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Kwadgara
Room for firstborn child (see groundplan in Figures 18 and 19c); a new
bride stayed in seclusion there for three days as part of a traditional
marriage ceremony (Chapter 3.20).
Kwalanglanga
Brass bells on iron chains which gave the ngwa kwalanglanga their
name (the kwalanglanga danced uphill with these bells attached to the
waist); see Plate 58a in Chapter 3.14 on adult initiation (dzum zugune).
Kwata
Calabash for drinking sorghum beer; played a role in many ritual
contexts and was often stored in the first wife's loft (gude tighe) or in
the 'stomach' of the house shrine (khuɗi thala); see Plate 59h (Chapter
3.14).
Kwatama
Headdress made of cow or bull hide; was worn by keen young men
who had not yet started dzum zugune; see Plate 56b (Chapter 3.14).
Kwatimba
Mat-like tent around the tsaga stick above the upper passageway of the
foyer area of the house during the bull festival; see Figure 21a
illustrating this ritual arrangement (Chapter 3.13).
Kwir dada
Ancestor stone for a deceased father (see Figure 19c for location);
played a central role during har ghwe as calendrical sacrifice to a
deceased father (see Figures 20a and 20b for spatial dimension).
Kwir jije
Ancestor stone for a deceased grandfather (see Figure 19c); played a
central role during har jije, the calendrical sacrifice to a deceased
grandfather; see Figure 20a for spatial dimension (Chapter 3.12).
Kwir thala
General name for the three ancestor stones at the foot of the house
shrine (kwire = stone; thala = house shrine); see Plate 25c showing my
friend Buba overlooking his ancestor stones (Chapter 3.11).
Kwir uvawa
Volcanic plugs (kwire = stone) of Roumsiki on the central plateau,
which are visible from Dghweɗe; see Figure 4 for a geographical
overview.
Kwir wuje
Individual ancestor stone for paternal great-grandfather (see Figure
19c); was the ancestor stone which was moved and stored under the
granary of the father of the house (see photograph in Plate 36a) when
the father of the house died (Chapter 3.12).
Kwir yewe
Rainstones (yewe = water, rain); see images in Plates 14 and 46a.
Kwire
General word for stone or rock; see introduction to Chapter 3.12.
L
Lave
Ziziphus mauritiana (see Plate 18c); was used to make a tsaga stick for
the bull festival; see Figure 21a for an illustration (Chapter 3.13).
Lawan
Kanuri: village head; in each of the villages of the Gwoza LGA I
visited during my 1994 survey I was kindly supported by the lawan as
village head (Chapter 1.2); has its roots in colonial times (Chapter 2.2).
Ləmana mdughe
Bridewealth (ləmana = 'wealth you pay'; dughe = bride; girl);
bridewealth was paid in two stages and sometimes even in three stages
(see Chapter 3.20 about past ways of marrying in Dghweɗe).
Lusa
Dark shades of colours; indigo, dark green or black; see the Dghweɗe
word list linked to shades of colours in Chapter 3.22; see also darke
(indigo cotton dress) worn by ngwa yiye as symbol of ripeness.
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