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olpetaai / ilpetaa - „one who lay down“ an age set
olpetai / ilpetaa - the finger ring [Klumpp: 1987; p.292]
olpete - ornament worn by all; the style depends on sex and age [Klumpp:
1987; p.283]
olpidipido /
ilpidipidi
- twisted feather ornaments for warriors [Klumpp: 1987; p.292]
- twisted feather at back of head worn by warriors [Klumpp: 1987;
p.283]
olpishushu - not known [B.10.02.98] [Clock tower women 13.08.98] [P
13.02.98]
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- dark red (archaic word) [Klumpp: 1987; p.278]
olpumpwi / - necklace made with glassbeads [B.10.02.98]
ilpumpwi - big round beads of app. 8 mm, red or white, usually available at
the markets here. [B. Heck 16.02.98]; not known [P 13.02.98]; cf.
ilpumpui
- 5 x 8 mm olive bead, nicknamed pumpu, red, white, black, yellow,
orange, sometimes royal blue. [Klumpp: 1987; p.276]
olpurkat / ilpurkat - bracelet made of metal wire wound around the wrist; object2-
No.10 Maasai collection Iwalewa-House is aluminium but today
brass is more popular
olpus / ilpusi - small beads [B.10.02.98]
- light blue or grey; it’s a colour naming the bead [B. Heck 16.02.98]
- mammals (cattle, goats, zebra, giraffe, etc.) with different coloured
spots [P 13.02.98]
- beads size 5/0 to 8/0 (beads size 9/0 to 11/0 the smaller ones are
named imusitani) [Ngaiseri Paulos 13.03.98]
- cf. epusi (strings of beads) and pus (grey)
- light blue bead [Mol: 1978; p.27]
olramboi / ilramboi see e-rompo
olromboi - long strings of beads hanging down from esuri
olsikira / ilsikira - round or triangle metal sheet used as bangles in ornaments
- see osikira
- the cowrie-shells (o-sikirai): a round band which is tied to baby’s
wrist when it starts toddling around, it is tied to the right hand
wrist in order to remind baby to use its right-hand, because lefthandedness
is not much appreciated amongst the Maasai.
oltang’ai / iltang’a - triangular emunai [loop shaped earring] for married women
[Klumpp: 1987; p.293]
oltepa / intepa - necklace [B. Heck photo 2]
oltepei / iltepei - tablet bead [Klumpp: 1987; p.293]
- see entepe