181 QOKELELANISA.


um QNISIP, n.z. One who makes surework;
 one who gives confirmation; a sit-
 ness.
 isi QINIso, n.z. Full confirmation; the
 whole truth; the certainty of a
 matter.
 i QInuso, n.x. Certainty; correct judg-
 ment of a matter. Lomntu vna-
 maqiniso: That person has the
 truth, or certainty.
 isi QINO, n.z. A resolve; a resolution; a
 purpose to perform a thing.
 QIPu, x. Used with Ukuti, which see
 at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 qipu : To suddenly open, or break
 apart. Amafu ate qipu kubini:
 The clouds suddenly broke in two.
 Used to describe the break of day.
 Kwa kuqala ukuti qipu ukusa:
 When the day began to break.
 Kwada kwafuna ukuza kuti qipu
 ukusa: Until almost break of day,
 or until the dawn.
uku QIPUKA, v.X. To break asunder; to
 break in two.
uku QIPUQIPULA, v. t.x. To snatch a thing
 from another person.
uku QIPUZA, v.t.x. To attempt to seize a
 thing, but miss it by falling short of
 it, as a dog attempting to seize a
 buck in hunting, but failing to do so.
uku QIQA, v. i. x. To comprehend, to appre-
 hend; to take hold of an idea or
 subject, so as to contain it in the
 mind. z. To trot; to run in a
 trot.
 umrn QIQao, n.z. A large bundle of things.
 uku IQQISA, v.t. x. To assist to compre-
 hend; to impart instruction on
 any subject, so as to make it easy
 of comprehension. z. Ukuqikisa.
 uku QIQIZhLA, v.i.z. To trot quickly; to
 run at a trot; to haste; to run
 hastily, so as to accomplish an ob-
 ject.
 isi QITI, n. x. An island. z. A site to
 settle on, as a village.
 uku QIWULA,v.t.x.1.Todrawout one thing
 from among many of the same sort,
 as an assegai or spear from a bun-
 die, for the purpose of attacking a foe.
 2. To make a detour, so as to cut
 off the retreat of an enemy.
 uku QIWULELA, v.t.x. To draw out one
 thing from among many of the
 same sort for some special purpose,
 as to make ready for battle, to pre-
 pare for attack by drawing a sword
 from its sheath, or an assegai from


 the bundle, or by fixing a bayonet
 on the gun.
 i QIYA, n.x. A covering for the head; a
 handkerchief, so called because a
 handkerchief is used to cover the
 heads by the Kaffirs.
 i QIYANA, n.x. A small handkerchief.
uku QOBA, v. t.x. 1. To beat, so as to break
 or crush stones, or clods of earth.
 2. Tojourney in the dark. z. To
 cut up, chop, slice into small pieces.
uku QoBISA, v.t. z. To cause to be cut up,
 chopped, or sliced up. Figura-
 tively, to annoy; to worry; to
 bother, &c.
 u Qono, n.z. The real substance of a
 thing or person; self; person;
 reality.
 uku QoBOLA, v.t.z. To strike on the head
 with a stick.
 i QOBOQOBo, n x.z. Anything soft and
 brittle. Umti oqoboqobo: A soft,
 brittle tree.
 ubu QoBouOBO, n.x.z. Brittleness; softness,
 as of a tree.
 uku QoBosHA, v.t.x. To knee-halter; to
 hobble, or to button.
 uku QOBozA, v. t. x. 1. To beat, or crush, as
 by a heavy blow.
 2. To tear, as flesh is torn by
 birds of prey.
 uku QOGELA, v.t.z. To filch mealies, sweet
 cane, (smfe,) &c., out of a garden, like
 the picking of ears of corn in a field.
 It is not considered as stealing, but is
 found fault with as a wrong doing.
 uku QoJEMa, v.i.z. To sit on the haunches
 as a dog.
 uku QOKELA, v.t.x. To add to. Generally
 used to denote repeated action or
 addition of words in conversation.
 Ndabeta inyamakazi yawa. yabuya
 yavuka kodwa ndabuya ndaqokela
 yafa ke: I hit the buck, and it fell,
 but it rose again, until I repeated,
 or added to the blow, and it died.
 Ndiyalivuma elolako kodwa mandi-
 qokele ngeliti: I agree with what
 you say,but allow me to add a word
 thereto.
 uku QOKELELA, v.t.x. To collect together.
 Baqokelele impala zabo: They
 gathered together their goods.
 uku QOKELELANA, v.t.x. To add to each
 other's store or possessions.
 uku QOKEELANISA, v. t.. To cause to be
 added to each other's store or pos-
 sessions; to assist each other in
 adding to their possessions.


QINISI.