AFRICAN PROVERBS
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HAUSA PROVERBS AND THEIR MEANINGS
★QHakki da ka rena shi kan soni maka ido.
The grass which you disregard will injure your eye.
Meaning: No man or thing is too insignificant to be altogether disregarded.
★Rua ba su yami banza.
Water does not get bitter without a cause.
Meaning: There is a reason for everything.
★Yawa shi kan sa zarre ya ja duchi.
Quantity makes the cotton draw a stone.
Meaning: Unity is strength.
★Na dumka riga babu wuya, wonda ya yanka wuva shi sa ma kainshi.
I have sown a riga without a neck, let him who cuts a neck for it put it on.
Meaning: If the cap fits, put it on.
★Idan rua ya zubar, ya ber tulu, ya yi keau.
Even if the water is spilt, as long as the tulu is not broken, no harm
Meaning: Don't cry over spilt milk. That can be remedied.
★Ba domin tsawo akanga wata ba.
The moon is not seen because of great stature.
Meaning: It is by no merit of yours that you have done that, Anyone can do it.
★Fawa biu tana bata hankali'n kuda.
Two pieces of meat confuse the mind of the fly.
Meaning: To hesitate between two choices.
★Rama ba mutua ba.
Being thin is not dying.
Meaning: Appearances are deceptive.
★Ya zamma wandu dei dei da gatto'n kowa.
He is a pair of trousers that fit every one's thighs.
Meaning: He is so powerful that everyone fears him.
★Mai tambaya ba shi bata, sai dei asheerinsa ka tonoa.
He who asks does not go wrong, but his secret is dug up.
Meaning: Before you ask for information be quite sure that it will not give away your objective.
★Da kura tana da magani'n zawo, da ta yima kanta.
Had the kura (doctor) the means of curing itself of zawo (sickness) it would have done so.
Meaning: Physicians heal themselves.
★Asa zuchia ta chi, shi ya kawo ji'n yungwa.
To make the heart eat is to bring a feeling of hunger.
Meaning: Wishing for a thing makes one feel the want of it.
★Babba juji ne, kowa ya zo da shaara sai ya zubar.
The chief is like a dust-heap, everyone comes with his sweepings and deposits them.
Meaning: The master is the recipient of all complaints and troubles.
★Kunkurru ya so dambe, ba shi da yasa.
The tortoise wishes to fight with his fists, but he has no fingers.
Meaning: Impotent wrath.
★Komi ya ke chikkin dan kaza, shafu ya deddi da sanninshi.
Whatever is inside a chicken, the hawk has been familiar with it for a very long time.
Meaning: Repetition of an action enhances familiarity.
★Kadda ya yi chikki, ya haifu wuya.
Don't let him conceive and bring forth trouble.
Meaning: Don't do something that you will be sorry for afterwards.
★Ganni ba chi ba ne.
To see is not to obtain.
Meaning: To see a thing does not necessarily mean that you will obtain it.
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📍Nigeria, Nigeria
