Names of the week among the Kalenjins

1. Sunday : Kotisap

2. Monday :Kotaai

3. Tuesday : Ko oeng 

4. Wednesday : Ko somok 

5. Thursday : Ko ang’wan 

6. Friday : Ko muut

7. Saturday : ko Loo

Names of animals amongst the kalenjin people

1. Tombisiet- camel
2. Ting'ong'et- crocodile
3. Nyumbut- horse
4. Boinet - gazelle
5. Leitigo- zebra
6. Kimagetiet- hyena
7. Magaita- hippo
9. Cheplanget- leopard
10. Beliot- elephant
11. Ngotiat- wild beast
12. Soet- buffalo
13. Chemengewet- spiny ant eater
14. Cheswereret- porcupine
15. Ngetundo- lion
16. Tisiet - baboon
17. Ng'ororiet- goat
18. Ngechiryet- sheep
19. Cherekweny- hare
20. Ketet- cheeteh
21. Murngetunyit- tiger
22. Kiplekwet - rabbit
23. Toriong - honey becker
24. Moset- monkey
25. Koroitiet - colombus monkey
26. Cheptirkichet - antelope
27. Suiyot- wild dog
28. Lelwot- Jackal
29. Koboet - squirrel
30. Chereret-Vervet  monkey
31. Kipsirichet - rhino
32. Kesengit
33. Mbilisiet
34. Toret - warthog
35. Mengubeito-scorpion
 36. Kimenjerut
37. Masiroret
38. Nderit - hyrax
39. Kipsomberet
40. Songoliet- ostrich
41. Kooteet – ant eater,
42  Impolet - black bushbuck
43. Miindet – Bongo
44. Rogoyueet - Eland
45. Sing’oito– Waterbuck
46. Mogoitit- Black Monkey
47. Toraet –wild pig
48. Tumda– great forest hog

TUGEN CLANS

1.Ringoi - snake (eren)
2.Siakwei - Bee (Segemia)
3.Kobil - wild pig (toret)
4.Kure - Quail (Taiwa)
5.Saniako - Monkey (Cheree)
6.Kapkuoi/kabon - Moset/kipekeyat (baboon)
7.Sokom - hawk (Chepsirere)
8.Toiyoi - Lightening (Ilat)
9.Tulo - Fox (Lel)
10.Kong'oot - Fire (Maa)
11.Tungo - hyena (kimaget)
12.Soti/chepkeres - Sun (Asista)
13.Teriki/kipngotop/kipkoitin - Elephant (Balio)
14.Talai - Frog (Mororoch)
15.Tarkok - Guniea fowl (terkekekya)
16.Chesibon/kabon - (Family Totem - moset- black baboon)
17.Kipyegen - (Family totem white baboon)
18.Kipkoitin - (family totem Elephant)
19.Kabarsitei - (Family Tortem - Leopard Kobilo)
20.Kipsochon clan(animal is Oloitige/zebra)
.Popular in lembus people,
21.Chepsiror(tortem rat(muriat)
22.Kipboroge - chepkuliet
23.kipseger - monkey(kibiset)
24.Kipsegecha - kongony or kongot(crane)
25.Kipkuykuy/kimoi - kuikuye(crocodile)
26.Mokiy - Arawet(moon)

1.TALAI tortem is in three categories:- namely leopard, lion and frog
2.TARKOK categories takolie (crub), terkekyat (kanga), bang'ang (hornbil)
3.KOBILO categories toret (warthog), sabite (poncupine)
4.CHESIBON categories kamoiben, kapsemelo
5.KIMOI categories, soe (buffalo), kongony (crane), segem (bee)
6.KIBOROGE/TERIKI categories, belio(elephant), chepkulie(small safari ants)
7.KABON categories chesibon, kipyegen, kapkuoi

Names of fingers starting with the thumb

a) kiptesot- thumb
b) koolindet-
c) siab kwen/siab tamook
d) mesiewa
e) chepkiloot/metengele

PARTS OF A TYPICAL KIPSIGIS HOMESTEAD/COMPOUND,

Inside

1.Olmarich/mogoto- gate although they are not the same.In the main house (kamosop) we have,
2. kurgat/musereita- door. sic~(musereita was made from muserech tree.)
3. inchoor/nchoor- sitting room
4Tootet/suum- bedroom literally
5. itook- bed
6. koima/koitab ma-fireplace
7. kipeelkonyan- space between fireplace and wall.women keep cooking stuff.
8. saanet/saana- place for keeping utensils and it hangs from the root
9 kapsotoon- place for keeping calabashes
10. Taboot/tabuut- ceiling

Outside
1. kook-sitting place for men
2. Mabwai- the altar it must be on the eastern side of the main house as it is sacred place.
3 kaapmetet- sitting place for women and in most cases to the western side.women do their stuff there.
4. Piutab tuga/apathetic-cattle enclosure
5. kaapmoen- calves enclosure
6. kaaptich/singiroino- hut for men built inside or adjacent to cattle enclosure for security reasons
7 kapmosoop/mosoop- main house for parents
8 choogo/chooget- granary

names givens to character and personality amongst Kalenjins

1. Chepkutiat- soloist.
2. Tienindet- singer.
3. Chepkugoniot- Prostitute woman.
4. Chebaigeyat- Concubine
5. Chepkerta/chepkesesiot- Promiscuous woman.
6. Kipkerta- gigolo (prosmicuos man for money).
7. Bunotian- alien person.
8. kipsogorindet- spy
9. Chemungarainik- businessmen.
10. Chepngwalo-Traders.

Kipsigis names of common heavenly bodies

1. Asista-sun
2. Arawet-moon
3. Koromerik-galazy
4. Kipsomoguk-constellations
5. Cheptabisyet-Comet
6. Kipsengwetiet-fragment stones of meteorites