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Hausa Proverbs
81 Aboki'n gammi'n masa suré.
- Māsa, baked cakes; we should call them pancakes.
- Suré, a herb used in their seasoning.
- Exactly the same meaning as 79.
- Māsa, baked cakes; we should call them pancakes.
82 Tumbi ba shi ki'n sanfo.
- The guts don't refuse (or object to) a basket.
- Same meaning as the last three.
83 Dei-dei dei-dei kunua'n doki.
- A case of six of one and half a dozen of the other.
84 Halli zani'n duchi ne, ba mai iya shafewa, ba mai iya shafeyshi.
- Disposition (or a man's nature) is like the grain of stone, no one can rub it out or efface it.
85 Albassa ba ta balli'n rua.
- The nature of an onion and water are different (though one grows by the help of the other).
86 Kowa da rananshi, mai ido daia ya léka buta.
- Every one has his peculiarities, a man with one eye squints down the mouth of a buta.
- Buta, another word for gora, a water bottle.
87 Halli ya rigaya foro, halli'n mutum kowa da nasa.
- A man's disposition, or nature, precedes his education, and every one has his own.
88 Tun randa akayi ginni, ranan akayi zāni.
- The marks on the mud wall are made at the same time as the wall.
As walls are built up of mud, which is laid on a handful at a time, the marks of the fingers are all over the surface, and when the mud dries they remain there.
The same meaning as the last. You can't change the leopard's spots.
