Insects

01. Chemeliil -the army worm 

02. Chepkiimyet -the carpenter ant

03. Chepkoitaapma -the praying mantis

04. Chepng'ing'iin -the wasp

05. Cheptaapmama -the millipede 

06. Cheepuutyet -the hairy caterpillar 

07. Isiryaat -the louse 

08. Kalyaang'aat -the housefly 

09. Kanyiitweet -the earthworm

10. Kerpesyeet -the tick

11. Kimityaat -the flea 

12. Kipkepeper -the crab

13. Kipreng'endet -the locust 

14. Kiprorogeet -the spider

15. Kipsiririit -the cricket 

16. Kiptoolookoong' -the carpenter bee 

17. Kiptoruruut -the beetle

18. Kololyoot -the bedbug 

19. Kong'aiyaat -the rain ant/flying termite

20. Kuutyet -the hairless caterpillar 

21. Leelmwaiyaat -the european fire ant 

22. Luulusyoot -the stingless bee 

23. Melmeldo -the stinging caterpillar 

24. Mpulukyoot -the jigger 

25. Meng'weet -the firefly 

26. Ng'eendiniaat -the maggot 

27. Piinaakyaat -the nit 

28. Piireechoot -the common fire ant

29. Puutiik -the mites

30. Pusaiyet -the centipede 

31. Sagamyaat -the honey bee 

32. Saamuunyoot -the field ant

33. Solopchoot -the cockroach

34. Talamwet -the grasshopper 

35. Tang'kwereryet -the dragonfly 

36. Tapurpuryet -the butterfly 

37. Teetaapmama -the water bug 

38. Toiyoot -the termite

NAMES OF BIRDS IN KIPSIGIS

1. Raigootiit -the marabou stork

2. Tang'any-kwoony -the secretary bird

3. Cheepchuupo -the starling bird

4. Tergekyaat -the guinea fowl

5. *Soorooryet/cheptugeet -the dove

6. Suguruut -the owl

7. Sang'kiit -the vulture

8. Chepogilkil -the turkey

9. Ng'kokcheet -the chicken

10. Chepokipapaa -the ibis

11. Kong'oonyoot -the crane

12. Chepisakyaat -the weaver bird

13. Kipkon'goniet -the woodpecker

14. Kipkoosiitweet -the mousebird

15. Kipkosyeet -the honeyguide

16. Riryaat -the red-billed oxpecker

17. Chepkung'kurweet -the pied crow

18. Chepkoropit -the yellow-vented bulbul

19. Cherepesit -the nightjar

20. Hang'ang'eet -the hornbill

21. Tetee -the nightingale

22. Chemermeru - the swahili sparrow

23. *Chesiipiit - the Humming bird

24. Keereet - the kite

25. Chesiirereet - the hawk

26. Chepkogosyoot - the eagle

27. Chepkuikui - the skylark

28. Chepowiirit - the killdeer

29. Keek -the lilac- breasted roller

30. Ketutunyeet - the red black ground hornbill 

31. Kongoyot-crested crane.

32. Kipsichit-Eagle

33. cheebobaba - Ibis

34. Taiweet- patridge

35. Chelogomiet

36. *Kiplalang

37. *Cherebenyit

38. *Chesiliot

39. Mashelelet-brown dove

40. Cheptalamiat

 

*Subjects to rectifications

Names of personalities based on social roles amongst Kalenjins

1. Judges - kipsarurinik

1. kiruogik-chiefs
2. chemosian-girl circumcisor
3. boiyondet-male circumcisor
4. chepkutiat-soloist
5. tienindet-singer
6. meiwot-worker
7. kimonjororiat-prisoner
8. kipsogorindet-spy
9. bunotiot-alien person
10. motellin-expert
11. ngomut-traditional brain surgeon
12. kipkoroisi/ngetet-uncircumcised boy bcos of presence of prepuce/foreskin on his genital equivalent 2 hat
13. boiyotab komta/kibisho-initiation chief priest.....testai

Teta

Teta
Plural:Tuga
Other forms of the word:tany,tich (singular,plural respectively).
Meaning:
1. Teta-Cow, universal name, for both male and female. A male cow is called 'kirgit' if it is not castrated or 'eito' if it is. Plural is 'kirugik' and 'eik' respectively.
2. Teta- A valuable. Anything valuable to a kalenjin is a cow. Be it an electronic, a vehicle, a piece of land or even a woman. Especially a woman who is not legally someone's. A beautiful woman passes by and a Kalenjin man would ask another, 'bo ng'o tanyi?' i.e 'whose cow is this'.(For the benefit of modern day slayqueens, don't be offended if you are called a cow. On the contrary, feel proud). Of you encroach a Kalenjin man's land, he will ask you ,"why are you joking with my cows?'. A kalenjin parent will rebuke their child who has failed in exams as having wasted their cows.
3. Teta. Wages. To a very large extent, wages in Kalenjin land is measured in terms of cows. If you tell someone you have been in some certain contract or any other form of employment, he will ask you, 'how many cows did you buy'? You show them even if there are in another form be it land or something.
4. Teta-Identity. Different Kalenjin families and clans have different ways of piercing the ears of their cows for identification. As such, one can see a cow and know the owner or the family he comes from. So sometimes, instead of asking one's clan, as 'ii anora'(which clan are you), one can ask, 'ii antanya?'( which cow are you?). Next time you are asked so, you are required to say your clan.
Nouns associated with cows are 'botich' and 'batany' both names used to refer to grandfathers across Kipsigisland. There are many proper names that are Kaptich,Kip/Cherotich,Kip/Chepngetich,Taprantich,Taputany,Cherutany,Marintany,Kiprantich among others.
5.Children in kalenjin are counted silently using cattle,they normally asked ii kaptany at a? Meaning how children do you have
 Cows among the Kalenjin are so important that a man who is from a long journey will first go to the cattle boma to look at his cows before inquiring the welfare of children. The ownership of cows is mostly a man affair but are said to belong to children. When someone is asked to sell a cow to buy something and he is not willing to, he will simply say, "bo lagok"( it belongs  to the children).
The uses of cows include payment of bride price and 'muget'. 'Muget' is payment made after someone has murdered another person of the Kalenjin Community. The clan that the murderer comes from contributes nine cows to the aggrieved clan.
The young one of a cow(calf) is called 'moita'. Traditionally, Kalenjins don't brag and will usually don't brag or rather parade their wealth. They prefer mentioning it in a manner that makes it look small. A kalenjin man will go to the market and say he is looking for a calf to buy. He then goes ahead and buys a very big cow. 'Atinye moen tuten'(I have got a few calves), says someone with 100 heads of cattle.

Traditional medicines amongst Kalenjins

1. chebindorwet/legetetiot - mogongenik/tungoek ( arthritis and coughs)
2. kulelwet - treat coughs and headaches/tongoek ak metit
3. chesamisiet - chebo kit kit ....tungoegab lagok/treat children coughs
4. kimonchongwet/ngechebchat - muguleldo/heart diseases. Chew and swallow
5. loplopitiet-  Extract the juice to treat the ear diseases
6. kunmandet - moet ne sirgichet. moet ne mo sobe/ treating wounds that are difficult to heal
7. soget plus manget- tungoek/and spray snake bites and snake puff
8. sagawaita - tungoek/coughs
9. Bongongenik/sugumeriet - chew seeds to clean stomach parasites/deworming
10. Bobat nemongu en tegek keguren Bundet - treats children with stomach pains. You boil it an give it to the young ones of 1 to 6 months old children
11. kwom tebengwo/silibwet - treat pregnant women/kidney diseases
12. chegab sigiriet - treat chest pains

Dowry payment among the Kalenjin:-

1. Teta ne abai (cow under lactation) this signifies procreation to the new family
2. Eito ne iyumi tuga (Oxen)
3. Teta nebo riyotet/ne kotot (Cow near to conceive) 
4. Roriat (Heifer) 
5. Teta ne iyumi nego/iywoget (mature cow) 
6. Kwesta/Kipkugeret (he goat for father) 
7. Kechiriet/Chepkugeret (Sheep for mother) 
8. Chepngabait/Roriat (token for upkeep especially during childhood) 
9. Kechiriet nebo arwet (for mother in law so as to allow son in law call her Boger alternatively Goat with lamb for mother in law so as to allow son in law call her Bogine 
10. Mwaita  
11. Chepletiot-Normally mature heifer where the son in law will later take back the calf.Normally
    Chepletiot is not commonly paid but in a situation where the husband quarrels with his wife to the point where she goes to her real fathers home and the mistake emenates from the husband the husband was compelled to pay chepletiot. 
12. Nyoetab kaat(normally if the couple elopes without the consent of their immediate families the husband was supposed to pay a fine of normally five thousand to twenty thousand to is wife father/family)kiome sanian koigeny meaning that the assistance from inlaws is endless.

Different time in a day as per Kalenjin

1. The night -këmöut
2. The dawn -ëgönet
3. The morning twilight -körirönet
4. The sunrise -chorünet
5. The daytime -pëtüt
6. The sunset -chimildöet
7. The evening twilight -lang'atüt
8. The dusk -imenët