Ọ̀rẹ́ pọ̀; ìwà àti ìkà inú-u wọn ò dọ́gba.
Character and other people
Ìpilẹ̀
Ọ̀rẹ́ pọ̀; ìwà àti ìkà inú-u wọn ò dọ́gba.
Ìtumọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀-sí-ọ̀rọ̀
- Ọ̀rẹ́ pọ̀ friends are-many; ìwà àti ìkà inú-u wọn the-character and the-wickedness inside them ò dọ́gba are-not equal.
Ìtumọ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
"Friends abound, but their character and their wickedness are very different."
Orísun náà kò dárúkọ ẹni tí ó túmọ̀ rẹ̀.
Ohun tí ó túmọ̀ sí
The category "friend" tells you nothing about the person in it.
Ìgbà tí a ń lò ó
Owomoyela: "Friendship does not mean compatibility or mutual good will"
Àkíyèsí lórí ìtumọ̀
Ìkà, wickedness, is set directly beside ìwà in a way that treats it as a kind of character rather than as its absence, which is consistent with Yorùbá usage where ìwà is neutral and takes rere (good) or búburú (bad) as needed.