Ịdị n'otu · Igbo proverbsIgbo proverbs about living together
How people share space and look after one another.
Living together
All themes- E ji otu aka kụọ nwata ihe, e ji aka nke ọzọ gụgụọ ya.Correction should leave room for care.
- Egbe bere, ugo bere; nke sị ibe ya ebela, nku kwaa ya.Make room for others to live and prosper.
- Onye fee eze, eze eruo ya aka.Respect for others can open a path to respect in return.
- Imi bewe, anya ebewe.What hurts one part of a community affects others.
- Nne ewu na-ata agbara, ụmụ ya na-ele ya anya n’ọnụ.Children learn by watching what adults do.
- Nkịta sịrị na ya dara gị, gị dara ya, ọ bụ igwuri egwu.Play depends on taking turns.
- Ofu mkpụrụ aka rụta mmanụ, ya ezụọ ibe ya.One person's actions can affect everyone nearby.
- Ọkọ kọọ mmadụ, mmadụ ibe ya akọ ya; ọkọ kọọ anụ ọhịa, ọ chịe ahụ ya n’osisi.People can ask one another for help.
- Ọ na-adị mma ka kpọrọkpọtọ gbaa n’ihu ehi.People concerned by a matter should witness it.
- Ụmụnna bụ ọrịa ukwu.Family ties remain with a person through life.
- Ụmụnna bụ ike.Family and community give people strength.
- Ìgwè bụ íké.People have greater strength together.
- Igwurube chịkọta ụkwụ ha, ha agbawa ite.Many small efforts can become powerful together.
- E kpegbuo nwa ọgaranya, e bufere ya n’ama nna ya.Status should not shield someone from judgement.
- Nze zere ibe ochie.Respect those who came before you.
- Otu onye abụghị nnam ọha.A community is more than any single person.
- Nwanyị olu ọma na-eri di.How partners speak can shape life together.
- Aka ekpe kwọọ aka nri, aka nri akwọ aka ekpe.Help is strongest when it goes both ways.
- Oke atala akpa nwa dibịa, ma nwa dibịa ahula oke ọnụ n’ọkụ.Both sides have limits to respect.
- Ọha nwe eze; eze nwe ọha.Leadership and community owe something to each other.
- Gidigidi bụ ugwu eze.A leader's standing comes from the people behind them.
- Ọgụ egbe adịghị mma n’ụlọ.Violence within a community harms those closest to it.
- Otu osisi adịghị eme oke ọhịa.One person alone cannot do everything a community can do.
- Otu onye rie agwọ, ya agwọrọ ya n’afọ.Taking everything for yourself can have a cost.
- Ụtọ ka mma n’ote aka.Some relationships benefit from space.
- Nwata lelia nna ya, ike akpọ ya nkụ.Contempt for those who care for you can leave you unsupported.