[Civsoc-mw] [Malawitalk] RE: Fwd: Ma lawi the name

[Shadreck Kapanga Chirwa]

Great

On Jun 1, 2017 4:48 AM, "Dunstain Mwaungulu via MALAWITALK" <
MALAWITALK2 at groupspaces.com> wrote:

> Yes, basebeli! Nyanja, nyanza, nyasa! The English got it wrong. When asked
> what is this body of water the indigenous said  Nyanja, nyasa nyanza -
> meaning lake. Nyasa was not its name - but what it was, a lake. Wa nyasa -
> it means people of the lake! Like wa taifa - in Swahili, the people of the
> state. In the west of Malawi are called ba Nyanja - people of the lake! Ba
> Nyanja to Zambians are all Malawians - people of the lake. To them there
> was no distinction between Tumbuka, Chewa, Chawa! All these were Chinyanja
> - language (s) of the people of the lake! The Chinyanja of Zambia is a
> mixture of Tumbuka and Chichewa! I was shocked that mayilo - in Tumbuka,
> yesterday - is tomorrow in Chinyanja of Zambia
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> From: cuthbertkachale <cuthbertkachale at gmail.com>
> Sent: ‎30/‎05/‎2017 15:02
> To: Dunstain Mwaungulu <dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com>; Mzondi W.J. Moyo
> <mzondimoyo at yahoo.com>; civsoc-mw at sdnp.org.mw; NYASANET at listserv.icors.org;
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> Cc: Cuthbert Kachale <cuthbertkachale at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Ma lawi the name
>
> Thank you Baseberi.
>
> So in Ngonde an Nyakyusa Nyasa also means lake.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Mzee.
>
>
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>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Dunstain Mwaungulu <dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com>
> Date: 28/05/2017 19:39 (GMT+02:00)
> To: cuthbertkachale <cuthbertkachale at gmail.com>,"Mzondi W.J. Moyo" <
> mzondimoyo at yahoo.com>,civsoc-mw at sdnp.org.mw,NYASANET at listserv.icors.org,
> MALAWITALK2 at groupspaces.com,Nasoro isa <nasoroisa at YAHOO.COM>,bwalo-
> la-aphunzitsi at googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Malawitalk] Re: Fwd: Ma lawi the name
>
>
> Nyasa - means lake - in the northern earlier dialetes!
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