Lithuanian _piëtus_, ‘noon’, which goes back to Sanskrit _pitus_, ‘meal-time’[118]. Time-indications of various kinds are, as we have seen, used alongside of one another; when they are fully employed a very highly organised terminology for the times of day may be arrived at. The names for the times of day among the Nandi seem almost artificial:--2 a. m., the elephants have gone to the waters; 3, the waters roar; 4, the land (sky) has become light; 5, the houses are opened; 5.=30=, the oxen have gone to the grazing-ground; 6, the sheep have been unfastened; 6.=30=, the sun has grown; 7, it has become warm; 7.=30=, the goats have gone to the grazing-ground; 9, the goats have returned from the grazing-ground; 9.=30=, the goats sleep in the kraal; 10, the goats have arisen, the oxen have returned; 10.=30=, the oxen sleep; 11, untie the cattle, i. e. let the calves get their food, the goats feed; 11.=30=, the oxen have arisen; 12 noon, the sun has stood upright, the goats sleep in the wood; 12.=30=, the goats have drunk water; 1 p. m., the sun turns, i. e. goes towards the west, the cattle have drunk water; 1.=30=, the drones hum; 2, the sun continues to go towards the west, the oxen feed; 3, the goats have been collected; 4, the oxen drink water for the second time, the goats have returned; 4.=30=, the goats sleep; 5, the eleusine grain has been cleaned for us, take the goats home, shut up the calves; 5.=30=, the goats have entered the kraal; 6, the sun is finished, the cattle have returned; 6.=15=, milk (sc. the cows); 6.=45=, neither man nor tree is recognisable, cattle-fold doors have been closed; 7, the heavens are fastened; 8, the porridge is finished; 9, those who have drunk milk are asleep; 10, the houses have been closed; 11, those who sleep early wake up; 12, the middle of the night[119].