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- djeroek nipis: dīma gadoelō
djeroek poeroet: dīma cavalō - to climb a hill: mano̠so̠
- all (female) animals which have not yet brought forth young are called sihene; the lowing of a buffalo is faō-é
- barking at the moon is mocha-ō
- no tigers on Nias
- green pigeon (poenai): foenai
wood pigeon (pergem of Java): beroe-oe
blue pigeon: foenai dano̠
red pigeon (red-brown): lafō-oe - there is no word for hen. One says manoe sihene when it has not had chicks ye; after that, one calls it sīfagelō
- gadaō (Chinese rooster)
- large monkey: laho̠ho̠
- (cast-net)
poekat: kiri; net with which one closes off <rivers?>: fauroe
cross-net: àlawa; drag-net: dōra - oetoe (black); lisa (white)
- sandfly: dimanoe
- large red ant: sicho̠ aucho
small red ant: sicho̠ latō
black ant (large): sīcho̠ hōmō
black ant (small): sicho wo̠ra - tarito̠: k.o. viper (poisonous)
sandoeta: multicoloured spotted snake, also poisonous (red, green, white, black)
sawa: oelar tjande (Malay) not poisonous
siho̠ngo̠: "flying snake": it flies from tree to tree and is very poisonous according to the Nias people (presumably it is a flying lizard; during my stay of almost three years <on Nias > I have never seen this kind of 'snake'. - hambae (small crab)
kali mango (large crab)
lobster: oerò nasī - giant oyster shell; there is no name for shell in general
- fa'andoeo droemo̠ bawa, garanano bawa
full moon: toelī
half moon: si méwaloe
waxing moon: tésa'a, bawa séboea
waning moon: amatéla mbawa
