POLISA. 1V

.uku PouSA, .i.x.z. 1. To make cool.
 2. To cause a wound to heal.
 i POLIST, n.x.z. The police; a police-
 man. The English word Kaffirized.
uku POLOLOZA, x. See uku Poloza.
uku POLOZA, v.t.x.z. To reveal a secret; to
 blab about a matter. Lit. To let it
 out.
 um POLozI, n.x.z. One who reveals secrets;
 a blab.
 i Pomro, n.z. An absolute, overbearing
 person.
 u PoNDo, x. z. A horn of a living
 beast.
 um PNDno, n.x.z. A person of the Ama-
 mpondo tribe of Kaffirs.
 isi PONDO, n.z. A small side entrance to a
 cattle fold or kraal.
 im PDoo, n.z. A contagious disease; pes-
 tilence.
 um PONDOMPONDO, n.z. A species of beetle
 of a blue colour with black stripes,
 with long horns bent on both
 sides.
 um PONDWE, n.z. The pound sterling. Zu-
 luized from the English.
 u PONDWANA, n.x.z. A small horn.
 isi PONoo, n.x.z. A large prominent fore-
 head.
 im PoNoo, n.x. A he-goat.
 um PONGOLo, z.x.z. A quiver for arrows.
 z. A cask; a barrel; any receptacle
 of a large bulk, as a box; a chest.
 uku PosooLA, v.i.z. To manifest indiffer-
 ence to what is being said, by look-
 ing away from the speaker.
 uku PsoNoOM, v.i.x. 1. To sit in an uncom-
 fortable position, as a person lean-
 ing on his arms and knees.
 2. To desert from one chief to
 another.
 um PoNosHOme, sn.x. That side of a river
 which is nearest to the speaker, and
 directly opposite to another person
 on the other side, to whom he is
 speaking. .
 i PosI, n.x. A pound sterling. Kaffir-
 ized from the English word Pound.
 uku Poxo, v.t.z. To throw with violence
 through the air; to hurl, as a spear,
 or assegai, thrown by the hand.
 x. Ukuposa.
 PoNyo, z. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 ponyo: To slip or fall away from;
 to go off from, as anything flying
 out of the hand. Izembe lite ponyo:
 The axe flew or slipped out of the
 hand.


71 POTULA.

 uku PoynozA, v.i.z. The same as Ukuti
 ponyo.
 um PorPIT, n.x. A sack in a state of ten-
 sion from the pressure of its con-
 tents; a very full sack.
 uku PorozA, .t.z. To gush, as water out of
 a rock, or as blood from a vein.
 x. Ukumpompoza.
 uku PoQA, v.i.x. To slip off, as a saddle
 from a horse.
 uku PbQA, v.i.x. To speak hurriedly, so as
 to confuse others by interrupting
 them.
 uku POQELA, v.i.x. To slip out, as one
 thing slipping out from another, as
 an axle of a vehicle slipping out,
 from the wheel.
 uku POQELELA, v.t.z. To make a vigorous
 attempt to do a thing; to put force
 or pressure on a person or thing.
 um POROFETr, n.x.z. A prophet.
 um PosA, n.z. The seraglio of the Zulu king.
 uku PosA, v.t.x. To throw; to fling; to
 hurl. z. Ukuponza.
 2. To miss an object aimed at,
 in throwing or firing at it.
 uku POSEKA, v.t.x. To rush upon; to throw
 one's self upon. Wati vkuposeka
 kubo, wanga anga babulala: He
 rushed upon, seeking to kill them.
 uku POSELA, v.t.x. To throw into a certain
 place. Yiposele lonto emnxunyeni:
 Throw that thing into the hole.
 uku PosISA, v.i.x.z. 1. To miss; to err in
 conduct.
 2. To make a mistake; to be
 wrong in a conclusion arrived at.
 isi Poso, In.x.z. A mistake; an error;
 i Posiso, a transgression. Lit. That
 which misses the mark.
 uku PoTA, v.i.x.z. To twist, as string; to
 spin; to plat.
 uku POTEKA, v.i.x.z. To have the quality
 of being twisted or spun.
 uku POTELA, v.t.x.z. To twist or spin for
 another, or for a certain purpose.
 im Poro, n.z. A long, slender stalk as of
 Kaffir corn.
 im POTSHANE, i.x. A young and tender
 mealie cob.
 uku POTULA, v.t.z. To release from con-
 straint. It is used to denote the
 final action of a Zulu Inyanga, or
 witch-doctor, in releasing a person
 or persons from some restraints im-
 posed upon them during the con-
 tinuance of his incantations in any
 case of sickness, &c., on which he
 has been called to exercise his art.