Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language: Part I. English and Yoruba. Part II. Yoruba and English. To which are Prefixed, the Grammatical Elements of the Yoruba LanguageChurch missionary society, 1843 - 243 pages |
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Page 79 - cover me, father,' employed to signify, Babba mi de, ' My father is come. ' " t Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba Language, by the Rev.
Page 42 - Said when an unwary man is deceived by rogues. 131. Oju oloju ko jo iju enni, asehindeni ko wopo. Another's eye is not (faithful) like one's own : agents are not numerous. 132. Asisori ko ni ikun bi agba, otosi ko lowo bi oloro. A pistol has not a bore like a cannon : a poor man has not money (at his command) like the rich.
Page 72 - The trader never confesses that he has sold all his goods, but, when asked, will only say, " Trade is a little better."— (Proverbs, xx., 14.) The palm of the hand never deceives one.
Page 79 - Ena (an inversion of the order of letters, syllables, words or sentences, under which the sense is concealed or changed (is occasionally employed by parties who may wish to communicate privately and to disguise the sense from bystanders (de mi babba, cover me father, employed to signify Babba mi de, my father is come) in Yoruba (s.
Page 229 - A thing thrown forward will surely be overtaken, and a thing put in the ground will be there to be dug up ; but if nothing has been thrown forward, what shall be overtaken ? and if nothing has been buried, what shall be dug up ? (Is used to inculcate provident habits.) 107.
Page 125 - nyo o mbowa ipa ommo enia. When your neighbour's horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for (your own) child may fall into it too. 310. Ikun babba orisa. The belly is the father of the gods. NB — So Eabelais of the Great Caster. In the Persian Alnameh we find, Li-3 ^l^i. bi. Jl
Page 33 - ... arrows from the quiver. Good words draw kola-nuts from the bag. He who despises another despises himself. Contempt should never be shown to a fellow-man. A sick person should never be laughed at ; for what happens to him to-day, may happen to you to-morrow. Disobedience is the father of insolence. He who sees another's fault knows well how to talk about it, but he covers his own with a potsherd.
Page 4 - Heaven and earth are two large calabashes, which, being shut (together), can never be opened. There is no market in which the dove with the prominent breast has not traded (alluding to the shape of the cowries used as money).
Page 51 - Beg for help and you will meet with refusals; ask for alms and you will meet with misers.
Page 146 - A rolling stone gathers no moss." 743. Room no know wha* hall da meet. "(Those in) the room do not know what goes on in the hall." 735. Hearn, 307 (Trinidad). A penny buys trouble that doubloons cannot cure. Speirs, 406. Half-a-bit mek trouble joe (a coin) can't cure. 740. Burton, (Yoruba) 339. The labourer is always in the sun; the land-owner is always in the shade. 744. Rum mek 'ooman si' down an' consider; rum mek man walk an' 'tagger, an' de man who refuse rum is a booby.