FEKETA.


 palsy. Used principally by the
 Fingoe tribes.
uku FEKETA, v. i.x Z. 1. TO play; to sport;
 to frolic. Bayafeketa abantwana:
 The children are playing, or are at
 their sports.-2. To annoy by re-
 marks calculated to cause derision;
 to toy with a person; to use ironi-
 cal speech towards person. Musa
 ukufeketa ngami: You are not to
 sport or play the fool with me.
uku FEKETISA, v.t.x.z. To cause sport; to
 treat playfully. z. To flounce, or
 embroider a garment.
uku FELA, v.t.x.z. 1. To die for. TT
 Kristu wafela abantn: Christ died
 for the people.-2. To die in a cer-
 tain place. Wafela ekaya: He
 died at home. In the passive form
 this verb has a peculiar idiomatic
 signification. Umfazi wafelwa
 ngurntwana wake: The woman is
 bereaved of her child. Inkomo
 yafelwa little: The cow has lost
 her calf by death. z. To spit.
 i FE LANI, n.x. A cotton blanket.
uku FELELA, v.t.Z. To spit upon a thing.
um FELI, n.x. One who dies for another,
 or for others. Unyana ka Tixo
 ungumfeli wabantu: The Son of
 God is He who died for the people.
 um FELOKAZI, n. z. A widow.
 ubu FELOKAZI, n.z. Widowhood.
 uku FELWA, v.p.x. To be bereaved by
 death. Umfazi vfelwa ngumtwana
 wake: The woman is bereaved of
 her child by death. Inkomo
 ifelwa little layo: The cow has
 lost her calf by death.
 im FENE, n.x.z. A baboon.
 i FENSTILr, n. x. A window. Kaffirized
 from the Dutch "fenster :" a win-
 dow.
 i FENTA, n.z. A narrow piece of land at
 the foot of a hill, or a mountain,
 suitable for cultivation, x. Intile.
 im FENYANE, n.z. A kind of mint; a
 scented plant, used in pomatum
 for perfuming the hair and
 person.
uku FENYISA, v.t. z. To disparage; to de-
 cry; to damage the reputation, so
 as to raise a prejudice against a
 person.
 um FESANE, n.x. Kindness; favour: grace;
 sympathetic feeling, x. Ufefe.
uku FETEZA, v.i.Z. TO chatter; to talk
 with volubility.
ubu FETYE, n.z. Affectation in speaking.


2 FIFI.

 im FEYESELE, n.x. A bulrush; a large
 water rush.
 uku FEZA, v.t x.z. To finish ; to complete;
 to perfect. Ndiwtifezile umsebenzi
 wami: I have completed my work.
 uku FEZELA, v.t.x.Z. To finish; to com-
 plete for another, or on account of.
 Zundifezele oku 'mhlobo wami ku-
 yandoyisa 'mna: Be kind enough
 to complete this for me, my friend,
 as it masters me.
 a FEZELA, n. Z. A scorpion. x. Unoma-
 dudwane.
 im FEZI, n. z. A snake of the Cobra di
 capello species. x. Ipimpi.
 uku FEZISA, v.t.x.z. To help to finish or
 complete a thing or enterprise.
 um FI, v.z. A deceased person. From
 Ukufa: To die; to decease.
 um FIBINGI, n.z. A bead with stripes
 upon it.
 uku FPIC, v.t.z. 1. To drain off, as whey
 from curd.-2. To drink or drain
 out the whole, as a person drinking
 up all the milk in a calabash.-3.
 To knit the brows; to partially
 close the eyes, so as to prevent the
 sunlight obstructing the vision.
 uku FICELA, v.t.z. 1. To drain off into a
 vessel, or into a locality.-2. To
 look pryingly, or with piercing
 glance, upon a person or thing; to
 frown upon another. Ungificela
 ninal Why do you frown or look
 upon me with such piercing eyes 1
 uku FIColGA. v. t.z. To squeeze out, as from
 any yielding fluid, as a lemon or a
 sponge.
 im FnI, n.x. A mass. Imfdi yabantu:
 A mass of people. Imifdi yodaka:
 A mass of mud.
 u FIFANA, n.x. A slight rumour; a very
 imperfect statement of an event or
 occurrence. Ndakandeva u/fif
 ngalo ihashe lako elilahlekeleyo,
 kodwa andivanga inyaniso yalo: I
 heard a rumour, or I heard some-
 thing, about your horse which is
 lost, but did not hear anything
 certain about it.
 isi FIFANE, n.z. A petulant, irascible per-
 son. The word is allied to ULfi,
 (which see,) as a petulant person
 has generally a frowning look, ac-
 companied with contraction of the
 eyes.
 u FIFI, n.z. A person whose eyes are
 naturally small, or blinking, or
 contracted. Hence applied to one