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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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Laugh and smile in Bantu languages

The post was on Facebook and I followed up at the comments section, catching what other tribes say in relation.

Here I write

Laugh, Smile; Tribe, Country
Hleka, kuncuma; IsiXhosa, SA
Nyenya, tsenga; Setswana, BOTS
Sega, myemyela; Sepedi, SA
Khucheha, khumenya; Samia, KE
Hleka, bonyozena; Tsonga, MOZ
Usea, unwenwela; Venda, SA
Seka, mwentula; Kaonde, ZAM
Seka, mwetamweta; Tonga, ZAM
Hleka, mwayitela; Tsonga, SA
Chekha, mwenya, Bukusu, KE
Seka, mwenyukila; Ngonde, MAL
Ts'eha, hobobothela; Sesotho, LES
Yola, menya; Shindonga, NAM
Huzeha, mwenya; Gisu, UG
Seka, mwenya; Luganda, UG
Seka, mweturira; Chichewa, MAL
Hleka, moyizela; isiZulu, SA
Theka, kweng'a; Kamba, KE
Theka, mweura; Kikuyu, KE
Heka, menyamenya; Thimbukushu, NAM
Twenga, mwenyura; Kirundi, BUR
Seha, menya; Lozi, ZAM
Sheka, mwenya; Runyankore, UG
Yola, memeha; Shiwambo, NAM
Seka, mwentula; Bemba, ZAM
Hleka, bobotheka; isiNdebele, ZAM
Seka, nyemwerera; Shona, ZIM
Tsega, nyenya; Setswana, BOT
Seka, munyamunya; Zigula, TZ
Seka, mwenya; Maragori, KE

This short piece is in observance that 'seka' is dominant. Hl/ch/kh are a few.

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Anzugira Odanga: Koseka(laugh) and kumwenya(smile)

Erick Author: I watch a lot of south African soaps on e-Africa and I'm always amazed at how much I can understand especially languages like Tsipedi and Setswana without reading the English subtitles. We have so many words in common eg ingubo, amazi, ingelosi, inguluve etc etc they even say umunaa where we say umunyaa and kunakana to mean kuganagana.

Vincent Iramuka: Its easy to pick out the Bantu tongues

Lung'afa: Yes. L'logori is near to them than Bukusu, Idakho, Kisa...

Therefore the Murogori that is said to have come from Misri down the Nile a disaster to connect. 😊

Baba Ndanyi: May be there is a link somewhere, sailing by boat from Misri, land in South Africa then naughty ones trying to trace their way back stopping at Lake Inyanza 😆😆😆

Mudengani Kisia: Quite interesting

Peter Kirima: Scrolled through a scientific article few years ago that tested Tutsi DNA samples which clarified the ancient myth that they are associated with the North or horn of Africa (somali) simply due to their physical features. The DNA revealed most rwandese are largely Bantus with only 3% northern. Rwandese language is closer to maragoli than other Luhya dialects. Saniaga too  must have been assimilated to local Bantu tribes. They originally should carry both Nilotic and semetic features and influences , lost their language through inter marriage and must have dispersed at Nubia along river nile, Ethiopia and Uganda.🤔

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