I KWEZA.


uku KwEBA, v.t.z. To strip, or pluck off, as
 the outside covering of a stalk of
 Kaffir corn, or Imfe.
 i KWEBANI, n.z. A youth of from twelve
 to sixteen years of age.
 isi KWEBU, v. x.z. An ear of corn. More
 generally applied to a mealie cob.
uku KWEBUKA, v.i.x. To move away from,
 so as to separate from; to make
 way for another; to move out of
 the way.
 i KWEBULA, n.x. A bird, the black cap.
uku KWEBULA, v.t.X. 1. To remove out of
 the way.
 2. To separate a person from
 his companions, or his company,
 so as to join another, or to engage
 in a different pursuit; to induce a
 person to come over to another
 party, or to enter on another course
 of conduct. In Zulu these two last
 words, Kwebuka and Kwebula, de-
 note the separating of one thing
 from another, as leaves or outside
 covering from the mealie stalk.
um KWEKAZI, n.x.z. A mother-in-law.
uku KWEKWA, v.i.x. To speak mysteri-
 ously; to mystify; to render ob-
 scure.
 u KWEKWE, n. x. z. A cutaneous disease.
uku KWEKWELEZA, n.x. To designedly
 mystify a matter in speaking; to
 mislead in speaking. z. To go
 round a thing on all sides; coming
 and going as a hen goes round her
 nest, when about to lay an egg.
nku KwELA, x. To climb upon; to mount.
 Kwela ihashe: Mount the horse.
 Also to ride in a vehicle. Sakwela
 enqwelweni: We rode in the wagon.
uku KWELAKWELA, v.i.X.Z. 1. To chatter;
 to speak rapidly, so as to prevent
 another from speaking in a discus-
 sion or conversation. Yeka ulundi-
 kwelakwela : Cease from preventing
 me speaking.
 2. To continue beating a fallen
 foe, or one disabled so as to offer
 no resistance.
uku KWELELA, v.t X. To climb, or mount
 for a purpose. Ukwelela nina em-
 tini 1 For what purpose are you
 climbing the tree Ndiyakwelela
 ubusi: I am climbing for honey.
 i KWELE,
ubu KwELE, n. x. Jealousy.
ubu KWELE, j I
isi KWELE, n.z. Jealousy; suspicion.
 These words, Ubukwele and Isi-
 kwele, denote, Suspicious vigilance


 and careful anxiousness for the
 honour and welfare of another, and
 are thus distinguished from Umona,
 in Xosa, and Isifamona, in Zulu;
 which words imply, Envious
 jealousy of another's superiority or
 success. Udinobukwele pezu kwenu
 ngobukwele buka Tixo: I am jealous
 over you with a godly jealousy.
uku KWELELA, v.i.x. To move out of the
 way. Kwelela endleleni: Move
 out of the path.
uku KWELELISA, v. t. x. To remove an object
 out of the way of another; to remove
 an obstruction.
 i KWELERA, n. x. The name of a river
 which runs into the sea between the
 Gqunube and the Kie rivers.
 i KWELO, n.x.z. A shrill whistling
 sound, made in driving cattle or in
 milking cows.
 isi KWELO, n..x. A boy's stick, used for
 digging roots with.
 um KWELO, n.z. A ladder; anything to
 climb by.
 isi KWEMBA, n.z. A white bark found
 near the sea, used for making string.
 u KWEMBE, n.z. A scab on goats and dogs.
uku KWENCA, v.t.z. To bind down the
 thatch on a house by sticks.
 i KWENCE, n.z. A mouse.
 isi KWEsrNE, n. x.z.-A parrot.
 KWENI, adv. x. This particle is affixed
 to the dative form of nouns which
 denote a period of time, and gives
 them an adverbial force. Xeshi-
 kweni: At the time when. From
 Ixesha, time. Emhlenikweni: In
 the day when. From Umhla : Day.
 in KWExNKW, n.x. A boy; a lad. Plu.
 Amankwcenkwe.
 u KWEKWE, n.x. Scab in sheep or
 goats.
 in KWENKWEZI, n. x. A star.
uku KWENYA, v:i. x. To gather the body
 up, as a horse when about to kick,
 or a dog when at play.
 isi KWEPA, n.z. Strength.
 um KwETA, n.x.z. A circumcised lad.
 So called during the period the lads
 who have undergone the rite of
 circumcision are considered un-
 clean, and have an abode separate
 from other persons.
 in KWETU, n.x. Scabs on the skin;
 scurf; scales of a fish. z. The epi-
 dermis, or outside skin of the
 human body.
uku KWEZA, v.i.x. To ascend a river on


KWEBA.