Lappish proverbs

Lappish is a minority language spoken by the Sami people in northern parts of the Nordic Countries, and Murmansk.

D

• Daggar go ædni læ, daggar læ nieidda nai.
  • Translation: Mary will foster a daughter like herself.
  • English equivalent: Like mother, like daughter.
  • Meaning: Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and rarely.
  • Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 137. ISBN 1-875943-44-7. 

I

• I olmus oaine jecas ealmis riba; mutto nubbi calmis..
  • Translation: Everyone conceals his own beam and notices the mote in other people's eyes.
  • Idiomatic translation: You see the splinter in another's eye but fail to see the beam in your own.
  • Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 131. ISBN 1-875943-44-7. 

L

• Lassta i gacā gukkas muoras.
  • Idiomatic translation: The apple does not fall far from the tree.
  • Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents.
  • Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 259. ISBN 1-875943-44-7.