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