KAZIMLO


 in KAZIz LO, n.x.z. Brightness; glory.
 z. in Kazimulo.
 KE, x. A particle frequently used in
 commencing and in finishing a sen-
 tence. 1. When used at the com-
 mencement of a sentence it is often
 expressive of'doubt as to the accu-
 racy of something that has been
 affirmed. Ke, ubutimina? What
 is that you said ? Ke, ubutshilona?
 Did you really say so o
 2. Thus used at the commence-
 ment of a sentence it often answers
 to the sense of the English word,
 "Well." Ke, sisesifikile kulondawo
 saqala ukuteta, sincokole: Well,
 having arrived at that place, we
 began to converse.
 3. It is sometimes thus used,
 both in a deprecatory and preca-
 tory sense. Ke, Nkosi O, Sir !
 Ke, Nkosi sendiyakutina? And
 now, Lord, what shall I say ?
 4. When used in terminating a
 sentence it is affrmatory, consent-
 ive, and inferential; referring to
 something that has previously taken
 place, or to something that has been
 asserted; and often answers to the
 English word, Then." Sada safi-
 kake: At length, then, we arrived.
 Hambake: Go, then. Meaning,-
 After what has been said, I con-
 sent to your going. Kulungileke :
 It is good, then. Bapumake, bona,
 kwanayo yonke imikosi yabo: Then
 went they out: they and all their
 hosts. That is, after what had pre-
 viously taken Ilace, or been said,
 they went out.
uku KE, x. This form of the aux. verb,
 Ukuka, (which see,) is often used
 before a principal verb to denote
 the sense of doing a thing slightly,
 answering to the English of, "A
 little." Ukuba ubunokuke unya-
 mezele undive : If you had but a lit-
 tle patience to hear me.
uku KEDAMA, v.i.x.z. To be sad; to be
 downcast.
uku KEDAMELA, v. .it To be sad on ac-
 count of another's grief or trouble;
 to commiserate. Ukedamele 'nto-
 nina For what are you sorry?
 What makes you sad Ndike-
 damela umntwana wam: I am
 grieving for my child.
uku KEDAMISA, v.t.X.Z. To cause sadness.
 KEFU, v.i.x.z. Used wi!h Ukuti, which


12 KEMEZELA.

 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 kefu: To rest awhile; to sit down
 awhile to rest.
 uku KELA, v.t.x.z. 1. To dip for another
 person. Hamba undikel' amanzi:
 Go, and dip water for me.
 2. To pull up grass for another,
 as grass which is pulled up by the
 roots to thatch the native huts
 with, or to pluck flowers for ano-
 ther. Zundikele inca : Be kind
 enough to pull grass for me. Ndi-
 kele intyatyambo le: Pluck that
 flower for me.
 uku KEULA, v.t.Z. 1. TO set on the Head-
 ring worn by the Zulu men to dis-
 tinguish them from boys and
 younger men; to make the red Top-
 knot on the head of married women.
 2. To attach any badge of rank
 or order, as the placing the Head-
 ring on the men distinguishes
 them as superiors of those who have
 not yet had the ring placed on their
 heads.
 i KEHLA, n.z. A young man who has
 taken the Head-ring.
 in KEHLA, n.z. A young woman who has
 taken the red Top-knot on her head.
 uku KEHLEZA, v. i. z. To break with a crash-
 ing noise, as firewood when small.
 i KEKE, n.z. A cell of a honeycomb.
 The plural, ama Keke, is used to
 denote broken small white clouds,
 vulgarly called, "A mackerel sky."
 u KEKE, n.z. A one sided, deformed
 person.
 i KEKEBA, n.z. A honeycomb.
 i KEKEVABA, n.z. A flake of snow, as
 when falling from the clouds.
 uku KEKEZELA, v.i.Z. To patter, as falling
 rain in large drops; to cackle; to
 cluck, as a hen.
 uku KELELELA, v.t.x.z. To dip water, as
 from a fountain or river, with a
 smaller vessel, and pour it into a
 larger one, or to dip from one vessel
 into another.
 uku KELEKETELA, v.i.z. To fall down, as
 into a hole; to tumble over and
 fall, as down a precipice.
 i KELENOa, n.z. An artful dodger; one
 who endeavours by craft and cun-
 ning to defraud another.
 in KEMnA, n.z. A broad stabbing spear,
 used in close combat, but not
 thrown from the hand.
uku KFMEZELA, v.i.z. To drizzle, as small
 rain.