[Civsoc-mw] Fwd: Ma lawi the name

[cuthbertkachale]

Tatenda chaizvo. Maita basa.

Mzee


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From: Dunstain Mwaungulu <dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com> 
Date: 01/06/2017  04:48  (GMT+02:00) 
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Subject: RE: Fwd: Ma lawi the name 
 
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
From: cuthbertkachale
Sent: ‎30/‎05/‎2017 15:02
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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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From: Dunstain Mwaungulu <dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com> 
Date: 28/05/2017 19:39 (GMT+02:00) 
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Nyasa - means lake - in the northern earlier dialetes!

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