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9-532: Gishu may refer to: Gisu Gīshu , a fictional character Gishu, Hormozgan , a village in Iran Gishu, Kerman , a village in Iran Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gishu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

18-627: A significant percentage are Roman Catholic estimated at 29.1%. Around 14% of the Bagisu people follow Islam according to the 2002 Census of Uganda and 5.3% are Pentecostal . The Masaba , Bukusu and Luhya people believed that their ancestors were Mundu and Sera. The people of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Highlands have no name for Kundu, except that it is a mountain peak in Oromiya. The Bamasaba ancestor , Masaba migrated from

27-560: Is the local name of Mount Elgon and the name of the son of the ancestor of the Gisu tribe. Like other Bantu languages, Lumasaba nouns are divided into several sets of noun classes . These are similar to the genders in Germanic and Romance languages , except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes. The language has a quite complex verb morphology. Varieties of Masaba are as follows: Dadiri

36-681: The Ethiopian Mountains traveling via Lake Turkana to Sironko and settled around Bududa where he fell in love with a Maasai girl who was known as Nabarwa. The family of Nabarwa demanded that in order for Masaba to marry their daughter he had to undergo their rite of circumcision. He agreed to do so. Circumcision in Africa is an old culture as practiced by the Bamasaaba in Eastern Uganda .The culture of circumcision

45-716: The nickname Nkisu given to Mwambu by Maswababa's Maasai Brother-in-law . The Bamasaba speak a dialect of the Lumasaba language called Lumasaba , which is fully understandable by other dialects, and is also understood by the Bukusu. The Bamasaba share a lot of things with the Bukusu from Kenya. They share culture and according to the Bukusu the Bamasaba are their real brothers its only the border that divides them. The Bagisu communities are agriculturalists. Those who stay as far as 5000 ft above sea-level grow Arabica coffee,

54-525: The Lumasaba language. These bamboo shoots are collected from bamboo trees on top of Mt. Elgon. Maswahaba's first son with Nabarwa was Mwambu who was nicknamed Nkisu by his Maasai uncles who had stolen his father's cows from him. Masawahaba failed to pronounce the nickname of Nkisu meaning a bull in Maasai language , given to his son his uncle and he pronounced it as Mugisu. The name Bagisu originated from

63-538: The biggest portion of it being sold to Bugisu Co-operative Union.They also grow other crops like cotton and tobacco, maize, beans, millet, sorghum, yams and cassava. Lumasaba Masaba ( Lumasaaba ), sometimes known as Gisu ( Lugisu ) after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by more than two million people in East Africa. The Gisu dialect in eastern Uganda is mutually intelligible with Bukusu , spoken by ethnic Luhya in western Kenya. Masaba

72-472: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gishu&oldid=932845741 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gisu The majority of the Bagisu people are Christians mainly Anglican ( Church of Uganda ) estimated at 45.7% while

81-455: Was adopted by the Bamasaba from their in-laws the Maasai people. The men among the Bagisu tribe undergo initiation ceremonies known as Imbalu . The initiation ceremonies among the Bamasaaba are held every two years during August. Banana is the staple food for the Gisu people. Its commonly referred to as "Matoke" The Bamasaaba ancestors lived on bamboo shoots also known as Malewa in

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