saambuya
Q146786
Noun
saambuli
small plant, sensitive to the touch. Phyllanthus pentandrus et. rain + come + beat + you. The children sing ‘saa kana, saa kana // kpabmaa soŋ’ ‘rain is coming, rain is coming // roll your mat’ and then touch the leaves.
What does “saambuli” mean in Dagbani?
small plant, sensitive to the touch. Phyllanthus pentandrus et. rain + come + beat + you. The children sing ‘saa kana, saa kana // kpabmaa soŋ’ ‘rain is coming, rain is coming // roll your mat’ and then touch the leaves.
Also spelled Dagbanli — both spellings refer to the same Mabia (Gur) language spoken in northern Ghana.
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small plant, sensitive to the touch. Phyllanthus pentandrus et. rain + come + beat + you. The children sing ‘saa kana, saa kana // kpabmaa soŋ’ ‘rain is coming, rain is coming // roll your mat’ and then touch the leaves.