Akan (Twi) Proverbs-gctid23824

[Akua Ma'at]

mepa wo kyEw, how come death here is "owu" and not "owuo" like the other proverbs? is this a typo or are there certain times when death should be written as "owu" vs "owuo"?

Meda ase.
Aisha

Oluko Obadele;23926 wrote: Owu nnye k¢t¢asehy¢de¢.

Death does not accept bribes.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Aisha;38209 wrote: mepa wo kyEw, how come death here is "owu" and not "owuo" like the other proverbs? is this a typo or are there certain times when death should be written as "owu" vs "owuo"?

Meda ase.
Aisha

No typo. Owu is Akuapem Twi. Some here are Asante, some are Akuapem.

[Oluwole]

Dua baako gye mframa a ɛbu.
 
If one tree alone stands in the path of the wind, it falls.

[Akua Ma'at]

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Abaayewa a wantie oni ne [ch596]se kasa na [ch596]kyima Kurudapaawukuo.

A girl who is disobedient to her mother and father has her menstrual period beginning on a ritual Wednesday."

mepa wo kyEw Okyeame Kwame, does [ch596] represent the broken O or E?

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Aisha;39302 wrote: "
Abaayewa a wantie oni ne [ch596]se kasa na [ch596]kyima Kurudapaawukuo.

A girl who is disobedient to her mother and father has her menstrual period beginning on a ritual Wednesday."

mepa wo kyEw Okyeame Kwame, does [ch596] represent the broken O or E?

it represents the open o

[Akua Ma'at]

Akoben no bOa, na yeho barima

A man is seen when the war horn is blown.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Akobɛn bɔ a, na yɛhu barima/mmarima

Yɛda ase! :hello:

[Akua Ma'at]

meda ase for the correction Okyeame Kwame.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

yɛnni aseda o

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Nsuo a ɛdɔ wo na ɛkɔ w'ahina mu.:hugs:
"It's the water that loves you that goes into your pot"

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Gyidie ne aduto na ɛnam.
Belief and poisoning walk together.

(This is a play on words that gyidie, 'belief', is composed of the words gye, 'to receive' and di, 'to eat'. Belief is therefore conceptualized in Akan as 'receiving and eating' what one gives you. Simply receiving and eating (without knowing the ingredients, per se) leaves one open to ingesting something that may, indeed, be harmful):gossip::bribe:

[Akua Ma'at]

Wohuri tra panin a, wosa ne mEn mu.

If you jump over an elder you get stuck in his armpit.

or

If you behave badly towards an elder, you suffer for it!!!!

(meda ase to Okomfo for sharing this)

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[Akua Ma'at]

Wo huahua tOkwa bebrebe a, wohwere patafoO

If you try and start quarrels too often, you lose your peacemaker.

or

A constant trouble-maker does not go on getting help in solving his problems).

(meda ase to Okomfo for sharing this)

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[Akua Ma'at]

Fompata nni hO a, anka ObEtwani ntwa abE

If there is no attempt to bring about a reconciliation, then the palm-wine tapper will not tap the palm tree.

(Palm wine is used for pacification. Hence: If you don't take one action the resulting one will not follow!)
(meda ase to Okomfo for sharing this)

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[Akua Ma'at]

AbOfra didi panin atEm a, Onnyini nkyEre

"If a child insults an elder, he does not grow to an old age"

(Lack of respect of the elders will cause you trouble!)

(meda ase to Okomfo for sharing this)

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