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Saturday, September 5, 2015
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Versions of the Kalanga letter "B"
From what I have often written about the Kalanga pronunciation of the letter "B", a non-Kalanga speaker would have difficulty reading three Kalanga infinitive verbs: Ku Bika; Ku Bika and Ku Vika.
The "B" in the first verb, "Ku Bika" (To cook) should be pronounced like the "B" in the religious "Gautama Buddha".
The "B" in the second verb, also written "Ku Bika" (To report) is the soft "B", which in Shona language has been transformed to a "V"; but in Russian remains a "B", although when Russian is translated to English, this "B" becomes a "V". All Kalanga words relating to people groups (or types) e.g, Ba-Kalanga, Ba-Ngwato, Banhu, Bathu, Ba-English, have their "B" in this category.
The "V" in the third verb, "Ku Vika" (To block (a blow)) is pronounced the same way as a "V" in English.
It was with the above in mind that I was pleasantly surprised to find that according to Russian history, the first people to settle in ancient Russia, around the present-day city of Kiev, were called Varangians. Correctly written in Kalanga, these people were Ba-Ra-nGi, meaning "Ra's people on Earth". "Gi" meaning Earth, is not Kalanga; it's Anunnaki language. It is consistently written with a "G" as in I-Gi-Puta (Egypt), and never with a "K", contrary to what some Tswana language writers (TLWs) would have us believe. Some TLWs claim that the last "ki" in Anunnaki refers to Earth, and that Anu-Nna-Ki means Anu who lives on Earth. I mean really? Aren't these the people whom ancient Russian history has called "Varangians"? I maintain that Anu-nnaki is Kalanga, and it simply means Anu-the-Good.
You see, Setswana language developed out of Kalanga. It is a version of Kalanga which is especially suited to be audible in a noisy animal environment. Try saying "Nthu" (meaning "Person"), when cows are moo-ing for their young ones and you will not be heard. But the Setswana version "Motho/Muthu", or for that matter the Shona version "Munhu", is well audible even under those conditions.
Speaking about a "person", the Russian word for a person/human being is quite revealing. In Russian, the word "Vek" (written in Russian alphabet, of course) means 100 years or an age or a lifetime! The Kalanga verb "Ku tjila (pronounced Ku Chila)" means "To live". The Russian word "Chilavek" (written in Russian alphabet of course) means "human being".
We thus have it in Russian that a human being is an animal which lives for about a hundred years. Is this proof that there have been non-human beings, but beings all the same, whose lives used to last either a lot longer or a lot shorter than a hundred years?
The "B" in the first verb, "Ku Bika" (To cook) should be pronounced like the "B" in the religious "Gautama Buddha".
The "B" in the second verb, also written "Ku Bika" (To report) is the soft "B", which in Shona language has been transformed to a "V"; but in Russian remains a "B", although when Russian is translated to English, this "B" becomes a "V". All Kalanga words relating to people groups (or types) e.g, Ba-Kalanga, Ba-Ngwato, Banhu, Bathu, Ba-English, have their "B" in this category.
The "V" in the third verb, "Ku Vika" (To block (a blow)) is pronounced the same way as a "V" in English.
It was with the above in mind that I was pleasantly surprised to find that according to Russian history, the first people to settle in ancient Russia, around the present-day city of Kiev, were called Varangians. Correctly written in Kalanga, these people were Ba-Ra-nGi, meaning "Ra's people on Earth". "Gi" meaning Earth, is not Kalanga; it's Anunnaki language. It is consistently written with a "G" as in I-Gi-Puta (Egypt), and never with a "K", contrary to what some Tswana language writers (TLWs) would have us believe. Some TLWs claim that the last "ki" in Anunnaki refers to Earth, and that Anu-Nna-Ki means Anu who lives on Earth. I mean really? Aren't these the people whom ancient Russian history has called "Varangians"? I maintain that Anu-nnaki is Kalanga, and it simply means Anu-the-Good.
You see, Setswana language developed out of Kalanga. It is a version of Kalanga which is especially suited to be audible in a noisy animal environment. Try saying "Nthu" (meaning "Person"), when cows are moo-ing for their young ones and you will not be heard. But the Setswana version "Motho/Muthu", or for that matter the Shona version "Munhu", is well audible even under those conditions.
Speaking about a "person", the Russian word for a person/human being is quite revealing. In Russian, the word "Vek" (written in Russian alphabet, of course) means 100 years or an age or a lifetime! The Kalanga verb "Ku tjila (pronounced Ku Chila)" means "To live". The Russian word "Chilavek" (written in Russian alphabet of course) means "human being".
We thus have it in Russian that a human being is an animal which lives for about a hundred years. Is this proof that there have been non-human beings, but beings all the same, whose lives used to last either a lot longer or a lot shorter than a hundred years?
Friday, August 7, 2015
Thank you!
To all those who (possibly) had a part in causing my Internet bandwidth to "significantly self-improve", I say "Thank You".
I have just read a fascinating article on Space.com, relating to the theory that our Universe may be just a simulation. I am not a scientist, as I have written on numerous occassions. I just speak Kalanga, and through the medium of Kalanga, I have become completely convinced that the human race did not originate from this planet.
In Kalanga the verb "Ku budha" means "To get out". The word "bana" means "children". The Kalanga phrase "Ne bana" would mean "with the children". Bearing in mind that the "B" in Kalanga is pronounced rather like a "V", I can't help wondering if the Buddhist concept of "Nirvana", simply points to finding a backdoor into the computer simulation, getting out, and "living among the children", whatever such a life would entail.
I have just read a fascinating article on Space.com, relating to the theory that our Universe may be just a simulation. I am not a scientist, as I have written on numerous occassions. I just speak Kalanga, and through the medium of Kalanga, I have become completely convinced that the human race did not originate from this planet.
In Kalanga the verb "Ku budha" means "To get out". The word "bana" means "children". The Kalanga phrase "Ne bana" would mean "with the children". Bearing in mind that the "B" in Kalanga is pronounced rather like a "V", I can't help wondering if the Buddhist concept of "Nirvana", simply points to finding a backdoor into the computer simulation, getting out, and "living among the children", whatever such a life would entail.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
It's done; Nkalanga wotji zwida!
For close to a half year I have been fighting to have my bandwidth restored, to no avail. I have just enough bandwidth to post on my blog, but not enough to search for anything else, nor simply to surf the net.
I therefore continue to pay monthly installments for an internet connection that is effectively a "one-way" engagement with the net. It is unsustainable. I quit!
I therefore continue to pay monthly installments for an internet connection that is effectively a "one-way" engagement with the net. It is unsustainable. I quit!
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Some transformational names
I have come accross some names, not for the first time, which initially bore no significance to me, but which now seem highly significant. These are historical Zimbabwe names. They are written differently by different authors. I will write what I believe they really are. The first name CHIKULA-U-JE-MBEU is of an ancient ruler.
Let's break this name down. The verb KU KULA means TO GROW UP. Chikula is an imperative - "It's time you grew up!" The verb KU JA means TO EAT. U-JE is an imperative - "and eat!". The noun MBEU (here) means GRAIN, otherwise means SEEDS.
The name CHIKULA-U-JE-MBEU therefore loosely translated means IT IS TIME YOU GREW UP AND STARTED EATING GRAIN! Well, what is there to say other than just Voila! A child born in transformation from crap-and-milk eating Anunnaki to grain-eating Human was eagerly awaited to be King.
The next name I met was that of the TORWA dynasty of Nkami (Khami) near Bulawayo. In my recent post titled "Barwa are Barua", I showed that the people of Nkami are the Bangwato, Bakwena and Bangwaketse of present day Botswana. Following the same lexicon, Torwa should correctly read TO-RUA, a word that is partly Kalanga and partly Tswana. "TO" is Kalanga meaning "WE". The word "RUA (dikgomo)" is a Tswana verb meaning "To rear or to raise (cattle)".
What the above shows is that the TORWA were a transformation from a Kalanga speaking to a Tswana speaking dynasty. Some may ask "why not the other way around?" The answer is simply that the names of the listed tribes remain Kalanga names to this day, but a good portion of those tribes speak Setswana (Tswana) today.
A tribe of Kalangas known as Bahumbe, meaning "diggers/miners", evidently identify with the Changamires of the Zimbabwean plateau. I knew a very old woman who died in the early 1970's.
She used to say "Iswi ti ba Makulukusa, uno busa ku BuChanga", meaning "We are of the clan of Makulukusa, who reigns at Changa". In my view this directly links to the "Guruuswa" and their "Changamire" rulers. She also told us that traditionally, their clan rode oxen (Tanangombe?). What this shows is that the Butua (Buthuwa) dynasty of the Changamire's which routed the Barwa from Nkami, extended all the way into present day Botswana. And these are the Barwa to whom the British gave up to 80 % of the land area of Botswana, resulting in the Barwa naming our country after themselves - Botswana!
Let's break this name down. The verb KU KULA means TO GROW UP. Chikula is an imperative - "It's time you grew up!" The verb KU JA means TO EAT. U-JE is an imperative - "and eat!". The noun MBEU (here) means GRAIN, otherwise means SEEDS.
The name CHIKULA-U-JE-MBEU therefore loosely translated means IT IS TIME YOU GREW UP AND STARTED EATING GRAIN! Well, what is there to say other than just Voila! A child born in transformation from crap-and-milk eating Anunnaki to grain-eating Human was eagerly awaited to be King.
The next name I met was that of the TORWA dynasty of Nkami (Khami) near Bulawayo. In my recent post titled "Barwa are Barua", I showed that the people of Nkami are the Bangwato, Bakwena and Bangwaketse of present day Botswana. Following the same lexicon, Torwa should correctly read TO-RUA, a word that is partly Kalanga and partly Tswana. "TO" is Kalanga meaning "WE". The word "RUA (dikgomo)" is a Tswana verb meaning "To rear or to raise (cattle)".
What the above shows is that the TORWA were a transformation from a Kalanga speaking to a Tswana speaking dynasty. Some may ask "why not the other way around?" The answer is simply that the names of the listed tribes remain Kalanga names to this day, but a good portion of those tribes speak Setswana (Tswana) today.
A tribe of Kalangas known as Bahumbe, meaning "diggers/miners", evidently identify with the Changamires of the Zimbabwean plateau. I knew a very old woman who died in the early 1970's.
She used to say "Iswi ti ba Makulukusa, uno busa ku BuChanga", meaning "We are of the clan of Makulukusa, who reigns at Changa". In my view this directly links to the "Guruuswa" and their "Changamire" rulers. She also told us that traditionally, their clan rode oxen (Tanangombe?). What this shows is that the Butua (Buthuwa) dynasty of the Changamire's which routed the Barwa from Nkami, extended all the way into present day Botswana. And these are the Barwa to whom the British gave up to 80 % of the land area of Botswana, resulting in the Barwa naming our country after themselves - Botswana!
Thursday, July 9, 2015
"Dawn" of a new day?
You see, when I put up the post entitled "Nkami" on 30 November 2012, the disk at the feet of the two birdmen in the Rapa Nui Moai birdmen petroglyphs on Easter Island seemed to represent a waterless planet Mars - an empty bowl.
Now, and with the Dawn spacecraft apparently in no hurry to get those closeups of dwarf planet Ceres, that moai Disk looks increasingly like the brightly lit crater on Ceres! I hope it's okay to speculate.
Now, and with the Dawn spacecraft apparently in no hurry to get those closeups of dwarf planet Ceres, that moai Disk looks increasingly like the brightly lit crater on Ceres! I hope it's okay to speculate.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Ceres, Oh Ceres, what are you bringing us?
While I am excited about what the dwarf planet Ceres will reveal, I am filled with trepidation that I may yet again be proved wrong, this time about the Star of David: What if the Star simply represents the 3 mile high pyramid on Ceres, superimposed on Ceres's brightly lit crater!
Let's hope the coming low fly-by photographs will tell us more.
Let's hope the coming low fly-by photographs will tell us more.
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