Vocabulary (Page 2)

The bulleted vocabulary has been taken directly from the glossary and guide to pronunciation from Verna Aardemas book Traveling To Tondo.

• Tondo - (TON-doh) a town on lake Tumba
• Nkundo - (uhn-Koon-doh): People who live in the rain forest of Zaire; their language is called Lonkundo (Lon-KOON-doh)
• Bowane - (boh-WAH-nay): Lonkundo for civet cat
• Embengo - (em-beng-ga): Lonkundo for pigeon
• Nguma - (uhn-GOO-mah): Lonkundo for python
• Ulu (OO-loo): Lonkundo for tortoise
• N-Yeh - (nyeh): Lonkundo for no or never, and traditionally spelled nye

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Glossary from Anansi Finds A Fool:

• Anansi (a NAHN-see): Sometimes a spider and other times a man, as in this tale. (West African folktales are called Spider Stories Whether Anansi appears in them or not.)
• Ashanti (a-SHAHN-tee): Natives of Ghana on the west coast of Africa
• Aso (AH-so): Wife of Anansi, either in houman or arachnid form
• Kiliwili (KEE-le-WEE-le): Ideophone meaning headlong