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- proper noun a
Bantu language ofTanzania andSomalia
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Examples
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Note 122: Proto-Wami * - bago "forest or bush covered land"; e.g., in Zigua mbago ma - "a wood or forest." back
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In Kami its application included marriage observances as well as one aspect of a ceremonial offering, while in Zigua it named just the marriage ceremony.
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And mzuanda is also found in Zigua kiziwanda (vi -) "the last born of a family."
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133 Its presence in Zigua of the Seuta branch, as well as in Sabaki, suggests it was a proto-NECB innovation.
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Zigua biga (ma -) "a water-jar"; Yao wiga, chi - "a pot or vessel of any kind"; Lenje luŵia/chiŵia "earthen pot."
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Zigua kungwi, ma - "one who has had a certain illness previously"; Bondei (Seuta) kungwi, plus same term in Swahili and Ruvu, as well as in Nyanja namkungwi; Proto-Kaskazi * mkunga "midwife/birth attendant"; also in Lambya and Mabia; Gogo munkunga "circumciser," "sponsor of girl initiates."
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Zigua kinyamkila "whirlwind"; Swahili kinyamkera, vi -, "evil spirit propitiated at crossroads, wind spirit, storm that causes a whirlwind."
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Outside of Ruvu, two neighboring Kaskazi societies, the Ndamba speakers of the Kilombero group, far inland from the Indian Ocean coast, and the Zigua speakers of the Seuta branch of Northeast-Coastal Bantu recognized it.
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Lenje mwiko/miko, n. "large spoon, ladle"; Zigua lwiko ny -, mwiko mi - "ladle."
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Zigua hunga ku - "to exorcise, to expel an evil spirit."
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