Part 43

The following saying is applied to the bean:—“na gazawa garkuwar maiḳi niḳa, ka ḳi fari uku, ka ḳi a gona, ka ḳi a tukunya, ka ḳi a chiki.” These are nicknames for the bean, which is both an unprofitable crop and an inconvenient and coarse kind of food, but the stranger goes home and describes them as novelties which he has seen—the bane of the indolent who will not take the trouble to grind it—in the field it occupies more space than its value—in the pot it requires long cooking—in the stomach it disagrees.

=waken Ankwai=, =waken bisa=, a large climbing bean, cultivated in some districts; probably the white-seeded var. of Canavalia ensiformis, DC. “Sword Bean,” vide under =ḅarankachi=. (Ankwai, a pagan tribe in Muri).

=waken baibayi= or =waken Gwari=, Dolichos Lablab, Linn. A cultivated climbing bean on fences, trees near houses, or on hut roofs, &c.; called also =w. damfami=, =w. darni=, &c.

=waken barewa= or =waken damo=, Vigna membranacea, A. Rich. and other spp. Wild twining beans in fields &c. vide =gayan gayan=. (Vigna vexillata, Benth. Vigna pubigera, Baker, &c.).

=waken gizo=, Vigna triloba, Walp. A bean twining on fences, &c. greatly resembling the common cultivated bean; eaten by goats, &c. The saying ka yi ḍiya ka watsas, is used of this (from the scattering of the seeds when the pods burst).

=waken tumḳa=, vide =yawa=.

=waken Turawa= or =waken Masar=, W. Stambul, &c. Cajanus indicus, Spreng. “Congo Pea,” “Pigeon Pea.” An erect shrub introduced for cultivation. A form of Indian “dal.”

=walkin tsofo= or =walkin wawa=, Trichodesma africanum, R. Br. (Boragineæ); a coarse herb with white flowers, common near villages, &c. (Etym. “old man’s” or “fool’s apron”).

=wasa wasa=, a food made of beans; vide under =wake=.

=wayo=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=wutar barewa=, a species of fungus; vide under =tumukun suri=.

=wuta wuta=, vide =ḳuduji=.

=wutsiyar ḅera=, vide =tsarkiyar kusu=.

=wutsiyar damo=, vide =karan masallachi=.

=wutsiyar giwa=, vide =gabara=.

=wutsiyar jaki=, vide =katsaimu=.

=wutsiyar ḳadangare=, vide =tsarkiyar kusu=.

=wutsiyar kurege= or =bundin kurege=, a grass about 12 to 18 inches high, with a bottle-brush-like flowering spike. A name somewhat loosely applied, and including Trichopteryx hordeiformis, Stapf, and Perotis latifolia, Ait.

=wutsiyar kusu= or =w. ḅera=, vide =tsarkiyar kusu= and =shinaka=.

=wutsiyar raḳumi=, Platycoryne paludosa, Rolfe (Orchideæ). A small ground orchid with orange-coloured flowers. (Etym. from the long spur of the flower; probably applied to several orchids with spurred flowers).

=wuyan bajimi=, a var. of =gero=, q.v.

=wuyan damo=, Combretum leonense, Engl. and Diels. and perhaps other spp. (Combretaceæ). A tree with corrugated bark and 4-winged fruit; a gum yielder; bark used as an astringent medicine. (Etym. from the rough scaly bark resembling the skin of the large lizard, damo, Varanus exanthematicus).

=Y=

=ya=, a species of fig-tree; vide =wa=.

=yaḅi= = arrow-poison; vide =kwankwani=. (yaḅa = to smear). Syn. =zabgai=.

=yabainya= (Kano), the young plants of =dawa= or =gero=, (which contain prussic acid and are in some circumstances highly poisonous until they reach a certain stage of growth).

=yaḍiya=, Leptadenia lancifolia, Decne. (Asclepiadeæ). A common twiner with half-succulent leaves and a thick greenish sap; leaves and flowers used as food, and bark for fibre.

=yaḍiyar kada=, Taccazea Barteri, Baill. (Apocynaceæ). A twiner with milky juice, common on trees, &c. near streams; (including other species).