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Lesson 37 : Ziimbu (Songs of 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. *** 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 kahaanda kumugongo! Kumugongo... mama kiligisa!  Kiligisa... akubaanga kia galaha!  Kia galaha... kia musuumba atahulila!  Musuumba niatulila indaangu Aaloveeli!  Vaani... aaloveeli!  "Valugaanga! Valugaanga vuchima vua mugaamba ni mahaandala!  Zyi muteeve mukaana asyezanga... Uze - uze - uze !  Akali mukeele noho! *** Mukeele ua Hamisi (listen) Mukeele ua Hamisi A aaa woi woi nlalila  Mukeele ua Hamisi  Aaa wooi nlalila  Asyezanga masya A aaa woi woi nlalila  Asyezanga masya  Aaa wooi nlalila...
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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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