- 39
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- Midugudugu (or mudugo, or mudugudugu or mulilo)
the leaping flames:
[Sometimes makuni (big pieces of firewood ) is given. If so, it is always specified that it is red or burning. It may also be used for No. 41 being described as either unburnt or charred black.]
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- a) Vhasidzana vha vhonaho
girls who see their monthly courses.
b) Malofha a khomba
the blood of a maiden.
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- 40
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- Mahala matswuku
red embers:
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- Vhasadzi vha vhonaho
 women who see their monthly courses.
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- 41
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- Mahala o fhelaho (Mahala o dzimaho, tshisikalala)
The burnt out embers (i.e. black):
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- Vhakegulu (vha sa tsha vhona
 )
Old ladies [past the menopause].
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- 42
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- Milora
Ashes [i.e. 'white']:
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- a)Vhanna
Men.
b)Vhunna
Spermatozoa.
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- 43
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- Vhutsi
smoke:
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- Khalaru yo tiba Luvhimbi
the mist that covers the hill of Luvhimbi [where the rain- makers lived].
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