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A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore. Some proverbs exist in more than one language because people borrow them from languages and cultures with which they are in contact. In the West, the Bible (including, but not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs. Not all Biblical proverbs, however, were distributed to the same extent: one scholar has gathered evidence to show that cultures in which the Bible is the major spiritual book contain "between three hundred and five hundred proverbs that stem from the Bible," whereas another shows that, of the 106 most common and widespread proverbs across Europe, 11 are from the Bible. However, almost every culture has its own unique proverbs. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works in the genre proverb 18
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Labur txintan
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Alferrik ez balitz
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Biktimari agurka
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Atzorako geratzen dena
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Buru ta zioak
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Jauzika
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Egia hezur
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Abaraskak
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Egonean doazen geziak. Metaforismoak
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Herrenaren arrastoan
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Zorotariko euskal hiztegia
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Atsotitz, zuhur-hitz eta erran-zahar
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Les Proverbes Basques, recueillis par le Sr. d'Oihenart; plus les poésies basques du mesme auteur
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Mil proverbis
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Libro de los buenos proverbios
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ہندکو متلاں
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Los Refranes de Garibay
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Izenbururik gabe
Works in the genre proverb 101
- A Little Pretty Pocket-Book
- Al-Amthāl al-ʻāmmīyah: mashrūḥah wa-murattabah ḥasab al-ḥarf al-awwal min al-mathal
- Mudrosloví národu slovanského ve příslovích
- Proverbes et maximes peuls et toucouleurs
- Dictionnaire étymologique, historique et anecdotique des proverbes et des locutions proverbiales de la langue française
- Les proverbes bamiléké
- Kanga wisdom : a collection of Kanga sayings
- Devinettes peules :suivies de quelques proverbes et exemples d'argots (Nord-Cameroun)
- Ndebele proverbs and other sayings
- Tsumo-Shumo : Shona proverbial lore and wisdom
- Word and world : Luba thought and literature
- Proverbs from the Lamu archipelago and the central Kenya coast
- Mamprusi proverbs
- Proverbes et dictons Ngambayes-Tchad
- Proverbes mongo de Basankusu
- Proverbes Mongo
- Énigmes et joutes oratoires de Kabylie :commentaire linguistique et ethnographique
- Máakut(i) t̕awá shuultáa = Proverbs finish the problems : sayings of the Alaaba (Ethiopia)
- Xhosa proverbs and metaphors
- La transmission culturelle : l'exemple du peul
- Proverbes du Rwanda
- Òwe l'ẹṣin ọrọ :Yoruba proverbs : their meaning and usage
- Les proverbes anciens du Bas-Congo
- Swahili proverbs : Nia zikiwa moja, kilicho mbali huja
- A Kì í :Yorùbá proscriptive and prescriptive proverbs
- Losáko : salutation solennelle des Nkundó
- Proverbes malinké : à l'ombre des grands fromagers
- Dangme and Klama proverbs
- The proverbs of Kigezi and Ankole (Uganda)
- African aphorisms : or : saws from Swahili-land
- L'essence du verbe
- Proverbs and sayings of the Oromo people of Ethiopia and Kenya with English translations
- Kaonde proverbs
- The proverb in the context of Akan rhetoric : a theory of proverb praxis
- Eloquência : manual de aprendizagem da eloquência através de provérbios Kikongo = Kinzonzi : malongi ma ntela a mambu muna yingana
- Language, gender and politics :ba festschrift for Yisa Kehinde Yusuf
- Droit coutumier africain : proverbes judiciaires kongo (Zai͏̈re)
- Proverbes yaka du Zaïre
- Kongo proverbs and the origins of Bantu wisdom
- Innan in Teqbaylit = Paroles kabyles
- Lwoo proverbs : Acoli & Lango
- Playful blasphemies : postproverbials as archetypes of modernity in Yorùbá culture
- Proverbes et dictons des Punu du Gabon
- Bingana, ou, Le souffle des ancêtres : proverbes ou adages du Congo-Brazzaville
- Panorama de la littérature orale du Loango :étude des proverbes
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