Re: some proverbs

At 03:09 PM 4/7/2000 -0500, Matt Pearson wrote:
>Patrick's proverbs remind me of a Tokana proverb (the only
>good one I've been able to 'discover' so far), namely
>"inie hounne, kalie launein" ['injE 'hOwnnE, 'kaljE law'nejn]
>literally "eyes for the owl, legs for the rabbit".
>
>Any guesses as to what this proverb means?
A person or creature's most important talents?