Ìwà awó ní ńpe awó lẹ́tù.
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Original
Ìwà awó ní ńpe awó lẹ́tù.
Glosa literal
- Ìwà awó the-behaviour of-the-guinea-fowl ní ńpe awó is-what calls the-guinea-fowl lẹ́tù a-guinea-fowl.
Inglês idiomático
"It is the guinea fowl's behavior that makes one know it as a guinea fowl."
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O que significa
A creature is identified by how it behaves, not by what it is called.
Usado quando
Owomoyela: "By their habits shall people be known"
Notas sobre a tradução
Awó and ẹtù are both words for guinea fowl, so the Yorùbá sentence is close to "the guinea fowl's behaviour is what calls a guinea fowl a guinea fowl," and the effect depends on the doubling of the name. English has one word and loses it.