Proverbs in yoruba-nigeria

Curator(s)

Prof. Aderemi Raji-Oyelade

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Proverb: A kì í f’ọmọ ọrẹ̀ b’ọrẹ̀.
Translation: No one sacrifices the child of an idol to the same idol.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: A kì í f’árí apákan ká d’ápá kan sí.
Translation: It is taboo to shave one part of the head and leave a portion uncut.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Àjọjẹ kò dùn, b’ẹ́nì kan kò ní.
Translation: Sharing the meal cannot be enjoyable, when one in the group has not.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: À jẹ ìwèyìn, ló ba ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ jẹ́.
Translation: Selfishness – eating without hindsight is the flaw of the pig.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Àìtètè m’ólè, olè ń m’ólóko.
Translation: In the hesitation to catch the thief, the thief arrests the farmer.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Àìtètè l’óbìnrin kò pé ká má bí ọmọ, àrẹ̀mọ wọn níí kéré.
Translation: A prolonged bachelorhood does not prevent child-bearing, only the first born will come too late and young.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Àìsí nílé ológbò, ilé d’ilé èkúté.
Translation: The cat is not in the house, the home becomes the playground of rats.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Àìlówó lọ́wọ́ kò pa ni l’órúkọ dà.
Translation: Being poor does not change one’s name.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Àìgbọ́fá là’ń w’òkè, Ifá kan ò sí ní párá.
Translation: Not knowing Ifa philosophy, we gaze up, but the Oracle is not in the rafters.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria

Proverb: Agbójú l’ógún, fi ara rẹ̀ f’ósì ta.
Translation: He who depends on the inheritance, leaves himself as pawn to poverty.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria