Follow IgboProverbs for words and translations in Pidgin English, Igbo, English

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ihe ehi hụrụ gbalaba ọsọ ka ọkụkụ hụrụ na-atụ ọnụ

English:

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Lesson of the day
Do the right thing at the right time

to English Translate

Igbo Proverbs posted a translation to :

I miss you

Asked by: val

IgboProverbs

Igbo:

a na m atụ ụche gị

to Igbo Translate Translations (1)

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: A chuo aja ma a hughi udele, a mara na
ihe mere be ndimmuo.

English:

If the vulture fails to hover at the end of a sacrifice, then you know that something happened in the land of spirits.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: nkwụ onyielu nwoke a dịghị atụ anya na-agwa ihe nile ọ na-ahụ si n'elu.

English:

A palm tree climber is not expected to tell what he sees from above.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Okuko si na ihe ya ji-ele anya n'enu ma
ya na añu mmiri bu na ihe na-egbu si
n'igwe abia.

English:

The chicken says it looks up when drinking water because what kills it comes from the sky.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (2) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ngwele rilu enu oji abulozi nwa

English:

A lizard that climbs the iroko tree is no longer young.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: nwoke ọsọ gbaba n'agha adịghị aghọta na agha gụnyere ọnwụ.

English:

A man who rushes into battle does not realize that battle entails death.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Everything has it's appointed time

to English Translate

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ihe nwoke zọgidere áhụ mkpụrụ amu ya, si hapuru ya.

English:

Anything a man will struggle for until his testicles is exposed should be left for him.
[This is height of Pyrrhic victory.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: A gbaka m mbo bụ ego nri, ọgaranya si na Chi.

English:

Our hustling is for daily bread, it is of the Lord that maketh rich.
[The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Okorobia tochaa o chere ibe ya.

English:

After growing to puberty, a young man waits for his peers.
[You don't have to struggle for everything; nature do take its course in due time.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọkụkọ nwa ogbenye bụ ehi ya.

English:

The poor person's chicken is his cow.
[Be proud of your possession no matter how small they are.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Onye di nkirika jee akwamozu, asi ya nyere ndi na egbu anu aka.

English:

Whoever attends a funeral in tattered clothes would be asked to assist the butchers. [You're addressed the way you dress.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Onye riri osisi ọji kpaa ya nkụ ka o nwere ike, anaghi ari elu ọji kwa daa.

English:

While on top of iroko tree, gather all the firewood you can, it is not every day that one scales the great iroko.
[Grab your opportunity when it comes beckoning.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Nwanyi nwee ezigbo omume, di ya agaghi aju nri ya.

English:

If a woman is polite, her husband does not refuse her food.
[Kindness beget kindness.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọ bụ naani ndi mmụọ na-egbu nwoke wepukwa ihe o ji buru nwoke ka ọ buru ihe iribama.

English:

It is only the gods that will kill a man and take away his man hood as evidence. [Testament of the gods.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọjị anaghi anụ asụsụ mba ọzọ.

English:

Kolanut does not hear foreign language.
[Consecration of kolanut is done in Igbo language]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ezigbo aha ka ego.

English:

A good name is better than riches.
[Pursue good name, it's priceless]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ewu jere ileta agụ nọ na ọria ga atụnye isi ya

English:

The goat that visit the sick lion will pay the ultimate price.
[Don't push your luck too far]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ngwere kwụsiri akwamozu nna ya ga-ebụ ozu ya n'isi.

English:

The lizard that stops his father's funeral will carry the corpse on his head.
[Fallout]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Umụnne abụọ gbụo onwe ha, onyeọbia eketa ihe onwunwe nna ha.

English:

When two brothers fight to death, a stranger inherit their father's property.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ogbenye adighi eri anya efi.

English:

A poor person does not eat the cow's eye, it's expensive.
[Cut your coat according to your size.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Nkita na agbọ ụja adighi ata arụ.

English:

The dog that scolds does not bite.
[Empty vessels make a great noise.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọ bụrụ na ọnwụ egbụghi nwoke, otu ụbọchi o zụte iheọma.

English:

If death does not kill a man, fortune will one day smile on him.
[Keep hope alive]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Onye ma ụzọ jee osimiri na ekụte mmiri di ọcha.

English:

He who goes to the river early fetches clean water.
[First person is always lucky]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: O ji ọsọ agbakwuru ọgụ amaghi na ọgụ bụ ọnwụ.

English:

One who runs to join a war does not realize that war is death.
[War does more harm than good]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: E jighi ụtụtụ ama njọ ahia.

English:

One should not use the morning hours to predict a bad market.
[In life, don't be too quick in fortune-telling]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọ bụ naani ụkwụ gbara apiti na-eri ihe gụrụ ya

English:

It's only the leg that is soiled with mud that enjoys whatever it likes.
[Diligence pays]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ị mara asụ sụọ n’odo. Ị maghị asụ sụọ n’ala./

English:

If you know how to pound do it in the mortar, if you don't know then pound on the floor. [Be Wise]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ubọchi nri ji kariri, elota onye na eribiga nri ókè.

English:

A gluttony is remembered on the day pounded yam is surplus.
[Everybody is useful]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọbere mmanwụ na-akpa ike maka na ijere anọghi nso.

English:

A small masquerade is powerful because a big masquerade is not around.
[Take advantage]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Anuụ gbala taa, echi bụ nta.

English:

If an animal escapes the hunter today, tomorrow is yet another day to hunt.
[New day brings new opportunities]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Onye mara nkita bụ onye ga-etinye aka n'ọnụ ya.

English:

The person who knows the dog can put his hand in its mouth.
[Admonition]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Agụụ ehihie gụkaria nwa mgbei, ọ cheta na nne ya anọrọzi.

English:

When afternoon hunger beats the orphan, he remembers that his mother is dead.

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ichọrọ iri awọ, rie nke gbara agba.

English:

If you want to eat a toad, you should look for a fat and juicy one.
[Be proud of your doings]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọkụkọ nti ike na amụrụ akọ na ite ofe di ọkụ.

English:

A stubborn chicken learns it lesson in the hot pot of soup.
[It does not pay to be obstinate]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: O ji ụtụtụ tụtụba n'atụtụjụ ụkpa.

English:

He who starts gathering in the morning, before sunset will have his basket filled up.
[Make hay...]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ogologo abụrọ na nwa m nwere amamihe.

English:

Height does not mean that my child has matured.
[Maturity is not synonymous with height]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ara na obi adighi ese okwu.

English:

The breast & the chest cannot be enemies.
[There's no sense at all in living at loggerheads with your neighbor]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Mgbe onye ji tete bu ụtụtụ ya.

English:

Whenever a man wakes up is his own morning.
[Your beginning starts whenever you're ready its a personal race]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Onye erijughị afọ anaghị enye alụsị.

English:

He who is hungry does not feed a deity.
[People expend resources based on a scale of preference]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: E kwukalia ofu okwu, onye nti ike anu ya.

English:

An issue that is incessantly discussed, is soon heard by the deaf.
[Apply limits in all you do]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Onye n'eche enyi ya nwanyi n'anụ ikili ụkwụ ndi mmụọ.

English:

A man whose lover promises to come hears the footsteps of the spirits.
[Expectations]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọnụ kwube na mmadu aburo Chukwu.

English:

Close your ears to the world's vituperate, they're not God.
[Let them say]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Isi nkwọcha anaghi emezi ndi Onitsha ihere.

English:

Baldheadedness no longer causes shame to Onitsha people.
[People don't care about their flaw]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Enyi zọgbulu ọkụkọ asina na ya na ihe mere.

English:

An elephant that crushed a chick shouldn't beat his chest.
[Praise not yourself after a menial]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Nnụnụ isi akaghi aka adighi eje ọgụ ọtụrụ kpọ-kpọ.

English:

A bird with a weak skull does not challenge the woodpecker to a fight.
[Foolishness]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like (1) Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Anuahu agụ owuru mara mma, ma ọbụghi obi ya.

English:

The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.
[Appearance can be deceptive]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ndi Igbo adighi agba ọsọ mmiri n'oge.

English:

Igbo people do not run from rain until they're drenched.
[We learn through hard way]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ọ nweghi ụzọ esi eje Ọnitsha di nso.

English:

There's no road close at hand that leads to Onitsha.
[Every achievement requires effort]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Ezigbo ọyi ka ajọ nwanne.

English:

A good friend is better than a wicked brother.
[There's a friend that sticks closer than a brother]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: A tụọrọ ọ mara, ọ mara. Ma a tụọrọ ọfeke, ọ fenye isi na ọfia.

English:

If you hint the wise they make use of it, but the fool will use it foolishly

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Anuahu agụ owuru mara mma, ma ọbụghi obi ya.

English:

The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.
[Appearance can be deceptive]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Nkita di ndụ ka ọdụm nwụrụ anwụ mma.

English:

A living dog is better than a dead lion.
[Anyone who's among the living has hope]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: A chụọ àjà ma a hụghị udele a mara na ihe mere be ndị mmụọ

English:

When sacrifice is made and the vulture is nowhere to be found something must have happened in the land of the spirits
[There is no effect without a cause.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Oji akwụ nyetụ nchi maka nchi adịghị arị elu

English:

He who has Palm kernel should give to the grass cutter because it does not climb trees.
[He who has should be generous to those who don't have.]

Translated from: Igbo

Translations (1) Add Translation

Like Comment (0) Favourite

Share:

IgboProverbs

Igbo: Agwọ aghaghị ịmụta ihe toro ogologo

English:

A snake will always give birth to something that is long
[A child grows up to be similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.]

Translated from: Igbo