20 MAIZE 



CHAP. (Provence); ble d'Espagne (Pyrenees); ble portugais (Angola); 

 Turkischer weizen (Germany); Turkische waitte (Groningen) ; 

 Turkse tarwe (Holland) ; misr-bogdag, i.e. Egyptian wheat 

 (Turkey); trigo de Indias, trigo de Turkina (Spain); Turkish 

 hvede (Sweden). 



Several other names, included in the following geographical 

 list, are in use in various parts of the world : — 



Abyssinia : mashela bahry. 



Africa (North) : mase, mahindi. 



Africa {Tropical) : bekkolo (Galla), maheende, gafuli nosri, 

 simsin (Darfour), kasoli (Uganda) ; matawe (Chikaundi of 

 Kasemba Dist, N.W. Rhodesia) ; tjibakwe (Mashuna) ; umum- 

 bu (Matabele) ; mafluera (Kimwani, a coast dialect of Suahili ; 

 mafluera applies to both plant and grain) ; in Suahili language 

 the fruit and plant are known as muhindi, the grain alone as 

 mahindi (dim. vihindi, i.e. hindi= maize, singular la-, pi. = 

 ma-), and the ear as gun zi ; in the Makau language it is called 

 nakuo, in all stages of growth, and in Nyasaland cliimanga ; in 

 Angola it is known as mazza manputa or ble portugais. 



Africa (South) : maize (English) ; mielie (Afrikaans), angli- 

 cized into mealie ; poone (Basutoland) ; lefeela, plural sefeela 

 (Transvaal Basutos) ; sepeela (Mapochs) ; shifake (Shangaan) ; 

 shibakwe (Mashona) ; ma'ghea (phonetically ma'hea), plural, 

 or le'ghea, one (Sapidi of Sekkukuniland) ; 'm-umbu (Mata- 

 bele) ; semaka and monidi, plural mabidi (Bechuana) : 'm-lungu 

 (Swazi ; in Zulu 'm-lungu means " white man " ; its adoption 

 by the Swazies may perhaps signify "white-man's corn". 

 The Swazies now also use the word 'm-lungu for white man, 

 in place of their own word 'm-lumbi) ; 'm-bila or 'm-beela 

 (Zulu ; this word is also used by the Swazies, in deference to 

 the practice of the white man) ; sinjembani (Zulu for the dark 

 red grains of the type of maize grown by natives in the early 

 days). The growing maize plant is called by the Transvaal 

 Basutos le'tlaaka, while the Shangaans, according to Rev. E. 

 Creux, call it mabele, which is the recognized name for kaffir 

 corn among most South African tribes ; mihindi (Suahili). 

 In the Transkei the following names are used, accordin°- to 

 Archdeacon Woodrooffe, for many years Anglican missionary 

 to the Transkeian natives {Mally, 5) : um-bona, the common 

 Xosa term for both the maize plant and the " fruit " ; utiya is 



