A slender woman is the joy of her husband on a day of dancing, but a hefty woman is her husband's joy on the day of yams quartered for planting; after she has totted a hundred yam pieces, she walks smartly “towards the farm” ahead of her husband.
Obìnrin tẹ́ẹ́rẹ́ yẹ ọkọ ẹ̀ níjọ́ ijó, obìnrin gìdìgbà-á yẹ ọkọ ẹ̀ níjọ́ èbù; bó bá ru ọgọ́rùnún èbù tán a kó kébé-kébé níwájú ọkọ.