GCULA.


 worn by women as a travelling
 dress. x. isi Kaka.
 ukn GOULA, v.i.z. To stand as in a reverie;
 to be at a complete standstill. Usu-
 ally denoting a state of helplessness
 of body, or confusion of mind: to be
 at one's wits' end. Inkomo ayisahli
 iseigculile: The cow refuses to eat,
 and stands as if about to die. Nanko
 umntu ugculile: There is a person
 standing continually at the same
 place.
 um GucLA, n.z. An assegai with a long
 shaft; a barren stalk of maize; a
 pillow.
uku GCULELA, v.t.x. To rejoice over; to
 exult in another's misfortunes.
uka GOuMA, v.i. x. To moan as in sickness.
isi GcuME, n.x. A bunch of beads; a small
 bunch of anything.
 i GcUwA, n.x. The river on which the
 Butterworth Mission Station is
 situated.
ubu GCWANGu, n.x. A species of large red
 ants. It denotes plurality or mass:
 there is no singular to this species
 of ant.
 in GCWELE. See i Ngcwele.
 isi GCWELEGOWELE, n. z. A person without
 means or property; one who lives
 from hand to mouth, by what he
 can obtain from others, or lay hold
 of: hence it often, although not
 .always, denotes, a marauder, one
 who lives by plunder. A gipsy
 would in the Zulu countrybe called
 an Isigcwelegcele.
uku GeWELEZA, v.t z. To live and act, as
 under the word isi Gcwelegcwele.
 in GCWENxE, n.x. The Kaffir name of the
 Kat river, on the banks of which
 the town of Fort Beaufort is built.
 i GEBE, n. A deep pit or trench; a
 large hole, such as is used for en-
 trapping large game, as the buffalo.
 Sharp stakes are placed perpendi-
 cularly in the hole, and the opening
 covered with sticks and bushes, to
 entrap the game.
 u GEBE, n.z. A dangerous ridge on a
 mountain.
 isi GEBENOA, n.x. A lawless person; a
 bandit; a highwayman.
uku GEBISA, v.t. z. To bend down; to cause
 to incline or bend down from the
 perpendicular, or to be out of a
 level, x. Ukugobisa.
uku GEBEZA, v.i.z. To be in an agitated
 state; to menace by standing in a


 trembling or agitated manner, as if
 about to throw something at ano-
 ther; to be in a confused, agitated
 state of mind, as one bordering on
 insanity.
 uku GxBLA, v.t. x To gash; to cut a deep
 wound.
 uku GECA, v.t.x. To make a clearance- as
 of grass or bush, with a sharp spade
 or an axe.
 uku GEDEZA, t. z. To utter violent, severe
 language; to talk very loud. x. CL-u
 Nkenteza.
 uku GEDLA, v. t z. To gnaw; to gnash; to
 crunch with the teeth. (Onomato-
 poetic.)
 u GEDLE, n.z. Gravel; small stones: so
 named from the noise caused when
 walking on them.
'uku GEGA, v. t.z. To shave the head. x. uku
 Guya.
 isi GEGE, n. z. A person of unsocial,
 greedy habits; one who prefers to
 sit alone at a meal, so as to get
 more than his share of food.
ubu GEGE, n.z. Gluttony; greediness; stlf-
 ishness.
 uku GEGELEZA, v.i.z. To trip; to walk with
 a shuffling step, as between shuf-
 fling and running, as a person who
 is walking among shifting pebbles.
uku GEJA, v.t.z. 1. To strike the ground
 with a missile, or weapon thrown or
 fired at an object, so as to miss the
 aim.-2. To turn up the ground
 with a pick or hoe.
 i GEJA, n.z. A pick or plough; that
 which strikes and turns up the
 ground. From Ukugeja.
uku GELA, v.t.z. To cut down; to destroy:
 to desolate, as an army ravaging a
 country, and cutting or treading
 down the crops.
 i GEIE, n.z. A plant, the bulbous root
 of which is eaten.
 isi GELE, n.z. A person with a retiring
 forehead: hence an old man with
 the head-ring worn by the Zulus
 placed far back on the head.
 in GELoSI, n.x. An angel.
uku GEMA, v.i.z. To indicate by motions
 of the body; to make a feint, as if
 about to strike; to nod assent; to
 make as if about to bite a thing;
 to signify an intention by some
 movement of the body.
uku GENCA, v. t.z. To cut or chip as with a
 knife, or with a hook for chopping,
 or a small axe, as in chopping


GENCA.