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Chahilu history in Lulogooli : Gaa kale gaa Chahilu (1942-2025)

Bernard Philimona Chahilu 1942-2025  Liivulwa Mukuluundu Bernard Philemon Chahilu yivulwa muhiga gwa 1942 mweli gwa kavili guvee sita (6/2/1942). Nu mwana wa Elam Kilago na maama Jelida Modani ma vosi vaakuza. Nu muyaayi Mukizuungu Mudidi mwifwa Mumasiingila Muvisonye. Yiivulwa muyaayi munifu mulidaala lye Gaigedi, Gaigedi logongo, Wodanga Lusoma, Sabatia Sub-county, Vihiga County. Kuviikilwa makono. Yaaviikilwa ku makono no mwilwazi Daudi Kadenge muhiga gwa 1942 mulidaala lie Gavudia mulivugaana lia Valina. (Friends Church). Likevwa Yaakevwa muhiga gwa 1952 kekevo chalaangwa Silula. Lisooma Yaataangila lisooma lilie ha Gaigedi masoomo go muluguki. Yaamanya niazya Gahumbwa Primary muhiga gwa 1955 mukilaasi kia kavaga. Yaakola ligela lia vaalaanga C.E.E. (Common Entrance Exam) muhiga gwa 1956 ha Gahumbwa. Muhiga gwa 1957 yaazya kusooma mukilaasi cha kataano ha Kericho Township School. Muhiga gwa 1958 yaazya kusooma ha Kigama Intermediate mukilaasi cha siita niakolela ho ligela liala...

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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