My people,
Today I talk about synonyms in Sabaot, this
basically refers to different words that have the same or nearly
the same meaning as another in a language. My experience with the Sabaot language
is that synonyms are very many. I know that in some instances this is because of
dialectical difference whereby one dialect would predominantly use one word
whereas another would use the other. If one goes to Book you may find them
talking of the tongue more as meesiit while the Koony side would talk of ng’elyebta.
I would love to get more
examples together with brief definitions of more synonyms in Sabaot. I hereby
give five pairs. There are also instances where we have more than two words
having the same meaning! I would love to get such examples!
Next we will look at words
with more than one meaning:
1.
Bunte (arrive)
Yit (arrive)
2.
Saamiiyta (bush)
Wuuyēēt (bush)
3.
Kēēsyēēt (Marriage)
Kamutiisyeet (marriage)
4.
Wōōkyi (return or again)
Kētyi (return or again)
5.
Bēl (defeat)
Biir(Defeat)
Reagards,
Sabila Ng'ania
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