Proverbs
Proverb: Ìsúnmọ́ni, là á mọ̀ ṣe ẹni.
Translation: Close association brings understanding.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Translation: Close association brings understanding.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Ara kìí sá f’ára, bíí ti kúrúnà kọ́.
Translation: Bodies do not run from bodies, not with scabies infection.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Translation: Bodies do not run from bodies, not with scabies infection.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Ká rìn ká pọ̀, yíyẹ níí yẹni.
Translation: Moving in unison brings honour and respect.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Translation: Moving in unison brings honour and respect.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Ukwu n’aga wam wam wam marakwa na anya n’aga wam wam wam na eleya.
Translation: The leg that walks about should know that the eye that looks around is watching it.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Translation: The leg that walks about should know that the eye that looks around is watching it.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Akpa sangha isang isi diagha se mbon ufok edia.
Translation: The one who walks about does not eat what those at home consume.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Translation: The one who walks about does not eat what those at home consume.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Ibi orí dá’ni sí làá gbé.
Translation: A man’s home is where he should reside.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Translation: A man’s home is where he should reside.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Afia ebot imaha ndek.
Translation: A white goat dislikes dirt.
Language - Region: efik-nigeria
Translation: A white goat dislikes dirt.
Language - Region: efik-nigeria
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.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: A child who will not allow his mother to rest will himself stay awake.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Proverb: Òkèlè àkọ́bù, kìí r’áùn ọbẹ̀.
Translation: The first bolus of a meal, does not lack the full recompense of stew.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: The first bolus of a meal, does not lack the full recompense of stew.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
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.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria
Translation: When we admonish the child with the right hand, we must embrace him with the left.
Language - Region: yoruba-nigeria