774 ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES. 



Dwahe, from i-dwaba, is the name of the creeping plants 

 Fopowia caffra, much prized on account of its use in connection 

 with certain superstitions connected with hunting-, in which the 

 creeper is used as a charm. 



Esikoheni, from isikoba, a cknnp of yellowwood trees, and in 

 the locative form here signifying " at the yellowwood trees," a 

 name met with in different places. Another form is Isikoba. 



Eingzuali comes from umgwali, the native name for the 

 Hottentot gwarri bush, which was used in order to make a kind 

 of medicinal tea. It also indicates a bush whose fruit is eaten by 

 the natives. The name would be given to the stream flowing 

 through the locality where the gwarri grew, and the place Emgwall 

 would be some specific place at the umg-zvali, in this case a 

 mission station. In this connection, the Ciskeian name Gwarrie 

 Laagte should be borne in mind 



Gonubie, wrongly spelt Gunubi by Pettman, is from 

 i-gqunube, the bramble-bush, Rubus pinnatus W'illd. 



Kwababa tells of the presence of the African rook Hctero- 

 corax capensis Licht., in the vicinity. 



Marubeni indicates where the edible roots, i-ritbc, may be 

 found. 



Mncivangdc tells of the haunt of the Bald Ibis, the um- 

 cwangele, so that our place-name is another nasalisation. 



Mimosa also appears, as does uwga, the Kaffir word for 

 the mimosa tree. 



Nkanga reminds us of the presence of the Kaffir ragwort, 

 Senecio juniperinus L. 



Qokolweni and Emqokohveni both tell of a certain kei- 

 apple tree Dovyalis caffra Hook, indicated by the locative. 



Qitngu signifies the Tambookie grass, Andropogon margi- 

 natus Steud., a long grass in much demand for thatching. 



Qwiliqwili is of interest, because it is mixed up with two 

 other place-names, vis., Xmili and XwiUxivili. Now i-Qwili is 

 the name for the kalmoes, or sweet rush, Alepidea amatynvbica 

 E. and Z., which is used medicinally in stomach complaints. 

 i-Xmili, on the other hand, is the name of the Cape hunting dog, 

 Lycaon pictus venaticns Burch. These names are therefore to 

 be regarded as a duplicate form, and probably because of their 

 obvious H.-B. origin, the older form is the duplicated one. 



Tyolo tells us of a small clump of trees standing apart. 



Tungwane names the Chrysophyllum natalcnsc Sond., which 

 would be growing in the neighbourhood. 



Xonye and Xonyeni mark the places where the grass needed 

 for rope-making is wont to grow. 



IV. — Ahiiiics offer A)!imals. 

 Bokwe, and the diniinntive Bokwana, and the locative Bok- 

 weni, all refer to the .i^oat. 



