Proverbs

Proverb: Nala kungheko iquhude liyasa.
Translation: Even when the rooster is not present, the day breaks.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Uwar kishiya, kwadon kulle mai yawon banza.
Translation: The mother (matriarch) of co-wives is a padlock for the restless wanderer.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Òkùnkùn kò m’ẹni ọ̀wọ̀.
Translation: Darkness does not recognize the noble person.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Girman kai rawanin tsiya.
Translation: Pride is the turban of trouble.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: “Mai zan yi da abinda ya gagare wuta,” inji kishiyar konania.
Translation: “I have no business with a fire fighter,” says the co-wife of a burnt woman.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Ong ole kojuwa hwume gen gen ka gba chu gbei.
Translation: Whatever is making the bush to shake must come to the road by and by.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Oun tó wà l’ẹ́yìn Ọ̀fà, ó ju Òjé lọ.
Translation: What is after the border of Ọ̀fà is more than the encampment of Òjé.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Ó jọ gáte, kò jọ gàté, ó fi ẹsẹ̀ méjì lé lẹ̀ gáte-gàte!
Translation: So steadily, so unsteadily, the matter plants its feet wobbly in the land!
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Igi gogoro má gùn míi lójú, àtòkèrè la tí ǹ'wó.
Translation: That we may not be blinded by the tall, pointed tree, one must watch it from afar.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa
Proverb: Òde kìí yá aláṣọ rè.
Translation: Partying never tires the dresser.
Language - Region: covid-19-africa