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ABANYALA BA KAKAMEGA: Names of Human Body parts.

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1. PARTS ON THE HEAD a) External parts of the head. Amakale - hairline on forehead Amakhanya - face wrinkles Amalalakhiro - below the lower jaws. Amalefu - sideburns Amasangu - folds of skins just behind the chin on lower jaw. Amasinini - gums Ameno - teeth Ameno ka amachimo - false teeth. Ameno ka engekwe - premolars Ameno amakeko - molar Ameno ka enyanda - teeth that grows after milk teeth. Ameno ka embalo - incisors Ameno ka esengo - last molar tooth called wisdom teeth Ameno amakhandiachaki - canine teeth. Ameno ka owuchichii - milk teeth. Ebikiye - Eye lashes  Ebikwoki - eyelid  Efwiri - hair Ekhong 'o- towering back head at the parietal bone area. Also parietal bone. Ekhoole - gap in lower teeth caused by removing teeth as part of culture. Ekhoono - deep space at back of head where the neck joins the head. Eliolu - nose Embakukha - gap between two front teeth on the lower jaw. Embenya - natural gap in two front teeth on the upper jaw.  Embuch

ABANYALA BA KAKAMEGA: Verbs in Olunyala (K)

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  DICTIONARY OF OLUNYALA (K) - ENGLISH VERBS ABSTRACT Olunyala (K) is one of the more than   1 7 dialects of the Luyia language spoken in Western Kenya, East Africa (Angogo,   1 980; Guthrie,   1 967; Osogo, 1 966). The purpose of this project article was to collect and document the Olunyala (K) Indigenous Verbs. Verbs are doing words. In Olunyala (K) , ‘to do’ is okhukhola . Therefore, a verb can be called ekholi (pl: amakholi ).   ENTRIES IN OLUNYALA (K) VERB DICTIONARY 1.      The vowel length - Short and long vowel sounds are cont r ast i ve in verbs of Olunyala (K) . Where the r e i s an unde rl ying l ong vowe l it is represented by two sim i lar vowels; otherw i se, a l l other vowels will be written as sing l e vowels.   2.      Entry of the verbs into the verb list- the verbs have been entered alphabetically in their infinitive form: <okhu+ Verb Root + FA>. This is because the infinitive is the best form for marking tone and for showing the bas