Desta Berhe Sibhatu(Mekele University) : Jawissa and his dog family ( Children's story)
Posted: 08 Aug 2023, 21:29
While searching for the meaning of Jawissa......I found this on the internet :
-https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... en's_Novel
Desta Berhe Sbhatu
Mekelle University
እዙ ልቢወለድ ታሪኽ፥ ንቘልዑ ዝተዳለወ እዩ። ንእንስሳ ከምሰብ ዘዛርብ መስሓቒ ልቢወለድ’ዩ። ኣብ’ዙ ልቢወለድ፥ ክልተ ስድራ ቤት እንስሳ ክዋስኡ እዮም። እቱ ቐዳማይ፣ ስድራ ደማሙ እንትኸውን፥ ሓሙሽተ ኣባላት ኣለውዎ። ንሶም ድማ፥ ዲመጥሮስ (ኣቦ)፣ ብሩር (ኣዶ)፣ ኣሰክሕ፣ ሳግሬናይ (ኣወዳት ደቂ)፣ ዕንቆይ (ጓል) እዮም። እንዳ ዲመጥሮስ ምስ ሓደ ስድራቤት ሰብ ይነብሩ። እቱ ኻልኣይ ድማ፥ ኣርባዕተ ኣባላት ዘለውዎ ስድራ ኣኽልብቲ ‘ዩ። እዙ ስድራ፥ ኮምብጡር (ኣቦ)፣ ኩሕሎ (ኣዶ)፣ ጃዊሳ (ወድን) ሚለን (ጓልን) ዝርከቡዎ እዩ። እንዳ ኮምብጡር ምስ ካልእ ስድራቤት ሰብ ይነብሩ። እንዳ ዲመጥሮስን ኮምብጡርን ዝነብሩሎም ገዛውቲ፥ ነፀላ መንደቕ ዝፈልዮምን ተመሳሰልትን እዮም። እዙ ልቢወለድ፥ ኣብ 50 ሓፀርትን ተኸታተልትን ታሪኻት ተኸፊሉ፣ ንቘልዑ ብዝጥዕምን ብዘህድስን መልክዕ ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።
This fable has been written for children. It has personified animals to speak like humans and is thus humorous. In this fiction, the characters comprise two pet-animal families.
The first one is a family of cat whose members are five, namely Dimotros (father), Brur (mother), Asekih and Sagrenai (sons) and Enqoei (daughter). The Dimotros family lives in with one human family.
The other one is a family of four dogs: Kombtoor (father), Kuhulo (mother), Jawissa (son) and Milen (daughter). This dog family lives with another family of persons. The Dimotros and the Kombtoor families live in similar neighbor houses that share a common wall. This fiction has 50 series of consecutive short stories written in a way that can suit and entertain children.