42 NOTES ON WEST AFRICAN CATEGORIES 



All this brings us to what I have called the second 

 or lateral development of the Bavili's thoughts, a 

 study which is naturally a very difficult one, as one 

 has to think in an acrostic kind of way. To give any 

 of the complementary parts in these lateral develop- 

 ments which the Bavili attach to each main thought 

 or idea would, in the present stage of my knowledge, 

 be premature; these must be filled in later when 

 discussion has made this attempt of mine more perfect 

 and we know the names of all the 201 sacred groves; 

 ninety-six only out of which I have been able to dis- 

 cover. 



From a study of the derivative nouns carrying 

 the prefixes in the order we have now adopted, we 

 learn the following: 



Va Mu signifies Space, motion on to, or off from on. 

 Mu Mi He, who, or that which does, and echoism. 

 Xi or Ki Bi ,, The instrument by which an action is per- 

 formed. 

 E, Li, Di Ma The place where the act is done. 



Lu Tu The definite manner in which an action is 



performed. 



Ku Ma The action. 

 U Ba The quality which brings about and fits for 



condition. 

 Mu Ba The created creature, or thing. 



Let us take birth as the result required, the above 

 would then read as follows: 



The Yoni is the conceiver or doer. 



The Phallus is the instrument. 



Marriage is the place where these two meet. 



Conception is the definite manner in which the act is 



performed. 



Pregnancy represents the action. 



Travail the quality which brings the birth about. 



