ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana i ka moʻo Basenji: nā ʻīlio hoa liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole i ʻuhu, a inā kani lākou, ua like lākou me ka meow, ke kumu holoʻokoʻa o ke ʻano o ka larynx, he ʻokoʻa ia mai ke koena. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe ma withers 40 cm a me ke kaumaha 11 kg. ʻO ʻApelika Waena ka ʻāina kumu. Ma laila lākou i hoʻohana ai no ka hahai liona.
#1 He mālie, mālie, maluhia a kūpaʻa ka ʻīlio ʻīlio Basenji.
He ʻoluʻolu kēia mau ʻīlio a hui pū ʻia.
#2 Ua ʻike ʻia lākou ma ka maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole pilau i ka ʻīlio.
Hāʻawi lākou i nā lālā a pau o ka ʻohana, akā i ka manawa like i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i hoʻokahi mea nona.
#3 Hiki i ka ʻīlio ke hilinaʻi ʻole i nā malihini, ʻaʻole naʻe ʻo ia e hae iā lākou.
He pāʻani a ʻeleu nā ʻīlio Bessenji, no laila maikaʻi lākou no ka poʻe haʻuki.