Owe Yoruba - Yoruba Proverbs

[Obadele Kambon]

Àìfi àgbà fún ÷nìkan ni kò jê kí ayé ó gún.
Not taking the elder as anyone of importance is what doesn't allow the world to be peaceful.

[Obadele Kambon]

¿ni tí ó «u á gbàgbé, ÷ni tí ó kó o kò lè gbàgbé.

The one who defecated will forget, the one who gathered it can not forget.

[george]

Hotep,

Please add the meaning of all the proverbs so we defintions are.

Asante Sana,
George

[Obadele Kambon]

Hotep,

Please add the meaning of all the proverbs so we defintions are.

Asante Sana,
George

You mean the interpretation in addition to the direct translation already provided?

Obadele

[Obadele Kambon]

Àwárí l’obìnrin ñ wá nõkan æbë.


Seeking-until-finding is how a woman seeks ingredients for stew.


(The dutiful person does not permit difficulties to keep her/him from accomplishing her/his duty.)

[Obadele Kambon]

Ohun ìtìjú ni, k’á fi ará ayé sílë, k’á máa gbé orí-ìyìn fún ará-örun.

‘It is a matter of shame, that we should bypass the living, and begin to commend the efforts of the ancestors.’

[Obadele Kambon]

Wêrê wêrê nikán ñ j÷lé.

Slowly, slowly is the manner in which termites consume a house.

[Obadele Kambon]

À«á ñ bá ÷y÷lé «eré, ÷y÷lé ñ yö; ÷y÷lé ñ fikú «eré.

The kite plays with the pigeon and the pigeon rejoices; the pigeon is courting death.

[Obadele Kambon]

Èéfín nìwà, rírú níí rú.

Smoke is character, rising will rise.

[Obadele Kambon]

A kìí rí arêmájà, a kìí sì ríajàmárëê.

We don’t see those who are friends who never fight, we also don’t see those who fight and are never friendly.