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[edit] Karibu

Welcome to my wikipedia page! Nothing much here, lakini bado ndio naanza kazi! You can see my most recent contriutions at [1] Wanyonyi 12:32, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good work

Thanks for your contributions, it's good to see you around! I've brought you a sunflower. You might have something to add to Elgon languages — since you seem to know the area quite well, you might also know more about the sociolinguistic situaution — things like the main lingua franca of the area, and whether Pok and Bong'om are teached in school, etc. Incidentally, I've added an {{merge}} tag to your article Mt Elgon since we already have Mount Elgon. Your text can be added to the latter, and then the former can be turned into a redirect. Keep up the good work! Cheers, — mark ✎ 21:56, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Email

If you sent me an email recently, could you let me know in reply here please? Talrias (t | e | c) 22:53, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lumasaaba

Thanks, Wanyonyi, for your note on my talk page. Did you add this to the Bukusu language article? It's very relevant info. Haven't came across you for some time, it's nice to see you editing again! — mark ✎ 18:15, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Muezzin

I'm not sure if you're aware of my answer (not really an answer) to your question on my Talk page. If I remember, I will ask a Semiticist coming Tuesday. — mark ✎ 20:01, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I have asked Harry Stroomer, and according to him the words come from distinct roots: Muezzin from the Arabic root 'DN and Hazzan from the root HZN. So the superficial similarity is merely coincidental. — mark ✎ 12:07, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] kiazi

Hello, I'm here to ask the meaning of kiazi in Swahili, since potato and sw:kiazi are linked with interwiki, but the photo in sw:kiazi seems that "kiazi" in Swahili means yam. --Puzzlet Chung 03:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Kiazi is a generic term used generally as a reference to potatoes, though this is not actually correct - it actually means edible root. The term should be used with a qualifier to denote the actual root being referred to: for example, yam is casually called kiazi kikuu - meaning large root, while sweet potatoes - borrowing from English usage - are called viazi vitamu - literally meaning sweet potatoes. In Kenya, kiazi is generally used to refer to the Irish Potato, and in the (very few) communities that grow yams, there are different names for the different varieties of yams - the white yam, for example, is called danga, while another variety is called mtubwi. As such, the use of kiazi to refer to a yam would be correct in much the same way that root crop would be a correct reference, in English, to cassava: technically correct but not informative enough. Wanyonyi 06:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The text in sw:kiazi seems to indicate potato, because it mention Solanaceae, (scientific branch in which potato is classified,) but the picture shows a photograph of yams. Do you think sw:kiazi should be a disambiguation page, or just alter the image? --Puzzlet Chung 14:08, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I would think kiazi should be a disambiguation page that then links to the specific cases. In fact, I will work on that soon! Wanyonyi 15:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation to Swahili Wikipedia

If you have not yet started to do so, please consider contributing to Swahili Wikipedia. Wasalaam, Oliver

[edit] Could you help me write this article?

Hello,

I was wondering if you would be willing to help me write either Seikichi_Iha or Shorin-ryu_Shido-kan. Tkjazzer 21:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


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