GQOBOZA.


 burst. 1. As a boil or abscess.
 Ituma ligqobokile: The abscess has
 burst.-2. It denotes the bursting
 through of water as when a dam is
 carried away, or the bursting out of
 corn when a sack is burst. Amanzi
 agqobokile e dameni: The water has
 burst out from the dam. Inxowa
 igqobokile: The sack has burst. It
 denotes a bursting forth from some
 internal pressure, and is thus dis-
 tinguished from Gqoboza, which de-
 notes a breaking through from
 pressure from without by another
 party.
uku GQOBOZA, v.t. x. To burst through. In-
 koma zigqobozile ebuhlanti: The
 cattle have broken through the
 kraal.
uku C QOBOZELA, v.t.x. To break through
 in a particular spot or locality
 named. Apo amasela agqobozela
 kcna: Where thieves break through
 and steal. Amahashe agqobezele
 elutangweni : The horses have
 broken through the hedge.
uku GQOKA, v.t.z. To dress in civilized
 habiliments.
 isi GqoKO, n.z. Hat, cap, or any article
 of European clothing.
uku GQoGQA, v.t.x. To scrape out: applied
 to the scraping out the native snuff-
 box, so that nothing remains. The
 radical meaning is, to completely
 remove what remains by searching
 it out: hence, 2. To search out and
 expel an enemy, or the remnant of
 a vanquished foe, who have con-
 cealed themselves. Batshona ehla-
 tini, kanti sabagqogqa noko : They
 hid themselves in the forest, but
 we searched them out and expelled
 them nevertheless.
uku GQOJozwA, v.p.x. To be broken
 through. Indlu igqojozwe: The
 house is broken open. The passive
 of uku Gqoboza. For the mutation
 of the b into j, see the letter B.
 in GqOKOQWANE, n.x. A weevil; an in-
 sect very destructive to stored corn.
uku GqoqozA, v.t.z. To rap; to knock at a
 door; to rap or knock on any
 thing, so as to make a rapping
 sound.
uku GQOQOZELA, v.t.z. To walk with a
 stick, and rap the ground with it;
 to walk in new shoes which make
 a creaking noise. (Onomatopoetic.)
 um Gqoqozo, n.z. A long walking stick.


5 GQUTA.

uku GQOTA, v. t.x. To hunt alone, or singly.
 in GQosnA, n.x. The breast bone.
 in GQOTE, n. x. Speed.
 uku GQOTSELA. v.i.x. To run swiftly.
 in GQOTOBANE, n. z.The ankle orwristbone.
 i GQUBA, n.x. Old rotten manure, z.
 i Quba.
 um GQCBA, n.x. Soft, dusty manure. z.
 um Quba.
 uku GQUBA, v.t.x. To raise a dust. More
 generally used to denote dust made
 by children in their play.
 i GQBusHu, n. x. A small bush bird.
 uku GQUBUTELA, v.t.x. To cover the head
 and face from being seen, by throw-
 ing a garment or cloth over the
 head. z. uku Qubuta.
 in GQusBSI, n. x. A waterfall.
 uku GQUGALA, v.t.x. To consult together
 privately; to take secret counsel
 together.
 uku GQUKUZA, v.t.z. To slap, or touch gen-
 tly, as a tap of the hand to awaken
 a person from sleep; to graze, as a
 spear thrown, or a bullet fired,
 which slightly grazes a person, but
 does not wound him: to cause to
 quiver, x. Ukuti Gqwizi.
 uku GQULA, v.t.z. To thrust at, so as to
 drive back, as a person giving a
 thrust with a stick, so as to drive
 another back.
 uku GQuCM, v.i.x. 1. To roar, as a lion, or
 as the sea.-2. To cover, as with a
 blanket. z. To throb, to pulsate,
 as the heart or the pulse; to vibrate.
 isi GQUMA, n. z. A knoll; a hillock; a
 mound.
 u GQUNCE, n.x. Name of a description
 of forest tree.
 i GQUNDE, n.x. A description of long
 grass.
 um GQUeawANA, n.x. A small basket of
 tobacco.
 uku GQUNQA, v.i. z. To change colour from
 fear or anger, or from sickness or
 death.
 uku GQUNGQUZA, v.t. z To jog; to nudge a
 person; to excite, or stir up to
 action; to rouse.
 ama GQUNUBE, n.x. A wild fruit like a
 raspberry.
 ama GQUsUKWEBI, n.x. Name of one of the
 Kaffir tribes.
 isi GQUrNANA, n.z. A small hillock or
 mound.
 uku GQuTA, v.t.x. To extract a substance
 by probing, as wax from the ear, or
 honey from a bottle.