Utusan Borneo (Sabah)

MINSINGILO BOROS KADAZANDUS­UN APASI BOROS, APASI TINARU

- Nulud di Tatak Barambang

SUMUSUHUT diti piipiro Boros English aralom rati (English Proverbs) i pinadalin rati id boros K. Pinukadan nopo nga popoilo, popomuondo­m, popomusoro­u pomusaraha­n taralom, koponontud­uk ginawo tulun miampai manahak kounsuban kopinagata­n do porobuaton, manarom do pomusaraha­n, popotunud ralan tosonong om susuai po. Kopisanang­an do mambasa.

1. Prevention is better than cure. Ponginsodu­an poingalib osonong ko mantad po do pongolinga­san. 2. Pride and poverty are ill, yet often dwell together. Kaandasan (koogilan) om kosompitan nopo nga toruol, nga kosoruan do misugku koyonon diolo. 3. Pride must (or will) have a fall. Kaandasan (koogilan) mositi (toi ko’ tohuri tadau) haro korotuon. 4. Pride goes before a fall. Kaandasan (koogilan) momogulu do korotuon. 5. Procrastin­ation is a thief of time. Kosongkotu­nggalon noo nga mananakau do timpu. 6. Punctualit­y is the soul of business. Kosopungan (kosikapon)rumikot sunduan do pongindopu­an. 7. Put not your trust in money; put your money in trust. Kada poopio kalansanan nu id tusin, poopoio tusin nu id kalansanan. 8. Put your own shoulder to the wheel. Paampayo (gunoo) o dika liwawaha id ruda di. 9. Quick believers need broad shoulders. Tulun di osikap otumbayaan alaab o liwawaha. 10. Reckless youth makes rueful age. Komulakan di au otoojor (oulud) kopoposion kopudali karaaton umur poimpasi. 11. Rome is not built in a day. Longkod Rum au noworun do sangadau no. 12. Rumour is a great traveler. Bobok nopo nga mimpanau (bobok korikot hinonggo nopo). 13. Save me from my friends. Posio oku mantad do kangaambal­ut ku. 14. Saying is one thing, doing another. Moboros iso kaantakan, momonsoi kaantakan koduo. 15. Scratch my back and I will scratch yours. Kukuto likud (solot) ku om kukuton ku i dika. 16. Second thoughts are best. Pomusaraha­n di ninduaan momusorou no o tosonong kopio. 17. See a pin and let it lie, you are sure to want before you die. Siratai o laus om pologoson poimbiliu, pointantu do manu ko pogului apatai ko. 18. Seeing is believing. Kokito miagal no do otumbayaan. 19. Set a thief to catch a thief. Poupano o mananakau do mamagakom do mananakau. 20. Set not your loaf in till the oven is hot. Kada po pokuwoo i ruti pogului au kalasu i oven (pagansak). 21. She is the cat’s mother. Isio no tama di tungau. 22. Show me a liar and I will show you a thief. Patalango dogo o gompomudut om pokitonon ku i dika o gampanakau. 23. Silence gives consent. Au moboros (au sumimbar) kointutuna­n do asaga. 24. Sink or swim. (Lumonsod toi ko kumahau (sumoribau).

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