The natives of British Central Africa

by Alice Werner

GLOSSARY
OF NYANJA AND OTHER TERMS USED IN THIS BOOK

(Unless otherwise stated, the language is Nyanja)

• Abusa, plural of mbusa, a herd-boy.
• Adzukulu, grandchildren, also spelt ajukulu and azukuru. But it usually means the relatives or friends who make all the arrangements for burying a deceased person.
• Afiti, plural of mfiti, a wizard.
• Amabele (Zulu), ‘Kafir corn’—Holcus sorghum.
• Amadhlozi (Zulu), plural of idhlozi, ancestral spirits, when they appear in the form of snakes.
• Amatongo (Zulu), ancestral spirits manifesting themselves in dreams.
• Antu, plural of muntu, a person.
• Awilo (Yao). See [Adzukulu].
• Bango, a very common kind of reed—Phragmites communis.
• Bwalo, the village place of assembly or ‘forum’; it is also used (see [p. 122]) for the unmarried men’s house.
• Bwazi, a shrub (Securidaca longipedunculata) and the fibre procured from its bark.
• Bwebweta, v., to rave or talk nonsense, as if possessed by spirits.
• Chagwa, lit. ‘it has fallen’; name of a game. See [p. 113].
• Chamba, Indian hemp; also name of a dance.
• Chifukwa, lit. ‘a fault,’ but used as a conjunction—‘because.’
• Chikolongwe, a barbed fish-spear, or gaff.
• Chikonyo, a cob of maize.
• Chimanga, maize.
• Chinamwali, the initiation ceremonies for girls.
• Chinangwa (Yao), cassava.
• Chipini, a metal ornament, like a stud, worn by women in the nose.
• Chipongwe, impudence.
• Chire, the bush.
• Chiri, a steep bank.
• Chirombo, a wild beast, a monster; also an insect or a weed.
• Chirope, madness caused by shedding blood. See [p. 67].
• Chitalaka, red porcelain beads, white inside.
• Chitowe, sesamum, the seed of which is used for making oil.
• Dambo, a plain, or open grass-land in the Bush.
• Dimba, a patch of alluvial soil beside a stream.
• Dzombe, a locust.
• Fumba, a sleeping-bag made of matting.
• Garanzi, a small drum, beaten quickly.
• Gome (nyumba ya), a square house.
• Gowero, boys’ house in a village.
• Gwape (gwapi), the klipspringer—Oreotragus saltator.
• Imfe (Zulu), a kind of sorghum with sweet juice (S. sacharinum); Nyanja msale.
• Inswa, ‘white ants,’ or termites.
• Isigcogco or isicoco (Zulu), head-ring worn by men when of an age and standing to be called to the chief’s council.
• Kokalupsya, the early rains which sweep away the ashes of the burnt grass and scrub (lupsya).
• Kombe, the strophanthus creeper; the arrow-poison made from it.
• Konde, keloids, or scars made by cutting, as tribal marks or for ornament.
• Lisoka (Yao), the spiritual part of man; a ghost.
• Lobola, v. (Zulu), properly, to arrange a marriage ‘by agreeing to deliver a certain number of cattle’ to the girl’s father or guardian.
• Lululuta, v., or luluta, ‘to utter the cry called ntungululu on the return of men from war or hunting, or any other exciting occasion. The sound is produced by vibrations of the tongue intermitting the cry or whistle by the lips.’
• Lundu (Rundo), paramount chief.
• Lupsya, burnt grass, etc. See [Kokalupsya].
• Mabisalila, the witch-finder woman. See [p. 89].
• Maere, a small kind of millet—Eleusine.
• Makani, a debate or discussion.
• Malimwe, the winter.
• Mankwala, medicine.
• Mapira, Sorghum vulgare.
• Mapondera, the man who pounds the poison for the mwavi ordeal.
• Maseche (plural of tseche), rattles made from the hard-shelled fruits of a certain tree.
• Masuku, the fruit of the msuku tree—Napaca kirkii.
• Matekenya, plural of tekenya, the jigger—Sarcopsyllus penetrans.
• Matondo, fruit of the mtondo tree.
• Mbawa, the mahogany-tree—Khaya senegalensis.
• Mbidzi, a zebra.
• Mbulu, the wild dog—Lycaon pictus.
• Mchombwa, the game of msuo or mankala.
• Mdzi, a village. Also mudzi. Zulu umuzi.
• Mdzodzo, a kind of black ant emitting an offensive smell.
• Mfiti, a wizard.
• Miiko, plural of mwiko, which see.
• Mlandu, a ‘case,’ discussion or trial.
• Mlungusi, a kind of thorn-tree.
• Moa, native beer.
• Momba, a straight fish-spear.
• Mono, a basket-trap for fish.
• Moto, fire.
• Mpakasa, autumn; the beginning of the dry season.
• Mpeza, a kind of caterpillar.
• Mphiyu (Tonga), a kind of medicine for effecting the transformation of people into animals.
• Mpingo, the ebony-tree—Diospyrus.
• Mpini. See [Konde].
• Mpira, india-rubber, or a ball made of it.
• Msale. See [Imfe].
• Msampa, a kind of trap.
• Msuku, the tree Napaca kirkii.
• Msuo. See [Mchombwa].
• Mtanga, a kind of basket.
• Mtumbamtumba, a large kind of black and white, strong-smelling ants.
• Mvula, rain. Yao ula.
• Mvunguti, a tree (Kigelia) with large cucumber-shaped fruits, 1 to 2 feet long.
• Mwavi, the poison prepared from the bark of Erythrophleum guineense; the ordeal in which it is used.
• Mwiko, a prohibition of some particular food to an individual or family.
• Myombo, a tree like an ash—Brachystegia longifolia.
• Mzinda, the head village of a district.
• Namwali, a girl who has been initiated.
• Nchito, work. Nchito ya amuna, ‘work of men (males).’
• Ndiwo, anything eaten as relish with porridge.
• Ng’ama, red oxide of iron.
• Nguluwe, a bush-pig.
• Njinga, a reel or spindle.
• Nkaka, the scaly ant-eater, Pangolin.
• Nkalango, a thicket; a clump of trees left standing to shelter the graves.
• Nkata, a grass ring or pad used in carrying loads on the head.
• Nkokwe, a corn-bin or granary made of basket-work.
• Nkole, the initiation ceremonies (the word used at Likoma). See [Unyago].
• Nsanja, the shelf or stage above the fireplace in a Nyanja hut.
• Nsengwa, a small round basket.
• Nsima, porridge made of maize or mapira meal.
• Ntengu, a small blackbird.
• Nyanja, a lake or river.
• Nyasa (Yao), a lake or river.
• Nzama, a kind of bean, resembling a ground-nut.
• Peka, v., to make fire by drilling.
• Pelele, a lip-ring worn by women.
• Rundo. See [Lundu].
• Sonkwe, a kind of hibiscus, from which fibre is obtained.
• Tengo, the bush.
• Tsanchima, a masked performer in the zinyao dance.
• Ufa, flour.
• Ulendo, a journey; also a party making the journey, a caravan.
• Unyago (Yao), the initiation ceremonies for young people. See [Nkole].
• Wodiera, an eater, literally ‘(one) of eating,’ contracted from wa ku diera.
• Zikonyo, plural of chikonyo, which see.
• Zinyao, the dance at the mysteries, in which the performers dress up with masks, etc., as animals.

Transcriber’s Note: Click map for a larger version.

INDEX

• Abanda (Yao clan), [160], [253].
• Abstinence from certain foods, [94-6].
• Achikunda (Chikundas), [24], [61], [95].
• Achipeta, [25];
• their tobacco, [178];
• their country, [281].
• Adultery, [152], [265-6].
• Agnatic descent (chilawa), [253].
• Ajawa. See [Yaos].
• Alolo (Anguru), [24], [32], [33].
• their tribe marks, [39].
• Alunda, [25].
• Alungu, [25].
• Ancestral spirits, [48 et seq.], [54], [62-66].
• Angoni, [24], [29], [34], [35].
• their prayers and sacrifices, [53].
• harems of chiefs, [132].
• chiefs order wholesale mwavi-drinkings, [170].
• war-dance, [228].
• migrations, [278-285].
• raids, [283-4].
• Animals as witches’ messengers, [84], [169].
• in folk-lore, [231 et seq.]
• reserved for chiefs’ eating, [272].
• Ants, white (termites), [22], [191];
• used as food, [137], [192].
• omens drawn from, [94].
• Ant-eater, [17], [272].
• Anyanja, [24 et seq.], [277].
• subject to Angoni, [29], [35], [272].
• conquered by Makololo, [37], [268-9].
• their worship, [63].
• their chiefs, ‘old gods of the land,’ [51], [58].
• villages, [99 et seq.]
• betrothal and marriage customs, [130 et seq.]
• burial, [156], and [Ch. VII. passim].
• tales, [231], [233], [238 et seq.]
• system of kinship, [253].
• tribal organisation, [255-6].
• raided by Angoni, [283-4].
• Apodzo, hippo-hunters, [190-1].
• Arrows, [187].
• Astræa, myth of, [75].
• Atonga, [33].
• their beliefs, [56], [58].
• burial customs, [157 et seq.]
• conquered by Angoni, [280].
• Awankonde, [22], [34].
• their beliefs, [62].
• prayers, [63].
• marriage ceremonies, [131].
• Awemba (Babemba), [25], [71].
• human sacrifices, [160].
• corpses of chiefs mummified, [163].
• Babemba. See [Awemba].
• Babies, [102 et seq.]
• Baboons, [17], [121], [183].
• Bachelors’ house, [122].
• Ball-game, [113].
• Bantu race, [3], [27];
• kingdoms founded by, [256], [259].
• language-family, [27], [208 et seq.]
• folk-tales, [230 et seq.]
• Bark-cloth, [200].
• Barnes, Rev. H. B., quoted, [92], [207].
• Baskets, [197-9].
• used in salt-making, [206].
• Batonga (Batoka), [25], [42], [175].
• Batumbuka, [24], [33];
• their history, [285-6].
• Beads, [44], [108], [153].
• Beer (moa), mode of making, [138].
• offered to spirits, [47], [52].
• used for divination, [53].
• brewed after funerals, [166].
• supplied by chief during hoeing, [184].
• to canoe-makers, [194].
• Bees, wild, [23], [191].
• Bemba. See [Awemba].
• Birds, [19], [20].
• Blacksmiths, [145], [201].
• Blood-guiltiness, curse of (chirope), [67-8], [265].
• Boys, [119 et seq.];
• sent to herd for Angoni chiefs, [35], [128];
• their initiation ceremonies, [124-6].
• Bows, [186].
• Bread (native), [140].
• Buffalo, [16-17].
• Burial, [156 et seq.]
• Bush, character of, [8-9].
• Bwalo (‘forum’ or village green), [139], [145-6].
• (young men’s dormitory), [122].
• Bwebweta (raving), [63], [65].
• Calabar tale of tortoise, [239].
• Calico worn by natives, [48], [107].
• offered to spirits, [52].
• sewn by men, [135], [153], [197].
• draped over dead man’s house, [165].
• Cannibalism, [85], [169].
• Canoes, [194].
• Canoe-songs, [217], [218].
• Cassava, [177].
• Chameleon, [72-4].
• Champiti, head-man of Ntumbi, his narrative of the Angoni migrations, [282].
• Charms, [79 et seq.]
• Chekusi, the Angoni chief, [35], [170], [284].
• Chekusi II. (Chatantumba or Gomani), [35], [172], [219].
• Chesinka, his dream, [46].
• Chevalier, M. Aug., quoted, [63 (note)].
• Chibisa, Nyanja chief, [82], [258].
• Chief, paramount, [255];
• his powers, [261].
• performs religious ceremonies, [56], [271].
• owns land, but cannot alienate, [271].
• installation of, [260].
• Chiefs, women, [256].
• of Batumbuka, anointed with lions’ fat, [285].
• of Awemba, mummified after death, [163].
• of Atonga buried above ground, [160].
• Chieftainship, succession to, [258-9].
• Chigamuka, Tumbuka chief, defeated Angoni, [286].
• Chigunda, Nyanja chief, takes part in prayers for rain, [56], [76].
• Chikulamayembe, Tumbuka chief, [285].
• Chikumbu, Yao chief, supposed invulnerable, [82].
• Children, care and treatment of, [104 et seq.]
• Chilwa, Lake (Shirwa), [5], [283];
• salt-pits, [207].
• Chimbwi, chief undertaker among Atonga, [162].
• Chinsunzi, Nyanja chief, [255].
• Chiperone, Mount, [7].
• Chipetas. See [Achipeta].
• Chipoka, Nyanja chief at Mlanje, [47], [66].
• Chiradzulo, Mount, [7].
• Chirobwe, Mount, [7], [281].
• Chiromo, [2], [5].
• Chirope. See [Blood-guiltiness].
• Chiruwi (or Chitowe), [59], [60], [245].
• Chiuta = Mulungu, [56-8], [72].
• Chiuta, Lake, [5].
• Clans among Yaos, [252].
• Anyanja, [253].
• Colenso, Bishop, quoted, [222].
• Cooking, [136-7].
• Copper, [8].
• ‘Coronation’ of chiefs, [260-1].
• Corpses suspended on trees, [155-6], [159].
• Creation myths, [70 et seq.]
• Criminal charges, [263].
• Crocodiles, [20], [206], [244].
• Crops, [176 et seq.]
• Cross, Dr. Kerr, quoted, [38].
• Dances, [96-8], [116], [226 et seq.]
• Dancing-man, [221], [226].
• Darning, [196].
• Dead ‘go to Mulungu,’ [55-6].
• Debtors, [267].
• Dennett, Mr. R. E., quoted, [242], [249].
• Digging-stick, [181].
• Divination by flour or beer, [53], [64-5].
• by moving sticks, [90], [92].
• by lot, [93].
• by knife, or three sticks, [94].
• Division of labour between men and women, [134-5].
• Divorce, [152-3].
• Dogs, used for hunting by Angoni, [188].
• wild (Lycaon pictus), [18].
• Dolls, [69], [113].
• Dreams, [46], [64], [187].
• Dress of children, [105-7].
• Drums, [224-6].
• Duff, Mr. H.L., quoted, [115].
• Dzonze, Mount, [7].
• Ear Ornaments, [41].
• Earthquakes, theory of, [56].
• Eland, [17].
• Elephants, [16], [186], [188].
• in folk-lore, [233 et seq.]
• Elton, the late F. J., [16].
• ‘Empires,’ Bantu, [259].
• Evil spirits, [61-2].
• Family Affection, [146-8].
• Fauna, [16-23].
• Feast at end of mourning, [166-7].
• Fences leading to game-pits, [189].
• Ferns, [14].
• Fire made by rubbing two sticks, [74], [167].
• ‘forbidden,’ [166].
• due to witches, [88], [169].
• First-fruits, [271].
• Fish-spears, [192].
• traps, [192].
• Fishing-hooks, [193].
• nets, [193]
• Flowers, [15].
• worn as ornaments, [41], [108], [121].
• Flute, [120], [222-3].
• Food of infants, [105].
• of older children, [108].
• in general, [136 et seq.]
• how stored, [141].
• Forge, [145], [202].
• Fowls, [101];
• eaten at wedding, [131].
• Fruits, wild, [15].
• Game-pits, [189].
• fences leading to, [189].
• Games, [111 et seq.]
• Gardens, [137], [177 et seq.]
• new marked out, [179].
• Ghosts, [66].
• Girls, their games, [113], [121].
• their work, [119].
• initiation, [126].
• betrothed in infancy, [129-30].
• Goats, [101], [119].
• Gold, [8].
• Gori (slave-stick), [267].
• Government, [255].
• Grain-store (nkokwe), [181], [182].
• Graphite, [7].
• Grass, [6], [7], [9].
• bands of plaited, used in mourning, [157].
• fired near lake, a criminal act, [267].
• Grass-fires, [9-11].
• Graves not visited, [154].
• Groves used for burial, [99], [154].
• Gun-medicine, [81-2].
• Guns, [187].
• fired at funerals, [158].
• Hæmatite, [7].
• Hairdressing, [43], [105], [107].
• Hare in African folk-lore, [231 et seq.]
• Harems of Makololo and Angoni chiefs, [132], [269].
• Harvest, [183].
• Head-band (lisanda) worn by Yao chiefs, [260].
• Henry, Dr., treats Chekusi’s mother for rheumatism, [170].
• Herd-boys, [119].
• Hetherwick, Rev. A., quoted, [55], [69], [175].
• Hippopotamus, [16], [183], [190-1].
• Hoes, [180].
• Honey, [191].
• Horns buried by witches, [82].
• by witch-detective, [89].
• Hot springs, [6].
• House of deceased abandoned or destroyed, [165].
• Houses, square, [100], [144].
• Hunters, customs observed by, [187].
• Hunting, [185 et seq.]
• parties, [186].
• Husbands, native, [149].
• Huts described, [100].
• construction of, [141-2].
• interior arrangement, [143].
• Hyena, [18].
• witches turn into, [84-5], [87].
• in folk-lore, [236], [240], [244].
• Hynde, Mr. R. S., quoted, [252].
• Idols, [68].
• Infants, burial of, [160].
• Initiation—boys, [124];
• girls, [126].
• Insects, [21-23].
• Interior of huts, [143-4].
• Iron ore, [7].
• Iron, workers in, [201].
• Johnson, Ven. W. B. (Archdeacon of Likoma), quoted, [257].
• Johnston, Sir Harry, quoted, [3], [16], [19], [20], [24], [28], [33], [34], [42], [66], [79], [86], [196], [223].
• Junod, M. Henri A., quoted, [66], [78], [201], [223].
• Kaboa, one of Ntumbi elders, [173].
• Kambwiri, H., teacher of Blantyre Mission, [234], [280].
• Kangomba, [48], [51].
• Kankomba (Kangomba), Nyanja chief, [255].
• Kapeni, Yao chief, [253], [258].
• Kapirimtiya, starting-point of human race, [70].
• Katunga’s, [5].
• Keloids, [38-9].
• Kidnapping, [275].
• Kintu, Baganda myth of, [75].
• Kirk Mountains, [7].
• Klipspringer (gwapi), [17].
• Knives, [201], [203].
• Kumtaja, Yao chief, calls in Angoni, [260].
• Land inalienable, [271].
• Leopard, [18].
• Levirate, [133], [167].
• Leza = Mulungu, also = lightning, [58].
• Lezi. See [Leza].
• Lightning personified, [57].
• Lindsay, Mr. J., quoted, [97], [125].
• Lions, [18], [62], [64], [86-7].
• Lipepete Mountain, [7].
• Livingstone quoted, [4], [6], [25], [36], [37], [56], [64], [174], [201-2], [256], [267].
• Local head-men, [255], [270].
• Locusts, [23], [46].
• Lomwe, [32]. See [Alolo].
• Loom, [155-6].
• Luangwa River, [4], [25], [26], [42].
• Luasi hills, [33].
• Luchereng’anga = Mulungu, [71].
• Lujenda valley, old home of Yaos, [257].
• Lustration, after funeral, [162].
• Lycanthropy, [86-7].
• Lyke-wake, [157-8].
• Mabisalila, witch-detective, [89 et seq.], [263].
• MacAlpine, Rev. A. G., quoted, [68], [85], [161], [166].
• Macdonald, Rev. Duff, quoted, [48 et seq.], [60], [65], [133], [227], [236], [240], [245], [247], [254], [266], [268].
• Machinga (Yaos), [95], [258], [275], [284].
• Madzimavi, son of Mpezeni, [281].
• Magic defined, [76].
• Magomero, [280].
• Magwangwara (Zulus), [283].
• Maize, [177];
• how sown, [188].
• Makalanga, [25], [277].
• Makololo, [24], [36], [37].
• chiefs, their harems, [132].
• wholesale mwavi-drinkings, [170].
• their despotism, [268-9].
• Makua, [24], [39].
• teeth filed, [42].
• Malabvi Mountain, witch living on, [61].
• Malemya, Yao chief at Zomba, [259-60].
• Mandala, brother of Chekusi, [35], [172], [219].
• Mang’anja. See [Anyanja].
• Mangoche Mountain, old home of Yaos, [58];
• tribe, [258].
• Manis. See [Ant-eater].
• Mankala game, [113], [146].
• Mankokwe, Rundo of the Upper Shiré, [255].
• Mapira (Sorghum vulgare), [182], [183].
• Maples, Bishop, quoted, [253].
• Mapondera, pounder of the mwavi, [171], [175].
• Maravi, [25]. See [Anyanja].
• Marriage, [128 et seq.]
• ceremony, [131], [134].
• Masea, Makololo chief, [37].
• Mashona, [25].
• Masked dancers at mysteries, [98].
• Matope, Yao chief, [53], [165].
• Mats, [199].
• Mausoleum, [164].
• Mazitu. See [Angoni].
• Mbasi, spirit of evil believed in by Wankonde, [62].
• Mbona, [60], [61].
• Mbudzi, Chigunda’s sister, leads prayers for rain, [56].
• Mchombwa. See [Mankala].
• Meals, [139].
• Medicines (herbs and charms), [80 et seq.]
• shown to people by Chiruwi, [59].
• Men’s work, [134-5], [197].
• Metamorphosis, [84], [85-7], [240].
• Migrations of Angoni, [278 et seq.]
• Minerals, [7-8].
• Mlandu, [262].
• Mlanje Mountain, [6].
• Mlauri, Makololo chief, [37].
• Moa. See [Beer].
• Modelling, [117], [120].
• Moffat, Rev. Robert, quoted, [36].
• Moir, Mr. John, interrupts mwavi trial, [174].
• Monkeys, [17].
• Mombera, Zulu (Ngoni) chief, [33], [279], [290].
• his funeral, [163].
• Morality, connection between religion and, [67-8].
• Morambala Mountain, [1], [6].
• Alolo living there, [32].
• witch living there, [61].
• Mourning, [156 et seq.]
• Mpambe = Mulungu, [55], [56], [57], [185].
• Mpende, Nyanja chief, [26], [255].
• Mpezeni, Angoni chief, [281].
• Mphiyu, medicine eaten in order to turn into an animal, [85-6].
• Mtanga, Yao spirit, [58], [70].
• Mulungu, [48], [53 et seq.]
• name applied to spirits of dead when worshipped, [54], [62].
• impersonal conception, [55].
• as creator, [70-74].
• driven from earth, [74].
• sought by woman in Yao tale, [245-6].
• Mummification of corpse among Awemba, [163].
• Murchison Cataracts, [5].
• Murder, [264].
• of relation or dependent, how avenged, [67].
• Music, [216-17].
• Musical instruments, [221 et seq.]
• Mvai Mountain, [7].
• Mwavi poison, [168], [171], [263], [265].
• Mweru, Lake, salt swamps, [207].
• Mwiko, prohibition, [94-6].
• Mysteries, [123-8].
• dances at, [97-8], [127-8].
• Names, [103-4].
• changed at mysteries, [126].
• witches call dead person by his childish name, [88], [169].
• Namzuruwa, Nyanja chief, [66].
• Nchomokela, sacred hill of Batonga, [175].
• Ndirande Mountain, near Blantyre, [8].
• villagers of, [32].
• tree with offerings on, [51].
• haunted by spirit, [48], [51].
• Neck-rests (pillows), [204].
• Needles, [196].
• Net-fishing, [193].
• Nose-scrapers, [203].
• Ntumbi, village of Upper Shiré district, [99], [133], [172].
• forge at, [202].
• head-men relate traditions, [280].
• Nyambadwe Mountain, [7], [88].
• Nyanja, language, [25], [210 et seq.]
• Nyasa, Lake, [2], [3], [5].
• changes in level, [5-6].
• origin of, [75].
• Angoni pass round north end, [281].
• Offerings to spirits, [52].
• at graves, [159], [164].
• eaten by undertakers, [159].
• Omens, [94], [187].
• Oracle of ufa-cone, [53], [187].
• of sticks, [90], [92].
• of lot (ula), [93].
• Ordeal by mwavi poison, [90], [168], [175], [263].
• people who die by it not buried, [160].
• other ordeals, [264].
• Owl, wizards’ messenger, [84], [169].
• Palms, [14].
• Pangolin. See [Ant-eater].
• Parents and children, [108-110].
• Peden, Dr., [284].
• Pelele (lip-ring), [26], [32], [40].
• Pembereka, elder at Ntumbi, [101], [173].
• died of mwavi, [173].
• Pepper (Chile), [80], [140].
• Periplus of Hanno, [10-11].
• Piano (native), [223].
• Pigeons, [101].
• Pillows. See [Neck-rests].
• Pirie, Mr. George, quoted, [160].
• Plaiting wicker-work, [197].
• Poison used in fishing, [15], [194].
• (mwavi). See [Mwavi] and [Ordeal].
• Polyandry, traces of, [257].
• Polygamy, [132-3], [149].
• Porcupine, [17].
• Porridge, [136].
• Potatoes (sweet), [177].
• Pot broken at grave, [165].
• Pottery, [204-6].
• Pounding corn, [135-6].
• Praises of the dead, [158].
• Prayer, [49], [53], [62-3].
• Prayer-tree, [62], [63].
• Priestly functions exercised by chiefs, [271].
• Priests (sacrificers), [270].
• Property of deceased, how disposed of, [167-8].
• in land, [271].
• Prophets, [65].
• Protectorate of British Central Africa, boundaries of, [1-3];
• area, [4].
• Pumpkins, [181].
• Python, [21];
• Yao tale of, [243].
• Raids of Angoni, [284].
• Rain, [10], [11], [179-80], [185].
• prayers for, [51].
• sent by Mpambe, [56-7].
• people shouting for, [57].
• Rainbow, [57].
• Rain-charms, [77-80].
• Rain-doctor, [79].
• Ramakukane, Makololo chief, [37], [268].
• Rats forbidden to some, [96].
• in folk-lore, [243].
• Rattles, [226].
• Razors, [107].
• Reid, Mr. J., quoted, [39].
• Relationship, terms of, [254].
• Reptiles, [20], [21].
• Riddles, [121], [212-213].
• Rod and line fishing, [193-4].
• Ronga women’s ceremony for bringing rain, [78].
• Roofs, [142].
• Rowley, Rev. H., quoted, [29], [30], [31], [51], [55], [56], [60], [259].
• Rundo (Lundu), Paramount Chief of Anyanja, [60], [255].
• Ruo River, [2], [255].
• Sacrifices, [47], and see [Offerings].
• Sacrilege, [165], [267].
• Salt, [139-40].
• making, [206-7].
• Sandia, Nyanja chief, [26], [255].
• Sansi, musical instrument, [222].
• Saurian, extinct, model of, constructed at mysteries, [97].
• Scott, Rev. D. C., quoted, [66], [95], [229], [272].
• visited Chekusi, [254].
• Seasons. See [Rain].
• Sebituane, Makololo chief, [36], [268].
• Senzagakona, Zulu king, [278].
• Sewing, [196].
• Sharpe, Sir A., quoted, [207].
• Shaving, [105], [107].
• of hair in mourning, [166].
• Shiré Highlands, [6-7].
• River, [1-2];
• name unknown to natives, [2];
• flows out of Nyasa, [5].
• Sipopo, Barotse chief, [36].
• Slavery, [147], [272-5].
• Slaves, murder of, [67], [265]. See [Chirope].
• have a voice in appointment of chief, [259].
• sacrificed at master’s death, [160].
• Slave-stick. See [Gori].
• Smallpox, people dying of, not buried, [155]. ([See also note in Addenda.])
• Smith, Rev. J. A., quoted, [53].
• Mombera takes lessons from, [279].
• Smithy (see [Forge]), [202].
• Snakes, [21];
• dead show themselves as, [64].
• Sochi Mountain, [6], [46];
• haunted, [51].
• Songs, [216], [224].
• Sosola cheats Angoni, [281].
• Spider in African folk-lore, [74], [239-40].
• Spirit-huts, [47], [48], [50].
• Spirits propitiated, [46-49], etc.
• kept in hut on Morambala, [61].
• prayed to, [62].
• possess and inspire the living, [63].
• heard drumming and singing in Bush, [66].
• Spoons (ladles), [139].
• Stocks, [267-8].
• Story-telling, [121], [230], [251].
• String-making, [118].
• Stringed instruments, [221-2].
• Succession to chieftainship, [259].
• Sugar-cane, [108], [176].
• Sureties of husbands and wives, [132-4].
• Tabu, [94-6].
• Talismans carried by hunters, [188].
• Tambuka. See [Batumbuka].
• Tatuing. See [Keloids].
• Teeth chipped, [41-43].
• Temples, [63].
• Theal, Dr. M’Call, quoted, [276].
• Theft, secret, regarded with horror, [84].
• punishment of, [264].
• Thorn-trees, [15].
• Thunder personified, [57].
• Tingani, Nyanja chief, [255].
• Tobacco, [178].
• Torrend, Rev. J., S.J., quoted, [33].
• Tortoise in folk-lore, [232], [239].
• Traps, various kinds, [189-90].
• sham, made by women to frighten hippos, [183].
• Trees, [14-15].
• sacred, [50], [52], [62], [101].
• for canoe-making, [194].
• Tribute paid to chiefs, [269-70].
• Tshaka, Zulu king, [278].
• Tuchila River, [7].
• Tyolo Mountain, [7], [60].
• Uncle Remus, [231 et seq.]
• ‘Undertakers’ (adzukulo or awilo), [159], [161 et seq.]
• Undi, Nyanja chief, [26], [256].
• Unkulunkulu = Mulungu, [54].
• Unyago. See [Mysteries].
• Villages described, [99 et seq.]
• Volcanic action, traces of, [6].
• Wailing for dead, [157-8].
• War, burial of men killed in, [160], [289].
• War-arrows, [187].
• War-dances, [228-9].
• Watch-huts in gardens, [183].
• Weaving, [195-6].
• Weirs for catching fish, [192].
• Whale represented in mysteries, [97].
• Whistles, [188], [223].
• Widows, re-marriage of, [167].
• Witchcraft, [84 et seq.], [168], [266-7].
• Women preside over religious ceremonies, [56], [77].
• their meals, [139].
• position of, [148 et seq.]
• work of, [135-6], [197], [204-6], [207].
• Yao, captured and married by ‘Angoni,’ [133].
• clean out wells to bring rain, [77].
• chiefs, [256].
• Wood-carving, [203].
• Woodward, Ven. H. W. (Archdeacon of Magila), quoted, [22].
• Yaos (Wayao or Ajawa), [24], [31], [51 et seq.]
• tribe-marks, [39].
• tooth-chipping, [42].
• special deities, [58].
• come from Mangoche Mountain, [58].
• notions as to blood-guiltiness, [67].
• birth-customs, [112].
• betrothal and marriage customs, [129 et seq.]
• man lives at wife’s village, [131].
• language, [211].
• tales, [234], [236], [239 et seq.]
• trace descent through mother, [252].
• their old home in Lujenda valley, [257], [276].
• five branches of tribe, [258].
• Young, E. D., quoted, [283].
• Zambezi River, [1], [3], [4], [25].
• crossed by Angoni, [280].
• Zebra, [9], [17].
• Zinyao dances, [97-8], [127-8].
• Zomba, [7], [98], [259], [283].
• Zulu spoken by Angoni, [35].
• Zulus, [34], [35], [54], [72], [129], [271], [277-8].
• Zwangendaba, Zulu chief, [279].
• Zwide ka’ Yanga, Zulu chief, [278].

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