Chapter XIII

) there is the reduplication munumweynise of the root mwana or mwayna expressing the 'itching' or 'state of excitement.' In the ka'ubanai the first key-expression ida dabara is an archaic or dialectical couple (the root is dabara, and ida is only a phonetic addition), which signifies 'to ebb.' The other key-expressions 'ka'ukwa yaruyaru,' 'ka'ukwa mwasara,' 'ka'ukwa mwasara baremwasemwasara' have all the verbal part irregularly reduplicated and in the last expression repeated and transformed. The last formula of the mwasila (Kula magic) given in