NYWEBELELA. 1

 uku NYiWEBELELA, v. t. x. To predict or wish
 evil to another.
 uku NYWELEZA, v. t.x. TO flatter: to coax.
 in NYiVELEZO, n.x. Flattery ; adulation;
 the art of putting things so as to
 bring over a person to the views of
 the speaker.
 i NZEMBENZEMBE, n.X. Looseness of
 flesh arising from corpulence. Len-
 kabi iyenzembenzembi : This ox is
 very fat, its fat hangs loose upon it.
ama Nzi, n.x. Water.
 Nzi, x. Used with Ukuti, which see at
 No. 8 of its meanings. Ukutinzi:
 To strike hard in beating a person
 or animal. Wandibeta, wada wati
 nzienthlokweni :Hebeatme until he
 struck me a heavy blow on the head.
ubu Nzi, n.z. Brow; forehead.
 NzIMA, adj.x.z. Heavy. The prefix
 varies with that of the noun it qua-
 lifies. Umntwana omzima: A heavy
 child. Into enzima: A heavy thing.
ubu NzIMA, n.x.z. Weight; heaviness.
 Ndinobunzima: I am in heaviness.
 i NzIMA, n. z. A black ox.
 i NZIMAKAZI, n.z. A black cow.
 Nzo, v.x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti nzo:
 To fix the attention, or to fix the
 eye, steadily upon a person or thing.
 Iliso lake walite nzo pezu kwam:
 He fixed his eye steadily upon me.
uku NzoNzA, v.i.x. To waste away, as a
 person in ill health, or water in a
 leaky vessel.
 NzuLU, adj.x. Deep. The prefix
 changes with that of the noun qua-
 lified. Umlambo onzulu: A deep
 river. Ulwandle olunzulu: A deep
 sea.
 i NzuaLr, n.x. A depth; a deep.
 u NzuLu, n.x. Depth; deepness.


 0.

 The letter 0 in Kaffir has the full open
 sound of o in go and so in English
 1. 0 is the relative pronoun of
 nouns, the initial vowel of which is
 u. Umntu osebenzayo: A person
 who works. Umlambo oyinzulu:
 A river which is deep.
 2. When followed by an active
 verb, before which the pronominal
 verbal medials which denote the
 accusative of the pronoun, (see
 Grammar,) are placed, o is the accu-


 native f the relative pronouns who
 and which, when the pronoun refers
 to nouns commencing with u. Un-
 yanawako omtandayo: Thy son whom
 thou lovest. Umntu ondimtandayo:
 The man whom I love. Uluti ondalu-
 tshisayo: The rod which I burnt.
 3. Prefixed to nouns which are
 preceded by a noun of spec. 1 and
 6 sing., o constitutes the genitive of
 the per. pro. whose. When thus
 used, the noun to which o is pre-
 fixed is followed either by an adjec-
 tive or verb. Umntu onkosi inkulu:
 A person whose chief is great. Um-
 ntwana oyise efile: A child whose
 father is dead. Umlambo omanzi
 maninzi: A river whose waters are
 many.
 is OBA, n.z. A plantation of the sugar
 cane, Umoba.
 um OBA, n. x. z. The sugar cane.
 OnB, x.dem. pro. spec. 7. That; those.
 Obo buso: That face. Obo bum-
 nyama: That darkness.
 OnB, x.dem.pro. spec. 7. This; these.
 Obu bulumko: This wisdom.
ukw OBUKA, v.i.x. To fall off, as the skin
 in patches from the body, or an
 animal, or as bark from a tree.
 z. Ukwebuka.
ukw OBULA, v. t. x. To flay; to strip off the
 skin, or bark from a tree. z. Ukwe-
 bula.
 OBUNYP, adv. x. Another; others.
 Obunye ubuso : Another face.
 OBUyA, x.z.dem.pro. spec. 7. That
 there. Ubuhlanti obuya: That
 cattle fold there.
 ODWA, adj.x. z. Alone; only; nothing
 more. Referring to nouns of spec. 2
 plur. Amahashe abe odwa: The
 horses were alone. Abeko amafu
 odwa: There was nothing but
 clouds, or, there were clouds only.
 ODwA is the root word to which the
 euphonic letters of nouns are pre-
 fixed to express the above meaning
 according to the species of the noun
 referred to, with the exception of
 the 1st and 2nd per. sing. and 1st
 spec. sing., which take Edwa.
 Ngabantu bodwa: People only.
 Tina sodwa: We alone, &c.
kw OHLWAYA, v.t.x. To reprove with
 anger; to express displeasure to-
 wards another.
ukw OJA, v.t.x. To bake or roast meat.
um Oji, n.x.Onewhobakes or roasts meats.