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Binômeal Birds
Binômeal Birds
Author(s): R. E. Moreau
Source: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ,
1942, Vol. 10, No. 4 (1942), pp. 998-1006
Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of School of Oriental and African
Studies
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1 Woodward (3) gives fula cholo "plenty of rain ": modern Wabondei agree that
the expression now in use is fua (i.e. mvua) mchocho, the latter word indicating heavy
unremitting rain.
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
(1) MOREAU, R. E. In Tanganyika Notes and Records, No. 10: "Bird names used in
Coastal North-Eastern Tanganyika Territory."
(2) REICHENOW, A., 1889. Ueber eine Vogelsammlung aus Ostafrika. J. Orn., 37,
264-286.
(3) WOODWARD, H. W., 1882. Collections for a Handbook of the Boondei Language,
S.P.C.K., London.
(4) NEWTON, A., 1893-6. A Dictionary of Birds, A. and C. Black, London.
(5) JOHNSON, F., 1939. A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, O.U.P., London.