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Agikuyu of Wazua,Lets Us Know Our Daughters Better
kysse
#21 Posted : Sunday, March 06, 2016 4:38:55 PM
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Impunity wrote:
While us Kisiis,our names mostly have no real meaning ,for instance Oigara (sigara),Emamba (mamba),Omoro (omollo),Getoi (toy),Esese (dog),Egesa (saa),Ondieki (fisi)...no meaning at all.


Egenkorominyo ?
harrydre
#22 Posted : Sunday, March 06, 2016 8:06:44 PM
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kysse wrote:
Impunity wrote:
While us Kisiis,our names mostly have no real meaning ,for instance Oigara (sigara),Emamba (mamba),Omoro (omollo),Getoi (toy),Esese (dog),Egesa (saa),Ondieki (fisi)...no meaning at all.


Egenkorominyo ?



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kaka2za
#23 Posted : Sunday, March 06, 2016 8:21:52 PM
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Kyuks also have animal names :-Mbogo,Njogu,Ndegwa,Kibia,Ndaiga, Wanugu
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wa P
#24 Posted : Sunday, March 06, 2016 9:23:13 PM
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Impunity wrote:
While us Kisiis,our names mostly have no real meaning ,for instance Oigara (sigara),Emamba (mamba),Omoro (omollo),Getoi (toy),Esese (dog),Egesa (saa),Ondieki (fisi)...no meaning at all.


Laughing out loudly ati gituu?
kysse
#25 Posted : Sunday, March 06, 2016 10:46:07 PM
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kaka2za wrote:
Kyuks also have animal names :-Mbogo,Njogu,Ndegwa,Kibia,Ndaiga, Wanugu


Wangombe,Wahiti..And mannerisms.Mr.Murakaru
kaka2za
#26 Posted : Sunday, March 06, 2016 10:51:09 PM
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kysse wrote:
kaka2za wrote:
Kyuks also have animal names :-Mbogo,Njogu,Ndegwa,Kibia,Ndaiga, Wanugu


Wangombe,Wahiti..And mannerisms.Mr.Murakaru


And Mwaganu like Swenani
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Wrong forever on the throne
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Mtafiti
#27 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2016 5:07:42 AM
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kaka2za wrote:
kysse wrote:
kaka2za wrote:
Kyuks also have animal names :-Mbogo,Njogu,Ndegwa,Kibia,Ndaiga, Wanugu


Wangombe,Wahiti..And mannerisms.Mr.Murakaru


And Mwaganu like Swenani



And other things, including....Waritho, Nderu, Kiongo, Ngoru, Wanyee.......
washiku
#28 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2016 6:59:26 AM
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Mtafiti wrote:
kaka2za wrote:
kysse wrote:
kaka2za wrote:
Kyuks also have animal names :-Mbogo,Njogu,Ndegwa,Kibia,Ndaiga, Wanugu


Wangombe,Wahiti..And mannerisms.Mr.Murakaru


And Mwaganu like Swenani



And other things, including....Waritho, Nderu, Kiongo, Ngoru, Wanyee.......


Na Wamunyota
newfarer
#29 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2016 7:44:36 AM
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kaka2za wrote:
Wamunyota wrote:
The mido crass is ashamed to name their kids after the 9 daughters.It is considered backward and ushamba.Why use these names when we have so many names on our soap operas?


How many daughters did Gikuyu have? Was it 9 or 10?

10 one became Kamba's wife.
punda amecheka
Njung'e
#30 Posted : Monday, March 07, 2016 8:08:27 AM
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Shak wrote:
[quote=masukuma][quote=Cornelius Vanderbilt]
Also the Agikuyu system of name children isn't very good. Depending on the order of birth you are named eirher on your father's or mother's side. This can leads to favoritism or resentment by either parent. Then I don't understand why the man is not supposed to give his child his mother in law's name. Instead the child is named Gathoni or Muthoni as if her name is something to be ashamed of. I stand to be corrected.


Nowhere does the naming of children in Gikuyu have to follow a certain order. It all depends on the parents but since most of us know no other order,we are foolishly stuck with the old.Two,if it was true that all mother-in-laws are named Gathoni/Muthoni, then, three quarters of ladies from the Agikuyu would have no other name. Lemme say this not true.Isn't also true that anyone from your wife's side is a Muthoni?.May it be your brother-in-law, sister-in-law,father or even the mom in-law?. Three, there is a second meaning to the word Gathoni/Muthoni. Now you can ask.


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