Basoga Proverbs
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Ekyayuyo: tikigema mulala (Yawning sometimes "infects" those near the yawner)
Akugha amakaba: awula akugha embooli (One who gives you potato leaves is better than the one who gives you potatoes)
Bweni bwa ndaada: tibutya nkompe (The forehead of a squirrel is not afraid of the hole in a tree)
Omulyase: tawa idho (A cheat keeps on promising to clear the debt the next day)
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Akunaza, akunaza endhala: ati yanala kusiibiragho. (The one who says you are used to something, even says you are used to hunger, claiming you are used to tasting)
Endere ey'obukulu: eyatisa omunwa. (The flute learnt at old age can break/clip the mouth)
Okulya ebingi: tiikuwa mairu. (To eat much does not put an end to one's greed)
Mwana mubi: afaanana inhina. (A bad child resembles the mother)
The world's only nonuplets - nine babies born at the same time - are "in perfect health" as they celebrate their first birthday, says their father Abdelkader Arby, an officer in the Mali army. Their mother Halima Cissé, 26, is also doing well 1/2🎂🎂🎂🎂 bbc.com/news/world-afr…
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Mali nonuplets in perfect health on first birthday - father
The nine Malian babies hold the world record for the most children delivered in a single birth to survive.
Baseka nakyo ku mwoyo (They laugh with it [their true feelings] at heart)
Akubisa enkyo: omubisa eigulo (In the evening you may overtake one who overtook you in the morning)
Ni wa kalyesuuta t'olituumya nhanda mpiso (However great you may be, you cannot throw a needle across a lake or river)
Okubonereza omwana: tikumukyagha (To punish a child is not to hate him)
Embulu eteinhula: terwa kubamba mugaabe (The monitor lizard which does not go back early, ends up being used as cover for the long drum).
Ndigya na kinene: afa nga tatuuse buko (One who says "I will go to my in-laws with a big gift," ends up dying before reaching them).
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