QATA.


 action of heat, which is then
 eaten.
 QATA, x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. It is used
 in reference to another verb, ex-
 pressed or understood, in the sense
 of, "Just as," or, "Just now." Ke-
 kaloku kuti qata enkumbulweni
 into eyandihlelayo kulendawo: It
 just occurs to me what happened to
 me at this place. Safika, kute qata
 imvula: We arrived just as it began
 to rain.
uku QATA, v.t.Z. To break or crush hard
 substances. Hence,
 1. To break up new ground,
 which is always more difficult to
 pulverize than old ploughed land.
 2. To eat hard mealies, to break
 or crush them with the teeth.
 isi QATA, n.z. Stoutness; strength.
 i QATA, n.x. The ankle bone. z. A slice
 or small piece of meat.
 um QATANA, n.x. A hard biscuit, such as
 a ship biscuit.
uku QATAZA, v.i.z. To be very angry.
um QATo, n.z. A newly prepared piece of
 ground, when broken up for the
 first time for sowing.
 um QATONGO, n.x. The name of a plant.
 um QATu, n.x. A stubborn, unmanageable
 person or animal.
uku QATYA, v.t.z. To jerk or spring about.
 Hence, To emit sparks, as from
 fire; to fly off, as corn when being
 threshed.
 i QATYANA, n.x.z. A small leaf.
uku QATYULA, v.t.z. To break, as a string
 or cord.
uku QATYULWA, v.i.x. To be refreshed. It
 is the passive of Ukuqabula. For
 the mutation of the b into ty, see
 under the letter B.
ubu QATTULWANA, n.x. A slight refreshing.
 The diminutive of uku Qabula,
 which see.
uku QAUKA, v.i.x.z. 1. To break, as a
 thong or rope.
 2. Figuratively, To die; to ex-
 pire. In this latter sense it is
 usually followed by Umx'lo. Ewe,
 umntu uyaqaka umxblo, upinake 1
 Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and
 where is he! See uku Xela and
 um XHlo.
uku QAULA, v.t.x.z. To break asunder, as a
 string, or strap, or band.
 i QAwE, n.z. A brave man; an ostenta-
 tious person; a swell.


ubu QAWE, n. z. Bravery; Ostentation.
 i QAYI, n.x. A proud, haughty person.
uku QAYISA, v.i.x. To exult; to boast.
 See vku Ziqayisa.
uku QAYISELA, v.t.x. TO boast of, or on ac-
 count of; to make ostentatious dis-
 play : to boast against another.
 Wandiqayisela ngehashe lake:
 He boasted against me on account
 of his horse.
 i QAYIYA, n.x. Bravery; courage; he-
 roism ; fearlessness of danger. Used
 with the relative pronoun of the
 noun referred to and the conjunc-
 tive n. Umntu oneqayiya: A
 brave person. Indoda eneqayiya :
 A brave man. Lit. A man who
 has bravery.
uku QAZA, v.i.z. To look attentively at
 things; to look over attentively;
 to examine.
 isi QAZI, n.x. An attentive observer; one
 who looks into and observes matters.
 i QFBA, n.x. The space under the chin,
 reaching to the neck.
 i QEBEYA, n.x. A fabulous reptile, of
 which the natives speak with great
 dread and fear.
uku QEDA, v.t.x.z. To finish; to bring to
 a termination. This is properly a
 Zulu word, and is used principally
 by the Pingoe tribes who migrated
 to the Xosa territory from the Zulu
 country.
 um QEDA, n. z. A species of finch, white
 and black striped.
 um QEDAZINDUKWANA, n. x. The same bird
 as Umqeda. Compounded of Qeda:
 To finish, and zindukwana: Small
 throwing sticks; because the Um-
 qeda is a bird that hides itself in
 the bushes, so that the boys' sticks
 are often all thrown or finished
 up before they can hit it.
 i QEDLANA, n.x. A small company or
 gathering of people, or of children.
 i QEaU, n.x. A pack ox.
 um QEau, n.x. A lot of young cattle, set
 apart to be trained for labour as
 pack oxen. z. All the young cattle
 of a herd, except the sucking
 calves.
 QEKE, v.i.x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 qeke: To go out- on the opposite
 side from where the person speak-
 ing is standing, as on the opposite
 side of a river. Ndayibona inya-
 makazi ite qeke apaya: I saw the


QEKE.