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pre-colonial formation of Dghweɗe and the Tur tradition during the
wet 17th century (see Chapters 2.1 and 3.3); also consult Table of
Contemporaneity (Chapter 2.1) and see Figure 16 (Chapter 3.8).
Dgɗale
Traditional sauce mainly made of leaves (ɗala) but cattle fat could also
be used to make it (Chapter 3.22).
Dgkalkwa
Wild animals or 'things' between or among rocks; by contrast, dgsiye
was used to refer to 'wild animals of the bush' (Chapter 3.22).
Dgndala
Term for birds and insects that can fly: 'things which fly' (in this way
butterflies are classified with birds, while termites are not); see Chapter
3.22.
Dgsiye
Wild animals of the bush (siye), meaning: 'living things of the
bushland' as opposed to dgkalkwa for wild animals and 'things'
between the rocks; see Chapter 3.22 for more details.
Dgthile
Wild animals of the plains; comprising here of both wild animals found
on cultivated land outside settlements and on uncultivated bushland
(Chapter 3.22).
Dgvughe
Snakes: 'things which crawl' (Chapter 3.22)
Dgyuwe
Water animals: 'things in the water' (yewe = water); see Chapter 3.22.
Dhagla
Useful weed that grew between terrace walls and functioned as an antierosive measure; also played a role as a legendary plant the Gaske
rainmakers once used to magically produce drinking water in an
emergency situation (see baba Musa's account in Chapter 3.7).
Dhal susiye
Hoeing uncultivated land (dhal = hoeing; susiye = uncultivated land);
consult Chapter 3.10 about working the terraced land for more details.
Dhanga
Front wall of the foyer of a house; consisting of a very smooth dry
stone wall facing the infields; see Plates 24a and 24b in Chapter 3.11;
the same smooth front stone walling with a kitchen on each side was
also typical of the Chikiɗe and the Guduf (Plate 21d).
Ding dva
General word for wrist bracelet; see Chapter 3.14 for more details.
Ding ghwala
Bangles for twin boys and girls and also for a first child born after
twins; see illustrations of twin bangles in Figure 30 (Chapter 3.19).
Ɗuf ɗala
Ritual guinea-corn beer libated over ancestor stones as a replacement
for har ghwe and har jije if farm owner cannot afford to slaughter a hegoat (see Chapter 3.12 about the house as a place of religious worship).
Dugh dzugwa
Marriage by promise; literally means 'befriending a girl' (dugh = girl) –
is a reference to an arranged marriage initiated by the groom's father
(see John's testimony in Chapter 3.20).
Dugh pata
Marrying a girl without notice of the girl's parents (dugh = girl);
consult Chapter 3.20 for details.
Dugh viya
Marriage by capture (dugh = girl; viya = 'use of force'); see Chapter
3.20.
Dughwa-ha
Reference to newly-married girl or woman as 'new wife' (Chapter 3.20)
Dung ga baya
Ritual pot for deceased mother as first wife, kept in her former lower
kitchen (Chapter 3.12)
Dungwe
Ritual cooking pot or small aperture beer pot as spirit pot for a child;
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