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Africana; or, the heart of heathen Africa, Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 13 — Chapter XV · SEVENTH HALF.

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The Anyasa name for a hippopotamus is mvu, the Yao name is ndomondo. The first word is undoubtedly taken from the snorting of the animal, while the second word may be taken from the splash with which the animal returns to the river after feeding on the bank.

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