34 NOTES ON WEST AFRICAN CATEGORIES 



gazelle-like antelopes Kinkuba- and Kimpiti, the cat 

 Budi and the hyena Kimbungu, the water rat 

 Kondana-Mpati, the rat Kimbwa, the buzzard hawk 

 Kimbi, the kite Kimbembe, the owl Kutukudia, cock 

 bird of the whydah Kinsengwa^ the sand-martin 

 Lekamayenga, the partridge Kinkwavi, the quail 

 Kimbimbi, the green snake Kinzengele, the small 

 snake Kimbanda, the adder Minamaki, the tadpole 

 Diokolo, the frog Xidi, the toad Kiwula, a small fish 



fizdfc', the shrimp Kimbidingi, the firefly Minikama- 

 lenge, the dragon-fly Venga Mpunza, the mantis 

 Xikansatnbi, the grasshoppers Vengela, Kintele, 

 Kinxiamaji, and Kisasi', the caterpillar Kimpiatu, the 

 unicorn beetle Kinkakala, the small beetle destructive 

 to skins Kulukuku, and the cicada insect Kintendela. 

 The generic name for small insects Kinzanzala, the 

 jigger Z^^flfe, the bug Kinsekwa, the winged ant 



Yinswa, the black stinging ant Kiansudi. 



Category Marriage and Planting. 

 Class (4) E or Di or Li, plural Ma. 



The beginning of the rainy season Nvula is the 

 period of evolution and production. Drizzle Liwunge 

 covers the head of the fisherman, and the dew Lidime 

 in the early morning still glistens like pearls on the 

 grass. The first rains come as a surprise Lixivi, and 

 husbands hurry to fix the king post Likunji of the 

 shelter Lilondo to protect their wives from the heat 

 Libabala of the sun so like that of a furnace Esoka, 

 and young males Eyakala who have passed through 



