HLEHLO.


 rence, as from treading on a snake,
 or being burnt by fire.
 un HLaxLO, n.x. The caul.
 uku HLEKA, v.i.x.z. 1. To laugh.-2. To
 laugh at. When used in this sense,
 the verbal medial is inserted imme-
 diately before the verb as the accusa-
 tive of the object upon which the
 action of the verb terminates.
 Wandildeka: He laughed at me.
 uku HLEKANA, v.t.x.z. To laugh at each
 other.
 um HLEKAZI, n.x. A beautiful person.
 HLEKE, v.i.z. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 deke : To split, or be split, as a log
 of wood.
 uku HLEKISA, v.t.x.z. 1. To ridicule; to
 make sport of. Wahlekisa ngami:
 He made sport of me, or by me, or
 through me.-2. To cause to laugh.
 uku HLEKISANA, v.t.x.z. To cause one an-
 other to laugh.
 isi HLEKO, n.x.z. A thing to be laughed
 at; a laughing stock.
 uHLEKO, n.x.z. Laughter. Oluleko lu-
 vel' apina? Where does that laughter
 come from ?
 uku HLELA, v.i.x. To happen. Lit. Tofall
 or descend upon. Imhlele izolo
 lonto: That happened to him yes-
 terday. When used in this sense,
 Mlela is the objective form of the
 verb Ukuhla, to descend.
 uku HLELA, v.t.x. To separate; to discon-
 nect; to part; to sort, as the sort-
 ing of wool; to separate the coarse
 from the fine; to pick out one thing
 from another, as one kind of grain
 from another.
uku HLELEKA, v.i.x. TO separate; to part
 from each other, as sheep separating
 from goats, or one kind of poultry
 from another.
uku HLELELEKA, v.i. x. To despair.
 HLELI, x. The perfect tense of the verb
 Ukuhlala : To sit. It is peculiar in
 its use :-1st. Where in the past
 and present tenses of other verbs no
 terminal changes take place in the
 root of the verb, Iala takes this
 form of hleli. Wayehleli ngapantsi
 kwomti: He was sitting under the
 tree. Uhleli endlwini; He is sitting
 in the house. HLELI is also used to
 denote that a person still lives.
 Uyihlo usahleli na ? Is your father
 still living
 HLELO, n.x. A file of men in hunting


 78 HLIKIHLA.

 or in war.-2. The border or out-
 skirts of a forest or of a plantation.
 uku HLELWA, x. The passive of lTtvla!a,
 It denotes that the person to whom
 it is applied is the subject of some
 circumstances of mishap or misfor-
 tune. Uldelh e yingozi: He has met
 with an accident.
 uku HLE-oG, v.t.x. To assort, lay out in
 ,order; to separate and distribute
 into classes; to purify, as metal
 from dross. z. To separate from, as
 good corn from bad.
 i HLENGA, n.z. A mass or matter thrown
 out from another, from which it
 has been separated, as dross from
 metal, or dirt from corn.
 isi HLENGA, n.x. A float made of reeds;
 a raft; also an islandwhich has been
 formed by masses of reeds and earth
 washed there by the current.
 isi HLENGO, n. z. An instrument for clean-
 ing corn.
 uku HLEPULA, v.t.Z. To break off to chip
 off; especially to break off a piece
 of bread.
 uku HLEPUZA, r.t.x. To tear out or away
 from. z. uku Blikiza.
 in HLESE, n.z. Sediment; dregs; lees of
 any liquid.
 i HLEZA, n.x. The hip bone. z. Any
 prominent bone of an animal, as
 the hip bone, the breast bone, or
 the rump bone.
 ukn HLEZA, v.t.z. To gnaw; to eat with
 the front teeth,as in picking a bone.
 isi HLEZA, n.z. A bullock which has one
 horn broken off, and thus the bro-
 ken horn appears as a prominent
 bone. See i Hleaa.
 i HLEZI, n.z. A large kind of rat.
 HLEZI, adv.x. Lest it so happen.
 Hlezi kunganeli tina nani: Lest
 there be not enough for us and
 you.
 HLEZIBE, adv.x. And so it may come
 to pass; peradventure; lest it
 should come to pass. HIel~ aba-
 disipile bake beze ebnsuku : Lest
 his disciples come by night. Hlezi
 and Hlezibe are always followed by
 the verb in the Pre. Sub. Mood.
 Ningabi nokuyicukumisa Al :i
 nife: Neither shall ye touch it,
 lest ye die. Hlezibe sicitiee: Lest
 we be scattered.
uku HLIK, v.i.x.z. To descend; to dis-
 mount.
uku HLIKmILA, v.. x. z. To rub. Applied