Abanyala ba Kakamega

A] TIME IN OLUNYALA (K) DIALECT OF LUHYA. Among Abanyala ba Kakamega, time is referred to as ebise . The twenty-four hours of the day is subdivided into the following time zones. Makherebeende- from 3am to 4am. It marks the start of the day. It is associated with the first cock-crow. Ewuikwe ni yikheba- from 4am to 5am. It is marked with the brightening of the horizon on the East before sunrise. It is associated with the second cockcrow. Mumawiiwi- from 5am to 6am. It is associated with the third cockcrow. Chulichuli- from 6am to 7am. It is associated with the first singing of the morning birds and sunrise. Children born at such time are called Wechuli or Machula. Owusieye- from 7am to around 9am. The time of early visiting, early women and children activities, and morning greetings of "Wusieye!'  Musisanya- between 10am and 11am. Girls born at such hours are called Misenya. Musiteche (musi) from 11 am to 1pm. (Also used for daytime). It is associated with shadows bei...

Abanyala ba Kakamega have various sports and games for children and men in the society. Elderly women only play a role of teaching children the games. The following were the major games. Amakhu - These were fights involving cattle- specifically bulls. The game spontaneously took place at the grazing fields where people enjoyed by cheering and jeering. At times, herdsmen could goad the bulls from one herd to fight with another bull from another herd. This was done after grazing and ignited by forcing the bulls to smell blood from a tick.  No specific organised days and events were reserved for amakhu among Abanyala ba Kakamega. It was just a grazing field event. Also, the children had soil made animal-toys that they played with imitating the animal fights in a game that they too called amakhu . Amakoora - game played by young girls and young boys. The players sit in a circle around a hole on ground filled with 20 to 30 small stones or marbles. The first player picks up one ...

The following is an exposition of onomatopoeia and idiophone found in  Olunyala (K).  The  Olunyala (K)  is a sub-dialect of Luhya language spoken by the Abanyala in Kakamega. Olunyala (K) is internationally coded as ISO 939-3 nle. Onomatopoeic words in Olunyala (K) are words that are an imitations of the sounds they represent. From the list it will be noted that most of them are attributive nouns. They perform the gramatical function of being both nouns and verbs: they name the immitated sound in the action of the verb therein and at the same time they are adjectives for they describes the sound named therein. These attributive nouns are formed by adding the prefix omu~  and a suffix  ~o to an onamatopoeic verb  to add meaning of sound-manner related to the verb. In the list, the ideophone is provided next to the verb in brackets. Omuaano- sound related to the cry of cattle or donkey in need of something. (Okhuana moo) Omubatabato- sound like ...

The following is an exposition of vowel letters and vowel sounds found in  Olunyala (K).  The  Olunyala (K)  is a sub-dialect of Luhya language spoken by the Abanyala in Kakamega. Olunyala (K) is internationally coded as ISO 939-3 nle. VOWEL LETTERS OF OLUNYALA (K) Vowel  letters  used in words to respresent sounds in Olunyala (k) are only five. These five letters that appear in Olunyala (k) orthography are as listed here: a as in abana for children e as in esicheme for that which has been cut. i as in esikingi for a hill. The letter 'i' does not appear at start of Olunyala words unless it is atached to w or y. o as in omusolo for a game u as in omusulu for soot. The letter 'u' does not appear at start of words of Olunyala (k) unless it is preceeded by w or y. VOWEL SOUNDS OF OLUNYALA (K) a) Short vowel sound from the five vowel letters a as /a/ in aka e as /e/ in eke i as /i/ ekhirikhikhi o as /o/ as in owulolo for chicken mite u as /u...

The following are conjunctions and conjuctives found in  Olunyala (K).  The  Olunyala (K)  is a sub-dialect of Luhya language spoken by the Abanyala in Kakamega. Olunyala (k) is internationally coded as ISO 939-3 nle. Olunyala Conjunction and Conjuctives are words of Olunyala (k), just like in English or Kiswahili, used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in a construction. A] MAJOR EXAMPLES OF CONJUNCTIONS AND CONJUCTIVES IN OLUNYALA (K). The following are the main examples of the conjunctions and conjuctives categorised basing on their function. 1. Conjunctions and conjuctives of addition. ~achio~achio nende (as well as/ vilevile) Students as well as teachers got a beating from the madman.  Abasomi bachiobachio nende abalimu banyoye esikhupo okhuchula khu mulalu oyo. Ako elubeka (fauka ya hayo/ besides that) Besides that, this child is a thief.  Ako elubeka , omwana ono mwibi. Aukhala wa ( instead of) Give me tea instead of ...