IGBO PROVERBS AND THEIR TRANSLATIONS : ILU NA NTUGHARI YA ...

1. Obu onye ga-aka nwaanyi ajo mmuo gburu nwa ya mara maka amosu : Who
knows the evil of witchcraft better than a woman who lost her child to
it.

2. Okirikiri ka a na agba ukwu-ose anaghi ari ya elu : You can go
round the pepper tree as you please,but not up.

3. Nwa ovu na-eto,odi ka oga aka nne-ya : When the baby-wren is
growing,it looks like it will be bigger than the mother...

4. Okwuru anaghi aka onye kuru ya : The okro-tree is never greater
than the owner.

5. Agbara aka n'azo ani,onye nwere ji a na ko ji : If you dispute
land-ownership empty-handed,the person who has yams will be planting
them.
6. Ohia abiara ozu nza abuo,ihe na-egbu nza no n'ime ya : The forest
where two dead-wrens were got,there is something that kills wrens
there.

7. Onye nna ya bunyere ofo,ujo anaghi atu ya : A son whom the father
has given the symbol of authority is never afraid.

8. Emee nwata ka emere ibe ya,obi ga adi ya mma : Treat a child like
his peers were treated and he will be happy.

9. Ihe di mma onye na acho,oga achota ya : Whatever good one is
looking for,he/she will find it.

10. Onye nna ya ziri ori,na-eji ukwu agbawa uzo : A child sent to rob
by his father,breaks the door with his legs...

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