One explanation has it that it refers to a bird, but according to another explanation it comes from the verb nyekula "to turn suddenly, swing around, fling one’s head or arm, whisk its tail", because when she started walking, she would always fling her head and arm simultaneously, but only once. This nickname has been inherited by all her namesakes, who are likewise called Kanyeku. In an obituary published in Namibia, she was likened to a baobab tree that had now fallen. Works Translation References Missionaries of the Finnish Missionary Society Finnish writers Finnish translators Finnish lexicographers 1927 births 2016 deaths Finnish expatriates in Namibia 20th-century translators 20th-century Lutherans