Mr Sey
Legend has it that the name Sabiji came about because the founder of Sabiji Amdalai Demba was asked by a fortune teller to run after his sheep and settle whereever the ship was caught. Sabiji literally means the "the Sheep (Sajiyo) is there". Sabiji was at or near present day Bakoteh. The same legend said that there was a big fire in Sabiji presumably years after it was settled and Amlai Demba and his kin moved to present day Sukuta which means new home in Mandinka. However peolple continue to use the names interchangeably.
nyancho
native sukutan
jawo abdoulie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Mr Sey,
That sounds interesting. However, it will also be interesting to know how the name came to be pronounced as S-a-b-i-j-i instead of "Saa bije" (meaning a "a snake is there")!!
Bijilo for instance is the shorter name for "Biji lo jaŋ" (Biji stop/stand here), a statement from the first settler in Bijilo, Biji Bah, a cattle herdsman.
Jaraama....
Abdoulie - Malawi
baboucarr Sey wrote:
I don´t know of Lamin but Sukuta and Sabiji is same,
simply because in the early days before the town was
called someting else, the town was a no go area after
night fall people who venture to go there after night
fall were attack by a big snake hence the name Sabiji.
To cut the store short don´t go it´s late at night
the snake is around.
Mandinka ka nata sutokuta sarbiji
Cheers
Mbye
--- Malanding Jaiteh wrote:
> Folks,
> A quick question for all. Is Gunjur or Kunjur?
> Sukuta or Sabiji? Lamin
> or Lameng? I know they are writen one way and
> pronounced the other. So
> what are the real names of these towns?
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
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