Proverbs About Reverence and Good Upbringing
1. Ang mahakug
Madalin madunlan.
A person who is greedy
Can easily be choked up.
2. Sobra nga dali
Makadto sa kuri.
Too hasty or too in a hurry
Will go too slowly.
3. Bisan wala sing tinun-an
Kon may pinanilagan.
Even if someone is not educated enough,
If there's a learning from observing.
* this particular proverb is about manners and breeding.
4. Nalagyo sa kalaha
Tumupa sa baga
Run away from cooking pot
End up in ember
5. Ang suba nga magahud manabaw;
Ang suba nga malinong madalum.
A noisy river is shallow;
A silent river is deep.
6. Ang mga palakutso kutso
Alonga-ug ang ulo.
Those who likes to gossip
Have crazy minds.
7. Ang tao nga butigon
Dili gid pagpatihon
People who lies
Should never be believed
8. Kon magpati ka sing sudyot
Wala ka sing binubuot.
If you believe in rumors
You have no common sense.
9. Ang tao nga palasumbong
Malain sing tagipusuon.
A person who always complains or accuses
Has a bad heart.
10. Alason mo anay ang imo ikug
Kag mag-alas sang iya sang iban.
Wind up your tail first
Before you wind up the tails of others.
11. Kon dili uyon sa imo
Indi pagbuhaton sa iba.
If you don't want to be done unto you,
Don't do it unto others.
12. Ang tao nga matinaas-taason
Dali masumpo
A person who is haughty or snobbish
Can easily be blunted or dull
13. Ang kamatayon malas-ay
Kon wala sing kabangdanan.
Death is tasteless
If there is no reason.
Proverbs With Some Sounds of Jest:
1. Ang komersiante labing
butigon pa sa Ati.
A merchant is a better
liar than the Ati.
*ati - is an indigenous aboriginal tribes living in the hinterlands and mountainous parts of Panay and can be found in other parts of the country.
2. Nagasiling nga indi
Apang naga panagitlon.
Someone is saying no
However having a hard time swallowing.
3. Anhon si kagayon kon wala
sulod si kulon.
What is beauty if
the pot is empty.
4. Ang maayo nga asawa
Sa balay sang iya bana muchacha
Apang sa taguipuso-on sang iya bana
Isa sia ka reyna.
A good wife
In the house of her husband she is a servant
But in the heart of her husband
She is a queen.
5. Mapungas ang baha
Indi ang baba.
Flood is deep
Not the mouth.
6. Ang gugma sang mga ulay
Matam-is nga daw kalamay
Ang gugma sang mga balo
Makid-ol nga marabo-rabo.
The love of the virgins
Is sweet like sugar
The love of the widows
is well done and savory.
* kíd-ol - Cooked to a turn, neither too hard nor too soft, but just right, well-done, said of eatables; to be or become nice, tasty, etc.
* rabo - Tastiness, quality of being savoury; to be tasty, toothsome; to become savoury (said of fruit, tubers, squashes and the like). (labó id.).
7. Ang tao nga bugalon
Ang ulo dapawon.
A proud person
It's head is full of lice.
* dápaw - A small insect often to be found in hens' nests and causing a peculiar itch, if it gets on human skin. Also verb. Butangí sing ádgaw ang pugarán sang ímo manók, agud índì pagabután sang dápaw or agúd índì pagdapáwan. Put some adgao—leaves into your hens' nests, so that the dápao-insect may not infest them.
8. Mabudlay pukawon
Ang tao nga nagamata.
It's difficult to wake up
A person who is waking up.
9. Ang tao nga mapinatihon
Nagasaut nga wala sing sonata.
An obedient person
Is dancing without music.
10. Ang tao nga mahakug
Wala pagkabusog.
A person who consumes too much
Are never satiated.
11. Makitid sang agtang
Malip-ut sing panumduman.
Narrow forehead
Has a short or narrow mind.
12. Ang tao nga putot
Kon indi palawakal palasaut.
A midget or short person
Loves dancing if not talkative.
13. Bisan maguba ang langit
Kon dili ako maipit.
Even if the heaven is destroyed
As long as I am not squeezed or pressed between
14. Ang manok nga makaitlog
Nagakutak-kutak.
A hen that can lay eggs
Is cackling.
Proverbs About Life's General Truth:
1. Mahapus ang mag-anak
Mabudlay ang magpadaku.
It is easy to give birth
Difficult to raise a child.
2. Ang kalipay agi
Ang kasakit pirme.
Happiness is temporary
Misery is often.
3. Hinugay pili kay basi
Makadto ka sa pasi.
Don't be so choosy or picky,
Else you will end up with rejects or residue.
*pasi - Unhulled rice mixed with hulled rice after pounding.
4. Ang bulawan kag saway
Indi magsimpunanay.
The gold and brass or bronze
Could not be combined.
5. Dili ang tanan nga
Nagaidlak kay bulawan.
Not everything that
Glitters is gold.
6. Tawo nga may kasaypanan
Iya kalas, iya dalagan.
Person with defects
His undoing or untying, his running.
7. Ang pangabuhi may hunas
May taob.
Life has low (ebbing) and high tide.
8. Ang dingding may dalunggan.
The wall has ears.
9. Ang kada tawo may ikog.
Every person has a tail.
10. Ang kalibutan daw ariring
Sa hinali mapaibabaw.
The world is like a wheel
In an instance it will go up.
11. Kon diin ang sanga nagahoyhoy
Dira nagahuyog ang kahoy.
Wherever the branch is clinging or dangling
There is the tree rooting or staying.
12. Wala sing madasig
Nga dili paghapu-on.
No one who is fast and quick
That will never pant or gasp for breath.
13. Karon imo pa
Buas akon na.
Today is still yours
Tomorrow it will be mine.
14. Ang tao nga wala sing pilak
Daw pispis nga wala sing pakpak.
A person without a silver
Is like a bird without wings.
15. Kon madamo ang maestro
Maupos ang pinirito.
If there are lots of teacher / chef
The frying will get burnt.
17. Ang kagamo magakadto gid
sa matawhay.
The tumult or trouble will really
go into peace and tranquility.
18. Ang tao nga mapinulugnon
mabinuhaton.
A person
is also a doer.
19. Ang isda indi madakop
Sa ikug kundi sa baba.
The fish could not be caught
by the tail but by mouth.
20. Masakit sing hinambalan
Malain ang madangatan.
Hurtful in words or in saying
It will have a bad precedent.
21. Ang kalampay sa buho
Dili makagat kon dili pagkuhiton.
The crab in the hole
Will not bite if not touched
22. Ang sab-a dili magbunga
sang lisohan.
The sab-a banana will not
bear a seed fruit.
23. Ang diotay nga kaalam
Madali sa katalagman
A little knowledge
Would be near to peril.
24. Dili maka-angay ang
Bulawan sa saway
It is not equal or not alike
Gold in Brass or Bronze
25. Ang balay nga may kalamay
Guina-amag sang subay.
The house that has sugar
Attracts or lure some ants.
26. Sanglit kay baga
Maga-inggat gid.
Since its ember
It will really glimmer.
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