COKISA. 3

 uku COKISA, v.t.x. To do a thing neatly;
 to perform an operation in a work-
 manlike manner; to cleanse or
 polish, as metal; to purify from
 defilement; to beautify.
 i COKOCOKO, n.x. A spotted dress.
 CoKOoOKO, adj.x. Spotted.
 uku COKOLOZA, v.t.z. To thrust at with a
 pointed stick, as at a dog to keep
 him from the person; or at a snake
 in a hole, so as to cause it to come
 out.
 um COKosI, n.x. A kind of leprous disease.
 uku COLA, v.t.x. To take from the ground;
 to find a thing. Ndiyicole apa: I
 have found it here. z. To take the
 least bit; to make fine by crum-
 bling as bread.
 uku COLEKA, v.i.x.z. To become fine as
 meal.
 COLEKILE, adj.x. z. Fine, as fine flour.
 uku COLISA, v. t. x. z. To grind fine, as flour;
 to pulverize.
 i CoLO, n.z. A small copse or thicket.
 isi CoLo, n. z. A tuft or top knot on the
 head of a person, fowl, or animal;
 or a tuft of grass placed as a finish
 on the top of a native hut.
 u CoLoTI, n. x. The evening twilight.
uku COMBELA, v.t.x. To do your best in
 executing a thing; to do a thing to
 your utmost ability.
 um ComBo, n.z. A white star on the fore-
 head, or white line down the centre
 of the face of an animal.
uku COMBULUKA, v.i.x. To untie or fall
 loose.
uku COMBnULLA, v. t. x. To disentangle; to
 make loose.
uku CONA, v.i.z. 1. To flow in small quan-
 tities; to trickle; to flow in drops.
 -2. To leak out of a vessel.-3. To
 rain in drops, as when a thunder
 storm commences in single drops.
uku CONDOBA, v.i.x. To stand on tiptoe.
 z. Ukucokama.
uku CONDOBEZA, v.i.x. To walk on tiptoe,
 so as to avoid being heard.
uku CONDOBEZELA, v. i.x. To perform any
 work or undertaking in a careful,
 cautious, and deliberate manner.
uku CoNISA, v.t.x. To prohibit the use of
 any thing; to interdict by author-
 ity, or under threatened conse-
 quences ; to forbid. This word is
 used by one rival for the affections
 of a girl to another by way of warn-
 ing him of the serious consequences
 which will ensue if he still seeks


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 her affections. It is also used by a
 husband in prohibiting the wife
 from the use of any thing, which,
 when so prohibited, must not even
 be touched by her without serious
 consequences ensuing. It is usually
 restricted to these uses.
 uku CONSA, v.i.z. To drop, drip, trickle,
 leak. x. Tonsa.
 i CoaNs, n.z. A single drop. x. i Tonsi.
 uku CONTA, v.i.x. To decline or grow less.
 uku CorA, v.i. x. 1. To sit on the highest
 point, as on the top of a rock or
 precipice. Ucopile eliweni: He is
 sitting on the top of the precipice.
 -2. To sit as if ready to rise; to
 sit on the edge of a stool or chair.
 z. To rub the feet in bathing with
 sandstone.
 uku COPELELA, v.i.z. TO be resolute and
 determined in the prosecution of
 any enterprise; to persevere.
 uku CoPIsA, v.t.x. To sit on the highest
 point. Wandicopisa pezu kwenta-
 ba: He set him on the highest
 point of the mountain. Wamcopisa
 umtwana ehasheni: He set the child
 on the horse.
 i Coro, n.z. The corner of a cloth orskin.
 isi Coro, n.x. A high point; a pinnacle.
ubu Copo, n. x.z. The brain.
uku CoPozA, v.i. x. To crush, rub, or grind
 a substance, which has been previ-
 ously softened by moisture.
uku COSUKA, v.i.z. To be taken from a
 larger quantity.
uku COSULA, v. .z. To take from a larger
 quantity, as strings of beads from a
 large bunch.
uku CoTA, v.i.x. To creep; to walk slowly.
 -2. To approach an object stealth-
 ily, as a cat.
 in CoTO, n. z. The outer skin of bulbs.
 isi COTO, n.x. A hurricane of wind and
 rain and hail. z. Hail.
uku COTOZA, v.i.x.z. To walk slowly or
 lazily.
 u COTOZA, n.x.z. A slow lazy walk.
uku CoTocoTozIsA, x. To retard; to cause
 to go stealthily, slowly, or lazily.
 i CowA, n.x. A giraffe.
 i CUBA, n.x. Tobacco. z. The leaf which
 encloses the cob of the maize.
uku CUBA, v.t.x. To peel; to take off the
 corn from a cob of mealies.
 isi CUBU, n.z. 1. The lap of the ear.-2. A
 flat piece of uncooked meat.
ubu CUBU, n.z. A small bird which has
 small fleshy laps or tips at the beak.