24 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Kata (katei) .... A kind of very large cat-fish. 

 Kole-nye (Kole-nyei) . Fresh water. A very big scaly fish, 



called in Sierra Leone English 



" kute." 

 Kolo-nye (knlo-nyei) . An eel -shaped fish with jointed 



shell (Sch.). 

 Kondo (kondui) . . . Small fish in mangrove swamps. 



Jnmps and climbs trees. Swims 



with its head out of water. 



[Periophfhahnus.) 

 Kpelo (kpeloi) . . . A biggish fish with numerous spines 



round its neck. Al)out a foot 



and half long. 



Kpikpi (kpikpi) . . . Electric fish ; 2| feet long. 



Nye (nyei) .... Fish generally. 



La-nye (La -nyei), or ) ,-, , , a c t. \ 



:K • h r resh water ; 4 feet louir. 



Da-nyei j '^ 



Makondo (makonde) . A fish like Hale ; 9 inches long. 



Mbnla (mbnle) . . . Big sea-fish ; 3 feet long ; very big 



head. 

 Ndegbe (ndegbei) . . A large cat-fish. Like Hale ; 3 feet 



long. 

 Ngoka (ngoke) . . . Fresh water. A fish called in Sierra 



Leone English " Mangrove 



page." Biggei* than Gbende. 

 Pele (pelei) .... Fresh water. A fish, white in 



colour ; 6 inches long. 

 Pepe (pepi) .... A shrimp. 

 Poll (pOli) Herrings, or other fish which are 



usually smoked and dried. In 



Siei'ra Leone English " Bonge." 

 Tombo (tomboi) . . . Mullet (Sch.). 

 Tumu (tumui) . . . Shark. 

 Tupu-nye (tupu-nyei) . A fish resembling Tupui, the puff- 



adtler. About a foot and a 



half long. 

 Vulu (vului) .... A fish (Sch.). 



