“Mba wuan icigh ki sôron bem mba we mkem sha mi ga.”
When they are grinding medicine for peace, they do not add pepper to it.
“Mumu baver cii ve a vie ga.”
It is not all corn that must pop before popcorn becomes edible.
“Aluer iyongo i angbianev uhar ngi kuren ga yô, orvanya …”
When two brothers fight without end, a stranger snatches their inheritance.
“Iti idedoo hemba tungu”
A good name is better than wealth
“Aondo nyiaa, atii due”
When God flashes, hidden things are revealed.
“Wanye kpa kaa er ikpera iyar tior”
Even a child can suggest how to drag a buffalo.
“Or fe iyange itondon igbum ga”
No one knows when a stone may wound their toe
“Orpinen tsum ga”
He who asks gets it right.
“Uya gege uya ihoon ve”
You have eaten until you ate a rotten one
“Atseree wua alom”
Trickery killed the hare.
“Kpev yar ikyoo gema koso iyongo ga”
A male goat looks for food, not to feed a sheep
“Uwaa sen tswen hure”
A stream flowing alone has many bends.