Agbalusia ngene,e kulu ngene nwuo.

Agbusi gba otele, o muru ako

otele wu ahu ushi

nshi ojoo nwe ushi

onye koro uko n'otele na acho nsi okwu

otele wu otele

otele awughi ama egwuregwu

otele mara mma olile

otele wu ihe ojoo, mana anyi nile huru ya n'anya

toshmann:

otele wu ihe ojoo, mana anyi nile huru ya n'anya

Otele wu ebe uwa gburu.

Ole ndi buru Otela na nshi bata ebe a?
@Topic,ihe nile tara na abali bu anwunta.
Every ant that bites at nite is assumed to be mosquito

@Lexyflexy,the headlines of this thread is clear enough,Igbo proverbs with translations or meanings.i dey bow for u ooo
@Topic,Onye na amaghi ebe mmiri bidoro mawa ya,a gaghi akowanwu ebe mmiri ka akwuis ima ya.
If one cant tell genesis of his problem,he shldnt expect to know how to get a solution
@ all,Onye biri ibe ya biri . . .Live and let live.

My dad used to say this to me everytime:

Onye kpuchiri aka n'ike ya nyuo ahuru, okwa onwe ya ka o nyuru ya.

(He that covers his nyash and farts has just farted on himself)

Robby,one of the founding fathers of the thread,welucomu
Still with ur trademark i must say,ilu nwere K-legs

Lol. surprised someone still remembers me on this site. been away for too long

unu jisie ike oh.

rofl.
I do.i read through the whole thread b4 i started posting,u guys rock
Cuteass,edygirl,2fine etc.
much love and i hope u've come to stay

yeah definitely. i left when the "new posts replying yours" were taken of by seun almighty. Now he's brought it back, i think i'll stay. how long have you been here?

2 years plus and counting am glad u are thinking of staying.

Lol. like i was missed. where are your proverbs skills?

Perharps u were missed,dont conclude yet.U shld be asking . . .missed by who?
u want to try my clean proverbial skills?here we go
E jighi amu enyi akwuna egwu.
U dont scare an "ada igbo" with ilu contest

ihe odira amu mma, ya aruwa ishi n'ala?

translation: were things good for the pen_s, it wouldn't have pointed downwards (it would have been erected and ''charging'' upwards, ventilating to and fro . . . looking for whom to devour


meaning: it is obvious things are not all right (for someone who was asked . . are u all right? )

nice ones. i cant think of any non-silly preoverbs now lol.

Tosh anugo tha "a" and "o" word,odabatala
Robby,think harder.
Ole Rubi,Youngies na Echelon?

lol. mind reader

lol
@Topic,E jighi iwe esu ulo oku
u dont cos of anger set ur house on fire

ejighi iwe achu nwanyi juru aju

u dont use anger to follow up a lady playing ''hard to get''

a dim too much

anu gbala taa,echi bu nta.
when u try out something at first and fail,try again and again,you would get it

Tosh,i hope na o bughikwa m ka i na-agwa?Ozo,e nwere errors na ur written igbo,lee anya :
E jighi,not ejighi. . . .jighi=don't,E = u or Noun/subject.lol
so E jighi shld be 2 words. 
@Toipc,Ihe a kpachatara n'akuku ite na-ana n'akuku onu.
what is gotten from the side of the pot ends up by the side of the mouth
dalu nu.

prof ify, i meela teach-ie m igbo edemede. amaghi m na i bu prof of igbo language

IFY, even though U no one resket me, atleast resket my grey hair now, shidrenses of nowadays

Lexy respect the thread,adhere to the rules.thanks
@Tosh
@Topic,Oji eze di eze na aka.
dont even know its real meaning,the translation is quite meaningless

ifyalways:

@Topic,Oji eze di eze na aka.
dont even know its real meaning,the translation is quite meaningless

C'mon, you are talking of respect and don't know the meaning of that proverb? It means give honour to whom honour is due.

Mgbochi di nma karia ogwugwo
Prevention is better than cure

ifyalways:

Ole Rubi,?

Ano m ya. Eji ghim ujo to agboghobia

Kpasi ndi n'mmadu agwa oma n'ihi na ndi ahu ihuru mgbe o diri gi n'nma iga ezute kwa ha mgbe odiri gi n'njo
Be nice and friendly to people on your way up b/c you might meet the same people on your way down

rubi:

Ano m ya. Eji ghim ujo to agboghobia

Kam sikwanu.ndewo.much love
@Topic,Onye mgbo gburu nna ya na eji ite ona eme okpu .
A man whose father was killed by a stray bullet uses the iron pot as hemlet

Nwata akwo n'azu amaghi n'ije di anya.