_Liguisu (I'm not sure how to spell it) is the tribal language in Bududa. Here are the few words and phrases I learned and still remember:
Matoke = special kind of flavolous (not sweet) banana, that is localy grown and used for various forms of cooking - mashed, fried, fresh...
Matatoo = an incredibly squished van that takes you to Mbale - usually transports 20 to 30 people and three chickens, on their way to the death house
Maduka = The little group of shops at the entrance to Bududa, where they sell bananas, tomatos, soda, and other such foods - I wouldn't recomend the meat, as it's been dangling outside of the store getting splattered with dirt and dust - sadly, they murder a cow every week (at prescicely seven o'clock a.m.), so there's no telling how long that stuff has been sitting there.
Wanyala = Thank you
Wanyala hooteh ha = Thank you for digging
Wanyala hulima = Thank you for cooking
Melembe = Hello
Poleh=Slow:always say 'poleh,poleh' to your motorcycle driver
one time at night a ...
Matoke = special kind of flavolous (not sweet) banana, that is localy grown and used for various forms of cooking - mashed, fried, fresh...
Matatoo = an incredibly squished van that takes you to Mbale - usually transports 20 to 30 people and three chickens, on their way to the death house
Maduka = The little group of shops at the entrance to Bududa, where they sell bananas, tomatos, soda, and other such foods - I wouldn't recomend the meat, as it's been dangling outside of the store getting splattered with dirt and dust - sadly, they murder a cow every week (at prescicely seven o'clock a.m.), so there's no telling how long that stuff has been sitting there.
Wanyala = Thank you
Wanyala hooteh ha = Thank you for digging
Wanyala hulima = Thank you for cooking
Melembe = Hello
Poleh=Slow:always say 'poleh,poleh' to your motorcycle driver
one time at night a ...
_teacher from BVA and his wife were riding, and because the guy was speeding SUPER fast and it was pitch black (reminder: NO electricity at all - not even at the guest house), he hit a pot-hole and his two passengers went flying - and he kept on riding, although totally aware of the weight gone, as well as the fact that he'd get oin big troubl if he did anything but speed away. The teacher's wife (who was, foolishly, riding side-saddled - NEVER do that) ended up with a broken leg, something horrible with her head, and a rotting bed in Bududa Hospital. I'm not sure how they got anywhere, as it was midnight, but they don't know who the driver was, and can't press charges.
Yaya = a comfortable word for sibling - say 'melembe yaya' to young children who feel special when you personalize a greeting.
Enjoy,
Allie
Yaya = a comfortable word for sibling - say 'melembe yaya' to young children who feel special when you personalize a greeting.
Enjoy,
Allie
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