Ìwà kì í fi oníwà sílẹ̀.
Character as the ground of a person
Original
Ìwà kì í fi oníwà sílẹ̀.
Glosa literal
- Ìwà character kì í fi does-not leave oníwà the-owner-of-character sílẹ̀ behind.
Inglés idiomático
"Character will not forsake its owner."
La fuente no nombra a ningún traductor.
Qué significa
Character is permanent property. It does not detach from the person who has it.
Se usa cuando
Owomoyela: "One cannot shed one's character" Said of someone expecting a change of place or circumstance to make them a different person.
Notas sobre la traducción
Oníwà, the owner of character, is formed on the productive oní- prefix that makes an owner-noun from any noun. Yorùbá treats character as a possession throughout this set of proverbs, which is why shed rather than change is the right English verb.