ABANYALA BA KAKAMEGA: Names of Reptiles and other Common Creatures
REPTILES AND OTHER CROWLING ANIMALS
REPTILES
OTHERS COMMON ANIMALS
REPTILES
- Ekhaniafu- Chameleon. It was a taboo to kill it.
- Ekhere- toad. It was a taboo to intentionall kill a toad.
- Ekhere lya namakanda- african giantfrog
- Ekhutu- tortoises
- Ekwena- crocodile
- Embulu- monitor lizard. Its skin was used to make omutindi drums.
- Enenga- frog
Enenga - Eng'ala- turtle.
- Esikekhi- tree frog. It is poisonous when ingested by cattle.
Esikekhi - Esiolo- lizard. Uncircumcised boys were discouraged from killing it.
- Makasi- scorpion. Also used for giant crabs.
- Mukhobe- blind snake
- Namukhokhome- gecko
- Namurwekana- salamander
- Omwambo- earthworm
- Enjukha- general snake. There are hundreds of snake types based on appearance.
- Ebaka- python
- Efulukundu- puff udder
- Ekhendu- green snake
- Ekhirakhima- black cobra.
- Embirikong'o-
- Emiramirye- python sebae
- Engulukhi- bloomslung
- Nandemu- black mamba. Dentrospis polycepsis. The inside of its mouth is black.
- Nachweng'e
- Nafuo- spitting cobra
- Naluchekhe- vipera aspis
- Nalukenje- rhinoceros viper
- Naluende-
- Muuwu- rattle snake.
- Yabebe- flying snake
OTHERS COMMON ANIMALS
- Amakhenie- tapewarms
- Ekhala- crab
- Ekhukhuni- leech
- Ekhumuniu- slug
- Ekhomoniu- snail.
- Ekongolio- millipede
- Embubi- spider
- Enguwa- ticks
- Enjukha enjolio- roundworms
- Enyanja- centipede.
- Esinanyanja- scorpion
Very common with Bukusu
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