Proverbs in hausa-nigeria

Curator(s)

Prof. E. E. Sule & Rabiatu Lawal
Proverb: Abin Allah, budurwa da jika
Translation: It is from Allah, a maiden with a grandchild
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Badani ba, sata a lahira akawo duniya
Translation: I am not going to get involved, to steal from the hereafter and bring it to the world
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Kowa yasha kida, kudinsa ya biya
Translation: Anyone who enjoys music, he paid for it
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Abin da kamar wuya, gurguwa da auren nesa
Translation: It is going to be difficult, a lame woman being married off far from home
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Akwana a tashi, watarana sai labara
Translation: Day in day out, all shall be history
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Ko goma ta zube, tafi biyar albarka
Translation: Even if ten will fall, it’s better than five
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Ba’a bari akwashe duka
Translation: What you spill, you cannot gather all
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: An fado daga kan dabino, an zarce rijiya
Translation: It has fallen from the date tree and fallen into the well
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Abin daga Allah yake! Matar bagizimi ta haifi babole
Translation: It is from Allah, the wife of bagizimi giving birth to babole
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria
Proverb: Abin daga Allah ne, maqwabcinka ya biyawa matarka Makka
Translation: It’s from Allah; your neighbor has paid for your wife to go to Mecca for pilgrimage
Language - Region: hausa-nigeria