310 W, Hammond Tooke.— The Star [Oct. 31, 



Melon ... ... ... i ^ 



Dikele ... .., ... t,, Ngondie. 



Babenda... 



Ngonda 

 Basunda... ... ... ) 



Eshi Kongo ... ... ... Ngondi. 



The forms mwezi, tmyezi^ &c., are according to Dohne connected 

 with a root izi^ meaning shining particles. 



The various words in use in Kaffir for Star seem to bear the same 

 origin. 



Thus star in Xosa is inkioenkwezi ; in Zuhi it is inkwezi ; while 

 the Xosa for morning star is ikwezi, all apparently connected with 

 the Zulu and Xosa iJnvezikivezi, a glittering substance. 



Again we have the Zulu and Xosa in-Kanyezi^ a fire-fly or star? 

 which seems compounded of izi above-mentioned and nlm-kanya^ to 

 ^' shine or emit light." 



A similar word, similarly derived, is the Zulu ucicazibe, evening 

 star, which may be compared with uhii-Cwazicivazi, brightness. 



Another form of ucicazihe seems to be the Zulu icazibe, evening 

 star, represented in Xosa by icajiziwe* Here zihe or ziwe seems to 

 be akin to vmsebe^ a ray of light or spreading ray; compare uku-ziba. 

 to separate. 



Another v/ord of different origin applied by the ama Zulu to the 

 evening star is isi-celankobe^ from cela, meaning beggar, and inkobe, 

 corn. But why this star should be called " a beggar for corn " is 

 not apparent. 



The root izi glitter is seen in nyenyezi of the Tette and Sena, 

 tribes, inyeleti at Louren^o Marques, nyuladi at Inhambane, and- 

 menneri at Quillimane, all with the meaning of star. 



In Setshuana stars are called linaleri^ diminutive linaletsa?ie. 



Among the ma-Koa they are called itotwa, among the wa Swahili, 

 nyota. 



In otyi-Herero the word for star is omyose, and seems to be 

 connected with nyosa^ " to burn." It is probably the same w^ord 

 as nyota of the Swahili just mentioned. A fixed star is o''nyose 

 ondikame ; zikama meaning "to be fixed"; and a planet is onyose 

 ondiange^ the latter word from rianga^ " to rove about." The 

 Morning Star is called o'^hingoutiiku, or " chaser of night," or 



* Used to signify Orion by the translators of the Kaffir bible. 



