{"id":295751,"date":"2023-08-25T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=295751"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:53:25","slug":"common-proverbs-in-igbo-language-and-their-meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/common-proverbs-in-igbo-language-and-their-meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Proverbs in Igbo Language and Their Meanings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Nigeria, proverbs are important in every ethnic group as they are a great way to share traditional wisdom and values, teach life lessons, and communicate complex ideas in a concise and memorable way. In this article, we are going to be providing a list of common Igbo proverbs and their meanings. Keep on reading to the end.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295752\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Common-Proverbs-in-Igbo-Language-and-Their-Meanings-.jpg\" alt=\"Common Proverbs in Igbo Language and Their Meanings\u00a0\" width=\"603\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Common-Proverbs-in-Igbo-Language-and-Their-Meanings-.jpg 603w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Common-Proverbs-in-Igbo-Language-and-Their-Meanings--600x340.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s a list of common proverbs in Igbo language and their meanings:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otu g\u1ecb na-agb\u1ecd ya na-at\u1ecd ya Meaning of the proverb:\u00a0 The way you give is the way you find.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mgbe ya b\u1ee5la jiri, onye ya n&#8217;enwe ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: When it rains, you know the person with an umbrella.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otu n&#8217;\u1ecdt\u1ee5 ya b\u1ee5la nd\u1ecb na-obi ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Those who share the same heart are one person.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O g\u1ecb n&#8217;eme ya na-agb\u1ecd ya n&#8217;ema ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The way you give is the way you receive.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O g\u1ecb n&#8217;ofu ya n&#8217;afu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The way you forgive is the way you are forgiven.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O g\u1ecb n&#8217;ama ya, n&#8217;ama ya n&#8217;inye ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The way you treat others is the way they treat you.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O kwuo ya n&#8217;ara ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A friend is as close as the skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nd\u1ecb \u1ecd b\u1ee5la n&#8217;agb\u1ee5 ya, ya n&#8217;agb\u1ee5 ya n&#8217;\u1ecdr\u1ee5 ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Those who live together will quarrel, but they will also make peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okpokiri na az\u1ee5 nd\u1ecb g\u1ecb, aka na-akpukwala nd\u1ecb a<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The early bird catches the worm.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otakwala nso na-as\u1ee5 nwa ya, \u1ecd b\u1ee5r\u1ee5 n&#8217;ile<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: It is the child who knows the father that can tell where he lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odoo ak\u1ecd na-agwata nd\u1ecb nwere mmad\u1ee5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The wind knows where men have died.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukwala mgbak\u1ecd n&#8217;okwute nke \u1ecdh\u1ee5r\u1ee5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: When the frog jumps on a rock, the rock doesn&#8217;t jump.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agbomma m tuputara ulo ya, ulo kpalara agbomma<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A lizard that blows on its house, its house also blows on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ee4m\u1ee5 nwany\u1ecb no n&#8217;ezi uka gboro, otu n&#8217;ezi uka gbuo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A woman who has breasts cannot breastfeed a goat<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onye n&#8217;\u1ecdh\u1ee5r\u1ee5 n&#8217;anya ka anya ya n&#8217;agaghi amak\u1ecd ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: One who has eyes in the back of the head does not lack behind.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onye na-agw\u1ee5 mgbe \u1ecd b\u1ee5l\u1ee5 ihe, na-agw\u1ee5. Onye n&#8217;enweghi mgbe \u1ecd b\u1ee5l\u1ee5 ihe, n&#8217;elu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: He who sees when something is happening sees, he who hears when something happens is told.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otuto n&#8217;egbu n&#8217;ozuzu, a j\u1ecd gbogboro ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The old masquerade dances slowly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mgbe \u1ecd b\u1ee5r\u1ee5 anya, ka anya ya n&#8217;agaghi\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: When you see a person&#8217;s eyes, you can tell what they are like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe nt\u1ecdta ji-ebe anya.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A bad thing is never hidden for long.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Igba mgbe nyiri ka ibe ya.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: you reap what you sow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Igba ndi na-agh\u1ecb ama bu ndi na-anw\u1ee5 ama<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Birds of a feather flock together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe aja ka \u1ecbgba mmiri, o na-agb\u1ecd adighi ama.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A stone that enters the water does not break the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nwanyi n&#8217;akwanu, onye ekwu aghana ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A woman&#8217;s beauty, her husband praises it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Igba nwa n&#8217;obi ka ihe e n&#8217;ak\u1ecd.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A\u00a0 child in the house is worth more than what is outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N&#8217;obodo gi ka ihe obi gi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What is important in your village is what is important to you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe ch\u1ecdr\u1ecd ka ifeanyi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb:it is better to be poor than to be shameless.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M\u1ecd n&#8217;ata ka ya b\u1ee5 n&#8217;enwegh\u1ecb\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb:knowing something is better than doing nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ije ndu na-as\u1ecb ekele maka \u1ecdr\u1ecd.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The road to life is praise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uwa ka \u1ecd b\u1ee5r\u1ee5 anaghi kwuru<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The world is a marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O b\u1ee5 onye nke ya nw\u1ee5r\u1ee5 ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb:the owner of the farm is the one who tills it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anaghi ekwe nkiti n&#8217;ije ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Don&#8217;t cut a tree with the ax you borrowed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukwu ka iji ya n&#8217;ala n&#8217;ukwu, \u1ecd b\u1ee5 mb\u1ee5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The tree that stands on the hilltop will catch the wind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O bu nd\u1ee5 ka nd\u1ee5\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A friend is like a sibling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngwo nke a na-agba otu kwuru ya n&#8217;otu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: One who finds money does not lose it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oge na-ag\u1ee5, \u1ee5m\u1ee5 n&#8217;ogboro ya Meaning of the proverb: When the sun rises, people go about their business.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otu g\u1ecb mmanya ahu g\u1ecb Meaning of the proverb: A family is like a forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otute g\u1ecb n&#8217;anya na n&#8217;\u1ee5kwa n&#8217;anya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The head of the family is in the heart, and the heart is in the head.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odika kwuru ya n&#8217;ama ka ya n&#8217;enwe<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A goat that does not enter the pen is like one that does not exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O bi na nchekwa nchekwa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Unity is strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onye amara na uka amara n&#8217;elu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: One who remembers the past will live in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O bi ji \u1ecd kp\u1ecdr\u1ecd, nch\u1ecbr\u1ecb ya n&#8217;ach<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The way you sow is the way you will reap.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ime \u1ee5wa n&#8217;ada n&#8217;aka ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Water that falls on the ground does not come back up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ani n&#8217;obi, na-akwara n&#8217;etiti ya Meaning of the proverb: A tree is known by its fruit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O bu mmanya n&#8217;al\u1ecd ya Meaning of the proverb: A good word is a good medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O bu mmanya n&#8217;al\u1ecd ya is Meaning of the proverb: Words are mightier than the sword.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onye n&#8217;eme nri n&#8217;agha ya Meaning of the proverb: A person who has food does not run.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ecc b\u1ee5 nd\u1ee5 nke agha, otu n&#8217;\u1ee5wa ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Health is better than wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ani n&#8217;elu otu akw\u1ee5kw\u1ecd ya Meaning of the proverb: A tree that falls makes more noise than the one that stands.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi n&#8217;\u1ecd b\u1ee5 nd\u1ee5 n&#8217;anya ka ihe gbasara nd\u1ee5 ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What you see with your eyes is better than what you hear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O bi nchekwa, nchekwa ya n&#8217;agha ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Anxiety causes loss of wealth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ee4m\u1ee5 ndi n&#8217;agha ya n&#8217;enye \u1ecd d\u1ecbgh\u1ecb nk\u1ecd ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: One&#8217;s wealth is in the number of his friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ana n&#8217;elu ihe n&#8217;al\u1ee5 nna ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The eyes see what the mind wants.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe n&#8217;enwegh\u1ecb n&#8217;acha ya, n&#8217;aka o bi nwegh\u1ecb<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What you hear when you are not present is worse than what you see.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe n&#8217;enwegh\u1ecb n&#8217;agba ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What you hear will not follow you.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enyi \u1ee5t\u1ecd nchekwa ya n&#8217;\u1ecd b\u1ee5r\u1ee5 nd\u1ee5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Many people do not see with their eyes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agha ka anya.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Seeing is believing.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egbu agha maka \u1ecd b\u1ee5 nwoke<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ecc mma nke \u1ecd b\u1ee5la n&#8217;okike ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Goodness is in the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eji acha maka \u1ecd b\u1ee5 akpukwo Meaning of the proverb: Slow and steady wins the race.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ndu maka \u1ecd b\u1ee5 otu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Health is wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nd\u1ee5 ya n&#8217;\u1ecdgw\u1ee5 onye nd\u1ee5 ya Meaning of the proverb: Only a mad person can cure another mad person.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe \u1ecd b\u1ee5la n&#8217;ikpala ya, ka anya ya n&#8217;akpala ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What is done in the dark will come to light.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O b\u1ee5la mmanya nke \u1ecd b\u1ee5la mmanya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What goes around comes around.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ka nnukwu mm\u1ee5\u1ecd ya mma.&#8221; Meaning of the proverb: Even the smallest seed can grow into a beautiful tree.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ecck\u00e9ke n&#8217;awa ihe o b\u1ee5 nne ya Meaning of the proverb: A good friend is better than a brother.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nd\u1ecb nke \u1ecd b\u1ee5 n&#8217;ogbo nj\u1ecd ya Meaning of the proverb: Birds of a feather flock together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mgbe ya ike ya, ka ya anya n&#8217;\u1ecd n&#8217;\u1ecdgw\u1ee5 ya\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb:when the time is right, the opportunity will present itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ife ogbu, nd\u1ecb na-agh\u1ee5 ndi nd\u1ee5 ya\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Evil is powerless against those who unite.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ori na-akw\u1ee5 mmanya g\u1ecb Meaning of the proverb: Your character is your beauty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ogbo nnukwu maka o b\u1ee5 nnukwu ya\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The bigger the head, the bigger the load.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ee4wa nwoke n&#8217;\u1ee5wa nwaany\u1ecb Meaning of the proverb: The man is known by the company he keeps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ome n&#8217;udo n&#8217;anya ihe ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Anger blinds the eyes from seeing what is true.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ife n&#8217;\u1ee5wa b\u1ee5 ego<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Life is like a market.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agba ya ya n&#8217;ala, nd\u1ecb b\u1ee5la ya n&#8217;ala ya\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Those who are silent are thought to agree.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihe \u1ecdn\u1ee5 na-at\u1ee5 anya n&#8217;anya ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The thing you see is in the eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O gba mma na aja, aja ya n&#8217;anya n&#8217;akwukwo ya\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The rat takes only the good, leaving the ugly.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A ch\u1ecdr\u1ecd ya n&#8217;okike ya, a kwado ya n&#8217;okike ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What is eaten with the eyes is digested with the eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A ch\u1ecdr\u1ecd ya n&#8217;okike ya, a kwado ya n&#8217;okike ya.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: What is eaten with the eyes is digested with the eyes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onye agha ya maka ife ya Meaning of the proverb: One who cannot see cannot be proud.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ezi na-agbanyere mmanya ya.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The palm frond that stays straight will not cut itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mmili ya n&#8217;anya, nd\u1ecb na-akwa ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Water is in the eyes, yet people are blind to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Igba amara mma, \u1ecd b\u1ee5la n&#8217;\u1ecd b\u1ee5la ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A basket cannot appreciate its own beauty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ndu ya n&#8217;ihu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Life is in the breath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ije ya n&#8217;oke ya, aha ya n&#8217;ala ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A road is in the sky, a river is on the ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ndu ya n&#8217;iwu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Life<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onye ife na n&#8217;enye ife ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: One person&#8217;s medicine is another person&#8217;s poison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otu n&#8217;\u1ee5wa ya b\u1ee5 isi n&#8217;ala<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The head is above the ground, while the feet are on the ground\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mmanya ya n&#8217;onye ya n&#8217;efu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Food is in the mouth of the person who eats it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uwa nwanyi, nwanyi ya b\u1ee5la ife ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The world of a woman is in her kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nwoke ya mbu oge ya n&#8217;izu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A man&#8217;s fortune is in his hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u1ee4m\u1ee5 n&#8217;\u1ee5la n&#8217;ife ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: People are measured by their words.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iwu ya b\u1ee5la n&#8217;agb\u1ecdgh\u1ecd ya Meaning of the proverb: A deed is known by its result.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ezi ya na-etumma ya, na nchekwa ya n&#8217;ebe ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A race is won by perseverance, not by haste.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agba ya n&#8217;ala ya b\u1ee5la n&#8217;\u1ecd b\u1ee5la onye ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The time is known by the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agha ya n&#8217;\u1ecd b\u1ee5la n&#8217;anya ya.&#8221; Meaning of the proverb: The mouth speaks what the eyes see.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ojukwu ya bu n&#8217;izu ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: The day is known by its work.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ije ya b\u1ee5la n&#8217;izu ya n&#8217;ab\u1ee5a ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: A journey is known by its destination, not by its length.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any\u1ecb n&#8217;\u1ecdr\u1ee5 ya, na nchekwa ya n&#8217;\u1ecdr\u1ee5 ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Where you learn, you also unlearn.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nd\u1ee5 ya b\u1ee5la n&#8217;amagh\u1ecb anya ya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning of the proverb: Life is like a mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oji ya na-as\u1ecd nd\u1ecb nnem ya.&#8221; Meaning of the proverb: Fire is known by its smoke.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Nigeria, proverbs are important in every ethnic group as they are a great way to share traditional wisdom and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Common Proverbs in Igbo Language and 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