Lumadu Enggeleti

• Proverbs are popularly defined as short expressions of popular wisdom. Efforts to improve on the popular definition have not led to a more precise definition. The wisdom is in the form of a general observation about the world or a bit of advice, sometimes more nearly an attitude toward a situation.
  • Lumadu botiya secara umum mowali definisiyolo odelo kalima limbu-limbu'o tuwangiyo tinepo. Upaya moposampurna definisi populer boyito diipo lo'ohasili definisi u banari da'a. Tinepo botiya odelo bibilohu tawu tomimbihu dunia wawu tutumulo, wolo nasihati ode olanto.

Absent

• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
• Diila hadiri yito mo'oduhenga hilawo motoli'ango.
  • Mieder, Wolfgang; Kingsbury, Stewart A.; Harder, Kelsie B. (1992). A Dictionary of American Proverbs. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-505399-9. 

• Long absent, soon forgotten.
• Diila hadiri mohihewo, lato olipata.
  • Belfour, John (1812). A Complete Collection of English Proverbs: Also, the Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French,hiii Spanish, and Other Languages, the Whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and Proper Explications. G. Cowie. p. 76. 

• The absent are always in the wrong. (1640)
• Ta diila hadiri layito tilala.
  • Citatboken, Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm, 1967, p. 187, ISBN 91-27-01681-1

Bad

• Bad is the best choice.
• U molete botiya tilulawota lo'u mopiyohu.
  • Mawr, E.B. (1885). Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages. p. 17. 
• A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit.
• Yilapato lo'u moleto yito debo mopiyohu daripada tuntutan boto'o lo'u mopiyohu.
  • Filipp, M. R. (2005). Covenants Not to Compete, Aspen.
• A bad workman quarrels with his tools. (1640)
• Ta mohulodu mokalaja layito papateya wolo pilakasiliyo. (1640)
  • • Citatboken, Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm, 1967, p. 187, ISBN 91-27-01681-1
• Good laws have sprung from bad customs.
• Buto'o mopiyohu lowali sababu kebiasaan moleto.
  • Strauss, Emanuel (1994). "1072". Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs. II. Routledge. p. 879. ISBN 978-1-136-78978-6.