Àjàjà ṣoge àparò, abàyà kelú.
Character, appearance and the judgement of others
Original
Àjàjà ṣoge àparò, abàyà kelú.
Glosa literal
- Àjàjà uncharacteristically ṣoge dressed-up àparò partridge, abàyà kelú with-chest thrust-out.
Inglês idiomático
"The uncharacteristically spruced-up partridge swells its chest."
Nenhum tradutor é nomeado na fonte.
O que significa
Newly acquired finery produces exaggerated display.
Usado quando
Owomoyela: "The nouveau riche always goes to extremes in consumption"
Notas sobre a tradução
Abàyà kelú is an epithet of the form used in oríkì praise poetry, so the proverb mimics praise while delivering mockery. That double register, praise-form carrying ridicule, is a standard Yorùbá device and is completely lost in translation.