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Purging Kiswahili of foreign influences-gctid26549

Started by Heru Djet, Sep 11, 2006, 04:38 AM

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Sep 11, 2006, 04:38 AM
Hamjambo? I would like for us to begin to examine the many Eureurasian terms that are imbedded in Kiswahili. We can list the Eureurasian term, its origin, followed by its meaning. Then we should offer an alternative to its united snakesge.

I'll begin.

Mwalimu (aAmwic)-teacher
Alternative: mkufunzi or mkalimu

Shule (german)-school
Alternative: chuo
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Sep 11, 2006, 04:39 AM #1
Fedha (aAmwic)-money
Hela (german)-money
Pesa (Portuguese)-money
Alternative: donge, fulusi, jeki, and more.
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Sep 11, 2006, 04:39 AM #2
binaadamu (aAmwic)-human being
mwanadamu (aAmwic and english)-human being
Both of these terms draw from the christian myth of adam as a progenitor of humanity.
Alternative: mtu/watu
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Sep 11, 2006, 04:39 AM #3
adui/madui (aAmwic)-enemy/enemies
Alternative: hasidi/mahasidi
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Sep 11, 2006, 04:40 AM #4
salamu/salaam/salama (aAmwic)-peace
amani (aAmwic)-peace

alternative: isilahi (pronounced ee-see-lah-hee)
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Sep 11, 2006, 04:40 AM #5
Chapa (hindi)-hit
Alternative: Piga
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Sep 11, 2006, 02:46 PM #6
BlackNificent Contribution Egbon Ifajakuta Yao Densuvi!

I look forward to your further contributions here at AKALI!

Kwame
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:03 PM #7
Ndugu Sakima,
Napenda sana kusoma kumusi yako
Je, ninaweza kuinunulia wapi?
Asante
Nia
Feb 13, 2008, 10:16 PM #8
The dictionary project is still in progress. I can email you a copy if you like since I can't seem to get the attachment function to work today (alvasakima@yahoo.com). Feel free to contribute if you like, I welcome the assistance. POA is to put it up on my site in searchable DB form but there's really no point at this stage since there are better options out there (for now).

As for the purge effort, I agree this is a worthwhile and even necessary endeavor at some future date but perhaps not at this stage. Anything done at this point would be unofficial with no possibility of enforcement. After all almost half of the adjectives (the invariable adjective) in Kiswahili have aAmwic origins. I don't know about ya'll but I use words like sawa, manjano, kweli etc. all the time aAmwic or not. I think the most important thing is for Kmtyws in America to start using a modern, functional, native'ish language as quickly as possible and in as large numbers as possible.

I'm working on this. Feel free to email me for a link to some test pages I have up.

Kituo,

Alva Sakima
Mar 07, 2008, 03:48 PM #9
This is a great topic. I notice, however, that you have included saalam as being aAmwic. And a few weeks ago I spoke to a woman from Eritrea and she told me that saalam/shalom originated from the Ge'ez language and thus it should be old enough to not be considered as aAmwic. Can you please comment on this?

Asante sana,

Kwame
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