Meaning/Translation: Hardwork will not go unrewarded. A favor meted out to the chicken is not deep rooted, in due course, it becomes a finger licking condiment !!!.
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Mr Dada is becoming Yoruba language and cultural icon. I am not exagerating.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your enthusiasm. I will add mine and also enter it for contests .
I goes thus: Didun lodun ti a 'nba ore je efo , ti ile oge to oge e je.
This proverb can be interpreted literally and figuratively: It simply says that one readily partake in the delicious dish offered by a friend in the spirit of shared love and respect not becauase one lacks enough food in his or her home. Figuratively however, it is a warning note when one party in a joint venture is acting in a manner to suggest that the other party would not survive independently.
The supposedly weak party then would react in an act of deviance and pride to remind the other party that they can survice with whatever resources they own.
I leave it open to the the 'Amoyes' of Yoruba proverbs and language to dissect.
Thanks Dr Adediji for the complement of me becoming a Yoruba icon. I'd rather defer that to our honorable elders Dr's Ayanwale, Sodeke and Elder Odutola. I am just a refugee from Ghana with my fellow Refugee Mr Latunde-AddeY !!! I am still learning. Thanks Yodaiites for picking the proverb for the month. Happy labor day to all. O di gba.
ReplyDeleteDr Adediji,
ReplyDeleteI have included your new proverb in the line up. Maybe you'll win again. You never know what the random number generator will do....
Come to think about it. The interpretation given by Mr Dada is not quite the one I am familiar with. A chiken that was raised with feeds and tender care only to be slaughtered for food is metaphorically refering to a situation where someone in a false pretence attracts another only to attack them when they are unsuspecting.
ReplyDeleteAnother similar proverb goes like this : Ikun n je ogede O n redi finkin , Ikun ko mo pe ohun to dun ni o n pa eniyan. ( Ikun an animal like squirel while enjoying the banana offered by the hunter did not realise it was a death trap.
Mine was a refugee interpretation
ReplyDelete(abode Ghana) !!!