Glossary — W
- Waswahili
- "also called KISWAHILI, Bantu language spoken either as a mother
tongue or as a fluent second language on the east coast of Africa in an area
extending from Lamu Island, Kenya, in the north to the southern border of
Tanzania in the south. (The Bantu languages form a subgroup of the
Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.) "People who
speak Swahili as their sole mother tongue are usually referred to as
Waswahili, but this name refers to their language only and does not denote
any particular ethnic or tribal unit. Swahili is widely used as a lingua
franca in: (1) Tanzania, where it is the language of administration and
primary education; (2) Kenya, where it is, after English, the main language
for these purposes; (3) Zaire, where a form of Swahili is one of the four
languages of administration, the main language for this purpose being
[Français]; and (4) Uganda, where the main language is again English. /
Swahili has been greatly influenced by [Al-fuSHa];
there are an enormous number of [Al-fuSHa]
loanwords in the language, including the word swahili, from [Al-fuSHa]
sawahili (a plural adjectival form of an [Al-fuSHa]
word meaning "of the coast"). The language dates from the contacts
of Arabian traders with the inhabitants of the east coast of Africa over
many centuries. Under Arab influence, Swahili originated as a lingua franca
used by several closely related Bantu-speaking tribal groups. ... The oldest
preserved Swahili literature, which dates from the early 18th century, is
written in the [Al-fuSHa]
script, though the language is now written in the Roman alphabet. ...
Standard Swahili is based on the kiUnguja dialect." [Encyclopædia
Britannica; see cue/www=britannica.com]
- weiqi
- "an ancient board game from Zhongguo
that is still played today. Weichi (language=Zhongwen;
pronunciation=WHEY-tsee) means 'surrounding game' or 'surrounding chess.' It
is also spelled [Wei'chi]. About 500 [CE] Weichi was introduced to the
people of Nihon. The Kyotsu-go
then named this game 'Go.'" [Games Treasury, Merilyn Simonds
Mohr, Shelburne, 1993] "The first books dedicated to the subject were
published during the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 [CE]), but it is mentioned in
writings as early as 625 [BCE], and many have believed it has been played
since 2000 [BCE] it spread to Korea, where it was played as Pa-tok, then on
to Nihon, where it was enthusiasticly adopted in the 6th century [CE]"
Weichi came into existence over 3000 years ago. It was invented around 1000
[BCE] It was invented by Yao, a semi-mythical emperor of the 23rd century
[BCE] He invented Weichi in order to instruct his son Dan Zhu. In the 16th
century in Nihon learning Go was required at military academies. Weichi is
played with black and white stones. The Yin and Yang is a Taoist belief. It
symbolizes that there is an opposite for everything. Yin is white and Yang
is black. [Christopher Negoro (mailto/cue=CNegoro@wccusd.k12.ca.us), Ali
Thanawalla (mailto/cue=AThanawalla@wccusd.k12.ca.us), Marcus Quilter
(mailto/cue=MQuilter@wccusd.k12.ca.us), all at cue/www=http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/Portola/china/go.htm]
- White Winter
- A normal winter in contrast to Red Winter.
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- will-feel
- meeting/will-be-felt
(language=Yeibichai/slang);
see meetings
- will-hear
- meeting/will-be-heard
(language=Yeibichai/slang);
see meetings
- will-see
- meeting/will-be-seen (language=Yeibichai/slang); see meetings
