“U ngu a ayem angahar je u ker Agômik ya ivaan ye.”
Only the man who trusts the speed of his legs shoots an arrow at a patas monkey.
“Ivyekpekpe lan amar ga, ka er nomkwegh atil yô.”
A cockroach is not a poor dancer; it simply cannot dances in the presence of a c
“Or u soon zaryougho kera cie mte u iyough ga.”
A man who loves honey does not fear the sting of a bee.
“Idyenger ne i gôvor ka ken ityev je, ka er i kur a mi g…”
This curled bean curled while it was still in the field, not after it was brough
“Bagu u a ye ikyuleke ikô, ngu a ityôndousu shin gbor.”
A monkey that eats raw maize carries fire in its stomach.
“M ngu sanen we iyou u tema shin nya u ngu tômon mo ake.”
I am roofing your house, yet you are below trying to pick my testicles.
“Ka we a naan orapirashe imenger u ngu tuhwan nan.”
Giving a blind man a lamp is an insult to him.
“Mba we ijer bar man i men ga. Tiv mba er injakwagh ne u…”
They do not put salt on saliva before swallowing it.
“Ukôr ikyambe man u nyagh ijande?”
You have caught the crab, and now you despise the stream?
“U unde u daa ijande u van hungwa sha nyi?”
You have climbed up and pushed the ladder away. How, then, will you come down?
“Ngôkyegh lanen sev ga, kpa ka a kpusugh nomkyegh er ayô…”
The hen knows when day breaks, but it nudges the cock to announce the dawn.
“Ka we ulugh tar u kenden kputu ken jime.”
When pulling a rope, keep dropping pillows behind you in case it snaps.