KOTOZA.


 or food, as porridge, around a child's
 mouth after eating.
uku KorozA, v.t.z. To gather up the re-
 mainder of anything; to gather
 together the fragments.
uku KOTUBULA, v. t. x. To brush off by the
 hand, as anything from off a table.
uku KovA, x. An aux. verb, prefixed to
 active verbs, denoting that the ac-
 tion took place just previous to
 some other action spoken of or re-
 ferred to. Safika zisakov' ukupuma
 inkomo: We arrived just as the
 cattle had gone out.
uku KovA, v. i.z. To sit on the haunches
 like a dog.
 isi KovA, a.x.z. An owl. z. A place
 where the wild banana grows.
 u KovA, n.z. A banana plant.
 um Kovorr, n.z. A wild rose tree with
 long thorns.
 in Kovu, n.z. Vegetable broth, made
 usually from the sweet pumpkin.
 aba KOWABo, n. x. See Kowabo.
 KowAno, n.x. Their family; or their
 relatives or tribe. See Kowetu.
 i KOWANE, n.x.z. A mushroom; the
 small kind which is eaten by Euro-
 peans.
 i KOWE, n. x. z. A large species of mush-
 room, white on the under part;
 eaten as a luxury by the Kaffirs.
 i KowENDLOVo, n.z. An edible fungus of
 a very large kind.
 KowEar, n. x. Our family connections.
 The words Kowabo, Abakowabo,
 and Kowetu, are used with many
 shades of meaning, but all referring
 to the family or tribal connections
 of the persons spoken of. They
 take the euphonic syllable of the
 nounwith which they are connected.
 Abakowetu: Our family connec-
 tions. Ilizwe lakowabo: The
 country or locality occupied by
 their house or relations. Amadoda
 akowetu : Men of our house, or be-
 longing to our family relations.
 Ilizwe lakowoetu: Our country.
 i KozA,n.z. A suddenflame, as one caused
 by throwing an inflammable sub-
 stance into a fire.
 u Kozi, n.x.z. An eagle; also the small
 swift sparrow-hawk; an osprey.
 isi Kozi, n.z. 1. Parentage.
 2. A present made to a chief to
 secure his favour in a law case.
 3. A deposit or earnest, as part of
 the price, so as to secure a bargain.


 Ku, x. 1. Pronominal verbal prefix,
 the nom. of the verb, spec. 8. Ku-
 yapekwa ukutya : The food is cook-
 ing. Also the pronominal verbal
 medial, the accusative of the verb, 2
 per. sing., and also of spec. 8. Ndiya-
 kutanda: I love thee. Bayaukku-
 beta: They will beat thee. Kubi
 ukuteta kwako : Thy speech is bad.
 2. Ku is the impersonal or in-
 definite form of the personal pro-
 noun used with the forms of ba,
 the root of Ukuba : To be; in the
 sense of "There was; there is;
 there will be," &c. Kwabekuko
 umsindo : There was wrath. Ku-
 yakuhanjwa ngomso: There will
 be a movement to-morrow. Ku-
 seko abantu : There are still persons
 present. It is also used thus before
 verbs and adjectives. Kusile: It
 is morning. Kumnandi: It is
 pleasant.
 3. Ku is the sign of the dative
 of nouns and pronouns. Ndiyaya
 kuye: I am going to him. lia-
 hambele kumlambo: They have
 gone to the river. Ndivela kubo:
 I have come from them.
 4. Ku also denotes comparison
 when prefixed to the conjunctive
 forms of the pronoun. Dimkulu
 kunabo : I am greater than they.
 Lendlela kude kunale: This path
 or road is longer than that.
 5. Before numeral adjectives, Ku
 is used to denote the separation of
 a whole into parts. Inqamle ku-
 bini: Cut it into two parts.
uku KunA, v.t.x.z. To dig with a pick or
 hoe.
 i KUBA, n.x.z. A hoe; a pick.
 KuBA, adv. x. A contraction of Ngo-
 kuba: Because. Kuba unguw-
 twana: Because he is a child.
 Andinakuya kuba ndixakwa ngom-
 sebenzi: I cannot go because I am
 engaged in work.
um KUBA, n.z. Custom; habit; fashion.
in KUBABULONGO, n.x. A large beetle,
 which lives and burrows in manure
 heaps. Compounded ofKuba: To
 dig; and Ubulongo : Manure.
 KUBE, X. Tense form of the verb, spec.
 8, impersonal form: It was. Kube
 njalo: It was so.
 KUBE, adv. x. Let it be. This form is
 compounded of the impersonal pro-
 noun ku, and the apocopated form


KUBE.