NYANGA.


 i NTAwoA, n.x.z. 1. The moon. The
 changes of the moon are expressed
 thus:--Inyanga etwasileyo : The
 new moon. Inyanga ehlangeneyo :
 The full moon. Inyanga eselwa,
 or seiselwa : (see Ukuselwa:) The
 moon after the full. Inyanga
 efileyo: The old moon. Lit. The
 moon which is dead.
 2. A month, meaning the period
 of the moon.
 3. A doctor; a diviner; a pro-
 fessional person; one who has been
 instructed in the art of medicine,
 and also of using incantations and
 enchantments, without which no
 person is considered as a competent
 doctor among the Kaffirs. There
 are those who are called Inyanga
 yamayeza: Doctors of medicine;
 and others who are called Inyanga
 zokubula: Doctors of divination.
 The latter are the highest in rank.
uku NYANGA, v.t.x.z. 1. To practise the
 art of healing, either by medicine
 or charms.
 2. To beguile; to deceive; to
 enchant; to charm.
 u NYTANATI, n.x. Paste; any adhesive
 substance.
uku NYANGAZA, v.i.x. 1. To walk totter-
 ingly, as under a burden.
 2. To lurk about as with pre-
 datory intentions.
ama NYANGE, n.x. Those of old times;
 elders.
aba NYTANa, n.x.z. Those who practise as
 doctors, by using charms or in-
 cantations.
 i NTANao, n.x. A store for corn, erected
 on poles in the form of a small hut.
 z. An arsenal. The store where
 the shields are stored when not in
 use in warfare.
 um NrANoo, v.x.z. The doorway; the en-
 trance to a house.
 isi NYANao, n. x.z. A charm; any sub-
 stance worn on the body as a spell
 or enchantment to charm away
 evil or to secure some good.
 um NYANI, x. 1. The bushy ear of Kaffir
 corn, after the corn is threshed out,
 or the stalky blossom of maize.
 2. Figuratively, a sweeping brush;
 a broom.
 uku NYANIsEKA, v.t.x. To be true; to be
 faithful.
 ubu NTANIsExKO, n.x. Faithfulness; sin-
 cerity.


in NYTANSO, n.x. Truth. Innyaniso lonto:
 That is the truth.
uku NTANKA, v.t.z. To take a bait out of
 a trap, and go off with it without
 being caught. x. To draw in the
 foot or feet.
uku NYANTA, v.i.z. To feel uncomfortable,
 or uneasy, as at hearing unplea-
 sant news, or something offensive.
uku N TANSULA, v.i.x. To boast; to be
 haughty, supercilious, arrogant; to
 walk and strut in a defiant man-
 ner.
 um NTANYA, n.x.A ghost; a spirit of the
 departed.
uku NYANYALAZA, v.i.z. To eat or drink
 without masticating; to guzzle.
uku NYANYATEKA, v.t.z. To ooze out, as
 oil through the sides of a porous
 vessel.
uku NYANZELA, v.t.x. 1. To press; to
 squeeze, as a sponge.
 2. To constrain; to urge to any
 course of action by continued
 argument; to bring the force of
 circumstances to bear on a person
 so as to induce him to a course of
 conduct.
 in NyASIr, n.x. A bird named the blue
 sprew.
uku NYASHA, v. t. x. To force into a tube.
 Hence, to load a gun, or to fill the
 bowl of a pipe for smoking.
uku NYATELA, v.t.x.z. To tread on; to run
 over. Wanyatelwa yinqwelo: He
 was run over by a waggon. Ndin-
 yatelwe lihashe: I was trodden on
 by the horse. Unganyateli apo:
 You are not to tread there.
 um NYATELISO, n.z. An ox given by a
 chief to a person who is about to
 start on a journey, to be slaughtered
 for food on the way.
 in NYATI, n.x.z. A buffalo.
 i NYATxUK, n.z. A foot path. This
 word has been substituted for that
 in use among the Xosa Kaffirs, viz.,
 Indlela, from the custom of never
 using as a common word that which
 has been adopted as the name of a
 great chief. Undlela was the name
 of a famous Zulu Induna, or coun-
 sellor of the chief; for this reason, it
 was laid aside, and Inyatuko used.
 u NTAwo, n.x. The human foot. z. A
 footstep or mark of the foot on the
 ground.
uku NYAZA, v.t.z. To speak disparagingly
 of a person, or his doings.


NYAZA.