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These are the Luganda Proverbs and their English meaning<\/p>\n
1.\tAbabiri babibira ebigambo : naye abasatu babisattula – Two make plans : but three frustrate them
\n2.\tAbaddeko kizimu – He was in a whirlwind (under the influence of a sudden fancy, not his usual self)
\n3.\tAbafugibwa ngabo : atannagikwatamu ye agitenda obwangu – Those who are ruled are like the shield : who never got hold of it, thinks it light
\n4.\tAbagagga n’abagagga baagalana : ekirevu kiyita ku bisige ne kigenda kyegatta n’enviiri eziri ewala – ( Kisige: ) The rich love each other (find each
\n5.\tAbaagalana tebafunda – Those who love each other need only a small place
\n6.\tAbaganda bakaabira ekitali kyabwe : amaziga ne gajja – The Baganda quarrel about a thing that does
\n7.\tAbaganda baakalya olumanyo : buli ajja nti Nkonge wuuyo – The Baganda just had an intuition (felt it instinctively) : because everyone coming said: There is Nkonge
\n8.\tAbaganda busa bwa mbogo : bukala kungulu, sso munda mubisi – ( Busa bwa: ) The Baganda are like buffalo-dung : it dries on the surface, whilst it is soft underneath
\n9.\tAbaganda kye bavuma kye balya – ( Kye bavumagana: ) The Baganda eat what they decry (e
\n10.\tAbaganda mwennyango : bagweyokya balaba – The Baganda are like the stinging nettle : they sting themselves on it with open eyes
\n11.\tAbaganda mwetooloola emiyagi : nti tuloga akafumbe – (If you tell the Baganda) You go round the miyagi-bushes (i
\n12.\tAbaganda nswa engabo bazisuuliranga ku mabega – The Baganda are like flying ants : they put their shields on their backs
\n13.\tAbaganda nswa : zeebikka kungulu – The Baganda are like flying ants : they cover themselves superficially
\n14.\tAbaganda nswenke : kasukusuku tikalina nkuyege – The Baganda are useless fellows (lit
\n15.\tAbagenyi makondwe : agamu gasegulira gannaago – Visitors are like banana-stum : they make room for others that follow
\n16.\tAbakadde ka batabaale : nga talina wuwe; naye obanga alma, Abakadde bayinze – Let the old men fight (one might say) whose father is not there; but if his father is there, he says: Ah, no, the old people are beyond that
\n17.\tAba-kali-buti baseka : naye aba-kali-maanyi bakaaba – ( Ab’omugumu: ) The relations of a coward laugh : but those of a mighty fighter wail
\n18.\tAbakondeere : bakwanya mikka – The trumpeters (horn-blowers) : blow in harmony
\n19.\tAbakopi mayenje : gagwa walime – asants are like crickets : they establish themselves where the soil is prepared
\n20.\tAbakopi muwemba : bw’ogusaayira, kudda mulala – asants are like millet : where you break up the soil (on which millet has been growing), new millet grows
\n21.\tAbakulu balya bulungi : ye agwa n’olusuubo – The parents eat good food (says the greedy child) : and falls with the packet of food (hanging from the roof)
\n22.\tAbakulu n’abakulu tibaleekaana : ) singa Nnamasole ayitiriza Mulere; ) ekigere we kifuluma kiwakanya kinnaakyo – Big people don’t quarrel with each other : ) otherwise the mother of the king would interrupt the Mulere
\n23.\tAbakulu n’abakulu tibaseerana mukubi (nva) : nga za mazzi (= nga si za munnyu) – Grown-ups don’t quarrel about vegetables (little things) : if they are watery (if they are tasteless)
\n24.\tAba keno tebanjagala : nga ayambadde buzina – The people here don’t like me : (so says) who has only rags to dress himself
\n25.\tAbala ennage : ava ku emu (ng’aweza omuwendo gw’ayagala) – ( Kamu kamu gwe muganda: ; N’ow’emu akoomera: ) One who counts mpafu-stones (kernels) : begins with one
\n26.\tAbalamu baseesa gwaka – (omuliro) ( Baseesa gwaka: d) The living keeuonly the burning fire
\n27.\tAbalamu magoma : gavugira aliwo – ( Magoma gavugira: , Abantu magoma: )
\n28.\tople are like drums : they sound for one who is alive – He might soon be forgotten
\n29.\tAbalenzi bagabega nga bagaaya : abaguliza omukazi – (One who remarks) The boys help themselves to matooke and are chewing (heartily) : is giving a hint to the woman
\n30.\tAbalenzi, mugawe ebyala : nga w’atwala w’afunze – Boys, put them (the matooke) into your claws (fingers), dive into it : (one who says so) has only a narrow place where he could put (more food)
\n31.\tAbali awamu : tibalema kuyomba – People living together won’t fail to quarrel (now and then)
\n32.\tAbalirira ekigula (= ekyagala) enkumbi : tawa munne ssooli ddene – One who counts in a miserly fashion the price of a hoe : does not give his neighbour much maize
\n33.\tAbali wano : balwanira ebifo – Those present here fight for their places (for precedence)
\n34.\tAbalungi mbwa ya nnamaaso : bw’etebba n’eyigga – The beautiful are like a dog with big (beautiful, strange) eyes : it might turn out to be a thieving dog or a good hunter
\n35.\tAbalungi ndagala nnamu : teziggwa mu lusuku – Beautiful women are like fresh banana-leaves : they never come to an end in the bananary
\n36.\tAb’amaanyi babiri : ennyumba emu – ( Empanga ebbiri: ) Two powerful (forceful) persons : and one house (will come to no good)
\n37.\tAb’amannyo amabi : Katonda b’awa ennyama – Those who have ugly teeth : God gives them their meat
\n38.\tAbaami basatu : entebe emu – Three chiefs : but one throne
\n39.\tAbaana ab’omwavu : bakuza ab’omugagga – The children of the poor man : make fat those of the rich one
\n40.\tAbaana ba Kintu : tibaggweerawo ddala (= tibaggwawo kufa) – The children of Kintu (legendary ancestor of the Baganda) never die out
\n41.\tAbanaku bamanyagana : empologoma bw’erwala, ensiri y’erumika – ( Encwa-mpa: ) The poor ones know each other : when a lion is sick, the mosquito does the cupping
\n42.\tAbaana tebakkuse : ng’alabidde ku lulwe – (olubuto) The children have not enough yet (says he) : but he thinks of his own stomach
\n43.\tAba n’ebingi ng’abimma : aba n’ebitono ng’abigaba – The person who has many things is mean (refuses to give) : he who has few things gives them away
\n44.\tAbangi babi kulya : naye ku mirimo balungi – A crowd is bad for eating : but good for work
\n45.\tAbangi be batta ensonzi – If many hel they will catch the nsonzi (small fish)
\n46.\tAbangi bwe bakusiima (= bakwebaza) : ng’olubimbi luweze – If many congratulate you on your work : your day’s cultivation is at its end
\n47.\tAbangi tebawulira : wabula enkuba y’ebawuliza – A whole crowd does not obey : but rain makes them listen
\n48.\tAbangi tibasiimira ddala – Where there are many, they won’t agree entirely
\n49.\tAbangi : tiwabula atoma (= anyiiga) – Where there are many : somebody will be offended
\n50.\tAbangi we basimba olunwe : we kyabikira – (ekizimba) If many people touch the boil (put their finger on it) : it will burst
\n51.\tAbantu balamu : bitooke bisalire; tibyekwekebwamu – Peoe are like cleaned banana-stems : one cannot hide in them
\n52.\tAbantu balamu : omwennyango bagweyokya balaba – Peoe are like the stinging nettle : they get stung by it whilst seeing it
\n53.\tAbantu balamu : tebeesigwa; Jjunju bamutebuka okutta Mayembe – ( Sseba-lamu tibeesigwa: ) The living are not to be trusted : they cunningly got round (king) Jjunju to kill (his Katikkiro) Mayembe (who was his best friend)
\n54.\tAbantu basiima bakyagaaya – People are grateful as long as they are eating
\n55.\tAbasajja mivule : giwaatula ne giggumiza – ( Ennaku ennungi: ) Men are like mivule (trees) : they shed their leaves and grow them again
\n56.\tAbasajja nsolo : ezimu zirya zinnaazo – ( Basajja nsolo: ) Men are like wild animals : some eat their own kind
\n57.\tAbasajja ssubi : erimu lisiba linnaalyo (= buli erifuluma lisiba linnaalyo) – Men are like grass : one stalk is used to tie the rest
\n58.\tAbasa n’abasa : abatasinrjana mka (= tibaseerana) – ( Tusisinkanye: ) Two clever rogues comnsate each other (in their cheating)
\n59.\tAbatabaazi (or: ababaka) basula ku luba (= basula kumpi) – The warriors camp on our side
\n60.\tAbataka abaagalana : be balima akambugu – Farmers who like each other : dig up the lumbugu (grass)
\n61.\tAbataka mbizzi : bakkuta ekiro – Farmers are like pigs : they eat properly at night
\n62.\tAbataka nkwenge : gw’olya naye ye akutta – Landowners are like parrots : the one with whom you eat, kills you
\n63.\tAbataka tebeesigwa : omuntu enviiri z’azaalibwa nazo, bw’afa nga zivaako, ng’asigaza amannyo agaamera obukulu – Farmers are not trustworthy : man loses the hair he was born with, when he dies and retains the teeth which he had grown in later age
\n64.\tAbatongole bikya bya mbuzi : tibyegaana mugwa – The citizens are like the necks of goats : they don’t refuse the rope
\n65.\tAbatono : balwanira mu ssanja – (= Obusajja obutono bulwanira – -) Small men fight (under cover) under dry banana-leaves (like the nkuyege)
\n66.\tAbayita ababiri bajjukanya (= bejjukanya) : enviiri zikulaga (= zikutegeeza) engo, bwe weesisiwala – Two who walk together warn each other : your hair, bristling, gives you warning of the leord
\n67.\tAbaziika abafu okumpi : be babaleetera okululuma – Those who bury the dead in a shallow grave (or: near the house) : cause them to haunt the living
\n68.\tAbeegeyera ku nsiko : be bawa abataka empoza – Those who take a counsel (plot together) on the uncultivated land
\n69.\tAbeggami b’enkuba bagenze? : nkuwe erimonde lyo eddene – Have the people, who took shelter from the rain gone? : now let me give you the big potato
\n70.\tAb’emka ababiri : sibawala luga – If two men fight for a stick (with equal force) : neither will get it
\n71.\tAbeera awawe tabulako ky’akola : ekirevu kizina kirabye emmere – The man who is at his own home has always something to do : the beard dances, when it sts food
\n72.\tAbika atali wuwe : abika ayanjala engalo – One who brings the death-notice of a person who is not his relation : spreads out his hands
\n73.\tAbikka ebibiri : tabojja – (ebiswa) The person who covers two anthills (at the same time) : does not pick up flying ants
\n74.\tAbikka ku maddu : nti malako ompe eggumba; nti ogenda kulyambala mpogo? He barely hides his desire : (who says) finish off the meat and give me the bone; (question) do you want to use it as an anklet? –
\n75.\tAboogezi abangi : batwala embwa mu katale – A crowd of loud talkers : leads the dog to the (meat) market
\n76.\tAb’oluganda baagalana : nga bombi bali mu ngoye (= nga bonna bali mu mwera) – Relations love each other : as long as both parties are rich (or: as long as they are all in funds)
\n77.\tAb’oluganda balimpolera : kazzi abola – My relations will revenge me (says the man who has been wounded to death) : but perhaps he perishes unrevenged
\n78.\tAb’oluganda bita : bikoonagana ne bitayatika – Relations are like beer-calabashes : they bumagainst each other, but don’t break
\n79.\tAb’oluganda bwe bayomba : tossaawo kikyo – When relations quarrel : don’t put your oar in! Don’t meddle in other people’s business
\n80.\tAb’oluganda n’oluganda tibaagalana : essanja lyokya ebitooke – Relations do not love each other : the dry banana-leaves burn the green banana-plants
\n81.\tAb’oluganda olaba nga basuulana embazzi : nga banaagikumma – If you see that brothers (relations) blame each other for having mislaid the axe (which you came to borrow) : they intend to refuse it to you
\n82.\tAb’omugumu baba bakaaba : ng’ab’omuti baseka – ( Aba-kali-buti: ) The relations (friends) of a courageous fighter wail : whilst those of a coward laugh
\n83.\tAbonaabona n’omulwadde : si ye amusikira; enswa tezibuukira mu mpampaga-ma – ( Ajjanjaba omulwadde: ) The one who suffers with the patient (who nurses him) : does not (as a rule) inherit from him; the flying ants don’t swarm into the hole of the anthill (in which they live)
\n84.\tAbuulira alowooza : asirika akira – One who talks, thinks : but one who kee silent, thinks more
\n85.\tAbumba mbi : assaamu n’ekibya – One who moulds a bad (water) pot : adds a bowl to it (in order to attract the buyer)
\n86.\tAddinnana amawolu : y’agaggyako omukkuto (= y’agejjako) – One who eats often (in many places) cold food (left over) : also gets his fill
\n87.\tAfudde kituyu : ng’amenvu – He died in absolute helplessness (with no possibility of resistance) like the bananas (in the beer-vat)
\n88.\tAfuna : aduula – One who possesses makes fun (of others who have nothing)
\n89.\tAfuna abangi : tayombera kalali – ( Omwaza-kinyumu: ) One who has many (guests) : does not quarrel about a burst of laughter
\n90.\tAfuuye ennombe : nga talagaanye na bayizzi – He has blown the horn : without making arrangements with the hunters
\n91.\tAgabira abangi : abula gw’akkusa – He who distributes (things, food) among many : satisfies no one
\n92.\tAgafaayo? : tugasuula ku nsiko; agammuka ge tunywa – (amenvu) What is the news? (so one asks) : (but they intentionally misunderstand him and pretend to hear the ripe beer-bananas, what do you do with them, and they answer) We throw them into the bananary; those which ooze out mubisi, we use for drinking
\n93.\tAgafunda : gadda ku mwala – (amazzi) If the water (in a river) decreases : it concentrates in the middle (from where it started spreading)
\n94.\tAgalabagana : gatyannana;aga Mbajja ne Mugema – (amaaso) Eyes that look into each other : respect each other as those of Mbajja and Mugema
\n95.\tAgalamidde : tabula gw’atta – One who lies in ambush : will no doubt kill somebody
\n96.\tAgali awamu : ge galuma ennyama; ow’amalibu akiina wa ngereka – ( Abangi be batta: ) Teeth without gaps : chew the meat; one who has gaps sneers at one who has protruding teeth
\n97.\tAgambagamba enfuuzi : y’agituubyatuubya – One who reminds the orphan of his misery : makes him cry (even if it is done with kind compassion)
\n98.\tAgamyuka omutezi : ge gamyuka n’akasolo – (amaaso) What tires out the one who sets the trap : also tires the animal (when it is caught)
\n99.\tAgaana bba : abula obugyo – ( Gaanya bba: ) A woman who refuses her husband : has no place of refuge
\n100.\tAganaalya n’agataalye : gonna ku nte – (amaaso) The eyes (of those) who will eat and (of those) who will not eat : are all looking at the cow (being slaughtered)
\n101.\tAganaanyuma : tegalinda nnoma – (amazina) Dances that promise entertainment : do not wait for the drum to start
\n102.\tAganywebwa omuto : omukulu y’ayiwa – (amata) The milk that is drunk by the little one : the mother throws away
\n103.\tAgaasaaka ge gattula : ng’akuddako mulungi (= ng’omulungi azze ku mu-lungi) – ( Enda mawogo: ) The strength (amaanyi) that beats the barkcloth in the first (rough) treatment is the same as that in the final treatment : (just as in bringing forth children) when a beautiful child follows another beautiful one
\n104.\tAgatali maawule : gookya ngalo (or: gookya emimiro) – (amatooke) Undivided lumps of matooke : burn the fingers (or: the throat)
\n105.\tAgatataba : tegaluma nnyama – (amannyo) ( Agali awamu: ) Teeth that are not standing together (with gaps between) : do not chew the meat
\n106.\tAgatawulira mukama waago : gabikka entembo – (amatu) Ears that don’t listen to their master : cover (= are thrown on) the young banana plantation
\n107.\tAgenda alira : tekikulobera kumulagiriza – (The fact that) one goes away weeping : does not prevent you from sending kindest regards
\n108.\tAgenda e Bulyankolo : taleka kambe – A man who goes to a ace where they eat nkolo (root-stock of banana, famine-food) : does not leave his knife at home
\n109.\tAgenda ewaabwe : tazibirirwa budde – One who goes back to his home : does not consider the night too dark
\n110.\tAgenda gy’amanyi : tazibirirwa budde – If a man goes to a place he knows : he is not overtaken by the night
\n111.\tAgenda n’omulungi : azaawa – If a person goes away from home with a good friend : he does not mind being in foreign lands
\n112.\tAgenda y’alaba : ow’ebbuba talaga nnaku – (A suspicious husband, asked, when he intended to come back, answers) One who travels, sees (what will happen)
\n113.\tAgenekera : atuma asa – The man who washes out the salt (into the lusoggo, the funnel made with a green banana-leaf) : gives orders to the one who grinds the l The latter does the heavier work
\n114.\tAgenze butasiibula : nga museveni – He went away without saying good-bye : like a soldier (th army) going to war
\n115.\tAgenze kafuuwuula mwu – He went away in a great hurry like the mwu-termites (when swarming)
\n116.\tAgeya Nnanfumbambi : yeeteesa – One who saks evil of another who calls herself a bad cook : won’t listen to objections from her, because she does not claim to be a good one
\n117.\tShould the one who got such a present not let the donor participate in the meal? Custom of kuddiza –
\n118.\tAgoberera : y’asamba; nga si gwe balese – One who follows (others) : hurries (to catch up with them); unless they have left him purposely
\n119.\tAgudde n’agolokoka : nga mututuuli – He fell and got up quickly : like a hunchback (omuntu w’ebbango)
\n120.\tAgummye n’aguwanga : agenda lw’eggulo – (One who complains) He refused it (the beer) and very decidedly : goes (in search for beer) in the evening (when they have finished it all)
\n121.\tAgya amangi : ye agamanya kye geddira – (amayembe) He who has many fetishes : knows the taboos of each one (e
\n122.\tAgya erya nnammere : teyeekaanya bagenyi – (eddagala, ejjembe) He who has obtained his food through the medium of the fetishes, should not be annoyed, if visitors come to eat with him
\n123.\tAjaganya ng’akimezezza okw’enjala : bwe siikoze nnaawuuta – (ekitiko) He is dancing for joy like one who has managed to grow a big mushroom in famine time (and exclaims) : if I have no food to dip into the sauce I can sip the sauce
\n124.\tAjja ekisana : tasooka mukeeze kukyusa buwufu – He who arrives when it is already hot : does not turn back before the one who came early in the morning (to t uagain the grass which is trodden down)
\n125.\tAjjanjaba omulwadde, si y’amusikira – ( Abonaabona n’omulwadde: ) The one who looks after a sick rson : is (as a rule) not the heir
\n126.\tAjjukiza Busemba : y’agikuba – The one who draws the attention to Busemba : will beat it
\n127.\tAjjukiza : y’alwanya eggye – One who reminds (somebody) of an offence suffered : gets a whole army to fight
\n128.\tAjooga omutaka : asookera ku bikajjo – (The mutongole-chief) who bullies the landowner : starts by breaking his sugar-canes
\n129.\tAkabangala : nsigadde mu malye – (I am like) an edible rat : I am left with the remnants of the food (in the field)
\n130.\tAkaabidde mu babe : ng’alabye bamuwa – (The poor man) laments among his people (relations) : seeing (feeling) that they will give him something
\n131.\tAkabi kaliva gy’oli : ng’omuntu akuba n’omusota omukago – The evil comes from yourself (you have only yourself to blame for) : like one who makes blood brotherhood with a snake
\n132.\tAkabimbi akatono : kakira ekyosi – A day’s work, though small : is better than a holiday (doing nothing)
\n133.\tAkabi nga kanajja : lubaale akwata mukyawe – If evil is to come : the evil spirit gets hold of a woman who is despised and prophesies through her
\n134.\tAkabi tekabula musombi : Kajabaga yasomba Abaganda – ( Ekibi tekibula: ) Misfortune has always a bringer : Kajabaga brought the Baganda (into Buddu)
\n135.\tAkabi tikeekisa – An evil does not hide itself
\n136.\tAkabuzi akato tekeevumbulira ggenekere lyako? : ng’oli avuvuba omuto ku bibye – Do you think the little goat will not find its tasty bits by itself? : (this is what one asks his neighbour) if he interferes with a little child’s business (interests)
\n137.\tAkabwa ke weeyolera : ke kakuluma enteega – The little dog that you have brought up for yourself : is the one that bites your calves (lit
\n138.\tAkafa omukkuto : tikaluluma – The animal that dies from over-eating : will not haunt (the living)
\n139.\tAkaganda akatono : kakira mukwano (or: kakira ekkwano eddene) – ( Omu-kwano gukira: ) Relationshi even remote : is better than friendshi Friendshimay cease altogether, but relationshiremains
\n140.\tAkagenda kalya : tikalaba nnaku – What travels with food : does not see trouble (does not suffer hunger)
\n141.\tAkaggo akakuba muka balo : w’akalaba akakasuka – If one of the wives sees the stick that beats her fellow-wife : she throws it into the wilds (or: into the fire)
\n142.\tAkagoma akatono : kakutuusa ku ggoma ddene – A small drum (chieftainship) : leads you to a big one
\n143.\tAkagufa k’emmale : sikanyigirwa mu ttooke – ( Kagumba tekanyigirwa: ) The (little) bone of a mud-fish : is not kneaded together with ttooke
\n144.\tAkajabangu ak’omubumbi : ) g’azimba g’ayokya; ) w’asula watonnya, essubi n’alissa omuliro – The stupidity of the potter : ) the houses he builds (with sticks and grass to burn his pots) he burns again; ) the rain comes in where he sleeps and yet he destroys with fire the grass (which could be used for thatching)
\n145.\tAkajanja : kasimya omuwuulu oluzzi – Thoughtlessness makes an unmarried fellow dig a well
\n146.\tAkajenjegule akazinya atanywa mwenge – Lack of reserve that makes one, who does not drink beer, dance
\n147.\tAkakadde ak’obuggya : amaggwa gakafumita emirundi ebiri – The old fellow full of envy : the thorns (on the road) pierce him twice
\n148.\tAkakuli mu linnyo : tikaganya lulimi kutereera (= kwebaka) – The little morsel between your teeth : gives your tongue no rest
\n149.\tAkaakyama amamera : tekagololekeka; bw’ogolola omenya bumenyi – (akati) What grew crooked when young : cannot be straightened (later)
\n150.\tAkalagaane tekaggya buliika – What is according to agreement : does not bring special interest
\n151.\tAkalengule : kaalobera Ngobya okuzaala – Constant roaming about : prevented Ngobya from begetting children
\n152.\tAkaliba akendo : okalabira ku mukonda – What will become a or calabash : you can judge by its stalk (dicel)
\n153.\tAkalimi ka mwewoze : kajja kawewedde – The tongue of a borrower : is smooth in its aroach
\n154.\tAkalina abiri : otega kalaba (or: olonda ejjinja kalaba) – (akasolo or akanyonyi) An animal that has two eyes : sees where you put the trap (sees when you look for a stone to hit it)
\n155.\tAkalogojjo akasengusa ennyonyi : ng’ewa musolo – ( Olina akambayaaya: ) Unreasonable behaviour, like that of a bird changing its nesting place : as if it had to pay poll-tax
\n156.\tAkaluma munno : bw’okalaba okookya omuliro – ( Akawuka akaali: ) If you see an insect biting your friend : you destroy it by fire
\n157.\tAkamegga enjovu : kenkana wa! A thing that causes an elephant to fall : how small may it be! It is not strength (bulk), but cleverness that beats the mighty –
\n158.\tAkaami akatono : ) kakira omumyuka; ) okanyoomera mitala wa mugga – ( Kaami katono: ) Being a small chief : ) is better than being second in command
\n159.\tAkamira eyiye : ) taginyoola; agamba, nti nnakiyumba gireke egejje; ) tagiseera mata (= tagimma mata) – The milker : ) does not turn away the calf’s mouth (from the udder); but he says: let nnakiyumba (name of the calf) suck and get fat! The milker : ) does not cheat his own calf out of its milk (leaves always suffi-cient milk for the calf in the udder)
\n160.\tAkamwa kangu : kakuyitabya ow’ebbanja – A hasty tongue : makes you answer your creditor
\n161.\tAkamwa akangu : kassa nnyiniko – Too quick a retort : kills the one who has made it
\n162.\tAkamwa k’omuntu : si ka nte – A man’s mouth : is not a cow’s mouth (which ruminates)
\n163.\tAkanajja : ne nkabojja – (akaswa) As soon as the little nswa appears : I shall pick it
\n164.\tAkaana k’obulenzi : tokaweera mpindi mu ngalo – You don’t give a little boy beans with a bare hand
\n165.\tAkatabagano katta omutezi n’omwokyi – The agreement binds the trapper (the man of the nets) and the one who roasts the meat
\n166.\tAkanatta obuguzi : kaba katono – What can spoil a bargain : is (often) a small thing (amount)
\n167.\tAkanatta : tikabula muga – (akatiko) Even a deadly mushroom tastes nice
\n168.\tAkaneene bwe kaluma omuya : nga tekalumye ngalo – If the kaneene (an otter-like animal) has bitten through the net (basket) : it has not bitten your fingers
\n169.\tAkanidde nnyo : ng’akigoberera embuga – (ekisolo) He (the mukopi) is trying hard to keep the wild animal away from the chief’s place
\n170.\tAkanyiigo akakwata embwa : omuyizzi takamanya – The hunter does not know how disappointed the dog is
\n171.\tAkasanke kafuuyirira zirwana – ( Nfuuyira zirwana: ) The little kasanke (small red finch) encourages the fighting cocks (in order to get feathers for its nest)
\n172.\tAkasibe akabi : ke kaleesa ettambiro okumpi – A little prisoner (led away to be killed) who is obstreperous : brings the killing place much nearer
\n173.\tAkasiriikiriro : ) kalwanya eminya; ) kazaala embiro – Silence : ) makes the lizards fight (they feel safe); ) causes hurry
\n174.\tAkasolo kabaka ke yeebaagira : ettungulu – (Which is) the animal that even the king skins himself? : the forest-onion
\n175.\tAkasolo tekannafa : nti Omukira gwa jjembe lyange – The animal is not dead yet : (and you say) I add its tail to my charms
\n176.\tAkasubi kamu : bwe kava mu nju, tetonnya – If one grass-stalk falls from (the roof) of the house : it won’t leak
\n177.\tAkasugga kagoba kisambu – ( Ekkerenda: ) The kasugga (vegetable plant) takes shape according to the soil it grows on
\n178.\tAkasuka ly’ali nalyo : taba mutt – A man who throws the sar he has : is no coward
\n179.\tAkasukka (= akasusse) omumiro : nga tikakyabalibwa (= tekabalwa) – What has passed the gullet : is not counted any longer (if one is not satisfied yet) Charity is soon forgotten
\n180.\tAkasuula obwoya : kakangula obusolo – ( Kasolo akagenda: ) An animal that passes (voids) feathers : puts the (other) animals on guard (also human beings)
\n181.\tAkatakenga : ke kafa omutego (akasolo) – ( Kateeyanira: ) The animal that is not on its guard : dies in the tra
\n182.\tAkatale ak’ettunzi : katunda bwesaanya – A market with many wares and moderate prices : sells out
\n183.\tAkatale ka mmese : katunda keekuba ensiko – The market place of the rat : sells when it (the rat) has gone to the wilds
\n184.\tAkatali kabbe : eggumba osuula mu mulyango – What is not stolen : its bone you throw through the doorway
\n185.\tAkatavumbuka : kalinda mbwa – (akasolo) ( Engabi eneefa: ) The animal that does not run away : is waiting for the dogs
\n186.\tAkataazimbe : emmuli kazitwala buklika – (akasajja) The little man who won’t build a house : is the one who carries the reeds cross-wise
\n187.\tAkateesize : tekakuba bbiri – An animal that mistrusts itself : does not bring forth twins
\n188.\tAkatiko kaasa ettaka : ng’osima? If a mushroom just breaks through the soil (in your courtyard) : will you dig it out at once? Better wait and let it grow fully – – Impatience
\n189.\tAkatono akatuuse : kakira ekinene ekisuubize – A little thing that is there : is worth more than a big thing that only has been promised
\n190.\tAkatono ak’omukwano : kasinga ekinene eky’empaka – (akantu, akalabo) A little service out of friendship : is worth more than a great service which is forced
\n191.\tAkatono kakuweesa ekinene – (akalabo) A small gift (service) received : makes you give a big one
\n192.\tAkatono kazira mu liiso – Even a small thing is taboo in the eye
\n193.\tAkatta : tekabula muga – (akatiko) ( Akanatta: ) Even a poisonous mushroom is tasty
\n194.\tAkawala kaatuma Kyabaggu omuliro – (akazaana) The slave girl sent to king Kyabaggu for fire (light)
\n195.\tAkawe tikasiimwa wabiri – A gift (okuwa) is not equally appreciated by two different persons
\n196.\tAkawuka akaali kakulumye : bw’okalaba okookya omuliro – ( Ssekawuka: ) The insect that has once bitten you : if you see it, you destroy it by fire
\n197.\tAkawuulu akagezi : kagenda okunywa ogw’obusogozi, nga kamaze okweyalira – ( Kawuulu kagezi: )
\n198.\tAkawundo k’emputtu : ) bakasalira mu muzinnoonyo gwa lulagala; ) kage-ndera mu ndagala – The (insect-eating) bat is a silly thing : ) they cut it up in the rolled-up banana-leaf; ) it enters the banana-leaves (and is caught therein)
\n199.\tAkawunguko : emmandwa mu bikajjo – In an instant, quickly : as the lubaale priest disappears between the sugar-canes
\n200.\tAkaayanira omukwano : taliwa – One who is keen to restore friendship : does not pay damages
\n201.\tAkayiira : kavunaana omuwendo – A little grass-fire : is the cause of a big compensation
\n202.\tAkayiseeko amazzi tekakirwa : ejjinja erisula mu nnyanja, balinyiga ennoga? ( Akayitiddwako tuzzi: ) (They say) What has been cooked in water is unsurpassed (is better than fried or roasted things) : but what about the stone that lies in the lake; do they knead it like a morsel (of ttooke)? , –
\n203.\tAkayitiddwako tuzzi tikakirwa : ejjinja lirikira obutta okugonda? ( Akayi-seeko amazzi: ) (They say) Food (akamere) that has been in water is unsurpassed : (answer) will a stone (that is in the lake) be softer than porridge? –
\n204.\tAkekkera – – ( Okekkera: ) Akaziga ka mmese : kajja n’ekimasu – ( Maziga ga mmese: )
\n205.\tAkazigizigi : kalitta eggye – Clouds of black smoke : will kill a whole army
\n206.\tAkendo we kawoomeza amazzi : we kaatikira – When the ladle makes the water sweet : it breaks
\n207.\tAkeesiga : ke kazaala ebbiri – ( Akateesize: ) The small goat that has confidence in her udder : brings forth two kids
\n208.\tAkiika embuga : amanya ensonga – He who attends the chief’s court : is informed on current affairs
\n209.\tAkikinadde : ng’eggabi ekkasuke omwambe – He is looking alarmed : like a big bushbuck at which the knife is being thrown
\n210.\tAkirimbye : nti Abalungi baagenda – He is not telling the truth, saying the good (nice) oe have all gone
\n211.\tAk’obwangu : okalya mu nsawo yo – (akantu) You purchase a thing quickly : if you have its price in your pocket
\n212.\tAkola bikolemu : ng’atikkula ava emugga – He does what is done already : like one who takes the water pot off the head of the one who comes from the well
\n213.\tAkola (= akoze) bya mbyone : ow’obusa by’akola ewaabwe – He (she) acts in a the devil may care-manner : as an unmarried girl does at home
\n214.\tAkombye mu (kikuta) kya kkobe : eky’ettungulu kiwoomerera – He has licked the skin of the kkobe (aerial fruit of yam-species) : that of the ttungulu (blood-red fruit of the forest-onion) is sweet
\n215.\tAk’omulamu : si ka nte, nti gye yakaabira jjo ne leero – (akamwa) ( Akamwa k’omuntu: ) A reasonable man’s mouth is not a cow’s mouth
\n216.\tAko nno katiiro : akatiiza embwa n’eggumba – That is now fidgeting about (nervousness, suscious restlessness, jealousy) : that causes a dog with a bone to take it from one ace to another (lest another dog should find it)
\n217.\tAkooye : banyaga – (ente) He is tired : (the others) raid
\n218.\tAkuba abaana : bonna abakubira ddala – He who beats the children : beats all of them
\n219.\tAkuba endeka-mwoyo : ng’addaabiriza ogwafa – ( Omukwano guva mu ngabo: ) One who saks soothingly (about an uneasant exrience of the st) : restores the friendshithat had been uet
\n220.\tAkubaguliza : oyagala wa kigwo? He is warning you (with a discreet wink) : do you want one from a wrestler? The wrestler gets hold of you and forces you – Ein Wink mit dem Zaun-ahl! ,
\n221.\tAkuba kulatta : nga nnyinimu abba – ( Abutise amatama: ) He pretends to be unconcerned : like the master of the house who steals (vege-tables, meat, salt etc
\n222.\tAkuba entungo tayogera : ng’alabye gw’atayagala – ( Omulwadde taggya: ) One who beats out semsem-seed does not talk : if he sees somebody whom he does not like
\n223.\tAkuba owuwe : Akuba awumba engalo – One who beats his own child : beats with half-closed hands (fingers)
\n224.\tAkuba ssemukiti : ng’embwa eyogereza – He is overdoing it (is importune) : like a dog wooing
\n225.\tAkuddira mu luyimba : talukuwoomeza (= takulongoosa) – One who comments on your song : does not make it sweeter (better)
\n226.\tAkufumbira ey’omutwe : omufumbira ya bigere – ( Akuliza amaziga: ) One who cooks meat for you from the head : you cook for him the meat of the feet
\n227.\tAkugoba : tabulako ky’akusuuza – ( Akukanga: ) One who pursues you : does not fail to make you drop something
\n228.\tAkugoba ye akuwa ekkubo (= ye akuwa amagezi) : nti Ab’emmanga, mbawee-rezza – The one who rsues you shows you the way (of esca) : (he shouts) You down there! I am driving him towards you! Hearing that you naturally branch off
\n229.\tAkujjukiza : akira akuvuma – One who reminds you : serves you better than one who abuses you
\n230.\tAkukanga : tabula ky’akusuuza; bw’atakusuuza malusu n’akusuuza eminyira – One who frightens you : is sure to make you drop (what you are holding); if he does not make you lose your spittle, he makes you lose snot
\n231.\tAkukeera enkya : ) bw’atakuzinga muggo, akuzinga bugenyi; ) bw’atakuvu-ma, asunza – ( Wambula dda: ) One who visits you early in the morning : ) if he does not bring a stick to beat you, he brings you presents; ) if he does not abuse you, he praises you
\n232.\tAkukira eka : ne mu kibira – If one is your superior at home, he is your superior even in the forest
\n233.\tAkukola obubi : ggw’omukolera bulungi – One who does evil to you : you repay him by doing good
\n234.\tAkukonedde : ebigenge ngalo – He has defrauded you (robbed you of your goods) : (as) leosy does to the fingers
\n235.\tAkukongoola emabega : akuwa ekitiibwa (= akutya) – One who makes faces at you behind your back : respects you
\n236.\tAkukongoola mu maaso : akulya bujonjo – One who makes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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