LIPINA. 1

 LIPIrA, adv.x. Which? Spec. 2
 sing. Lipina ihashe elinnamendu
 kunamanye Which is the swiftest
 horse?
 um LISA, n. z. One who gives pleasure and
 delight by his cheerfulness and vi-
 gour of character to others. Applied
 exclusively to young men or lads in
 their prime; a fine young man of a
 cheerful disposition.
 um LISELA, n.x. The youth of any place;
 young men in their prime and
 vigour.
 LIsHUMI. Ten. See Ishumi.
 i LISHWA, n.x. A disaster; ill luck.
uku LITxAziswA, v.p.x. To be amused;
 diverted from a pursuit; to be hin-
 dered. From ukuLibazisa. For the
 mutation of the b into ty see the
 letter B.
 i Livi, n.x. The cap of the knee.
 i LIWA, n.x. A precipice.
 LITA, x. Tense form of the verb, pre-
 sent indicative, spec. 2 sing.
 Ihashe liyabaleka: The horse
 runs. This tense form of the verb
 is compounded of Li, the verbal
 prefix of spec. 2 sing., and ya, the
 root of Ukuya : To go; and means
 literally, I go run, or I go love, &c.
 Where it precedes the infinitive of
 the verb it forms the future tense,
 (indef.,) Liya kuhamba: It will
 run. Lit. It goes to, or is about to,
 run. This analysis of this tense
 form of the verb applies also to,
 baya, iya, siya, luya, &c.
uku LIZA, v.t.x. To give alms; to help one
 in necessitous circumstances by
 presents.
 i Lizo, n.x. An alms; a gift of charity.
 Lo, x.z. 1. A contraction ofLowo, dem.
 pro. spec. 1 and 6 sing. Lomntu:
 That man. Lomlambo: This river.
 (See Lowo, and the letter L.)
 2. Future tense of the verb. Ind.
 mood, 2 spec. sing. Lofika ihashe :
 The horse will arrive.
 isi Lo, n.x.z. 1. A wild animal of the
 carnivora family.
 2. The tape worm of the intestines.
uku LOBA, v.t.x.z. To catch fish with a
 hook. z. To cut open, as an abscess;
 to cut stripes on the person, so as
 to mark it, as is often done on Zulu
 girls. Hence, To write; to draw.
um LOBOKAZI, n.z. A bride. The name
 given -to a wife for some months
 after marriage. Compounded of


L3 LONA.

 Lobo, from Ukulobola: To pay
 dowry, and kazi, the female termi-
 nation. Lit. She for whom dowry
 has been paid.
 uku LOBOLA, v.t.x.z. To pay dowry for a
 wife. Among the Kaffir tribes every
 girl and woman is considered as
 property. As such, when marriage
 is proposed, it is the custom to pay
 to the father or guardian of the
 young woman who is sought in
 marriage a certain.number of cat-
 tle, and to pay a further number
 when the marriage is consummated.
 This is the custom of Ukulobola.
 Until this custom is abolished wo-
 man must ever be degraded among
 the Kaffirs, as she is looked upon
 only as a species of property. While
 unmarried she is the property of
 her father or guardian, who dis-
 poses of her to the man who is wil-
 ling to give the highest price for
 her in cattle, irrespective of her own
 choice and feelings; and when mar-
 ried she is looked upon by her hus-
 band as his property, for whom he
 has paid a price, and as one who is
 to bear him children, who are, when
 grown up, to be a source of wealth
 to himself, by disposing of them in
 marriage to other men. The pro-
 gress of Christianity is gradually
 undermining this custom, and wo-
 man cannot be raised to her true
 position in the social scale until it
 is entirely abrogated. See Uku-
 zama and Ukuxanywa.
 uku LOBOLELA, v.t.x.z. To give dowry to
 the father or guardian. Ndilobo-
 lele umkwe wam: I have given
 dowry to my brother-in law.
 uku LOBOLSA, v. i. x. z. To demand dowry;
 to cause dowry to be paid.
 LonwA, x. Alone; nothing more. Spec.
 2 and 5 sing. Ihashe lodwa: Only
 a horse. Uluti lodwa: A rod alone.
 Lona lodwa: It alone.
 uku LOKOTA, v.i.z. To invent; to design;
 to relate a fiction; to invent a fic-
 titious narrative.
 uku LoLA, v.t. x. To sharpen on a stone,
 as an axe, or a knife.
 um Lomo, n.x.z. The mouth; the beak;
 the opening of anything, as a sack,
 or a cave.
 LoNA, x. Dem. pro. spec. 2 sing. Lona
 ihashe andi lazi: I know not this
 horse.