enfumu – proverbs – Kitara Publications

	Enfuma za Bunyoro-Kitara
	Orufumu	Translation	Enyegesa/Meaning
1	Ababiri bagamba kamu, abasatu basatura	Two people keep a secret, three let them out
2	Abakazi bitakuli nibyo balya nibajuma	Women are like potatoes, you eat them as they complain
3	Abali harungi habi nihabeeta	Found well prepared for an opportunity, Something can easily be over come
4	Abarungi bigogo tibihwa mubitooke	The beautiful ones are like banana fibers which are never scarce in the plantation
5	Abataina maino nubo mukama aha enyama	Those who have no teeth are the ones God gives meat.
6	Abataroho barwanira ensonooki	Useless people fight over the sunshine
7	Abaza endanda asobeza nyineka	The one who talks without stopping brings trouble to the owner of the house
8	Abinga ibiri imusiga	Who chases two misses both
9	Abunga ataleka aheka arunaku	Who visits contiualy carries a scorpion on his back
10	Agabugaya nugo gabutosa	The water that is despised is the one which spoils the millet
11	Agahikaine nigo gata igufa	The teeth that is united is the one the cracks the born
12	Agaya ebyatungire agwa hara	People who despise what they have, die in a foreign land searching for more
13	Agoonza munyaanya tagabwa nawe	He who loves her sister does not get married to her
14	Aikaara hansoha tarra nyina	Whoever sits near the pots does not mourn his/her mother
15	Airuka muno ahingura irembo	Who runs fast passes his home entrance
16	Akagamba akarungi kakaraaza empisi harugo	Good words made the hyena spend the night at the kraal
17	Akabwa akaboigora tikaruma	A barking dog seldom bites	Action is better than words
18	Akaibo akagenda njweri kaserrayo akandi	The basket that goes to the neighbor looks for another basket.	One good turn deserves another
19	Akake okalya n’owaawe	You share the little with your best friend
20	Akambu atakambukaga abanza olengamu omuhunda	A stream which you have never crossed, you first try it with your spear
21	Akanwa K’ondi tikakurorra maarwa	Somebody’s mouth does not taste the beer for you
22	Akanwa akabi kainaza	A bad mouth impoverishes
23	Akaraba akayugi okarrorra hamukono gwako	A destined child is seen from his early deeds
24	Akarakukiza tokagaya	Do not despise that which will heal you
25	Akarungi okalya nandikatebya	You eat the best food with someone who will talk about it
26	Akasoma obujuma kararamira nambere burugire	The bird that picks up seeds looks up to where they came from
27	Akati karungi otema noteeka harugo rwawe	Whenever you see a good tree, you cut it and put it on your fence
28	Akeerengeriire ak’akaara na nyindo
29	Akubanza entoge nuwe akubanza omwiguto	The one who eats the first mouthful is the one who is satisfied first
30	Akuha nuwe akurubasa omwirima	He who gives you helps you travel through darkness
31	Akuheerenda oikara omumanyire	The one who caters for your stomach’s needs should be remembered
32	Akukizire akuteeza agwokwasire	The one who is stronger than you beats you with the stick you are holding
33	Akumulika ogwigagire buli nakuseruza omuhama	The one who turns on the light when you are asleep is looking for a bad habit in you
34	Akutega hansi omuraba haiguru	Whoever traps you under you pass above them
35	Akutera og’wokutu omuteraa ogw’eriiso	Who hits you on the ear, you hit them in the eye	tit for tat
36	Akutwara ekiro omusima bukire	He who takes escorts you in the night you thank him or her in the morning
37	Akwirukya niwe akwoleka omuhanda	The one chases you makes you discover the path or way
38	Akwohya akuseka akusendekereza akuhema	Who urges you to so something resulting into negative consequences laughs at you later
39	Alinda kabikanye agwa mumahanga	The one who waits for more dies in a foreign land
40	Alinda kakihweyo acumita omukira	The one who waits for the last minute shoots the tail	Act fast whenever possible
41	Alinda wakama agunura amaiso	He who waits for a rabbit must keep his eyes wide open
42	Amagezi macande bakaranga nibanena	Wisdom is like sesame seeds that they eat while roasting
43	Amagezi murro bagwiha handi	Knowledge is like you collect it from somewhere else
44	Amaizi obugagamba otaanyawa naiwe, ogamba iroho nyine	When water says, “Don’t drink me,’ you reply, ‘I was not thirsty anyway’.
45	Amaizi tigebwa owabugo mbeho	Water does not forget that it originates from oxygen
46	Amaka abiri misango ebiri	Two homes, two lawsuits
47	Amambu g’amamburwaine omwaana kwisana mukaise	It is very unlikely that a child can have a striking resemblance to its step-mother
48	Amazima obu’gaija, ebisuba biruka	When truth comes, lies disappear
49	Anyakwangirra nyineka ayanga naturuka	The one who refuses to obey the master of the house does so while departing
50	Anyampisa ekiniga ayeniera	Who farts with anger soils themselves
51	Anyanguhya kumira akasiga amatama gaswaire	The one who is in a hurry to swallow leaves his cheeks ashamed
52	Arajuna enkoko agijuna nekyahababuka	Who wants to save the chicken saves it while it is still flapping its wings
53	Arakumaraho ebyawe akuraga narra	The onw who wants all your belongings bids you farewell while crying
54	Arakunyaga nkopa temuhwa hamunwa	The one who will never pay always says give me on credit
55	Arakusweza omubi ngu nuuho barugga mumakebbe omu	The person who convince you to marry an ugly wife says beautiful ones come from those with big cheeks
56	Arakwita ayefora owanyu	The one who wants to kill you disguises himself or herself as your own
57	Arwehaire orwokusendekereza omutamiizi	The has offered to escort the drunkard
58	Asaasirwa nuwe ayara	The one who feels sleepy first makes the bed
59	Aseera obunuzi absemberra	If you want something sweet, you look for it at any cost
60	Asigara aheru akinga omihingo	Who is left outside bars the doors
61	Aswansuma atalekere aserra kuzira
62	Ataaha akibira tatiina ebikonoka	The one who enters the forest does not mind any threating noises
63	Atafire tabura ekyatunga	The one who has not yet died does not fail to get something
64	Atakafire tajuma muhanga	Never talk ill about a foreign place when you are still alive
65	Etakarugire mw’ihuli togyeta nkoko	You do not call it a chicken when it has not yet hatched
66	Atakirwaire ngu kimige kihweyo	Whoever does not have a boil says press it till it comes out
67	Atamanya bujune bw’embwa agibinga omu kyoto	The one who does not know the sorrows of a dog drives it away from the hearth
68	Ataraho taterwa muti	The one who is absent cannot be hot by a falling tree
69	Ateera nanyineeka empaka aziraagira	Whoever argues with the head of the house spends the night without food and feeds on his or her argument
70	Atemerwe enjoka atina omunya	The one who has been bitten by a snake fears a lizard	Once bitten twice shy
71	Atimbatimba orubuungo aseera akanuuko	The one who disturbs the cow hide looks for its stinky smell	Continued searching for something will lead you into un intended consequences
72	Ayakuhazire omugongo tomwoleka maiso	You should never show your eyes to the one who scratched your back badly
73	Ayanga kugwa bamuniga bweme	The one who refuses to fall is strangled while standing
74	Ayerenga baguma atema omuniara
75	Ayoga n’omukinjagi tayera	Whoever bathes with the butcher does not get clean
76	Azaanira hakiswa atukura	Whoever plays on an anthill becomes red
77	Babinga eminya ekikere nibisotoka	Do the frogs come out when they chase the lizards
78	Babyemera nk’obusura bw’embuzi
79	Bacwezi njuna n’gnaiwe otaireho	The gods help those who help themselves first
80	Bagambira bali nsi bali iguru kuhurra	A serious warning from the one close to you must be taken heed of
81	Bahana gurumu	Advice is given to the one willing to take it in good faith
82	Balikenga ikookere	They will be the last to know only when the cock crows
83	Bakwima kulya, baitu tibakwima rubaazo	They may refuse you food but not a conversation
84	Bakwima oroho ngu baranyahurra	They deny something when you are there and you think they will keep for you
85	Barucwera kitanga rwita kibogo
86	Barwehaire akaraaliza empisis obugenyi	The one who invites a hyena to their feat regrets it
87	Basindikire asitamire	Found well prepared for an opportunity, Something can easily be over come
88	Batankiza akiika	Eagerness to acquire more than others has negative consequences
89	Bifeera munda bisemeza amalembo	Whatever does not come out, does not a shame the family
90	Biriija ndigura akajwara na nyina enkaanda	Whoever keeps saying I will buy when new ones come out ends up putting on his or her mothers clothes
91	Bagubugu tiguba murro	Patience is a virtue
92	Buli kasozi nengo yako	Every mountain has its own leopard
93	Buli ntonge rujagi
94	Byanyu banyoro itwe abakungu twegaramiire	Leave issues of the generals to the generals
95	Cumba tulye tiguba mwaga
96	Ebibabaza nibajunga, tinibyo babaza	Whatever is said when they are preparing beer is not what is said when thet are serving it
97	Ebibi tibabisekera nk’ebirungi	You are laughing at what is bad as if it is good
98	Ebigambo bingi munjara mukoijo	Too many words during the time of famine are considered greed
99	Ebigenda Bukama tibigaruka	What goes to the King does not come back
100	Ebigwa tibiraga	Whatever falls down does not give warning
101	Ebihiire tibabyahurra abagwijagiire	Whatever is ready is not kept for those who are asleep
102	Ebirungi biihwa nibyokya	Whatever is good is served when it is still hot
103	Eka teitwa bunaku, itwa okukuza kubi	A home is not spoil by poverty, it is spoilt by poor upbringing
104	Ekenga eri nsongora efa egaramaire	The animal that is cautious when its horns have not grown will die when they are crooked with age
105	Ekibi kikumbwa isemu	Badness is fought as a family
106	Ekibi tikibura akireeta	Every evil has its cause
107	Ekigambo ky’omukuru mukaro, obw’ijuka onenaho	The word of an elder is like a piece of dried meat, when you remember you take a bite
108	Ekigya omunda tikisisa mubiri	Whatever goes inside does not spoil the skin
109	Ekihemu titkimara mwaka	Shame does not last for the whole year
110	Ekiiha embwa enkuru ha komi n’ento kirigiihaho	That which makes the old dog leave the fire will also make the young one leave
111	Ekiija omanyire kitwara bike	That which comes when you know take few things or fore warned is for armed
112	Ekilema abasaija bakikwataniza	That which is too hard, they take hold of it together
113	Ekimbaire ninserura endemu omuyaga gukinagire	Whatever I was looking for an axe to cut, the wind has made it fall for me
114	Ekiniga ky’emboro tikyata mana !
115	Ekiraita embwa kigigara enyiindo	Whatever is going to kill the dog blocks its nostrils
116	Ekitamanyirwe, enguumba neheeka ibaale
117	Ekitaroho tikiriza mwana	Whatever is not there does not make the child cry
118	Ekiteezire tikyenga	What is not mature does not ripen
119	Ekiti otamanyire nugwo mubazi gutamba	The tree you do not know may be the medicine that cures you
120	Ekungani itekwa babiri	Quereling is sustained by two people
121	Eky’ogonza kikunagisa eky’okwasire	That which you want makes you drop what you are holding
122	Eky’otakalire tosangwa wayesama/Tosara ngozi otakaboine mwana	You do not cut the currying cloth seeing the child at birth
123	Ekyahurwa omumutima tikijunda, kiijukwa Rugondo	That which is stored in the heart does not perish, it is remembered by your conscience
124	Ekyobyama nakyo nikyo osasa	What you sleep with is what gives you pain
125	Ekyotakaliire tokyebaara	You do not count as yours what you have not yet got
126	Ekyotakaliire tosaangwa wayesama	You do not open your mouth before getting what to eat
127	Ekyotina nikyo kikwita	What you fear kills you
128	Embeba nyingi tizerimira kaina	Too many cooks spoil the broth
129	Embiso emanyirwe tiita nte	The pit which is known does not kill the cow
130	Embogo arafa tehurra bigwara	The buffalo which is about to die does not hear the hunting horns
131	Embuzi eyona togisibika n’embuzi yaawe	You do not graze your goat with that which spoils other people’s gardens
132	Embwa terela mistamire ya nyinayo	A dog does not stop sitting like its mother
133	Emikyeno y’enkoko tita kahumizi	The curses of a chicken do not kill the kite
134	Empaka ezitahoire zireta enkungani	Endless quarrels lead to strife
135	Empangi ibiri tizicumbwa kinaga kimu	Two cocks are never cooked in the same pot
136	Empisi y’owanyu ekulya nekukuma	The hyena from your village eats you with utmost consideration
137	Enaku irungu likwatanizibwa	Poverty is like a wildernessthat is tackled together
138	Enda embi egaamba ekyoliire	A bad stomach reveals what you have eaten
139	Endema bahanuzi terema baziki	The one who refuses to counsellors does not refuse those who come to bury him
140	Endwara etali yawe tekutanga okukwijagira	An illness which is not yours does not stop you from sleeping
141	Endwara ya nyineka tesekwa	The illness of the head of the household is never laughed at
142	Enfuka obwecweka ehira omugara	A broken hoe makes the lazy person happy
143	Enfuuzi etaakule ejeemera nyin’eka	An Orphan that does not want to grow rebels against the head of the household
144	Enfuuzi eyanga obuhoro engurruma	An orphan that refuses leftover food does not grow
145	Engambigambi agamba akaisire eka	A chatterbox reveals that which spoilt the homestead
146	Engaro ibiri kunaabisa ngana	There are two hands so that they can wash each other
147	Engaro nke ekaimisa omwaana ehuukya	If a child does not appreciate the little that he or she is given, they may end up with nothing
148	Engarukiizi ekaita omusuma	Coming back to the crime scene led to the death of the thief
149	Enjara etemesa emigimba ebiri	Famine makes one cut two bananas
150	Enjojo teremwa musanga gayo	An elephant is not overburdened by his tusks
151	Enju y’abarofu tehwamu binyomo	The house of the disheveled always has ants
152	Enjura etahinda niyo egywa
153	Enjura y’orwebagyo tekya	Evening rain never stops
154	Enkoko esoma ekyeraamira	A hen picks what is can swallow
155	Enkoko tesima zigati yayo	A hen does not always thank its courtyard
156	Enku osenya oyomire nizo oyota orwaire	The firewood you collect when healthy is what you use when sick
157	Enseko y’omubi esana arukurra	The laughter of a bad person is like crying
158	Ensi etali y’owanyu ekunyaaza kikazi	A man like a foreign land ends up urinating like a woman
159	Ensohera tebunga terya kihoya	A fly which does not visit does not feast on the sore
160	Entansiima ebura agiha	Whoever is not grateful fails to get people to give him or her
161	Enyongezo tebambi omubu nigusea munyanja
162	Enyonyi etagenda temanya mbere oburo bwera	A bird which does not travel does not know where the millet is ready for harvest
163	Enyonza n’eniera orubabi ngu akahoono nkakutiire	A stain on a white object is difficult to remove
164	Esagama eruga murusaro	Blood comes from the cut
165	Gamanywa embeba nizo zigaraaramu
166	Ganuzire akaitwa abikanja	The one who says, “The beer is nice’ neds up being chocked its dregs
167	Habura ekyokutunga tihabura byokuleha	You may fail to get ricjes but not fail to get what you need to pay your debt
168	Hafunda abanobaine	Only those who hate each other cannot stay together in a small space
169	Harufu rw’ente tihabaho mbwa ndoma	There is no stupid dog at the funeral of a cow
170	Ibaanja tirijuunda	Debt does not decay
171	Ibara libi liinaza	A bad name impoverishes
172	Ibara libi liita	A bad name kills
173	Ibara lirungi rihaise mukama walyo ekitinisa	A good name brings praise to its King
174	Ifumbo lya babiri tiriba ifumbo	Marrying two partners may not be a happy one
175	Ija tulye ngu olikanyihaho	if invited to embrace a good thing, a negative response is unnecessary
176	Irya bike zitaaha mirmebe	Appreciate the little you are give and you will be happy
177	Ise emu ikiraniize niyo igusa abagenyi	A family speaking with one voice is bound to be respected and envied by all
178	Kabwetahya akaseesa omukubi gw’abagenyi	Uninvited guests spoil the party
179	Kabarwane bamanyangane buli owaawe niwe atungamiire	Let them fight and know each other’s strength when it is your child on tp of the opponent
180	Kabyekanyiza ahaigisa ensobyo ebiri	Those who harvest with two sticks are expected to et more sweet potatoes
181	Kabyemera obusura bw’embuzi
182	kake kazira muliiso tikazira munkwewa	What is small is despised in they eyes not when its in the armpits
183	Kake n’engambo nungoi	Appreciate the little given with utmost thanks
184	kamu kamu nugwo muganda	One by one makes a bundle
185	Kamurale otaliire tekusaalirra	The pepper you haven’t eaten does not become bitter for you
186	Kandole bakamurasa ogw’eriiso	Let-me-see was shot in the eye
187	Kankole bikanye affa atakataahaha	let me work and get more ends up dying in a foreign land
188	Kujwara wehuru ojwara wefunyike	Dressing up in squeezed clothing is better than the torn one
189	Kumira amasa omira ensohera	You would rather swallow a fly than nothing
190	Kweriindha tibuba buttini	Protecting yourself is not the same as fearing
191	Kwetebuka waitu tiriba itwaale	Responding to other is a respectful and courteous manner does not mean you are less important
192	Kwikara kwonka osweera akujuma	You would rather marry someone who insults you than stay single
193	Manyeki tekiza murwaire	Maybe does not heal a patience
194	Mau mpaho akajwara na nyina enkaanda	The one who is always negging his mother ends putting on her mothers dress
195	Mbere biregera tiniho birasira	Plans hatched in one place may be implemented somewhere else
196	Mbere bwanurra, ngu cwaho obw’embwa	At a time when children are enjoying eating millet with meat, the father reduced it by serving a good portion for the dogs
197	Mbere guraara nuho ozindukira	Where the water is coming from is where you go early in the morning
198	Mbere omutima gurara nuho amaguru gazindukira	Where the heart is for the whole night is where the legs go early in the morning. Your body follows where your heart is
199	Mbere omutumbi guli nuho esega zesoroleza	Where the carcass is, there the vultures gather
200	Mboha-nyenka akamara ebigogo omurugonjo	“I-fasten-by-my-self” used up all the fiber (in the banana plantation) in fastening
201	Mpa ninkuka nizo engonzi itafa	Those who give each other have everlasting love
202	Mpora, mpora, ekahikya omunyongorozi haiziba	Slowly, slowly, brought the worm to the well
203	Muka’s so tabe nyoko	Your stepmother is never your mother
204	Mukurwana tibagamba ngu otateera mumazi	When fighting, you do not give excuses like do not throw me in feces
205	Mukwekomakoma nuho haruga kwiguta	Eating little by little you end getting satisfied
206	Munywani wawe obw’ataha akingura, obw’aturuka okinga	When your friend comes, you open the door friend leaves, you shut the door
207	N’enaku esanga mutima	Poverty is overcome by those with a big heart
208	N’okaguza ekyorarora ngu okuzimu balyaayoki	You don’t ask about what you are going to experience e.g What do they eat in the underworld
209	N’owaawe tali waawe, amaizi nigacumba encu	You do not make parmanent friends or enemies. An example is fish cooked by its friend water
210	Nambere nyineka atali ebikere bitemba enju	Where there is no householder the frogs climb on top of the house
211	Ndaatiina kunia ngu enjara etanduma	Do you get scared to go to the toilet because you are going to be hungry
212	Ndiga kurungi ogisanga hakiina	A good death is only discovered at the grave
213	Ndirirrayo ekihuka ky’omukicooli
214	Ngamanya nuwe gaita	Those who pretend that they know the waters are the ones who die
215	Ngendera kulya amalembo agira make	Those who always visit so thet they can eat have fer people who welcome them
216	Ninkiisa kimu nk’enkooko y’omutamiizi	Counting one day at a time like the drunkard’s cockerel
217	Ninkyasumuurra ngu akaragara kaki	Patience is a virtue
218	Ninyowe nagambire kiswa huuka
219	Nkoku zikwaarra nikwo obyama	As you lay your bed, so you lie on it
220	Nku oraakagira bihembe	Whatever the decision, I am ready for the outcome
221	Nkumanya na nkumanya tibaswagirana
222	Nkwite nkwirukirre
223	Nsiba nyenka akamara ebigigi omurugoonjo
224	Nseka nibalya buli mugwagwa	The one who laughs while people are eating is a fool
225	Nsweka ntagate buli okakora kara	Cover me so that I am warm means that he or she worked long time ago
226	Nyamu nyamu tagira musiri, aikara omungoonjo z’abaandi
227	Nyantagambirwa akaheeka orunaku	The one who refuses to take advice carries a worm
228	Nyantagambirwa akambukira omu bwato bwibuma	The one who refuses to take advice crosses the river in a clay boat and drowns
229	Nyantasiima eburwa agiha	Whoever is not thankful fails to get someone to give him or her
230	Nyin’eka abwabyamira akalimi enyana ibyamira esaabu	When the head of the household does not talk, the calves sleep on muddy ground
231	nyin’eka w’omururu ahendeka nagya kulya	A greedy head of the house breaks his feet when he is going to eat
232	Nyinemu obuzirwana tonagaho kaawe	When brothers and sister fight, don’t get involved
233	Owasanga nibaihura ngu genda turakwahurra	When you find food being serving, do you say, ‘I am going please reserve some for me
234	Obubu buteeza oburogo	Ugliness makes people think you are witch
235	Obuculeezi bwe’enyaama tibugitanga kulua kisura	The silence of the sheep does not stop it from eating salt
236	Obuhangazi bwembeba bukagihikya ahamuguta hwe’enjangu	The rat’s long life made it reach the cat’s skin
237	Obujune bumanywa nyinabwo	Sorrow is known by its owner
238	Obukooti bw’enjojo tibugitanga kwita rujoki	The hugeness of the elephant does not stop it from being killed by a bee
239	Obuli bwingi bukabuza enkooko omurundi	Greediness made the chicken’s legs thin
240	Obunaku tibutambwa kurra bwetamba bwonka	Poverty is not cured by weeping, it cures itself by being industrious
241	Oburo walire tobweta itaka	You do not called the millet that you have eaten ‘soil’
242	Obusalizi bwingi tibunisa mara	Too much pain does not make one defecate his intestines
243	Obusoro bwecanga butakaboine embwa	Small animals usually pose around before seeing the dog
244	Obutamanya ndwaire	Ignorance is a disease
245	Obuterora bukugayisa akukira	Not knowing yourself makes you underestimate one who is greater than you
246	Obw’ogya bulya embwa naiwe olya embwa	When you go where they eat dogs, you too eat dogs
247	Obw’onaga hara obugobya buli ha mulyango gwawe	If you eat from far, you will be cheated on your doorsteps
248	Obwesiga bwingi bukabuza ekikere omukira	Too much trust caused the frog to lose its tail
249	Obwiire butakahikiire embeba tesangwa yahema enjangu	Don’t count your blessings too early
250	Obwire bw;ekiro butwara bingi	There are a lot of things that travel or happen at night. So be careful at night
251	Obwolya n’embwa ekweeta nyinarumi	When you eat with dogs, they attack your mother in law
252	Obwotaraguza omanya ota okubakuroga	If you do not go to the witch doctor, how do you know that you are being bewitched
253	Obwo’yesengereza omurogo akumaarra abaana	Whenever you beseech a witch they kill all your children
254	Ogw’oenyange gwera aheru, omunda gwiragura	The body of the egret is white outside, inside it is black
255	Ogw’omujungu gwita atagiireyo
256	Oikaliza biri nseeri kuni biri munuka	You are always saying its far where as its here
257	Oirukiire enjura murufunjo	You have run into the swamp to protect yourself from the rain. In other words, Am sorry I cannot help you
258	Okigambiire nyowe buli okiziikire	When you tell it to me, you have buried it, This proverb is used when one wants to keep a secret
259	Okukurange omu bafu bakuranga omu bahuta	Better be among the wounded than among the dead
260	Okugonza abaana okukiira nyinabo biri nomurogo
261	Okwikara busa oswera akujuma	Rather than remain single, better to marry an insulting wife
262	Okwikiriza tikuhinda okwanga	Agreeing does not hinder you from refusing
263	Omubi taburwaho karungi	A bad person always has something good in him or her
264	Omucugi mubi bamuroza limu	Always treat a disdain person with caution
265	Omugenyi okimba owabu ruhugu	A guest who licks the plate clean is a thief in his home
266	Omugenyi tayegenya	A guest does not make himself too much at home
267	Omugisa gwenkoko tinigwo ogwendahi	The blessing of a chicken is not the same as that of the partridge
268	Omugisa mbeho, n’obu okinga gutaaha	Blessings are like wind, even when you close doors they come in
269	Omuhanda nambere harabire nyoko otegamu omuhoko togegamu mahwa	The path where your mother passes you put in a creeper with a soft stem not thorns
270	Omuhungu amanya n’afa	The foolish person only knows when he or she is dying
271	Omukaikuru n’ahenda ekisogasoga ngu amaani ndifa nago
272	Omuli w’embwa akaba omu yasiisira boona
273	Omuliisa tzaira nguha
274	Omunaku ayomire akira omuguda	A poor person who is alive is better than a rich person who is dead
275	Omundyaanga yagwo nuho omukono guhumuurra
276	Omunwa gw’ondi tigukurorra maarwa
277	Omunwa gw’ensoni guraaza nyinagwo
278	Omunya gutekambire gusigara mukibanga
279	Omurungi taburwa kamogo	The beautiful one always has a bad spot
280	Omusaija mutoma, oharaiga niguharaguka	A man is a like a ficus nastalensis tree, you peel off its back as it redevelops
281	Omusuma taseka omusombozi	Does a thief laught a fraudster
282	Omutumwa teitwa	Don’t shoot the messenger
283	Omwa gateerra tibukakiire
284	Omwa kitiini nibaseka, Omwa kimaanzi nibarra
285	Omwaana mubi ajumisa bazairebe	A bad child beshames his or her parents
286	Omwana atabunga ngu mama acumba ebinura	A child that does not travel claims his mother to be the best cook
287	Omwigo gwa hara tigukujuna enjoka	A stick which is far does not save you from a snake
288	Omwiru bamuzaara n’omuzaana bamuzaara	Peasant are born as well as slaves,	Literaly treat all humans equal, we are all born
289	oruhoho embwa nirwo ruhoho n’omuhiigi
290	Orwanju rw’omukaikuru rumunobesa abaisiki	The gossip of an old woman makes her be hated by young girls
291	Orwita nyakabwa rugiigara enyiindo
292	Osiindika asitamire	You pushed one who was already squatted	Opportunity finds those who are ready
293	Otafaayo eba ndoma	The one with a don’t car attitude is a fool
294	Otagicuma! Otagyokya! Nsange ehiire	Don’t cook it. Don’t roast it. I must find it ready	In other words, don’t confuse me
295	Otangambira ebyentaama isirwe enkali	Don’t tell me that the sheep has been killed by urine!	In other words, don’t tell me stupid things
296	Ow’abaisiki banugire ati Nkabanga	The one who is liked by the girls says ‘I refused them’.
297	Ow’akuhaha kulima obu oyeza tomuha	Why don’t you give to one who advised you to plant at harvest
298	Ow’akukira oikaliire n’obu oyemerra akukira	Whoever is taller than you while you are seated is also taller while standing
299	Ow’amaani alya nk’ente	The one who is strong eats like a cow
300	Ow’emicwe mibi ngu nyina tayosa bihero
301	Owe’engeso embi taisiga muka	The one with bad habits does not leave them at home
302	Ow’enyuma aliba w’omumaiso	The last will be the first
303	Ow’enzina mbi tazinira mube	Whoever does not know to dance does not dance in his or her village
304	Owaawe waawe akwongeza omusembe
305	Ow’omutwe mukooo tahingurwa rubaale	The one with a big head does not fail to get his on his head
306	Rubuumbi aliira haruguhyo
307	Ruhanga talya tagobeza	The Creator does not take bribes
308	Ruswa parru ngu bunyaata orame	You cannot say goodbye to eating food without sauce as soon as you see the ants
309	Rutahanulirwa, ayombeka nigagwa	The one who refuses advice does not build a strong house
310	Tindiija taburwa ekimuleeta	Whoever says I will never come will always find something to being him or her
311	Tinkakuzire buli mudoma	Only a fool says I am not yet old
312	Tintina bakama buli muhungu	The one who has no respect for Kings and elders is a good for nothing
313	Tojumira enyama omubahuma	You don’t says bad things about meat in the midst of the cattle keepers
314	Totumire oyehikiire	Don’t send someone, Go for yourself
315	Wahika enyungu, wayanga enziro	You cannot reach the cooking pot and refuse to be soiled with soot
316	Nyaata Nyaata, Ekira waiziraki/waijiraki	it means that when you pay a visit to someone it’s better they give you food without source, than the host feeling jealous why you came during the meal time.
317	Akuhana kulima, Obwoyeza tomuha	He who advises us to cultivate we some times don’t remember them during the harvest	Orufumu encourages us to remember those who encourages us early in our struggles or helped us
318	Komba komba, teingana tegula	it means that giving you something little even if it’s leftovers it’s better than just telling you to washing empty dishes.
319	Engaro iganjaine nizo iyora oburo	Its hands which “have-made-friends-with-each-other” that gather up millet
320	Engo ehigwa oruganda	A leopard is hunted by a clan
321	Ekirema abasaija bakikwataniza	That which is too hard for men they take hold of it together
322	Amegezi g’omu gafa busa	The wisdom of one person is useless
323	Birija ndigura akajwara na nyina ebitengo
324	Aherera ekiswa atukura
325	Erafa tehuura ngwaara
326	Akana akatabunga kaikaliza nyina wako niwe acumba obunura
327	Mboha nyenka ekamara ebigogo omubitoke
328	Ebibarora tinibyo bagamba
329	Ekija omanyire kitwara bike
330	Kyozaire tonaga
331	Kawe kawe okuguru kukutweike enku
332	Kumanyana nkumanya tibaswagirana
333	Owensoke ibiri takugambira ke okanuga
334	Agafundikire gatambwa oturo
335	Akyenda akibona omugara na zara omuli
336	Barwongorereize…omusezi atembere esukuta
337	Tinkaroraga esiisa obukuru
338	Amahano bagakaguza rwagabwoine
339	Ngaro nsa zisemeza mukamabazo
340	Bagamba kondi akabu babyamiire
341	Kakije ndole okihuliira mu mbanda
342	Katali kale kagiza eisuma
343	Akagambo ko mukuru mukaro oijugaho no gayaho
344	Nyantagambirwa akanierwa omusorooro
345	Abasaija mahungu bagwa nibaimuka
346	Ekiraita nyakabwa kigigara enyingo
347	Mpankuhe nizo engonzi ezitafa
348	Ekirakulya kija norora
349	Arakwima akugamba weyolereho
350	Akaraba katahyo okaroora ha mukonda gwako
351	Akucumbira eyo mutwe ocucumbira eyebigere
352	Ndiire ka maama nibwo obusuma
353	Owamaani make obulemu abutwara omubisagazi
354	Alinda kihweyo acumita omukira
355	Atega gumu anyaata
356	Ahanbya ibiri zimuleka
357	Asweka ibiri taboija
358	Akwirukya niwe akwolekya omuhanda
359	Ogumazire kurosa tigwita
360	Agonza akasera akarungi akegoyera
361	Arakuha emyongo akubandiza ha bisunsa
362	Arakuha enkole akubandiza ha mugobe
363	Bakwimire oroho nti barakwahuura
364	Enkoko bagijunira nekyapapara
365	Ekyana kyempunu okiroora ha munwa gwakyo
366	Ndaijaga noija niryo eirembo eritafa
367	Arakwiha omuza akumulika obyamire
368	Atamuzaire niwe agimulenga
369	Arakuteera takubalira bwanuki
370	Erateera tejunjura
371	Entasiima eburwa agiha
372	Baanobere bagyeha
373	Ataafe aitirana omukunzi wa nyina
374	Akaigo atateire mukabaro okanaga haraira
375	Tindija taburwa ekimuleta
376	Ekibi tikiburwa muleesi
377	Embwa yotoroire togikwata mukanwa
378	Akanaga akacumbire encu tikahwa inunko
379	Orusenene rwandakibwoine rwikara ha munwa gwe nsaho
380	Amahiga gahigikururwa rwagahigikire
381	Owekisosro kitatwalire nyina aikaliza murakya turaseera
382	Akabwa akaigusire okarora ha midaliro yako
383	Ebiffera munda nibyo bisemesa amalembo
384	Aranga engoma niwe agyetwika
385	Akanyonyi kahara kasoma nikarora ha bwire
386	Butota bateiremu omwiko
387	Arakubinga ha njubo akutera oburogo
388	Amagezi muro bagaihanganaho
389	Banobere nyojo ngu iwe omwana ijaga nolya
390	Tindya bamuroora hamubirigwe
391	Bacwezi njuna nagawe oteireho
392	Basaija mahungu bagwa nibaimuka
393	Aralya akomukuru amuberebenja
394	Hakyoto kyabakuru
395	Agateraine nigo gata eigufa
396	Araire kubi bamurora ha mazinduka
397	Agabira abarongo abaingaingiza
398	Ataha ekibira tatiina bikukonoga
399	Byerera abataina maino
400	Ayanga kugwa bamuniga bwemi
401	Eranena teboikora
402	Ekitonge kikoto kimara enjara baitu kireka ekihemu
403	Ekyotakaliire nozina kudiikire
404	Owomutwe mubi tahingurwa nkonyogo
405	Abagenda babiri baijukyangana
406	Eminwa ogitwara namberi baraginywegera
407	asera obuhuta anywegera oruhazi
408	Konodura nkomugara ayereze emyongo
409	Amara kulya ngu owaitu banyeta
410	Nali wawe akwita
411	Kabinegene buli bina kisagurwa
412	Ndakugabiraki? Aba akwimire orubazo
413	Amaizi tigebwa mwabugo mbeho
414	Ekikere tikirimanya omugaso gwa amaiza kuhikya bugoma
415	Ekiso Kyembuzi kireka omwisi kitunulira omubagi
416	Oweibango bwotamuhemukira towesweka
417	Tosaraga ogwa nyakaisiki otakahulire ogwa nyakoojo
418	Oli kaburabuzo nkensambu ye bicoli
419	Bainganaingana bituuro
420	Mpora mpora ekahikya omuniongoro ha iziba
421	Konokangaza nkentama ye kyara kimu
422	Enduuru yokulya batera ntaito
423	Kawamalizamu nkogwekyanda
424	Bugu bugu tiguba muliro
425	Omwigo gwa hara tigujuna njoka
426	Owebiniga aite ebye
427	Arakwiha emiza akuramukya nolya
428	Akakira kembuzi keyera ebyamire
429	Akabwa akadoma kaboigolera enjojo
430	Omukaikuru bwabura nibwo empisi enia enzu
431	Yakusanga nogania gaikalemu
432	Bansweke ntagate buli akabyeguura
433	Komba teingana tegura
434	Okuhabuza ekyanunka kandi munyanyoro asitamire
435	Nkakabwa tayebwa misitamiro ya nyina
436	Kyanika nsimbi kizara mporaho
437	Ataroho taterwa muti
438	Ekitaroho tikiriza mwana
439	Ekirakuhemura okijalirana
440	Tibulikimasamasa ngu eba feeza
441	Esojo ecumita nelyalinto bwekura esakara enju
442	Omwigo gurwanirwa nkagutema hatali nkagukoma
443	Abaingi banobwa atubire
444	Nalima harungi ainuka
445	Nazina kurungi aruga omwidiro
446	Ekigwo ekirakwima enseko kigwiba nyokozara
447	Orutakule rumera ebipapa
448	Omukubi oguralya akaro oguroraho
449	Hali nyineka atali ebikere bitemba enju
450	Ebyangire eka omuleju gukamera ha kidokoli
451	Erabura ezara abaisiki
452	Atafune asubura amahuli nensoha
453	Oli kalemeso nkomwana aiba nyina
454	Akaikalirize kendesa muko mutahi
455	Oli kaburabuso komukazi ahoga nanyara
456	Akati bakagema mamera obukakura kahendeka
457	Atakuboine obusigazi agamba okwegambisa
458	Arwehaire asendekereza abatimizi
459	Konowehungulia nkomukazi womuleju
460	Abaragaine tibetana
461	Ruswa parra!! Ngu bunyata orame
462	Bagonza enku banobere omusenyi wazo
463	Ekyozaire tonaga
464	Bakweta kulya ngu balikanyihaho
465	Ikara aho ekuhebwa nyineka
466	Ndimuka ekaikaliza nyineka omubisodo
467	Kasenyanku kagenda nebyako
468	Omomuka tagwa nsimbu
469	Omwami make tagwa iraru
470	Balimpolera obwo ofwire
471	Ebigere bikera omutima hagurarire
472	Tintina kunai nkarumwenjara
473	Atakwatulire tolimanya kimuruma
474	Nkwikazire enaku nikwo mbyama
475	Akara akahoire omunio haihayo amazi
476	Enjojo teremwa masanga gaayo
477	Abanyineka batongana bairaba
478	Ndihurra bakamucumbira omuki cooli
479	Tihaba mwika ahatlai muro
480	Omugisa gwe ndahi tigurabya njukumba murukaraiga
481	Konosalimba nkempunu neraba mu pamba
482	Akweteireho niwe obawe
483	Owahaire ha siba nenumi asangaho enyana
484	Owaruhanga ahaire nenumi ekamwa
485	Tingya habugenyi aba ataine kyokujwara
486	Ekyoyenda kikuseeza
487	Aharana abe agaigahaza abafumu
488	Aboruganda bita tibyatangana
489	Abatahi abatamizi abaihamu entigiro
490	Bakincwire oba okinagireho
491	Aramura abatimizi aseera mbale
492	Karumura abatamizi obaihamu entigiro
493	Otagicumba otagyokya baitu nsange ehiire
494	Orugambo mpirima rusra embaju ibiri
495	Ebibanagaija babijuka enjara egwire
496	Naculeera acura nyina
497	Agonza nyakabu tagabuka nawe
498	Barucwera igete rwita aguruka
499	Ataina banio tanabira haiziba
500	Abasaija mitoma ehararuka egaruka ejumba
500	Asaba niwe ahebwa	The one who asks is the one who is given	Don’t be afraid to ask for help
501	Orwina rw’omu mulyango arutantara nuwe arugwamu	whoever tries to dodge a pit located in the doorway, inevitably falls in it	In other words, nobody can stop what’s destined to happen.
502	Nyangireki? aherekwa enkoko	Who accept a small offer offer, ends up reaaring chicken	whoever accepts any inconsequential offer demeans oneself
503	Arakumaraho ebyawe, akuraga naacura	a person who gives you an emotional farewell will suck you dry
504	Omuk’omuhuuru tagira matu	If a bachelor was to marry, his wife would be devoid of ears, for he’s keen to cut them off	The explanation for this is that whenever a husband narrates his marital woes to his bachelor friend, the latter often advises him not to tolerate such nonsense, to the extent of severing her ears
505	Araafa atagata!	anyone whose death is behind the corner gets very excited”). Similar to, Too much of anything is always bad
506	Biri onwo!” ekyamya omunwa	that guy is loaded or stinkingly wealth). People tend to have false impressions of the supposedly rich
507	Abazarwa babiri, tibainara	Those born togther can’t be poor

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