Table 7 Physicians’ Translations

Diseases Tiv Translations
1. Glaucoma Mnyoon u igbila i ken ashe (pains in the eye nerves)
2. Cataract Ishange (a substance that covers part of the eye lens)
3. Dilated Heart Disease Ishima i mulan ken imese(enlargement of the heart by the left hand side)
4. Hypertrophic Heart Disease Mmula u inyam i ken ishima (swollen heart muscles)
5. Restrictive Heart Disease Mtaver u kpekpe u ishima (stiffening of the heart walls)
6. Jaundice Angev mbu mlem (a sickness of the bile)
7. Yellow Fever Myamkyule (yellow fever)
8. Gastric Ulcer Avav shin uya (lesions in the large stomach)
9. Duodenal Ulcer Avav sha gwarmya u kiriki (lesions on the small intestine)
10. AIDS Angev mbu wuan u shoji ken iyol (sickness that kills antibiotics)