NATURAL HISTORY VOCARULARY «9 



Meme-tumbu (iiieine- A wliite gvub, 3 inches long, fouinl 

 tumbui) in rotten wood. 



Pupunye (pupunyei) . A grey insect with l)ig body and 



two horns on its head. Walks 

 backwiirds. Size about half- 

 inch long. Burrows in the 

 ground. 

 Also, the grub in a sheath, half-inch 

 long, that hangs on the walls 

 of a house. 



Sowa (sijwai) .... A catei'pillar that makes a portable 



house by gluing sticks and 

 leaves together. Black with 

 yellowish Ijars. 



Cockroaches 

 Kpekpe (kpekpei) . . Cockroach. 



Nja-gbekpe (nja-gbe- 1 .. Water-cockroach." 

 kpei) ) 



Ngoro (ugijroi) ... A kind of ? cockroach, small, green, 



hairy. 



Ticks, Leeches, &c. 



.Tike (jike) Jigger. An insect that burrows 



into a person's feet. 



Kpavi (kpavi) . . . Flea or dog-louse. 



Kpenirbe-yauwi(kpeni(- ^ . i_ i i c i. 



^ ,'^ •' -s ^ ^ 'A bed-bug of sorts, 

 be-yauwi) J 



!Mum<i-li (muni(j-li) . . Lice that infest domestic fowls. 



Nyala (nyalai), or nya ) rn- i, 



(nyai) / 



Ngavi (ngavi) . . . Louse. 



Th\n (tnlui) .... Leech. 



Snails 



Koh") (knlni, koli) . . Snail. 

 Konde (konde) . . . Snail. 

 Fafa-gonde (fafa-gonde) Intermediate sized snail. 



