^{page 475 note 1} Ngukanani. Bishop Smythe, in his XiLenge Grammar, gives kanani as ‘down the throat, inside the mouth’.

^{page 475 note 2} The Banza is the place in the open air where the men congregate together and chat over a fire, or under a tree.

^{page 476 note 1} The siko is the hearth-circle in the women's hut. The women sit round the fire and tell stories in the evening.

^{page 476 note 2} Ndanga is the hut used only by young men and boys.

^{page 477 note 1} Ndungu. This is a cockerel not old enough to crow.

^{page 481 note 1} Kuravira seems to be the Si-Ndau way of pronouncing gulavela (ki-Lenge). The word does not seem to occur in the actual Si-Ndau language, though I cannot be certain of this. The story is possibly of Ji-Ndau origin, though told in ki-Lenge.

^{page 482 note 1} Mamanyaa or Mamanyane is the form of address for a daughter-in-law.

^{page 482 note 2} Kyiuma=the media of akulobola, whether cattle, money, or other goods.

^{page 482 note 3} Mahumisane was the daughter of the sorceress.