?

Proverb: Èké d’áyé, áásà d’àpòmu.
Translation: Deceit becomes the world, dry tobacco becomes the drinker’s concoction.

Proverb: Tí a bá fi ọwọ́ ọ̀tún b’ọ́mọ wí, a fi t’òsì fà á mọ́ra.
Translation: When we admonish the child with the right hand, we must embrace him with the left.

Proverb: Sàn-án là á rìn, ajé ní í mú ni pẹkọrọ.
Translation: Life’s journey requires forthrightness; it is the race for riches that causes crookedness.

Proverb: Òwú ìyá gbọ̀n, lọmọ ó ran an.
Translation: The wool that mother makes out of the cotton, is what her child will sew.

Proverb: Ọwọ́ ọmọdé kò tó pẹpẹ, t’àgbàlagbà kò wọ akèrègbè.
Translation: The hand of the child does not reach the rafter, that of the elder does not enter the gourd.

Proverb: Owó ni kẹ̀kẹ́ ìyìn rere.
Translation: Money is the wheel of the good gospel.

Proverb: Orí la fi ń’mẹ́ran láwo.
Translation: With the head (luck), we pick the good meat in the stew.

Proverb: Onísàngó tó jó tí kò tà’pá, àbùkù ara rẹ̀ ló tà.
Translation: The Sango worshipper who dances without kicking the feet has diminished himself.

Proverb: Ọ̀nà kan ò wọjà, tí obìnrin fi ń gbóndó tà.
Translation: There are several routes to the market of success; such that makes a woman to sell her grounding mortar.

Proverb: Ọmọ tó ní ìyá òun kò ní sùn, òun náà kò ní fi ojú kan oorun.
Translation: A child who will not allow his mother to rest will himself stay awake.

Proverb: Òkèlè àkọ́bù, kìí r’áùn ọbẹ̀.
Translation: The first bolus of a meal, does not lack the full recompense of stew.

Proverb: Ohun tó ń’ṣe Abọ́yadé, gbogbo ọlọ́ya ní ń’ṣe.
Translation: The affliction of Aboyade, chief priest of Oya, is also the general problem of other worshippers.

Proverb: Ojú ló mọ ohun tó yó’nú.
Translation: The eye-gauge will tell which meal will be satisfying.

Proverb: Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú kò yá bù sán, Ọmọ burúkú kò yá lù pa.
Translation: (As) the unripe plantain is not fit for consumption, (so) it is not easy to beat the irresponsible child to death.

Proverb: Ọbẹ̀ tó dùn, owó ló pa á.
Translation: The delicious stew, is made possible by cash.

Proverb: Ọbẹ̀ tí baálé ilé kìí jẹ, ìyálé ilé kìí sè é.
Translation: The stew that is forbidden to the husband, the senior wife does not cook it.

Proverb: Ọbẹ̀ kìí mì ní ikùn àgbà.
Translation: The soup does not shake in the belly of the elder.