Shangoni - IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

161
Mukano wa shango
the boundary between two gardens of the countryside:
Mulambo
river.
162
Mukombo wa shango
the country's navel:
Tshiulu
ant heap.
163
wa shango
the country's backbone:
Thava
mountain.
164
Tshivhunu tsha shango
the country's backside:
Mulindi wa buvhi
a spider's hole.
165
Lutweina law shango
the country's infants' diarrhoea:
a tshi ela vhusiku ne masiari
the water that flows by night and day.
166
Tsiwana ya shango
the country's orphan:
Luangalala
the parasitic creeper [cassytha filiformis L.].
167
Mukoma wa shango
the country's headman:
Ndau
lion.
168
Muhulu wa shango
the country's big man:

elephant.
169
Thanduli wa shango
the country's inspector:

giraffe.
170
Tshi si na mfudze
it leaves no droppings:
Nnda
louse.
171
Malema a shango
the country's invaders:
Nzie
locusts.
172
Malema a haya
the home's invaders:
Mabete
cockroaches.
173
Mukoma wa
the headman of the water:

crocodile.
174
Muhulu wa
the big man of the water:
Tshidima
tree fern.
175
wa
the councillor of the water:
Lutshele
green water frog.
176
Phaladzi-ya-lukwara (phaladzalukwara)
the scatterer of stones [lit. stony ground]:

zebra.

177

lwo dzhena tsimuni
the grass snake has entred the gardens:
Musidzana a tshi dzheniwa nga munna
a girl when she has been entered by a man.
178
Muhuyu wa gunda-phele wo nga vhafhiri
the small late fruit of the wild fig tree with the milky latex has been eaten by the passers-by [gundaphele is a herb with milky latex: Pachycarpus schinzianus N. E. Br.]:
Musidzana a tshi thungamamu
a girl when her breasts begin to bud.
179
Muhukhuvhona (muhuyu-vhoya)
a species of tree [a wild fig tree]:
a tshi vhona musidzana a dzula bea
a lad when he sees a girl sitting with her legs apart.
180
dza ngululu
the horns of the klipspringer:
Vhatukana
boys.



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