Éèfín nìwà; kò ṣé-é bò mọ́ra.
Character as the ground of a person
Ìpilẹ̀
Éèfín nìwà; kò ṣé-é bò mọ́ra.
Ìtumọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀-sí-ọ̀rọ̀
- Éèfín smoke nìwà is-character; kò ṣé-é bò mọ́ra it-cannot be-covered against-the-body.
Ìtumọ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
"Character is smoke; one cannot conceal it under one's clothing."
Orísun náà kò dárúkọ ẹni tí ó túmọ̀ rẹ̀.
Ohun tí ó túmọ̀ sí
Character cannot be hidden.
Ìgbà tí a ń lò ó
Owomoyela: "Character will show" Said of someone maintaining a front.
Àkíyèsí lórí ìtumọ̀
Bò mọ́ra is literally to cover against the body, the gesture of hiding something under a wrapper. The image is exact: smoke is precisely the thing that escapes a covering, and it announces its source. Compare entry 9, which uses a shadow for the same claim.