Proverbs in hausa-nigeria
Curator(s)
Prof. E. E. Sule & Rabiatu Lawal
Proverb: Abin Duniya menene! Kaza ta jawo muzuru kwanan gia
Translation: Wonders shall never end! A hen befriending a cat
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: Wonders shall never end! A hen befriending a cat
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Hannunka baya rubewa kayanke kayar
Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: You cannot cut off your rotten hands
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Akwana atashi, watarana sai labara
Translation: Day in day out, all shall be history
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: Day in day out, all shall be history
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Kai dai ayi shi’ani, na birni ya cuci na kauye
Translation: It is business as usual; the town urchin has taken advantage of the villager
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: It is business as usual; the town urchin has taken advantage of the villager
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Anyi ba’ayi ba! An raka bako ya daawo
Translation: It is done and yet not done, a visitor that has been accompanied has come back
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: It is done and yet not done, a visitor that has been accompanied has come back
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Kanku akeji, mahaukaci ya fada rijiya, yace wanka na keyi
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: None of my business/not a problem to me said the lunatic who has fallen into a well; am having my bath
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Nasan zaarini, an sace zanin mahaukaciya
Translation: I know, it is going to be dyed, the stolen wrapper of a madwoman
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: I know, it is going to be dyed, the stolen wrapper of a madwoman
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Banza girman kashi ba tsoka
Translation: Nonsense, shit is no meat
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: Nonsense, shit is no meat
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
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
Translation: It is because the blind man didsn’t know that was why he stepped on the emir
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Daga haka muka fara, kuturu yaga mai kyasfi
Translation: We started like that; the leper has seen a person with eczema
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Translation: We started like that; the leper has seen a person with eczema
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria