NATURAL HISTORY VOCAUrLARY 27 



Siln (siloi) . . . 



Ka-silo (ka-silni) 

 Giji-lv (f.'iji-lvi) • 



Jenji-lo (jenji-lni) 

 Jokondi (jokondi) 



Spiders 



Spitler (JleforopO'fa renaton'a — Ara- 

 neae) ; also spiders generally. 



Spider. Often so named in stories. 



Big yellow spider {Ncphila .•<}/. — 

 Araueae). 



l>ig brown spider with a bad sting. 



Ta r a n tul a ( Lyscoxa — A raneae) . 



Jujunie (jujuiue) 

 Kimbo (kimboi) . . 



jNIaneku (manekui) . 

 Kine-kine (kine-kine) 



Jvondn (kondoi) . 

 Kongo-wetn (kongo-we- 



tui) 

 Ndiinye (ndanye) . . 



Papapfili (|)apapuli) 

 Petu (petui) . 



Crickets, etc. 



A blaekisli cricket, 1^ inch long, 



with big thighs to hind legs. 

 A big cricket, .3 inches long. It is 



eaten roasted. Perhaps male 



sex only. 

 A large cricket, said to be the 



female of Kimbni. 

 An ugly sort of insect, 1| incli 



long, grey, with strong, jointed 



antennae. 

 Locust. Destructive kind. 

 Grey striped locust, said not to be 



hurtful. 

 A flying insect, body 1 inch long, 



dark brown, ugly appearanc^e. 



Big feet. Active. It is said 



that if it bites a man's toe in 



the grass, and the bite itches, 



rain will come, 

 (irisshopper, or locust. xVll colours 



of rainbow in a close pattern. 

 Grasshopper, or cricket, or locust. 



Beetles 



Bewe (bewe) .... A bright-coloured beetle that bur- 

 rows underground. 

 Bowi-V(jf(i (bowi-vofni) . A beetle that I'olls a ball of dung. 



