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Why “vwami ni miandu” is calling of a wrong god or a right god by a wrong name; a brief linguistical analysis.

A poster of an upcoming Summit. The agenda is communicated as "Uvwami ni Imiandu" Asked what ‘vwami ni miandu’ implies, many agree that “Power is/and wealth” is right. That the three words, to them, are equated thus: Power = Vwami, ni=is/and, wealth = imiandu. In light of Lulogooli study it is true, by deductions below, that the coiners and propagators of this statement theme need to revisit lest they be calling the wrong god or right god by a wrong name. Sound System of “Vwami ni miandu” The syllables are be listed as: vwa-mi-ni-mia-ndu. This direct speech representation of graphemes collectively packages the native’s tone, vowel length, tense and more all at a go, leaving the second party to derive meaning. For those whom Lulogooli is secondary, they may not well understand.  At the instant of talk, there is intent which has a form. Word “vw+ami” here taken to mean “power”, has a root word, “amiih.a” to mean “ruling”. With this we observe that a truncation of root word, am...

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