POTWE.


 i POTwr, n.x. The name of a small
 brown bird; a bird which has a
 chattering note. Applied figura-
 tively to a chattering person.
 PoTYo, x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 potyo: To throw out any thick or
 viscous liquor, as honey or treacle.
 uku PoTYozA, v. i.z. 1. To pour out a thick
 stream of any liquid.
 2. Figuratively applied to a
 stream of words when a person talks
 at random, uttering things true or
 false, so that a stream of words is
 maintained.
 uku PozA, v.t.z. To cool, as liquid, or as
 porridge, x. uku Pola.
 uku PozrsA, v.t.x. To cool down in pro-
 secuting an enterprise, so as to
 draw back from or fail in prosecut-
 ing it, arising from unexpected
 difficulties. z. To cool hot water
 by adding that which is cold.
 Ph, z. Used with Ukuti, which see at
 No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti ph:
 To blow or puff with the breath, as
 an ox or a calf from pain, applied
 also to meat when puffed up from
 putridity.
 uku PUBUKA, v.t.x. To misbehave in word
 or deed; to be rude and boister-
 ous.
 uku PUBUZA, v.t.z. To slap the face or head
 of a person with the open hand; to
 be violent in conduct.
 Puce, x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No; 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 pucu: To slip off, as hair from a
 skin when partly decomposed.
 uku PUCUKA, v.i.x.z. To have the outer
 skin taken off by a bruise. Ndi-
 pucukile yinqwelo.: I am bruised
 by the wagon.
uku PUCULA, v.t.x.z. To abrade the skin;
 to remove the outer skin by coming
 in contact with some object; to
 gall. Isihlalo silipuculile ihashe:
 The saddle has galled the horse.
uku PUHLA, v.i.z. To grow fast, so as to
 stand straight up, as a healthy
 plant. Applied also to a person
 who stands straight up, like a
 soldier on parade.
 PeuHL, z. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings.
 Ukuti puhlu : To act determinately,
 so as to manifest conduct bordering
 on self-will. Waye kuluma nomnye
 waza wati puhlu ngeyake endlela:


 He spoke with the other, and then
 insisted upon having his own
 way.
 isi PURLUPUrHLU, n.x. A person in a very
 excitable state of mind ; one who is
 agitated by some event or events.
 ubu PensLUrUvH, n.x. A wild, over-excited
 state.
 im PUKANE, n.x.z. A fly.
 im PUKOMTI, n.x. A species of mouse,
 which lives in hollow trees. Lit.,
 The tree mouse.
 im PUKu, n.x.z. A mouse.
 i PUKUPU, n. z. Foam; froth. Applied
 to foam formed on the surface of
 water by violent agitation, as the
 foam of the sea. Ulwandle luhla-
 zisa ipukupu : The sea is making
 foam.
 isi PuxKUPUK, n.z. An empty, silly per-
 son; one who is frothy, and sense-
 less in his conversation.
 uku PuKZA, v.i. z. To ferment; to be
 excited in conduct; to act fool-
 ishly.
 uku PUKZUELA, v.i.X. 1. To overflow, as
 dough when fermented, or as yeast
 from fermented beer.
 2. To be hasty in the prosecu-
 tion of any enterprise, z. To act
 as a silly, senseless person.
 uku PULAPULA, v..I.. To listen attentively;
 to obey a command.
 uku PULAPLULA, v. t. x. To rub gently on
 any part of the body, so as to give
 relief from pain; to soothe; to
 smooth down as fur on a garment.
 z. uku Pulula.
 im PULO, n.x. The wax of the ear.
 uku PULUKA, v.i.x.z. To slide or slip out
 of the hand, as an eel. Intambo
 ipulukile esandleni sam : The
 thong has slipped through my
 hand;
 uku PULUKANA, v.i.x.z. To slip away
 as one thing from another. Uku-
 pulukana nento, is to allow a thing
 to slip away, so as to lose it from
 the grasp.
uku PULULA, v. t. x. To rub gently with
 the hand any part of the body suf-
 fering pain, so as to soothe it. z.
 To coax, to flatter, by patting
 gently with the hand.
 PULULU, x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 pululu: The same meaning as Uku-
 puluka.
uku PUMA, v.i.x. To go out from a place.


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