Loaʻa i ka Basenji kahi ʻano hahai holoholona i hoʻomohala nui ʻia. ʻO nā ʻīlio pū kekahi ua ʻimi a wikiwiki hoʻi. ʻAʻole ʻā ʻo Basenji, hiki iā lākou ke ʻuwē, ʻōhumu a ʻū. ʻO nā lunamakaʻāinana o ka ʻano he mea ʻala ʻole a maʻemaʻe loa.
He mau ʻīlio ʻeleu kēia me ka ʻōnaehana neʻe kelepona. He akamai lākou, hilinaʻi iā lākou iho, akā pili ka mea nona. He ʻano kaulike ko lākou, hoʻololi maikaʻi i ke koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole hilahila, a makaʻala i nā malihini.