The Matti Kuusi international type system and database of proverbs

Abbreviation: APp

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

Proverb number(s): 268.

Abbreviation: DPm

Finbert,E.-J. (ed.): Dictionnaire des proverbes du monde 1965 Paris: Laffont.. glob>FR*

Proverb on page: 196.

Abbreviation: Dür3

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

Proverb on page: 94.

Abbreviation: MP

Winstedt, Sir Richard (ed.): Malay Proverbs. 1950 London: Murray.. MALAIJI/ENG*

Proverb on page: 69. Proverb number(s) on page: 222.

Give him a leg and he'll want a thigh (Malayan)

Abbreviation: RP

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

Proverb on page: 453. Proverb number(s) on page: 91. Proverb on page: 544. Proverb number(s) on page: 5.

People don't count what they are given, they count what is withheld from them (Kikuyu/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Sol

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

Proverb on page: 167. Proverb number(s) on page: 2021.

Abbreviation: Str

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

Proverb on page: 197.

Abbreviation: VKs

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

Proverb on page: 330.

Abbreviation: BNm

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

Proverb number(s): 1941.

Abbreviation: Dal

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

Proverb on page: 730.

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): 438.

Wenn man den Teufel in die Kirche lässt, so will er gar auf den Altar /Let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar

Abbreviation: Dür3

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

Proverb on page: 95.

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: 523. Proverb number(s) on page: 553.

Abbreviation: Hak

Hakamies, Pekka: Venäläisten sananparsien vaikutus karjalaiseen ja suomalaiseen sananparsistoon 1986 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. RUS/FIN*,FIN,KAREL

Proverb number(s): 109.

Svin'ja tol'ko rylo prosunet - i vsja prolezet (Russian)

Abbreviation: Kok

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

Proverb on page: 131.

Abbreviation: Kosj1

Koskenjaakko,A.: Koira suomalaisissa ynnä virolaisissa sananlaskuissa 1909 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. FIN

Proverb number(s): 66.

Abbreviation: KPp

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

Proverb on page: 174.

Abbreviation: Kuu2

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (374).

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): 45.

Let a beggar into the sauna and he'll want to get on the bench (translation, Estonian)

Abbreviation: Lai

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

Proverb on page: 123. Proverb number(s) on page: 1.

Having captured Shensi to hanker after Szechwan (Chinese)

Abbreviation: Mal

Maloux, M.: Dictionnaire des Proverbes, Sentences et Maximes. 1960 Paris: Larousse.. FR,varia GLOB>FR*

Proverb on page: 2. Proverb on page: 3.

Abbreviation: OSs

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

Proverb on page: 96.

Abbreviation: Per

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

Proverb on page: 296.

Abbreviation: Reit

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (P 98).

Abbreviation: RP

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

Proverb on page: 224. Proverb number(s) on page: 42.

Abbreviation: Set

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

Proverb number(s): 107.

Abbreviation: Sin I

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (127).

Abbreviation: Str

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

Proverb on page: 285.

Abbreviation: Stra

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

Proverb number(s): 48.

No pride like that of an enriched beggar / Gut macht Übermut, Übermut tut selten gut / Ubi uber, ibi tuber (Latin)

Abbreviation: Vid

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

Proverb number(s): 1790.

Abbreviation: VKs

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

Proverb on page: 330.

Abbreviation: Wie

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (6).

Abbreviation: Buc

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

Proverb on page: 205.

To lend the eaves and lose the main house (Japanese, comp. Aesop's fable: The camel driver) /Who lets another sit on his shoulder will soon have him on his head

Abbreviation: Bud I

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (201).

Abbreviation: DPm

Finbert,E.-J. (ed.): Dictionnaire des proverbes du monde 1965 Paris: Laffont.. glob>FR*

Proverb on page: 196.

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): 677, 695.

Give him an inch and he'll take an ell /Si on lui donne un pouce, il en prendra long comme le bras /Wem man eine Hand breit gibt, der nimmt eine Elle lang

Abbreviation: Hai

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

Proverb on page: 73. Proverb on page: 78. Proverb on page: 137. Additional number(s) and notes: 239, 327, 341.

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): 8339.

Abbreviation: Per

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

Proverb on page: 296.

Abbreviation: Pol IV

Polites, N.: Meletai peri tou biou kai tes glosses tou hellenikou laou IV 1965 [1899-1902] Athenai: Ergane.. GRE,(GER,FR,ITA)

Proverb on page: 464.

Abbreviation: PS II

Hakamies et al.: Proverbia Septentrionalia II (a database and manuscript in the Finnish Literature Society) 2001 (Helsinki / Tartu). FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 2175.

Abbreviation: Sol

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

Proverb on page: 38.

Abbreviation: VKs

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

Proverb on page: 330.