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The Kipsigis emerged victorious and defeated Maasai with the later disavowing what is today Bomet county and Narok West constituency. Battle of Ng'oino 1850 1st cycle Sawe Bureti/Roret The Kipsigis army was defeated and had to restructure their regiment system. [18] Battle of Tiriitab Moita Battle of Kibongwa Battle of Chelemei Battle of Kipsabanut
The first name of the Kipsigis males is prefixed by the term 'Kip' and then added a suffix descriptive of the prenatal, natal or post-natal places or time or weather and situations. It was to be widely used before initiation and rarely after, only as the mother mourns a dead soldier son or during divorce.
The family that established the office of Orkoiyot (warlord/diviner) among both the Nandi and Kipsigis were migrants from northern Chemwal regions. By the mid-nineteenth century, both the Nandi and Kipsigis were expanding at the expense of the Maasai. [38] The Iloikop wars ended in the 1870s with the defeat and dispersal of the Laikipiak.
For example, the Sabaot used the name Yeeyiin, the Suk used Iilat, the Marakwet used Chebet chebo Chemataw ('daughter of the day'), Cheptalil ('the one who shines') and Chibo Yim ('man of the sky'). Research has found over twelve main names which the Kipsigis used for the deity of their traditional worship.
The Kipsigis people are the most numerous tribe of the Kalenjin in Kenya, accounting for 60% of all Kalenjin speakers. Kipsigis is closely related to Nandi, Keiyo (Keyo, Elgeyo), South Tugen (Tuken), and Cherangany. The Kipsigis territory is bordered to the south and southeast by the Maasai. To the west, Gusii (a Bantu language) is spoken. To ...
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Kipsigis language, a Nilotic language spoken by the Kipsigis people Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kipsigis .
The Kalenjin languages are a family of a dozen Southern Nilotic languages spoken in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania.The term Kalenjin comes from an expression meaning 'I say (to you)' or 'I have told you' (present participle tense).