Mọ ìwà fóníwà loògùn ọ̀rẹ́.
Character and other people
Original
Mọ ìwà fóníwà loògùn ọ̀rẹ́.
Glosa literal
- Mọ ìwà know character fóníwà for-its-owner loògùn ọ̀rẹ́ is-the-medicine of-friendship.
Inglés idiomático
"Knowing and accepting each person's character for what it is is the medicine for friendship."
La fuente no nombra a ningún traductor.
Qué significa
Friendship is sustained by accepting the friend as they are.
Se usa cuando
Owomoyela: "Mutual tolerance is indispensable in friendship"
Notas sobre la traducción
Oògùn is medicine, and in proverbs of this shape it means the working remedy for a named problem, as in iṣẹ́ ni oògùn ìṣẹ́, work is the medicine of poverty. Naming friendship as a condition requiring medicine implies friendship is inherently prone to failure, which entry 30 states outright.