NCOLISA. 1l

 tract filth. z. To ill-treat; to
 ill-use.
uku NcOLISA, v.t. x. To defile; to foul; to
 pollute.
uku NonMA, v.t.x. To highly value; to
 extol a thing as of great value.
uku NCOMULA, v.t.z. To pull up or off, as
 grass from its sheath, and leaving
 the roots in the ground.
 um NcoNco, n. z. Young maize, up to the
 time when the grains are formed on
 the cob.
 i NcoNcoNI, n. x. A mosquito. z. Insen-
 sane.
 uku NCONDEBEZA, X. TO do a thing care-
 fully. z. To speak out frankly on
 any point.
 u NcoNno, n.z. A lame person or
 animal.
 uku NcOTUKA, v.i. x. z. To fall off, as hair
 from an animal.
nku NCOTULA, v. t. x.z. 1. To pluck off, as
 hair from a skin.
 2. To extract, as a thorn from the
 flesh.
 uku NCorYOBA, v. t. z. To cut.the hair from
 the head.
 i NeozANA, n.x.z. A little of anything;
 a small part.
 iNCOZANYANA, n.x.z. A very small
 quantity of a whole.
 in NCUKA, n. x. A wolf.
 ubu NcUKA, n. x. Wolfishness of disposition.
 Umntu onobuncuka: a fierce, tyran-
 nous, severe, voracious person.
 in NCULA, n. x. A stabbing spear; a
 bayonet.
 i NcUL, n.z. An abstemious person, one
 who eats little.
 ukuNCUMAr, v.i.x. To smile. z. Ukuna-
 meteka.
 uku NCUMANCU MEA, v.i.x. To simper; to
 smile continuously.
 uku NCUMEZA, v.i.x. To smile with an air
 of carelessness.
 uku NcaucA, v.t.x.z. To suck up any liquid
 into the mouth, as through a native
 strainer made of rushes, for sucking
 thick milk from.
 uku NCUnCUTEKA, v.i.x.z. To be very much
 reduced by sickness; to have little
 flesh on the bones.
 ubu NCUNa, z. Abstemiousness; modera-
 tion; order; regularity. x. ubu
 Ncatu.
 um NcnTIBA, n.x. A willow tree, that
 species which grows wild on river
 banks.
 uku NcunzA, v.i.x. To dip a sop into milk;


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 to dip anything into milk which
 absorbs it, for the purpose of suck-
 ing it out. The Kaffirs often
 eat their thick milk in this
 manner.
 um NcuNZA, n.x. A small dipping stick,
 made of rushes and tied together
 with a bushy end for dipping into
 milk, to eat thick milk with.
 NeWA, x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 ncwa: To clear all off; to sweep
 off clean, as in taking all there is
 in war. Hambani, niti ke nakufika
 nitimbe, niti ncwa : Go, and when
 ye arrive take captive, and make a
 clean sweep, letting nothing re-
 main.
 NewABA, x. Used with Uluti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings.
 Ukuti ncwaba: To doze; to snooze.
 u NCiv A, n.z. A wealthy, well-to-do per-
 son; one of the chiefs of the land.
 uku NCiVABA, v.i.z. To become rich; to
 have a fine appearance or com-
 plexion, as one unaccustomed to
 labour. When a native is well
 oiled, and his skin appears soft and
 shining, he is said to Nciaba.
 ubu NOivABA, n. z. Wealth; riches. Umntu
 onobuncicaba: A wealthy person;
 a person in circumstances which
 exempt him from labour.
 uku NcivABA, v. t. x. z. To bury; to inter.
 i NciVABA, n. x. z. A grave; a sepulchre.
 Before Christianity was introduced
 into the Kaffir and Zulu country,
 the natives conferred the honour of
 sepulture on their chiefs and great
 men only; thus the grave was
 called an Inciuaba,from Uncicaba:
 Wealth, indicating that a wealthy
 person, or one of royal blood, lay
 there.
 uku NCWABAZA, v.i.x. To open and shut
 the eyes, as if asleep; to be
 drowsy.
 uku NciVABELA, x.z. 1. To buryinaspecified
 place. Bamncikabela emdeni we-
 lifa lake: They buried him in the
 border of his inheritance.
 2. To bury for another.
 i NcwAD, n. x. See in Cwadi.
 ubu NewANr, n.x. A collection of beautiful
 things.
 ubu NcewAN n.x. Villany; vice; vicious-
 ness.
 i NCWANGu, n.x. 1. An abandoned,
 vicious, mischievous person.