Check our Weekly Collection of Finest Bukusu Proverbs from mid-Nov
2017 to early-Feb 2019. Stay tuned every Saturday
1.
Omukhasi omubesemu, khayongo siranilo (1)- [A brown woman
(light-skinned woman) is like a cause of death]-
2. Bakimbila
wanalulo, wanaluboka kaonelao (2)- (Rainmakers bring rain for fingermillet but
some vegetable herbs also benefit from it)-
3. Efumbukha
seria lume ta [3]- [An animal (hare or antelope) that suddenly & abruptly
breaks into a run to save its life; cannot fear the coldness of the morning dew
on grass ]
4. Omukambile wa
Nasaye, niye omukambile wa Wele [4]- [The advised one of the people, is the
counseled one of God]
6. Bakesi babili
sebakabana kumurwe kwe mbusi ta.- [6]- (Two wisemen cannot share the head of a
goat)
8. Ekhafu ye
ango sokipa emoni ta. [8] - It is unwise to hit neighbour's cow, since, when it
calves you may get a share of its milk.
9. Owaya ndala
akhila oloma ali ndabaya- [9]- [He who grazes one cow is better than the one
who says he will rear a herd]
12. Nonywa
kamaana soniina khusili ta [12]- (If you have taken 'young' brew, don't climb
on a mound (hill)
13. Engokho
yaloma eli, 'ndibona munyu nekwara moni'[13]- (The fowl said, 'I will see when
the soup bursts the eye')
16. Owamenyela
khumwila akhoya moyo mulayi [16]- (He who stays by the roadside ought to have a
helping heart)
17. Eya ngiso
okinyolela munyenyi, eluchi nende siakhu (17) - To find a hidden word, get to
the vegetable garden, at the water well and at firewood collection.
18. Eya ngiso
okinyolela munyenyi, eluchi nende siakhu (18)- (To find a hidden word, get to
the vegetable garden, at the water well and at firewood collection. )
22. Engubo
sekoreranga ebwasi ta- (22) - A borrowed cloth does not get lost/age in place
of he who borrowed it.
25. Ngise muliaka
nase ndikhukisa mulikesa (25)- [Hide me in the weeding season and I will hide
you in the harvesting season]
26. Chimbilo cha
we ng'ene wilanga omutimi (26)- [In a solitary race (where you compete with
yourself), you may consider yourself a good runner]
28. Enjoli
neyinyokha ekelao yenyosia tubetube [28]- [When the elephant rises and makes
way, it awakens tubetube the bird]
30. Kosasia
kabimba enyonyi [30]- (He who procrastinates while tilling leaves weed among
the crops.)
33. Siomunywi
silibwa nomukoyi [33]- What comes from the pockets of a 'drinker' gets eaten by
the brewer)
36. Mayuba wa
Mayi kakila nalia sie khunungo (36)- (The aggressive one of my mother made me
eat smoked meat in the firewood rack)
·
Mbakara kalia bibisi (39)- (He who hurried ended up eating raw
food)
·
Linda biole kalia nebakeni (40)- ('Let it cool' ate with the
guests)-
·
Njuyukhana kaya kameno (41)-
(Mr. Hurry Hurry burned his teeth)
40. Niye emboko
ekhulu yambukhila, eng'ana yosi eliambukhilao- [44]- (Where the adult buffalo
waded the river, is where its young one would cross as well)
41. Sio mwana sie
khusamba, sio mukhulu sie khutekha [45]- (The meat that belongs to children is hastily
roasted, but that for adults can be slowly cooked)
43. Nandakambilwa
alikona Khumwanda Kwenjoli [47]- (An inadvisable one would lay his life on a
damned path)
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