ABANYALA BA KAKAMEGA: Language- Naming of smells.

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By Balovera Edwin Ongacho

Olunyala (K) has names for different smells. The following are the names.

  1. Ekhe- smell from aquatic vertebrates such as fish. 

  2. Engekhene- smell of rust especially when in liquid or viscous form.. 
  3. Embiye- bad belch smell.
  4. Emisu- smell from unwashed hands and utencils after eating a meal such as meat, chicken and fish.
  5. Epundi- smell from human urine.
  6. Esinokho- after s3x smell.
  7. Esinyololo- smell from urine of domestic animal.
  8. Esiobe- bad smell from nose mucus. 
  9. Eteko- dead human's smell.
  10. Olubululu- smell of frying fat.
  11. Oluchaai- the smell of exposed blood from human or animals.
  12. Oluchulilisi- smell from a fart.
  13. Olufube- smell of rotten eggs. 
  14. Olufundu- decomposing smell of item that is covered for some days.
  15. Olufululu- aroma of roasting meat.
  16. Olukakha- smell of wound or scabies on body.
  17. Olukekhi- smell of a mongoose
  18. Olukhenenu- vaginal smell.
  19. Olukhole- the smell of a he-goat. 

  20. Olukukhulu- smelling mouldy 

  21. Oluliingo- Smell from a dead animal
  22. Olumemo- smell from some rodents
  23. Olumisi- specific smell of specific animal or ones personal smell.
  24. Olumiulu- smell of ugali being cooked
  25. Olumonya- pungent smell from some ants called emoonyo and some tree called omumoonyo.
  26. Olumusiyu- smell of bad breath; halitosis.
  27. Olusaambo- fragrance smell
  28. Olusaho- smell of sour milk.
  29. Olusee- smell of offals
  30. Olusu- smell from dirty sweat of human body.
  31. Oluwochololo- smell fry frying food.
  32. Oluwoowo- nice smell from flowers
  33. Oluwunyo- any type of smell.
  34. Oluwutukho- strong stench from rotting item.
  35. Omulakho- stinking smell; smell of corpse.
  36. Omulingo- smell of buirning starchy food like potatoes.
  37. Owiwo- smell of newborn baby.
  38. Owufuniyu- smell of smegma.
  39. Owukundu- strong unnatural fawl smelling fart arising from sickness such as bloat.
  40. Owuluuho- smell of vegetable such as black night shade that remains in a pot long after cooking. Eyatekha namasaka; siyiwamo owuluuho.
  41. Owunusu- the smell of something being hunted picked by a trained sniffing dog.
  42. Owuwolo- rotting smell

Comments

  1. musi victorJanuary 5, 2021 at 10:52 AM

    Always educative and exciting to learn this amazing language of ours

    ReplyDelete
  2. Franklyne KhaembaJanuary 31, 2021 at 1:14 AM

    Oli musacha mwana wa papa. However, publish on esimo cha banyala.

    ReplyDelete

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