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Kala Kambon posted an update in the group
4 years agoAbibitumi Yorùbá Language Resources 4 years ago · 
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A gún ata l’ódó, a lọ ata l’ọ́lọ, ìwà ata kò padà.
Even after pounding and grinding, pepper will still remain pepperish.
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This proverb reminds me of Nana Ọmọwálé Malcolm X’s famous statement about how the kitten will never be a biscuit.
A pepper is a pepper, an Afrikan is an Afrikan.
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Bí iyán ti ń fun lóko ẹgàn, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà níí ń fun ní ti etílé.
As pounded yam is white on a farm deep in the forest, so it is white on the farm near the town. (A commodity does not change its nature according to its location.)
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Ẹ káre. Bí ó ti wù kí ó rí, Adúláwọ̀ jẹ́ Adúláwọ̀.
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