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Lesson 37 : Ziimbu (Songs of Logooli)

Pic: Muami Mugasu, a famous drum-singer among the Logooli Logooli music is unmatched! Listen to the sweet melodies below and tell us!  ... The lyrics are courtesy of structural writing to assist in deciphering voice-word meaning. 3. Vohovole pupils' (listen) Ijiliki ikuumulanga io Ijiliki ikuumulanga io... Ikuumulanga sya iali iitu! Zyi muvoolele baaba na maama Vakaana vazya muliteenya Inyaanza iavaigalila nzilili nzilili! Vakaana vatano vazya muliteenya Vanyoola lilina lia liaga Vavoolela mulala ingila muo Na uo aaingila muo vuangu Woi woi Woi woi Vanyoola liliina lia liaga Woi woi Woi woi Na uo aaingila muo vuangu! Nali naitema kileenge muinzu mua nali Naitema naitema kino Nasuunga munzu mua nali Nisuusu... nisuusu! *** 2. Kuba magulu! ( listen ) Magoondi gaa mu'mba muno  simutula kuakina kuba! Zimbuli zia mu'mba muno  Simutula kuakina kuba! Kuba magulu mangusanguse Mangusanguse... muoyo guidoola! Guidoola... singila mazi! Singila mazi kasaata inda kamala! Aakamala kaha...
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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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