Ìwà ní ńjọ oníwà lójú.
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Original
Ìwà ní ńjọ oníwà lójú.
Glosa literal
- Ìwà character ní ńjọ is-what pleases oníwà its-owner lójú in-the-eye.
Inglês idiomático
"Character is always remarkable (or good) in the opinion of its owner."
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O que significa
Everyone approves of their own character.
Usado quando
Owomoyela: "One naturally approves of one's own character" Said to deflate a self-assessment.
Notas sobre a tradução
Owomoyela's parenthetical "(or good)" records a genuine ambiguity in jọ... lójú, which covers both being pleasing to and seeming right to. The proverb is the Yorùbá statement of the problem that self-knowledge is not available by introspection, which is why entry 19 says the information has to come from other people.