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 i NsANSA, n.z. A small white and black
 bird.
 Si NSELE, n.z. A small animal that eats
 honey.
 i NSELO, n.z. The hoof of an animal.
uku NsINYA, v.t.x. To pull or tie fast
 together.
 NsunWD, adj. x.z. Dark coloured; dark
 brown; nearly black. Ihashe eli-
 nsundu : A dark brown horse.
 NTAMBAMA, adv. z. In the afternoon.
 um NTANEZULU, n.x. A mantis. The name
 in Kaffir is, lit., "The child of hea-
 ven." The Hottentots worship the
 mantis; hence perhaps the name
 given to it, which most probably
 has been adopted by the Kaffirs
 from the Hottentots.
uku NTANTA, v.i.z. To float; to swim.
uku NTELA, v.t.z. To joke; to say in sport
 what is not true.
uku NTELEMRA, v.t.z. To make rude or un-
 kind jokes.
 isi NTELI, n.z. A jesting, droll, funny,
 jocular person.
 NTENSI, x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 ntensi: To ache; to tingle. Ingalo
 zam, zite ntensi ngokubula: My
 arms ache and tingle with threshing.
uku NTENTELEZA, v.t.x. To perform any
 bodily exercise dexterously or ele-
 gantly, as dancing, running, riding,
 &e.
 i NTENTEMISA, n.x. A petted, spoiled
 child.
 NTHLALE, v.x. Used with Ukuti,
 which see at No. 8 of its meanings.
 Ukuti nthlale: To throw to the
 ground in wrestling. Ndamte
 nthlale: I threw him to the ground.
 NTHLIKITI, v.x. Used with Ukuti,
 which see at No. 8 of its meanings.
 Ukuti nthlikiti : To strike a person
 heavily with the hand, so as to se-
 verely injure him.
 NTHLoYITA, n.x.z. A hawk very de-
 structive to chickens.
 i TINcTIYor, n.x. The curlew; peewit.
 i NTITAn, n. z. A small brown bird.
 i NTLA, n.x. The highest part of an
 object, as the top of a mountain.
 Amantla entaba: The tops of
 mountains.
 ill NTLA, n.x. The part of the Kaffir hut
 which is situated on the farther
 side of the fire-place, which is in the
 middle of the hut. It is the part
 of the house at the back, directly


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 opposite the door, and is always
 occupied by the master of the
 hut.
 uku NTLAKAZA, v.t... To make coarse
 work, as in sewing a garment, or in
 grinding corn.
 NTLAKANTLAKA, adj.x. Coarse, as meal,
 or as a coarse texture, as sackcloth.
 The prefix changes with the spec.
 of the noun qualified. Umgubo
 ontlakantlaka: Coarse meal. Ingubo
 entlakantlakca: A coarse garment;
 coarse cloth; sackcloth.
 uku NTLATLATA, v.t.x. To soften by chew-
 ing anything with the teeth, as a
 string or thong. Inkomo intlatlata
 intambo: The cow is chewing the
 reim or thong.
 ili NTLE, n. z. An open uninhabited coun-
 try; a wilderness.
 u NTLONqwENI, n. z. A very long walk-
 ing stick or staff.
 uku NTLONTLOZELA, v. i. x. To feel a tingling
 sensation, especially about the nose
 before sneezing.
 u NTLOYIYA, n.x. A species of hawk.
 ubu NTossBI, n.x.z. Maidenhood, virginity.
 i NTsAno, n.x.z. A fright; that which
 frightens.
 i NvSasA, n.x. A description of bird.
 z. Small bushy pieces of firewood.
 i NTSASELA, n.x. Thatching grass.
 i NTSELI, n.x. One who drinks much
 milk; a drinker.
 i NTSHIYANE, n. x. A bird, the roibeck.
 NTSHONTSHO, adj.x. Abominable; un-
 clean.
 ubu NTSHONTsnO, n. x. Abomination;
 odiousness. Into ebuntshontsho.:
 An abominable or odious thing.
 Lit. A thing which is an abomina-
 tion.
 NTsHwA, x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 ntshwa: 1. To contract or draw to-
 gether, as the skin when burnt, or
 as leather when placed too near the
 fire.
 2. To contract the features in
 anger; to scowl.
 i NTSIKIZI, n.x.z. A large bird of the
 turkey buzzard species.
 uku NTSILA, v.t.X. To repeat the same ac-
 tion, or the same request, until the
 object in view is accomplished;
 as the waves of the sea repeatedly
 tossing a vessel until wrecked.
 i Nso, n.x. A kidney. Plur. Izintso;
 Kidneys.