The Study of Words--"R." A curious illustration of this decay of language
Is furnished by Moffat in his "Missionary Labors and scenes in South Africa," There was formerly a word in the Bechuana, Caffre tribe, which signified " him that is above "--- Morimo, but it had vanished from the knowledge of the present tribe, except in the minds of a few old men, who had a slight recollection of such a word. Now the word is only used by the magicians and rain-makers in their incantations, and who use it as representing a fabulous ghost,
Champaign County Gazette (Champaign, Illinois) 21 Jun 1871, Wed Page 2
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