Igbos come show your proverbs skills

Thanks youngies and  cutie!It's actually refreshing to be able to swap and read truly informing and educative proverbs with UAnyways my little confession is that i'm not Igbo though i have chased and lusted after many a Ada,Nkechi,Chinwe who all have painstakingly taught me a little Igbo here and there.Anyways i hope this little burden that has finally come off my chest would not lead to my sanction on this thread!
However for you youngies
oke aha a na-etu dibia na akari ihe o na-agbata na afa -the ostentatious praise names with which the native doctor is eulogized are greater than the compensation he receives from his divination
And cutie~

onye bu ehi n’isi anaghi eji ukwu achu ukpara -a person carrying an elephant on his head does not pursue grasshoppers with his feet.

Youngies hun, anô m right here

so cheta kwa na ndi igbo siri na

ekwue ma anughi mere nwata, mana afu ma ekwughi mere ôkenye
hearing but keeping deaf ears ruins the kid, but seeing and keeping shut (not taking actions) ruins the adult/elder

ajughi aju were eri na ebute aghaghi agha were anwu
eating without asking leads to dying without being sick/ill

ebe ndu di ka nchekwube na-adi
when there is life, there is hope

youngies please be back soon ooh, don't run away ok?

nwata gbere igbe we ta m aru,mu egbere igbe we tagwara

If a child crawls towards me and bites me,I'll also crawl over and bite back

Ok I got some courtesy of Oliver De Coque - Star United :

Ele be agba, ele be ony n'ekwu ya - When you listen to the word, then you begin to look at the person speaking it
Ele be mmanwu, ewe le be onye n'eti ya eti - When you see what the masquerade is doing, then you begin to ask who is behind the mask!

Agadi nwanyi kaba nka, odi ka ejighi aku n'uya - When a woman begin to age, it begins to look as if she was married with wealth!

Ele be onu okenye, odi ka ojighi nu ala - When you look at the mouth of an elder, it looks as if he/she didn't use the same mouth to drink from the mother's breasts.

Nwata malu kwo aka, oso okenye rie ihe - If a child remembers to wash his hands, he'll eat with the elders!

Adi abuo gba izu, nwanyi buru onye ato - If two men come for a meeting, let a woman be the third!

Ngwere riri enu oji, abughi zi nwa - The lizard that climbs the iroko tree, is no longer a child



Oriental Brothers:

Onye bialu uwa, o bialu ileghari anya? - He that came to this world, did he come for sightseeing? No!

Controversial --> Ala ebe nwanyi nwe onu di ya, ala ahu efuola - The land where the wife speaks for the husband, that land is lost!

Ilu bu ihe ndi igbo na eji okwu okwu meaning proverb is what the igbos' use while talking

Uka a akparakpa isi ka eji ekwe ya  meaning discussed issues is shown by nodding the head

It seems ndi Igbo are no longer in NL     

Well I travelled to the village to see grandma and I am back in Abuja. Guess what I came back with,   
~~ clears throat ~~  

E ji m oji na mmaya ocha  - Kola has come

Ndi be anyi ekene m unu - my people I greet you

Onye wetera oji wetera ndu _ise - he who brings kola brings life, _amen

O biara be onye abiagbuna ya, ka o nako mkpumkpu apu na ya na azu - He who visit a person should not be a stress to owner of the house, so that when he is leaving he not have hunch back.

Egbe bere ugo bere, nke si ibe ya ebela nku kwapu ya - let the hawk perch and eagle also, if any says the other should not perch, let the wing break apart!
~~ breaks kola ~~ 

hmmm nka bu oji ugo - This kola rocks!

~~ dips kola in uso-oji ~~    

~~chewing kola ~~

~~shakes palm wine ~~

Cuite love don't allow me to finish this alone

I don't really mind if we're stuck for life.    It is to my credit, lol

Ndi Igbo si na akpa akpa araru na ute
The Igbos says that if there is an accord, then we can sleep on the mat

Uka akpara akpa isi ka eji ekwe ya
An issue that already has been agreed on is always known by the nodding of the head

Ala adighi mma bu uru ndi nze
That there is trouble in the land is to the benefits of the elders

I wait your triumphant return again. 

@Babyosoisi oke nwanyi where art thou?

Oh thank God you are here 

A si na ejighi anya oma aba uka mmuo nso
Our people says that one does not start joining a penticostal church without any problem

E jighi eyo acho ihe agba n'aka
You don't need mirror to see what is worn on the hand

Iwe nwanne adighi eru n'okpukpu
Anger caused by a brother does not reach the bones

@Cute-ass just to remind you that na

Agwo roro ibe ya abughizi nwa agwo
Any snake that swallows another is no longer a baby snake

Kwezue nu!

hello dear, you have to translate too for the non-igbos lol


lol

well youngies, i see you're trying me, abi?? okay oo

ebe nwata esina puta, nya teta ura
the most important thing is not where the child comes out from in the morning, but the child waking up sound

mmadu anagi ahusi isi n'anya, na-ekpu
nobody sees blindness with their eyes and yet choose to be blind

na be ônye ujô ka a na-anô atugara aka mkpô mkpô be ônye dike
you stand in the house of the poor/less priviledged to point fingers towards the once known/shattered in pieces house of the late hero

ka chi fo nu, ndi be anyi

ooo ka chi boo

seti kwa alarmu gi lol

for one reason or the other, i like "ogo bu chi onye", lol

My best Igbo proverb:

Ejiro amu eyi ashawo egwu 

Ok, since you don't want translate this proverb, as the owner of this thread, I will translate it. It means,

You cannot scare a prostitute with your d!ck   

 

can't stop laughing on this one ooo. Jesus anokwam gi naka o !


Anyway make I contribute:

Nwata kunue nna ya enu, ogodo awuchi ya anya.

let me help you dear,


its not only the "prostitute" that knows that "down there(need i mention)" is money

Cutie dear your translation is perfect. I hereby declare you as the "Lolo ndi Igbo na Nairaland