The name "Pangolin" originally comes from the Malay "peng guling" which means "roller" due to the creature's habit of rolling up into a ball when threatened.
Vito ra Xikhwarha ri huma eka rito ra Malay, panggulling, leswi vulaka 'ku tsondzela', ntolovelo wa Xikhwarha xoti tsondzela xiti endla bolo loko xi chavisiwile.