RANDOM POSTPROVERBIALS

Postproverbial: Abin duniya menene! Yan chibok sun bawa dan bokoharam mafaka
Translation: Wonders shall never end! Chibok girls have given Book Haram insurgents shelter
Proverb: Abin Duniya menene! Kaza ta jawo muzuru kwanan gia
Translation: Wonders shall never end! A hen befriending a cat
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: Rashin sani dan shi’a ya gaisa da Buratai
Translation: It is because the Shiite didn’t know, that was why they exchanged pleasantries with Buratai
Proverb: Rashin sani makaho ya taka sarki
Translation: It is because the blind man didsn’t know that was why he stepped on the emir
Language-Region: Hausa (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: À kúkú ù joyè, a ó ṣá à j’ẹ̀bà.
Translation: If one is not made a chief, at least you will eat and survive.
Proverb: À kúkú ù joyè, ó sàn ju “enu mi ò ká ìlú”.
Translation: Better not to be made a chief, than to say “I am incapable of controlling my people”.
Language-Region: Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Postproverbial: p2. Da yiiki nyalal, in iri colel
Translation: The egret is kin to the birds
Proverb: Da yiiki Nyalal, in iri fulɓe
Translation: The egret is kin to the Fulbe
Language-Region: Fulbe (Nigeria)
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