The Matti Kuusi international type system and database of proverbs

Abbreviation: AP III

Freytag,Q.W. (ed.): Arabum proverbia III 1838-1843 Bonnae et Rhenum.. ARAB/LAT*

Proverb number(s): 2624.

Abbreviation: APp

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

Proverb number(s): 407.

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: 115. Proverb number(s) on page: 24. Proverb on page: 133. Proverb number(s) on page: 136.

The origin of a fight is a spark (Arabic) / Ex minima magnus scintilla nasgitur ignis (Latin) / De petite scintille s'enflambe une ville

Abbreviation: Art

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

Proverb number(s): 1243.

Abbreviation: BNm

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

Proverb number(s): 1571.

Abbreviation: Bro

Brougham,A.E. - Reed,A.W.: Maori Proverbs 1963 Wellington / Aukland: A.H. & A.W. Reed.. MAORI/ENG*

Proverb on page: 125. Proverb on page: 126.

Abbreviation: Buc

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

Proverb on page: 67.

To burn Mount Sumeru with the glow of a firefly (Japanese)

Abbreviation: Bud I

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, I 1962 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 33. Proverb on page: 35.

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: 56. Proverb on page: 195.

Abbreviation: Cel

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

Proverb on page: 250.

Abbreviation: Cel93

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 2. edition. 1893 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 60. Proverb on page: 61. Additional number(s) and notes: Part IX.

Abbreviation: Dal

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

Proverb on page: 183. Proverb on page: 546.

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: 1269. Proverb on page: 1271.

Abbreviation: Dür I

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen I 1872 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 527.

Aus einem kleinen Funken wird oft ein grosses Feuer

Abbreviation: Dür2

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

Proverb on page: 124. Proverb on page: 125.

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): 260.

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: 104. Proverb on page: 164.

Abbreviation: Got III

Gottschalk,W.: Die bildhaften sprichwörter der Romanen III 1935-38 Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung.. GER,ENG,FR,ITA,PORT,RETORUM,RUM,SPA

Proverb on page: 154. Proverb on page: 155.

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: 294. Proverb number(s) on page: 256.

Ot maloj iskry, da bol'shoj pozhar (Russian)

Abbreviation: Hol

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

Proverb on page: 205.

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): 8.

Abbreviation: Kok

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

Proverb on page: 70.

Abbreviation: KPp

Plesovskij,F.V.: Komi poslovitsy i pogovorki 1973, 1983 Syktyvkar: Komi kniz#noe izdatel'stvo.. KOMI,RUS*

Proverb on page: 21. Proverb on page: 211.

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): 785. Additional number(s) and notes: (244).

One spark burned down a forest (=small quarrels lead to great losses) (Ovambo/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Kuu3

Kuusi, Matti: Suomalaista, karjalaista vaiko savokarjalaista? - Suomi 122:2 1978 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL/FIN*

Proverb on page: 190. Proverb number(s): 137.

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): 148.

Fire from a spark, war from a word (translation Estonian, Finnish)

Abbreviation: Lai

Lai,T.C.: Selected Chinese Sayings 1960 Hong Kong: University Book Store.. CHIN,ENG*

Proverb on page: 53.

A single spark is enough to set the prairies on fire (Chinese)

Abbreviation: LeR I

Le Roux de Lincy: Proverbes francais I-III 1842 Paris: Paulin.. FR

Proverb on page: 71.

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 on page: 268. Proverb number(s): 533.

Abbreviation: MKks

Margalits, Ede: Magyar közmondások és közmondásszerü szólások. 1897 Budapest: Kiadja kókai Lajos.. HUNG

Proverb on page: 687.

Abbreviation: Ott

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

Proverb number(s): 1604.

Abbreviation: Pac3

Paczolay, Gyula: European proverbs in 55 languages with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chin.&Jap 1997 Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda Rt.. varia GLOB>ENG*GER*RUS*FR*

Proverb number(s): 15.

Abbreviation: PC

Jente,R.: Proverbia Communia. A Fifteenth Century Collection of Dutch Proverbs together with the Low German version. Folklore series 4. 1947 Bloomington: Indiana University publications.. DUT/ENG*,ENG,GER,GRE,LAT

Proverb number(s): 731.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 326.

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): 45.

Abbreviation: PSlma

Walther, Hans (ed.): Proverbia sententiaque latinitatis medii aevi.(Mittelalters) 1-7 1963-1967 Göttingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht.. LAT ancient

Proverb number(s): 682, 1048.

Abbreviation: Reit

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

Proverb number(s): 2, 7, 40. Additional number(s) and notes: M, O.

Abbreviation: RP

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

Proverb on page: 579. Proverb number(s) on page: 13.

A small matter burns logs ahead (Shona/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Schue

Schulze, C.: Die biblischen Sprichwörter der deutschen Sprache. 1860 Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.. GER

Proverb number(s): 151.

Abbreviation: Se V

Seiler, F.: Die Entwicklung der deutschen Kultur, Das Deutsche Lehnsprichwort V 1921-1924 Halle a. d. S.: Waisenhaus.. GER

Proverb on page: 135.

Abbreviation: Seim I

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

Proverb on page: 83.

Abbreviation: Set

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

Proverb number(s): 55.

Abbreviation: Sol

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

Proverb on page: 49.

Abbreviation: SRpp

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (227, 470).

Abbreviation: Ste

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

Proverb on page: 1035. Proverb number(s) on page: 15. Proverb on page: 806. Proverb number(s) on page: 9. Proverb on page: 1442. Proverb number(s) on page: 5.

Abbreviation: Str

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

Proverb on page: 312.

Abbreviation: Stra

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

Proverb number(s): 238.

A small spark may make a great fire / Aus einem kleinen Funken wird oft ein grosses Feuer

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: 623. Proverb number(s) on page: 714.

Abbreviation: VEv

Normann, Erna: Valimik Eesti vanasõnu. 1955 Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik kirjastus.. EST

Proverb on page: 236. Proverb on page: 265.

Abbreviation: Vid

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

Proverb number(s): 510.

Abbreviation: VKs

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

Proverb on page: 3. Proverb on page: 4. Proverb on page: 254.

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): 559. Additional number(s) and notes: S.

Abbreviation: Wie

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

Proverb on page: 67. Proverb on page: 153. Proverb on page: 171.

Abbreviation: WTp25

Davidoff, H. (ed.): A World Treasure of Proverbs from twenty-five Languages. 1946 New York: Cassell & Company Ltd.. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 386. Proverb on page: 242.

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): 254.