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Originally Posted by SerLunchbox
if Mbuna is in the language of swahili then every letter is pronounced
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Kiswahili, please! :P Now don't make me hit you with a kibua!
"Mbuna" is actually chiTumbuku, and means "rock dweller".
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02-10-2005, 10:01 AM
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well then .... i am a cook/chef not a fricken language major [acronym:9dd7c68577="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:9dd7c68577] Swahili is the north american way to say it and is accepted as much as kiswahili as far as i can tell 
I was just wondering cause Mbuna (i think it was) in kiswahili means river .... i work with a girl that is from the rift lake area of Africa.
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02-10-2005, 10:12 PM
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I have always said : M-buna, [acronym:575e0d18af="For what its worth"]fwiw[/acronym:575e0d18af]. No plans to stop... 
Betta is indeed: beda, because "bay-ta" is how you pronounce the word BETA, with one "T."
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02-11-2005, 07:02 AM
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I know it's not fresh-water, but
anenome--an enemy
I didn't learn how to pronounce it until I watched Finding Nemo 
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02-11-2005, 08:12 AM
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I thought it was anemone: an-em-o-nee
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02-11-2005, 10:47 AM
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Ok, I never took Latin so how do you say:
Colisa lalia
is it La- LIA with emphasis on the LIA
or
LA-lia with emphasis on the LA?
Thanks, I've been dying to know. 
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02-11-2005, 11:41 AM
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What is Colisa lalia 
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02-11-2005, 12:20 PM
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02-11-2005, 04:30 PM
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water=die-high-dro-jenn-ox-ide 
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02-11-2005, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TankGirl
I have always said : M-buna, [acronym:61bfc22531="For what its worth"]fwiw[/acronym:61bfc22531]. No plans to stop...
Betta is indeed: beda, because "bay-ta" is how you pronounce the word BETA, with one "T."
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It is 'bett-a'!!! 
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