You have really challenged me! I think I should start a channel for my dialect. You have really inspired me!
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Please join me on this very fulfilling mission, and lets us propagate our Mulembe language the way Luos and Kikuyus are doing it enthusiastically. It is everywhere, from books to social media to newspapers. Join me asap.
@LuXangoCain5 ай бұрын
@brolumbasia2857 which dialect is yours?
@ushindibramwel7647 Жыл бұрын
Great work
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Bramwell. It is good to see you back!
@herbertosawo7691 Жыл бұрын
In Linyore medicine is malesi or musala .Also note that in luhya the omusala generaly refers to a tree.
@CollinsLuke10 ай бұрын
Small error for Abasamia. We call mothers Mama (pronounced Maamà - the first /a/ is slightly long and the last one has a falling intonation). Same to father = baabà. What you said is for the Abanyala of Budalang'i. Our final /a/ sounds the same as what you said in /enyumbà/. You did well for the house. The medicine is really off - /amaresi or omusaala/. Omutwè: Great work.
@luhyalanguageandculture10 ай бұрын
It's so good to the words with the actual pronunciations. I like how you even went ahead and explained the intonation part
@alucherijames9013 Жыл бұрын
Abamarama
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Teach us how the marama refer to these words. I will be glad to learn
@frankwatieri2289 Жыл бұрын
The Wanga also have ' amalesi' for medicine (but 'amaleesi' for clouds) and 'amanyasi' for cleansing concoctions
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Thank you Frank, for confirming the amaleesi for medicine among the wangas. Someone told me and I was a little doubtful
@brolumbasia2857 Жыл бұрын
The idakhos/isukhas we say Mama 'Maama' - mother Tata - Father Inzu - house Lunyasi - medicine Grass - bunyasi Head - Murwi
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Wow! thank you for this Lumbasia. I am learning every day. I didn't know father is referred to as tata. Above all, I love the similarities here and there.
@alexanderwaganda4438 Жыл бұрын
I here the Nyala call Baba as Rara
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
This is quite enlightening. I didn't know about that. Nyala of Kakamega or Busia?
@alexanderwaganda4438 Жыл бұрын
@@luhyalanguageandculture Busia, for example when one is been told that your farther is calling you, he or she will tell you Rarao akhulanga.
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
I'm learning indeed. Thank you for this reveal
@nambaga4 ай бұрын
I just watched today and i found some mistakes,,, if you talk of nyala you need to know that we have different nyala, one group from kakamega and the other from Busia and their pronunciation is quite different, in khayo they call father baba, mother mama, those who call papa are either neighbours to bukusu or wanga meaning they were assimilated, house also in khayo you can call inyumba or intsu
@transnzoiamet3035 Жыл бұрын
Words like cow, banana, a man, a woman, a chair also are named differently across the subtribes.
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed they are named different. It's funny how it's collectively called Luhya nation when such words are completely different.
@transnzoiamet3035 Жыл бұрын
Also, remember, we have the Nyala sub-tribe in two counties, some in Busia, and others in Kakamega. The ones in Kakamega migrated from Busia and are called "Abanyala ba Ndombi". They speak the same Nyala dialect but it has also been slightly influenced by their current Neighbours, i.e Watsotso, Kabras etc
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Yes, there are Nyalas in Busia County but not so much mentioned among the luhyas of Busia. By the way Nyalas of Kakamega have been so much influenced by Kabras because as I was doing my research. I was given words in Nyala stroked with Kabras and Bukusu. They're share most words with Kabras
@herbertosawo7691 Жыл бұрын
Malesi simply means treatment and omusala is atrèe since most medicine comes from trees ie herbs and leaves or trunks
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
@@herbertosawo7691 Thank you, this is informative
@transnzoiamet3035 Жыл бұрын
Hi, nice video. I believe the Maragoli derived the "runyasi" from "Manyasi", i.e. traditional herbs that some would drink, or be spat onhis or her face as the culprit, by the medicine man, for the purpose of cleansing him/her after having wronged the society or the spirits.
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
That absolutely makes a lot of sense. Actually, in Marachi, it's called manyasi. Drugs administered to counter/cure a broken taboo
@vowuor Жыл бұрын
Luos also use the word "manyasi" for traditional herbs. Someone clearly borrowed from the other.
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
@@vowuor This is really interesting. I wonder who borrowed from who
@herbertosawo7691 Жыл бұрын
No word comes from a Luhya word Bunyasi which means grass.
@arikapkapenda1569 Жыл бұрын
Please I want to know this language from what country?
@luhyalanguageandculture Жыл бұрын
Hi Arikap. This is the Luhya language of Kenya in Africa. Thank you for watching
@washburn182 Жыл бұрын
Doreen, hahahaha!. Trying to hide your face (11.58), but we all know it was you who said that unmentionable word. What's up with the Marachi calling a respectable body part (Umutwi) the 'A' word. You should change your interpretation of the word 'Mutwi' to 'Umusondo' just like the Maragoli. Jokes aside, could the spelling change the meaning? 'Umutwi' as opposed to 'Mutwi'? We are actually not that far off from each other; Umutwi=Head...Runyasi=Medicine... Vunyasi=Grass...Umusala=Tree, go figure!