NYAZI. 154

 um NYAzr, n.x. A fan. Umnyazi wok-
 wela: A winnowing fan. z. A
 flexible basket made of rushes.
 u NYAZI, n.z. A flash of lightning.
uku NYAZIMA, v.t.z. To lighten. Applied
 especially to fog, or sheet lightning.
 KYE, adj.x.z. One. The prefix varies
 with that of the noun qualified.
 Umntu omnye: One person.
 Ihashe line: One horse.
 isi NYE, x. Another. Spec. 4 sing.
 Isinye isitya: Another vessel.
 isi NYE, n.x.z. The bladder.
ubu NYE, s.x.z.Oneness;unity. Ubunye
 babo: Their unity.
uku NYEBELELA, V.t.x. TO wish evil to
 another; to endeavour to bring
 calamities on another; to curse; to
 imprecate.
uku NYEBELEZA, v.i. x. To move stealthily,
 so as to avoid observation, z. To
 slip away; to disappear stealthily.
uku NYEBULA, v.i.x. To pout out the lips;
 to make faces, as a child.
nku NYEFUZA, v.t.z. To humble; to de-
 grade. Wangiyefuza pambi kwa-
 bantu: He put me down, or hum-
 bled me, before the people.
 nku NYEKA, v. i. 1. To lust after; to have
 secret desires after either a person
 or a thing. Generally applied to
 lustful desires after a woman.
 2. To look over the shoulder, so
 as to observe what is taking place
 behind a person.
 uku NYEKANA, v.i.x. To have secret
 thoughts towards each other, mani-
 fested by expressive looks at each
 other.
 in NYEKE, n.x. A person with a double
 lip, or hare lip.
 uku NYELA, v.t.x.z. To water; to sprinkle,
 as water from a watering pot.
ama NYELA, n.z. The dross of metal, thrown
 off in clinkers, in smelting or heat-
 ing for welding. Lit. The excre-
 ment of metals.
 u NYELE, n.x. The outer edge or side of
 a forest.
 um NYELE, n.x. Any thing in a line or
 stripe, as the bristles of an animal
 when raised in anger, or the milky
 way in the heavens. z. A row; a
 line; a stripe, as a stain in wood; or
 a line of grass which is sometimes
 left on the land after the country
 has been burnt by the grass being
 fired.
 uku NYELELA, v.i.X. TO depart silently


NYIKIMA.


 and quietly, so as to avoid observa-
 tion; to slip away from company
 withouttaking leave. z.ukuNyenya.
uku NYELEZELA, v.t.z. To bear young, as a
 pig, or a bitch ; to litter, or pup.
uku NYELISA, v.t.x.z. To make odious; to
 abuse; to rail at a person; to
 slander; to defame.
 i NTEMBEZI, n.x.z. Tears.
uku NYENGANYENGISA, v t.x. To loosen any
 fixture by shaking, or by pulling
 backwards and forwards, as a pole
 fixed in the ground.
 um NYENI, n.x. A bridegroom.
 i NYENKELEZI, n.z. 1. A snake which
 moves as if blind.
 2. A species of weasel which
 moves as if blind.
uku NYENYEZA, v.i.z. To whisper slyly; to
 speak to a person in an undertone.
 in NYENZANI, n. x. z. A cricket.
 i NYEvu, n.x. A species of caterpillar.
uku NYEVUZA, v. .z. To mutter and mur-
 mur, as when in anger.
 i NYEWE, n. z. Moderation; calmness.
 i NYEZA, n.z. A kind of sweet potato.
 um NYEZANI, n.z. A willow tree.
 u NYEZI, n. z. Moonlight.
 i NYEZWANA, n.x. A small cricket.
 NyI, x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 nyi: To proceed on farther. Kwa-
 fika abantu bebabini, omnye ngo-
 kuba ediniwe nje ute pefu, kanti
 esenamandlana kuye omnye ute nyi
 yena: There arrived two persons,
 one of whom being tired rested
 awhile, but the other being stronger
 proceeded further.
 i NYIBA, n. x. A narrow way or pass.
 uku KYIBA, v. i.z. To go off, as if ashamed;
 to slink away.
 i NYIBIBA, n.x. A fountain lily. Arum.
 uku NYIBILIKA, v.i.x. To melt away.
 z. To glide; to slide away, as on a
 slippery path; to become loosened,
 as a knot.
 uku NYiBILIKISA, v.t.x. To cause to melt.
 z. To cause to slide, or slip away;
 to loosen, as a knot in a string.
 i NYIKI, n x. A species of caterpillar.
 z. An incision made in the flesh to
 relieve pain.
 uku NYIKILA, v.t. X. To pinch.
 uku NYIKIMA, v.t.x.z. To shake; to trem-
 ble; applied to a body (inanimate)
 which is capable of tremulous
 motion, as the earth when shaken
 by thunder, or an earthquake.