_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. [Illustration] 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.