Onye ajụjụ anaghị efu ụzọ
One who asks does not miss the road
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Proverbs
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Ilu bụ mmanụ e ji eri okwu. Speech is eaten with proverb-oil. Add yours so they are not lost.
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Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe
If a person agrees, their chi agrees
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Aka nri kwọọ aka ekpe, aka ekpe akwọọ aka nri
The right hand washes the left; the left washes the right
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Ebe onye dara ka chi ya kwaturu ya
Where a person falls is where their chi pushed them
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Nkụ dị na mba na-eghere mba nri
The firewood in a community cooks that community's food
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Ilu bụ mmanụ e ji eri okwu
Proverbs are the oil with which words are eaten
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Otu mkpịsị aka rụta mmanụ, ọ zụọ ọha
If one finger touches oil, it spreads to the rest
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A tụọrọ ọmara ọ mara; a tụọrọ ofeke ọ fenye isi n'ọhịa
Tell it to the wise and they know; tell it to the foolish and they run into the bush
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Ugo chara acha anaghị echu echu
A mature eagle does not fade
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Eziokwu bụ ndụ
Truth is life
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Ihe onye metara ọ wara
What a person does, they carry
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Ụkwa rue oge ya ọ daa
When the breadfruit's time comes, it falls
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Anyị nọkọ ọnụ ka ike dị
We are together; that is where strength is
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Nwata kwozịa aka, ya esoro okenye rie nri
When a child washes their hands, they eat with the elders
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Oké ọhịa anaghị atụ ụjọ osisi
The great forest is not afraid of a tree
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Onye fee eze, eze eruo ya
Who serves a king will become a king
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Ihe dị n'obi ka ọnụ na-ekwu
What is in the heart is what the mouth speaks
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Anaghị eri ihe e jiri ọnụ too
Do not eat what you praised only with the mouth
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Nwaanyi muta ite ofe mmiri mmiri, di ya amuta ipi ụtara aka were suru ofe
If a wife cooks watery soup, the husband learns to dip lightly
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Ewu na-eri nri ebe a na-akpụ ya isi
The goat eats where they are shaving its head
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Ọkụkọ anaghị echefu onye kụrụ ya ọka n'udu mmiri
A hen does not forget who fed it maize in the rainy season
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Onye na-agba ọsọ anaghị ala azụ
Who is running does not look back
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Mmiri dị omimi anaghị eju nku
Deep water does not fill a calabash quickly
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Aka aja aja na-ebute ọnụ mmanụ mmanụ
A soiled hand brings an oily mouth
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Onye ndidi na-eri azụ ukwu
The patient person eats the big fish
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Anaghị ano ofu ebe ekiri nma agba
You do not stand in one place to watch a masquerade
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Ihe kwụrụ, ihe akwụdebe ya
What stands, something stands beside it
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Okwu dị n'ọnụ, ike dị n'aka
The word is in the mouth; strength is in the hand
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Onye nwetara ihe ọma, ya ekele chi ya
Who receives good should thank their chi
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Ụzọ e si aga ahịa ka e si alọta
The road to market is the road home
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Agbọghọ na-amụ nwa anaghị efu ụzọ ụlọ ọmụmụ
A girl who will give birth does not miss the path to the birth-house
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Ihe ọjọọ anaghị echi echi
Evil does not last forever
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Onye nwere ndidi nwere ihe niile
Who has patience has everything
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Anụ gbaa aja, ọ gbagbuo onwe ya
When an animal runs into a sacrifice, it may kill itself
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Ọ bụghị onye ọ bụla na-eri nri n'uko
Not everyone eats from the rafter
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E jiri ọnụ too mmiri, e jiri ọnụ aṅụ ya
Praise water with the mouth, drink it with the mouth
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Onye na-akụ ọka na-eri ọka
Who grows maize eats maize
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Ihe e tinyere n'ala anaghị efu efu
What is put in the ground is not lost
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A na-amụ mmadụ ka e too
A person is born so they may grow
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Ọchụ nwa okuko nwe ada
Who chases a chick will fall
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Ezi enyi ka nwanne
A true friend is more than a sibling
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Okwu anaghị egbu onye nwere ndidi
Words do not kill the patient
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Mmadụ abụọ na-azụ ahịa, otu na-eri uru
Two trade; one takes the profit
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Anaghị eji ụkwụ abụọ agba ọsọ otu ụzọ
You do not run one road with both feet in two minds
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Onye hụrụ ụzọ ya agaghị efu efu
Who sees their road will not be lost
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Ihe ọma na-adịte aka
Good things last
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A na-ekwu, a na-eme
We speak, and we do
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Ọkụ na-ere ọkụ
Fire lights fire
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Nwa oke na-amụ nwa oke
A rat's child is a rat
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E kwuchaa, e mee
After speaking, do it
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Onye nọ n'ụlọ ya anaghị atụ ụjọ mmiri
Who is in their house does not fear the rain
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Ihu ọma na-eme ka ụzọ dị mfe
A kind face makes the road easy
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Anaghị ebu mmiri n'uju efu
Do not carry water in a leaking calabash
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Oge adịghị eche mmadụ
Time does not wait for a person
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Aka ntụtụ n'ala, ọnụ n'elu
Hands in the soil, mouth above
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Onye gbakaa nkịtị, ọ nụ ihe
Who is quiet hears something
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Ihe e ji ebi ndụ ka e ji anwụ
What we live by is what we die by
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Ụlọ e ji eziokwu wụ, ọ naghị ada
A house built on truth does not fall
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Onye na-eri ihe ọkụkọ, ya echeta onye nwe ọkụkọ
Who eats the hen should remember the owner
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Mmiri na-eru nnụnụ n'ubi
Water reaches the bird in the farm
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A naghị agba ọsọ ka e jiri ụkwụ abụọ dọrọ ala
Do not run with both feet tied
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Onye nwere ihe ọma na-ekekọrịta
Who has good things shares
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Ilu anaghị efu onye nwere ntị
A proverb is not lost on one who has ears
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Ọ bụ n'ogige ka a na-amụ ịgba ọsọ
It is in the yard that we learn to run
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E kwuo eziokwu, ibe ya ekwuo
Speak truth and another will speak it
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Onye na-akọ ọhịa ga-eri mkpụrụ
Who clears the bush will eat the fruit
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Anya anaghị ahụ ihe niile n'otu oge
The eye does not see everything at once
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Mmadụ na-amụ ihe ruo ọnwụ
A person learns until death
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Ọkụkọ si na ya gbabiga, ọ gafere onye nwe ya
The hen that runs far runs past its owner
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Ihe dị nso anaghị efu anya
What is near is not lost to the eye
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Onye jide ihe ya agaghị ebesa
Who holds their own will not cry out
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Ụkwụ ọjọọ anaghị eleda ụzọ
A bad foot does not look at the road
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A na-agba mbọ ka e nwee udo
We labour so there may be peace
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Okwu ọma na-eweta obi ụtọ
A good word brings a glad heart
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Nne na nna bụ ụlọ izizi
Mother and father are the first house
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Onye gbachara nkịtị n'ihe ọjọọ, ọ bụ ya
Who is silent at evil owns it
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Ihe a kụrụ n'oge na-amị mkpụrụ
What is planted in time bears fruit
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Ụmụaka na-amụ n'aka ndị okenye
Children learn from the hands of elders
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Onye nwere ọnụ anaghị efu ihe o chọrọ
Who has a mouth does not lose what they want
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A naghị ekwu ilu n'efu
A proverb is not spoken for nothing
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Ọbịbịa nke ọma na-eweta ọpụpụ nke ọma
A good coming brings a good going
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Onye hụrụ ọnọdụ ya anaghị atụ ụjọ
Who sees their place is not afraid
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Ihe ọjọọ e mere n'ogige na-apụta n'ama
Evil done in the yard comes out in the square
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Aka ike na-eweta nri
A strong hand brings food
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Onye na-agba ọsọ n'abalị ga-ada
Who runs at night will fall
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Ezi omume bụ akwa kacha mma
Good conduct is the finest cloth
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Oge ọ bụla nwere ihe ọ na-akụzi
Every time has something it teaches
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A naghị eji ọnụ atụnye mmiri n'obi
Do not pour water into the heart with the mouth only
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Onye nwere eziokwu nwere ụzọ
Who has truth has a road
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Ihe a na-eyi n'ubi ka a na-egbute
What we sow in the farm is what we reap
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Ụmụnna wu ike
Kinspeople are strength
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Onye na-ekele, a na-ekele ya
Who greets is greeted
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Anaghị ata anụ e jiri ọnụ kọọ
Do not chew meat you only described
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Obi ọjọọ na-ebu onye nwe ya
A bad heart carries its owner
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Ihe dị mfe taa nwere ike sie ike echi
What is easy today may be hard tomorrow
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Onye nọ n'udo nwere ọgaranya
Who sits in peace has wealth
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A na-agwa nti, ọ naghị anụ
We tell the ear; it may not hear
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Okwu ilu bụ ọkụ ọkụ nke ndị gboo
Proverb-speech is the lamp of the old
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Onye jiri nwayọọ na-aga, ọ naghị ada
Who goes gently does not fall
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Ihe a hụrụ n'anya ka a na-echeta
What the eye sees is what is remembered
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Chi onye adịghị n'aka onye ọzọ
A person's chi is not in another's hand
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A na-amụ ihe n'ọhịa ma ọ bụ n'ulo
We learn in the bush or in the house
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Onye nwere nwanne nwere ihe
Who has a sibling has something
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Ụtụtụ ọma na-ebute ehihie ọma
A good morning brings a good afternoon
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Ilu na-eme ka obi dị nso
A proverb brings the heart near
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Onye gbachara ọsọ, ya chee ume
Who has run should wait for breath
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A naghị efu ụzọ e ji aga n'ezi
The road to the compound is not lost
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Okwu dị nkenke na-eweta nghọta
A short word brings understanding
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Onye lebara anya n'azu, ihe n'ihu agafe
Who looks back lets what is ahead pass
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Ilu e kwuru n'ama anaghị efu n'ogige
A proverb spoken in the square is not lost in the yard
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Onye nwere ntị, ya nụ ilu
Who has ears, let them hear the proverb
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