Yangmal, the earth-worm, 184

Yau, a Purum Festival, 172

Zādeng, a branch of Thangur clan, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 42, 125, 126, 140

Zādenga, Thangur chief, 125

Zahao tribe, 136, 139

Zakachhunga, Old Kuki village officer, 153

Zanghaki, courted by Labuanga, 69

Zānkhuān, four days’ feast, 89

Zawl, hypnotised state, 110–11

Zawlbuk, xx, 18, 21, 22, 103, 168
Chiru, Kom, Thikup, 151
Not built by the Rālte, 140
Nor by Rāngte, 146
Old Kuki substitutes, 152, 168, 186
Ronte, 173
Vuite substitute, 143
Not built by Thados, 193

Zatea, an Old Kuki man, 187

Zawlnei, a hypnotic medium, 110–11

Zawlthlia, a Thangchhuah, 98–9

Zawngte, a non-Lushei clan, 135

Ziki, a girl, 66, 68

Zinhawn sacrifice, 77, 132

Zin-thiang sacrifice, 70, 130, 132

Zo, Chin name for Lakher or Mara clan, 215

Zomi, a Thado female spectre, 201

Zong-pam, a branch of Chuaongo clan, 126

Zote clan, 188

Zu, a fermented drink made from rice, 36
Method of distilling, 37
Use in Sacrifices, 73, 78, 83, 87, 91, 138

Zuhrei, the big rat, 94

Zupalba, Old Kuki village officer, 153

Zu-pui-ni feast day, 88

Zuting-ni, fourth-day, 87