ng'ech

Luo

Noun

ng'ech

  1. monitor (lizard), especially Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or savannah monitor (V. exanthematicus)[1]
    Ng'ech miyo gi eiye. - The monitor is fat from the inside. (i.e. don't be deceived by appearances)[2]

References
  1. John O. Kokwaro and Timothy Johns (1998). Luo Biological Dictionary, p. 261. Nairobi and Kampala and Dar es Salaam: East African Educational Publishers. →ISBN
  2. Miruka, Okumba (2001). Oral Literature of the Luo, p. 64. Nairobi and Kampala and Dar es Salaam: East African Educational Publishers. →ISBN
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