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Ziikuulu zia Logooli (Poems in Lulogooli)

1. Imbula ia Kivuni ki? ipiicha: facebook.com Imbula kuba. Imbula ia kivuni ki? Imbula ia kutuunga kikoongo. Igaasizaa kiani kihya. Uswaale lidohi uumbake. Imbula ia kulaviza mueli. Mieli jinyagulizaa muhiga. Iene io siimanyiki. Imbula ia kutuliza luguuki. Zinzila zia vibigabigi vigomagomaa kuo. Utaisiinga luguuki niuzya lugeendo. Imbula ia gudu. Uve niualima muhiga. Uzyiile muvandi. Imbula ia kuseembela. Vitaagwa viigalile vukuusi. Magaanda galase kimuli.  Imbula ia magina. Ienyaa kuonoonya vindu. Ia vatemelaa zimbaazi haviguuti ivite. Imbula ia kuingiliza mugeni. Na kugaasiza vugeni. Kumenye na vusaangaali. Imbula ia kuogiza masaahi. Vaana vaakakevwa. Likula lihya ligase. Imbula ia kuluguta mueli. Siumanya lua ikubaa kumala. Ileetaa muheeso noho muvasu. Imbula ia maliga. Kusyoomaa muvuveeleli niikueya maliga. Mundu mulahi niamali kutula hao. Imbula ia maloongo. Vachelevi kuta visiinda hakiliindwa. Vaata vate nivamanyi muima. Imbula ia zingo kuivula. Lua ikubaa na muvasu guvala....
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Syllable [-Nya], slippery [-Nya] & [Inflection -Nya]

You can also watch the video for this lesson. 

Syllable Ny.a can be found in words as Enyama, Manyego, Vunyuki, Runyovo, Nyagula, Nyaha etc. It can also be found at the end of the word as Menya, Kenya, Gōnya, Sinya etc. This article is interested in inflection of the verb when the end syllable is -nya. 

In inflection, Ururogōri expands on verbs in a way to outlay how specifically the action is happening. When a verb is inflected with syllable -nya, it would mean the action is repeatedly ongoing - even at a more active rate with causation - with a leaning to bad doing. Observe the examples below

  • kuba beat; kuba+nya = kubanya 
  • seka laugh; seka+nya = sekanya
  • vōra say; vōra+nya = vōranya 
Interest is drawn to verbs that end with -ny.a, which also have to be inflected with -ny.a. This is for us to learn the kind of end consonants expected in writing in line with sounds. Observe the words below.
  • Menya live; menya+nya = menyanya
  • Sinya abhor; sinya+nya = sinyanya
  • nyānya eat; nyānya+nya = nyānyanya

Slippery sound y is caused by dipthong ia [ia='y] as in the cases of ria~rya eat, zia~zya go, nia~nya defecate etc when the word is not a combination of morphemes. Words as ria of and zia of do not take the slippery as the noun class syllables [ri/zi etc] are pronounced separately from possessive adjective '.a'. When these /n'y.a/ end verbs are inflected with -ny.a, we get the examples as below. 

  • nia = nya; nya+nya = nyanya
  • sagania = saganya; saganya+nya = saganyanya
  • togonia = togonya; togonya+nya = togonya

The above three sounds : frontal nya /ny/, palatal /ny'/ and slippery /n'y/ are responsible for the beauty of Rurogōri [the three ny.a sounds] which shall keep being expanded as the language keeps being studied.

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