The Matti Kuusi international type system and database of proverbs

Abbreviation: Ada III

Adalberg, Samuel - Krzysanowski, J.: Nowa ksiega przyslów i wyrazen przyslowiowych polskich.III 1969-1978 Warszawa: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. POL

Proverb on page: 695. Proverb on page: 696.

Abbreviation: APp

Karapetjan, G.O. (ed.): Armjanskie poslovitsy i pogovorki. 1973 Moskva: Nauka. ARMENIAN/RUS*,RUS

Proverb number(s): 88, 89.

Abbreviation: Aqu

Aquilina, J.: A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs 1972 Malta: The Royal University of Malta.. MALTESE/ENG*,ARAB,ENG,GER,ITA,FR,SPA,PERS,AFR>ENG*,>FR*

Proverb on page: 399. Proverb number(s) on page: 81.

Prepare to give a chair to the man you are mentioning (translation Maltese)

Change of metaphor: wolf -- devil *E

Abbreviation: Art

Arthaber, A.: Dizinario comparato di proverbi e modi proverbiali 1952 Milano: Hoepli.. ENG,FR,GER,GRE,LAT,SPA

Proverb number(s): 718.

Abbreviation: Ber

Bergfors, Georg: Ordspråk, talesätt och härm på ytterlännäsmål. Skrifter utgivna genom Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala. Ser. B. 1981 Sollefteå : Dahlbergs bokhandel.. SWE

Proverb on page: 28.

Abbreviation: BNm

Ikonomov, N.I.: Balkanska narodna madrost 1968 Sofia: Balgarskata akademija na naukite.. BULG,ALB,GRE,RUM,RUS,SERB,TURK

Proverb number(s): 689, 1374.

Abbreviation: Buc

Buchanan,D.C.: Japanese Proverbs and Sayings 1965 Norman: Oklahoma U.P.. JAP(transl.)/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 58. Proverb on page: 238.

Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear (Japanese)

Change of metaphor: wolf,tail -- angel,wings *E; person,shadow *JAP

Abbreviation: Bud II

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, II 1969 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 43.

Abbreviation: Cel

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 1852 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 145. Proverb on page: 606. Proverb on page: 607.

Abbreviation: Dal

Dalj,V.: Poslovitsy russkogo naroda 1862/1957 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS,RUS*

Proverb on page: 294. Proverb on page: 781.

Abbreviation: Dal III

Dalj,V.: Tolkovyj Slovarj III 1880-1882/1955 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS

Proverb on page: 272.

Abbreviation: Dej

Dejardin,J.: Dictionnaire des spots ou proverbes Wallons 1891 Liége: Imprimerie H. Vaillant-Charmanne.. FR

Proverb number(s): 1655.

Abbreviation: DesR

DesRuisseaux,P.: Le Livre des Proverbes Quebecois 1974 Montreal: L'Aurore.. FR

Proverb on page: 384. Proverb on page: 388.

Abbreviation: DS I

Wander,K.F.W. (ed.): Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon I 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 1253. Proverb number(s) on page: 311.

Abbreviation: DS V

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon V 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 371. Proverb on page: 366.

Atque eccum tibi lupus in sermone praesens esuriens adest (Latin)

Abbreviation: Dür II

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen II 1875 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 691.

Wenn man vom Wolfe spricht, so ist er nicht weit / Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue / Chi ha il lupo in bocca, l' ha sulla coppa

Change of metaphor: wolf,tail -- devil,horns *E; bugbear,not far *SWE

Abbreviation: Dür1

Düringsfeld, Ida von: Das Sprichwort als Philosoph im Sprichwort als Kosmopolit 1863 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. glob>GER*

Proverb on page: 88. Proverb on page: 89. Proverb on page: 90.

Abbreviation: Far

Farsi,S.: Swahili Sayings from Zanzibar I. Proverbs. 1962 Dar es Salaam. SUAHILI/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 13. Additional number(s) and notes: U.

Abbreviation: FDs

Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid (ed.): Finnish-Deutsches Sprichwörterbuch - Suomalais-saksalainen sananlaskukirja 1980 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura mit Bonn: Rudolf Habelt.. FIN/GER*,GER

Proverb number(s): 461.

Abbreviation: Gaa

Gaal, G.v.: Sprüchwörterbuch in sechs Sprachen 1830 Wien: Volke.. GER,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 1737.

Abbreviation: Gey

Geyr, H.: Sprichwörter und sprichwortnahe Bildungen im dreisprachigen Petersburger Lexikon von 1731. Symbolae slavicae: Band 13. 1981 Frankfurt/Main / Bern: Peter D. Lang.. GER,LAT,RUS/GER*

Proverb on page: 209.

Abbreviation: Gri

Grigas, Kazys: Patarli#u paralelés. Lietuvi#u patarlés su latvi#u, baltarusi#u, rus#u, lenk#u, etc. 1987 Vilnius: Vaga.. LITH,LETT,BELORUS,ENG,FR,GER,GRE,ITA,LAT,POL,RUS,SPA

Proverb on page: 538. Proverb number(s) on page: 574. Proverb on page: 541. Proverb number(s) on page: 578.

Abbreviation: Hai

Haim, S.: Persian-English Proverbs 1956 Teheran: Beroukhim Booksellers.. PERS/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 143.

When you mention the name of a dog, you should procure a stick (translation Persian)

Change of metaphor: wolf,tail -- dog,procure a stic *PERS

Abbreviation: Hol

Holm, Pelle: Ordspråk och talesätt. 1965 Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag.. SWE

Proverb on page: 81. Proverb on page: 337.

Abbreviation: Ilg

Ilg, G.: Proverbes français suivis des équivalents. 1960 Amsterdam / London / New York / Princeton: Elsevier.. FR,DUT,ENG,GER,IT,LAT,SPA

Proverb number(s): 577.

Lupus in fabula (Latin)

Abbreviation: Kok

Kokare,Elza: Divu tautu dzives gudriba. (!) 1967 Riga: Zinãtne.. LETT, RUS

Proverb on page: 163.

Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Proverb number(s): 1156.

The dog barked and it came (=what is discussed will happen) (Ovambo/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Kuu4

Kuusi, M. (in cooper. with) M. Joalaid, E. Kokare, A. Krikmann, K. Laukkanen, P.Leino,V.Mälk, I.Sarv: Proverbia septentrionalia. FF communications No. 236. 1985 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 282.

Abbreviation: MEk

Paczolay, Gyula (ed.): Magyar-észt közmondások és szólások német, angol és latin megfelelo#ikkel. 1985 Veszprem: VEAB.. HUNG,EST,GER,ENG,LAT

Proverb number(s): 144.

Change of metaphor: wolf -- bear *EST

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 17774, 17776.

Abbreviation: OSs

Landgren,G.A.: Ordspråk, sanna språk. (G.A.L.-n Facsimileuppl.) 1979 [1889] Stockholm: Rediviva.. SWE

Proverb on page: 132. Proverb on page: 165.

Abbreviation: Ott

Otto, A.: Die Sprichwörter und Sprichwörterlichen Redensarten der Römer 1890 Leipzig: B.G. Teubner.. LAT/GER*

Proverb number(s): 988.

Abbreviation: PPrlf

Boldyrev, V.D. (ed.): Poslovitsy i pogovorki na russkom, latinskom, frantsuzskom, anglijskom i nemetskom jazykah. 1969 Kemerovo: Ministerstvo prosveštšenija RSFSR.. RUS,ENG,FR,GER,LAT

Proverb number(s): 143.

Abbreviation: Reit

Reitsak, A.: Valimik vene vanasõnu eesti vastetega. 1969 Tallinn: Kirjastus 'Valgus'. RUS,EST

Proverb number(s): 1. Additional number(s) and notes: O.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 529. Proverb number(s) on page: 15. Proverb on page: 572. Proverb number(s) on page: 9.

The despised person is ever present (Ganda/Afr.)

Change of metaphor: wolf -- lion,(get up the tree) *NYANJA/AFR.

Abbreviation: Seim I

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme I. Norsk Folkeminnelag 84. 1960 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 93.

Abbreviation: Seim II

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme II. Norsk Folkeminnelag 89. 1962 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 215.

Abbreviation: Set

Setälä, E.N.: Näytteitä liivin kielestä. Suomalais-ugrilaisen Seuran toimituksia 106. 1953 Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura.. LIV/FIN*

Proverb number(s): 56.

Abbreviation: Sin II

Singer, S.: Sprichwörter des Mittelalters II 1944-1947 Bern: Herbert Lang & Cie.. GER,(LAT,FR etc.)

Proverb on page: 92.

Abbreviation: Sol

Solstrand, Väinö: Ordstäv. Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning III. 1923 Helsingfors:: Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland.. FIN-SWE

Proverb on page: 28. Proverb on page: 173. Additional number(s) and notes: (358, 2085).

Abbreviation: SRpp

Z#ukov, V.P. (ed.): Slovar' russkih poslovits i pogovork. 1967 Moskva: Sovjetskaja èntsiklopedija.. RUS

Proverb on page: 414.

Abbreviation: Ste

Stevenson, Burton: The home book of proverbs, maxims and familiar phrases. 1948 New York: Macmillan.. ENG,varia GLOG>ENG*

Proverb on page: 2554. Proverb on page: 568. Proverb on page: 569.

Abbreviation: Str

Ström, F.: Svenska ordstäv. 1939 Stockholm: Bonniers.. SWE

Proverb on page: 268.

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 727, 1621.

Talk of the wolf and his tail appears / Call not a devil, he will come fast enough / Lupus in fabula (Latin) / Hablando de Roma, el Papa se asoma

Abbreviation: Til

Tilley, Morris Palmer: The Proverbs in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 1950 Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press.. ENG

Proverb on page: 154. Proverb number(s) on page: 294. Proverb on page: 490. Proverb number(s) on page: 33. Proverb on page: 744. Proverb number(s) on page: 607. Additional number(s) and notes: 744:608.

Sooner named sooner come

Abbreviation: Vid

Vide, S.-B.: Ordspråk, ordstäv och talesätt från sydvästra Småland. 1957 Lund: Gleerupska universitetsbokhandelns förlag.. SWE

Proverb number(s): 444, 445, 446.

Abbreviation: VKs

Kuusi, Matti (ed.): Vanhan kansan sananlaskuviisaus. 1990 [1953] Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Proverb on page: 72.

Abbreviation: Whi

Whiting, Barlett Jere and Helen Wescott: Proverbs, Sentences and Proverbial Phrases from English Writings mainly before 1500. 1968 Cambridge (Mass.): Belknap Press of Harvard University.. ENG

Proverb number(s): 449. Additional number(s) and notes: W.

Abbreviation: Wie

Wiedemann, F.J.: Aus dem inneren und äusseren Leben der Ehsten 1876 St. Petersburg. EST/GER*

Proverb on page: 13. Proverb on page: 84. Proverb on page: 95. Additional number(s) and notes: 190.

Abbreviation: Zan

Zanne, Iuliu A.: Proverbele Românilor din România, Basarabia, bucovina, Ungaria, Istria si Macedonia I-X. 1895-1903 Bucaresci: Editura libr rie i socec & Comp.. RUM,BESARAB,BUJOVINA,UNG,MAK /FR*,LAT,FR

Proverb number(s): 2004.

Abbreviation: Zlo

Zlotnitskij, V.S.: Refranes y proverbios rusos y españoles. (1962) s.d.Moskva: Izdatel'stvo literatury na inostrannyh jazykah.. RUS,SPA

Proverb number(s): 561.

Pomjani volka, a on iz kolka (Russian)