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Igbo:

ónyé nā-ētūfùghị ánāghị àtụtụtá.

English:

HE WHO HAS NEVER DROPPED ANYTHING NEVER GETS TO PICK UP ANYTHING. NO VENTURE, NO SUCCESS.

 

Igbo:

á rụọ n'ánwụ, è ríé nà ndò. 

English:

 WHEN YOU LABOUR IN THE SUN, YOU GET TO EAT IN THE SHADES. SAME CONTEXT AS ABOVE.

 

Igbo:

Ńkụ ónyé kpàrà n'ọkọchị kà ọ nà-ànyá n'ùdúmmīri. 

English:

 IT IS THE FIREWOOD THAT YOU STOCKPILE IN THE DRY SEASON THAT WILL KEEP YOU WARM COME THE RAINY SEASON. SAME CONTEXT AS ABOVE.

 

Igbo:

áká ájá ājā nà-èbúté ọnụ mmánụ mmānụ. 

English:

IT IS THE SOILED HANDS THAT BRING ABOUT A GREASY MOUTH... (IT IS BY GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY THAT YOU FIND THE FOOD TO PUT ON THE TABLE).

 

Igbo:

òbùjùrù ụkpá sì nà ọ bụ ńdị ọ nà-ènyé nyèrè yá.

English:

THE MAN WITH A FULL BASKET (OF GOODIES) SAID THEY WERE RECIPROCAL GIFTS FROM THOSE WHO ONCE RECEIVED FROM HIM. WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU REAP.

 

Igbo:

áká ńrị kwọọ ākā èkpè, áká èkpè àkwọọ áká ńrị, há náàbọ àdị ọchā.

English:

WHEN THE RIGHT HAND WASHES THE LEFT AND THE LEFT WASHES THE RIGHT, THEY BOTH BECOME CLEAN. YOU SCRATCH MY BACK,I SCRATCH YOURS!

 

Igbo:

Ọgọ nwókē mèèrè íbè yá bụ lèé jìdéré m. 

English:

A FAVOUR DONE TO A FELLOW MAN IS A GIFT HELD IN TRUST; IN DUE TIME, IT WILL RETURN TO THE GIVER. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

 

Igbo:

Ọhịá ghọrọ āgbọghọ nkụ mèrè kà ísí dị yā mfē.

English:

THE FOREST THAT DENIED A DAMSEL FIREWOOD MADE HER LOAD LIGHTER. EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT IS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

 

Igbo:

mmírí mārā ùgò bù áhú kà ọ sàrà yá. 

English:

THE RAIN THAT DRENCHED AN EAGLE JUST GAVE IT A BATH. SAME AS ABOVE.  

 

Igbo:

ókènyè kècháá èkpè ghàrá ịnwụ, ịhérē ọnwụ èmégbúó yā.

English:

WHEN AN ELDER DECLARES HIS WILL BEFORE HIS TIME, HE SPENDS THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN ABJECT SHAME.(NEVER BRAG ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT ACHIEVE, OR THAT OVER WHICH YOU HAVE NO CONTROL).

 

Igbo:

úkwà rúó ógè yá, ò dàá.

English:

THE BREAD FRUIT WILL ALWAYS FALL IN ITS DUE TIME...(THERE IS NO RUUSH IN LIFE; EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN ITS DUE TIME).

 

Igbo:

ányá nà ímí bụ nwánnē. yá mèrè ó jì àbú ányá béwé, ímí èsòró yā bēwē.

English:

THE EYES AND THE NOSTRILS ARE NEXT OF KIN. THAT IS WHY WHEN THE EYES CRY,THE NOSTRILS JOIN IN. (RELATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER,FOR WHAT AFFECTS ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER).

 

Igbo:

ó bụ ímí nộ nsō nà-ànụ ísì kárícháá. 

English:

IT IS THE NOSE THAT IS CLOSEST THAT PERCEIVES THE SMELL THE MOST. THE IMPACT OF OUR MISFORTUNE IS FELT MOST BY THOSE CLOSEST TO US.

 

Igbo:

ótù mkpụrụ ákā rụtá mmānụ, ò tézùó íbè yá.

English:

WHEN ONE FINGER COMES IN CONTACT WITH PALM OIL, IT SMEARS THE REST... (ON ACCOUNT OF OUR CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, EVERY MAN'S ACTIONS HAVE A POTENTIAL IMPACT ON EVERYONE ELSE).

 

Igbo:

áká wètá, ākā wètá, ò jú ónụ.

English:

THE MORE HANDS THAT CONTRIBUTE THE MORSELS, THE QUICKER THE MOUTH FILLS UP. (COLLABORATION BREEDS SUCCESS).

 

Igbo:

á nyụkọọ mámīrī ọnụ, ọ gbọọ ụfụfụ. 

English:

WHEN FOLKS URINATE TOGETHER,IT FOAMS.... (UNITY IS STRENGTH... PEOPLE ACHIEVE MORE WHEN THEY ACT WITH A COLLECTIVE SENSE OF PURPOSE...)

 

Igbo:

ánụ nā-āgbā ọfụ ōfụ, nà-ànwụ ọfụ ōfụ.

English:

ANIMALS THAT RUN OR FORAGE IN ISOLATION DIE IN ISOLATION. (ON THE CONTRARY, ANIMALS THAT FORAGE IN A GROUP DERIVE THEIR STRENGTH AND PROTECTION FROM THE COMPANY OF THE GROUP). UNITY IS STRENGTH.

 

Igbo:

ónyé náānị yā nà-àgbá égwū n'āhịā bù árá nà-àchá yā.

English:

IT IS ONLY A LUNATIC THAT DANCES ALONE IN A MARKET PLACE. MESSAGE: UNITYIS STRENGTH.

 

Igbo:

ìgwè bụ íké. 

English:

UNITY IS STRENGTH.

 

Igbo:

ónyé chí yā mèèrè ọgọ sìrì nà íbè yá nà-áyì árā.

English:

ONE WHO HAS BEEN GREATLY FAVOURED BY PROVIDENCE TAKES HIS PEERS FOR FOOLS. MESSAGE: BE A LITTLE MORE CONSIDERATE FOR THOSE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS YOU ARE.

 

Igbo:

é búrú ózú ōnyē ọzọ, ọ dí kà è bù ùkwù ńkū.

English:

 A STRANGER'S CORPSE HAS THE LOOK OF A BUNCH OF FIREWOODS. (WE ARE NOT USUALLY MOVED BY OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNES UNLESS IT BE CLOSER TO HOME).