The Matti Kuusi international type system and database of proverbs

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: 60. Proverb number(s) on page: 26. Additional number(s) and notes: (22:1).

God on his tongue and the devil in his heart (translation Maltese)

Abbreviation: Buc

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

Proverb on page: 264.

Externally a female Buddha, internally a female devil (Japanese)

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: 93.

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): 713.

Woorden van een' heilige, klaauwen van een kat (Dutch) / Paroles d'angelot, ongles de diablot

Abbreviation: EpS

Vaasan Jaakkoo (J.O.Ikola) (ed.): Eteläpohjalaisia sananparsia. 1920 Vaasa: [J.O.Ikola]. FIN

Proverb on page: 11.

Abbreviation: Kok

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

Proverb on page: 192.

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): 212.

In front of you eyes a good friend, behind your back a cut-throat (translation, Finnish) / Speredi lizhet, a szadi carapaet (Russian)

Abbreviation: Laut

Lautenbach,Ja.I.: Ocherki iz istorii litovsko - latyshskago narodnago tvortsestva. 3rd edition 1915 Jur'ev.. ENG,DAN,DUT,FR,GER,LAT,LETT,LITH,POL,RUS,SLOVE,TZHE

Proverb on page: 22. Additional number(s) and notes: Glaza 3.

Abbreviation: Per

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

Proverb on page: 192. Proverb on page: 260.

Abbreviation: Reit

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

Proverb number(s): 25, 123. Additional number(s) and notes: G, S.

Abbreviation: RP

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

Proverb on page: 228. Proverb number(s) on page: 38.

In sight one is like silk; out of sight one is like a wolf (Lithuanian)

Abbreviation: Sca

Scarborough,W.: A Collection of Chinese Proverbs. 1875 Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press.. CHIN/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 1362.

To have the mouth full of Benevolence, Righteousness, Reason and Virtue; but to be in heart thief and whore (translation Chinese)

Abbreviation: VKs

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

Proverb on page: 347.

Abbreviation: Wie

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

Proverb on page: 9.

Abbreviation: Zig58

Zigulev, A.M.: Russkije narodnyje poslovitsy i pogovorki 1958 Moskva: Moskovskij rabocij.. RUS

Proverb on page: 165.