“Ka wea eren belanda u mkee u kera aan ityô ga.”
When you are trading in pepper, you do not scratch your buttocks again.
“Anyi vea nombor je kpa mba zehe.”
Even the teeth and the tongue do quarrel sometimes.
“Ivo i nyiman ga kpa ka wea zer a i gbem yô i nyima.”
A goat does not bite but when you maltreat it ceaselessly, it bites.
“Mngeren ma gbe human tsô ga, saa kwagh ngu a kpe shimin…”
Water does not just smell unless something dies inside it.
“Ka a kperan ikpa i ande.”
When two people struggle over a bag, it gets torn.
“Kpera keera me tema ka ingyohol ga.”
Shift a bit let me also sit does not entail taking over one's seat.
“Mngerem ma acivin ma hie ya ga.”
Hot water does not burn a house.
“Ishima i waan i ne mkom.”
Patience brings about satisfaction.
“Ka akor a ou ka a mee iyese i ta u ye.”
It is a person's strong appetite for meat that causes the sting of a scorpion.
“Kwagh kur sha ayem ga.”
Running away cannot bring a matter to an end.
“Kwagh tse a tsa, kwagh saan ga.”
Something may last long but shall surely be over some day.
“Mba cirin ayem ikyondo ga.”
One does not cover up running in a cloth.