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These are the Luganda Proverbs and their English meaning<\/p>\n
1.\tYadde, yadde : Obusujju bukira Obutambala – ( Wadde wadde: ) Ah, well, let us be satisfied : Busujju-ssaza is a better country than Butambala-ssaza
\n2.\tYagenda ne nnadda : emitala n’emusingira ekinyumu – ( Osuddeyo gwa Nnaggamba: ) He went saying I shall be back : on the next mutala a dance absorbed his whole attention (so that he forgot to come back)
\n3.\tYajjira mu bbaasa : nga museveni – He has come in an envelope (official death notice) like a soldier (who has died in the war)
\n4.\tYakubbye : ate gw’obuulira, nti mwana wattu, ndabye, ababbi banzibye – (= Eyakubbye – – ) To the man who has been stealing from you, you say: my dear, I have had bad luck; thieves have stolen from me (i
\n5.\tYalabuka : okubba enkoko n’ettooke – He has taken good care : to steal a hen and bananas (at the same time)
\n6.\tYeefuulanya : nga linnawolovu eddemeezi – He changes colour like a chameleon from Bulemeezi
\n7.\tYeekuukuubya : ng’ezzaana eddekere enju – ( Okwekuukuubya: ; Weetaaya: ) He (she) enjoys freedom : like a slave girl left alone in the house
\n8.\tYeekuukuubya : ng’omukyawe ava okuta omuganzi – (okuta = okuziika) She enjoys freedom : like a hated (neglected) woman who comes from the burial of the favourite (woman)
\n9.\tYe muto : mukulu we gy’agenze, ba nda emu – She is still a child (so the parent laments, whose daughter has gone away from home) : (another consoles him or her, saying) she has only gone to her elder (married) sister, (don’t worry) they are from the same womb
\n10.\tYeerangisa : ng’atwala omumbejja omubi, nti tuleeta omwana wa Kabaka – ( Weebuulirira ng’aleeta: ) He is showing off, introducing an ugly princess and saying: We bring a child of the king
\n11.\tYeesimbye jjaali : ng’omusezi alya eryenvu – He stretches himself : like a night dancer eating stolen bananas
\n12.\tYeetaddeko obwebindu : ng’obw’ebiryo – He ts on tendrils : like those of the min (to climb higher)
\n13.\tYeetemaatema : ng’omuwuulu omusawo, nti ejjembe lyange lifunyisa abakazi; nti ggwe olina bameka? ( Weetemaatema: ) He is merely boasting : like an unmarried witch doctor (saying): my charm (medicine) provides women; (we might ask) how many do you own? Lat – Medice, cura teipsum!
\n14.\tYeetengezza : ng’awoleza omukazi gye yanobera – ( Siwoleza mukazi gye: ) He labours (for nothing) : like one who pleads for his wife at the place she ran away to
\n15.\tYeetutte : enkejje ku butta – ( Weetwale: ) He went off (away) like sprats on posho
\n16.\tYe wa maddu : akujjuza emmere embisi – (also: Ow’amaddu ) His appetite is too impetuous : he makes you serve half-cooked food
\n17.\tYeewulira nga kigenge : kyakajja ku mubiri nga kikuba embuga – He is very self-assured, like leprosy : it has only just settled on the body and builds up a chief’s enclosure (patches on the skin!)
\n18.\tYeewulira nga mulwadde : tannava ku ndiri, nti kaakati nneewulira – He trusts himself too much, like a sick man : he has not yet got up from his bed and says: now I feel strong
\n19.\tYeeyogeza ng’olwanobako, nti baleeta omwenge bannone – He is boasting (he is pretentious) like a miserable woman who has left her hus-band and demands: Let them bring beer and fetch me
\n20.\tYeeyokeredde mukira : kubula ky’atuuza – He has burnt his tail (like the dog on the fire place) : (that means) he has nothing to sit upon (i
\n21.\tYita mu lusuku : ng’omwana w’oluggya – Pass through the bananary, like a child of the household<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Engero Ezivunudwa – Translated to English Luganda Proverbs -Y Luganda Proverbs – English Translation (English Meaning ) These are the Luganda Proverbs and their English meaning 1. Yadde, yadde : Obusujju bukira Obutambala – ( Wadde wadde: ) Ah, well, let us be satisfied : Busujju-ssaza is a better country than Butambala-ssaza 2. Yagenda ne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engero-ezivunudwa-translated-luganda-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aznimi.com\/luganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}