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 40 198 Halaamu'n karifi ga maikibba. The appearance of strength is to the fat man. Same meaning as 196. 199 Giingummi'n ayaba, tsofiia na ganninka ta kwana da clari. log of the plaintain, the old woman sees you, she will sleep cold. The log of a plaintain tree is full of sap and would never burn. The old woman sees the log from a long way off, goes to it and finds it useless. Her movements are so slow that she has no time to get another. Na, usually tana. The word is also used by itself in the same way as " ke."' Vide 8. 200 Rama chiuta ga mai cliiuta, ibada ne. To return evil for evil is a praiseworthy action. 201 Na yi maka chikki a gwiwu, mai wuya'n haifua. 1 will make a stomach (swelling as if with child) on yonr knees, from which the bringing forth will be painful (difficult). I will do you an injury, and you will not be able to retaliate (or which will give you great trouble). 202 M da rikewa kafo, woni ya yi tasa ? Am I to hold the horns while someone else gets the udder. Am I to do all the work, &c. 203 Ba na gasso gado dan keesbia ya ban. I won't make the oven bed for my rival's son to get on. Shi ya zamma keeshiansa ; he becomes his snpplanter. "When a man takes a second wife it may be said of the first, " Anyi mata keeshia." Aboki "n keeshi, a rival or supplanter.