FIRE IN SABAOT

Maata              Fire

Naam              Ignite a fire or to light a lamp/candle

Lay-                 to get burned

Laay                 Start a fire     

Rikitiit               A fire burning fiercely / with big flames

Ywookyi           Increase the intensity of the fire

Ng’asyan          Glowing (ng’ēsyēnē  ãng’oong’tiit)

Āng’oong’tiit  This refers to glowing charcoal/ firewood. This is what some of us would go and borrow from a neighbour to come and light your own fire or that which you would cover with areek (Ash) so that in the morning you will have something with which to naam  or laay your fire/ maata

Mis                  To go off

Miis                 To put off a fire/flame

Mēl                  Scorch Like chicken after removing the feathers and now you want to clear the remaining hair/fur. This also applies to the practice of passing a stick through fire with the intention of hardening it.

Lalaany           To warm something like water for bathing so that the water becomes lebleb

Peel                 Burn or roast like you would do with green maize

Yooy                Boil in water; like if you want a boiled egg or even boiled maize

Waatan           Roast like nyama choma

Suus                To fry using oil

Chuchuuy       Decrease the intensity of a fire/ reduce the intensity

 

QESTIONS:

1.     What is the appropriate terminology for Milk, Tea or Water

Do we peel cheeko or Yooy cheeko?

What about tea do we peel or yooy

What bout water do we lalaany, peel or yooy beeko?

2.     Is there anything other than meat that we Waatan?  e.g. Potatoes?