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Proverb from Nigeria

Yoruba

Agbè ni ijẹ egbin omi.

“A calabash receives the sediment of water.”

Meaning

An elder must exercise forbearance.

Source

Samuel Crowther, A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language, with introductory remarks by O. E. Vidal (London: Seeleys, 1852), p. 19, on the Internet Archive

Spelled as printed in 1852; modern Yoruba spelling and tone marks differ. The meaning given is the book’s own explanation.

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