Owe Yoruba - Yoruba Proverbs-gctid24538

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Æmæ tí kò fê kí ìyá rë sùn, òun náà kò níí fi ojú kan oorun.
  A child who doesn't want his/her mother to sleep, his/her eyes also will not touch sleep.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Agbôìgbôtán Ègùn ti ñ dìjà sílë.
  Half knowledge of Egun language causes quarrel between between persons. (By one person mistaking one statement for something else)

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

K'á kí 'ni l'óde kò tó k'á bá 'ni délé.

  To greet someone in public is not equal to joining one in going to one's house.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Àìmú tæwô rë wá, kò gba tæwô eni

One who doesn’t bring that of his/her hand (to give) doesn’t receive that which is in the hand of another.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

A ñ gbìyànjú láti fi wèrè sílë: ó ní tí a bá dé òkè öhún, k'á dúró de òun.
  We're trying to get rid of the lunatic: he says "when we get to the mountain over yonder, we should wait for him."

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

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.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

¿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

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

george;34742 wrote: 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

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

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.)

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

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.'

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Wêrê wêrê nikán ñ j÷lé.

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

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

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.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Èéfín nìwà, rírú níí rú.

Smoke is character, rising will rise.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

A kìí rí arêmájà, a kìí sì rí ajàmárëê.
   
  We don’t see those who are friends who never fight, we also don’t see those who fight and are never friendly.