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32 Proverbs and Sayings of the Enuani People that Concerns Death and their Literal Meaning as Compiled By Emeka Esogbue

 32 Proverbs and Sayings of the Enuani People that Concerns Death and their Literal Meaning as Compiled By Emeka Esogbue


1. Mbonsi onye kwa nmadu, ka okwa onwea - A person who is mourning the dead is mourning himself

2. Onye lote onwu omea nwayo - One gets calm when he remembers death

3. Onwu ka dike - Death is mightier than the warrior

4. Onwu bata obodo ajulu oyi - The news of death often leaves a city cold

5. Onwu nyi dike obubu - Death is greater than the warrior

6. Onwu ka njor - Death is the worst situation

7. Onwu ajor ka - Death is too bad

8. Onwu sor ojinea - Death gladdens the heart of the enemy

9. Onye mali mbonsi onwua - Who knows the day of his death?

10. Ani elike ife di nma - The ground swallows the best

11. Onye obuna ga anaa na - Everybody will die

12. Onye ji ndua aka - Who is responsible for his life?

13. Ogbu nmadu ga anwu anwu - He who kills will die someday

14. Wadie ji kwa oge eni ozu - Burial is not done on daily basis

15. Ofu onye adi enyi ozu ekpo aja - One person does not ceremonially burial a person and cover the ground

16. Ozu ozor ga nwu ta - Another death will soon occur

17. Wa bulu ozu onye ozor odi ka wa bu osisi - When the corpse of another is carried, it looks like the wood is carried

18. Ebe esu no nwu obulu inyie - Wherever the milipede dies is his grave

19. Onwu bata fodu be onye - Death goes round every household

20. Odi ndu ga nwu anwu - The living will die

21. Onye ka li onwu - Who is bigger than death? 

22. Onye je be Chukwu gbala nmanya - Who went to God with a bribe to avoid dying?

23. Onwu bu uya - Death is sorrow

24. Onye si na oma nwu anwu - Who has declared that he cannot die?

25. Onye ebu enu ana - Who carries the world to the world beyond? 

26. Onye nwe uwa - Who owns the world?

27. Ya di ba zia ka ogoli ji akwa di e - The wife soon comes to term with the death of her husband

28. Oje ga egbum gbue onwea abu hor ajor ogwu - The charm to forces one to himself instead of me is not a bad charm

29. Agwor nata mbekwu nana ezea niyi - The snake biting the tortoise is biting to kill himself

30. Ogbulu onye na onye yi - He kills another will surely die

31. Wasi ka wa gbue dike ka obodo julu oyi, wa egbue dike obodo  enwulu oku - The decision to kill the warrior to usher peace invited conflict when he was killed. 

32. Obu nma na na na nma- He who lives by sword dies by sword

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