Proverbs in yoruba-nigeria

Curator(s)

Prof. Aderemi Raji-Oyelade

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Proverb: Ẹni tí ẹ̀gún bá gún l’ẹ́sẹ̀, níí ṣe lákáńlàká tọ alábẹ.
Translation: He who has thorns in his foot, will limp in need to the physician.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ẹni tí a bá torí ẹ̀ pa Adìyẹ , iwe ni ó ń’jẹ.
Translation: The person on whose behalf the hen is sacrificed, eats the gizzard.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ẹnìkan kì í jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ ó fẹ̀.
Translation: No one sups alone and have the earth open wide.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ẹnìkan kì í jẹ́ “Àwa dé”.
Translation: No single man can claim to the saying, “We have arrived”.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ẹni bá t’ajà èèpẹ̀, yí ò gbowó òkúta.
Translation: He who sells sand shall be paid with stones.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ẹlẹ́nu rírùn ló ni àmù ìyá a rẹ̀.
Translation: He-whose-mouth-stinks owns his mother’s drinking pot.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ẹ̀kọ gbóóná ń fẹ́ sùúrù
Translation: A hot pap needs patience.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Erin kìí fọn, kí ọmọ rẹ̀ fọn.
Translation: The baby elephant does not trumpet when its parent trumpets.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Ebi kì í p’agún d’ọjọ́ alẹ́.
Translation: Hunger never kills the vulture till dusk.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Bọmọdé bá ṣubú a wo iwájú, bí àgbà bá ṣubú, a wẹ̀ yìn wò.
Translation: When a child stumbles, s/he sets his/her eyes on the destination; when an elder falls, s/he takes a backward glance.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria