QONDISA. 18;

 ject. Waqondela pants emhlabeni
 amehlo ake: He fixed his eyes at-
 tentively on the ground.
 z. 1. To fasten tightly, as by
 bolts and screws; to splice.
 2. To understand a subject as the
 result of attentive consideration.
uku QONDISA, v.t.x.z. To instruct; to make
 another understand a subject; to
 unravel a difficult subject to ano-
 ther ; to inform ; to direct.
 um QoNDISI, n.x.z. An instructor; one
 who gives information on any sub-
 ject to another.
 um Qosmso, n.x.z. A sign; a token; that
 which conveys instruction.
 i QONno, n.z. A single stitch, or loop,
 or knot in net work, or in plaiting
 a native basket.
 -um QONno, n.z. A netted or knotted bor-
 der; a piece of basket work with
 stitches.
 u QONDO, n.z. The seam or stitches
 wherewith the head ring of a Zulu
 is sewn into his hair.
 uku QONELA, v. i. z. T) be overcome by su-
 perior influence or authority.
 uku QouGA, v.t.z. To heap up to overflow-
 ing, as corn in a measure.
 i QONGA, n.z. The summit of a heap;
 that which is elevated, as a shelf to
 put things upon.
 um Qonao, n.z. A mass heaped up, as
 thunderclouds. Umqongo wamafu:
 A heap of clouds.
 uku QONGOBEZA, v.t.z. To lay up with
 foresight; to store up provisions;
 to lay up in store.
 uku QONGOLozA, v.t.z. To lay up in large
 stores.
 QONGQoLOLO, v.t.x. Used with Ukuti,
 which see at No. 8 of its meanings.
 Ukuti qongqololo : To lavish; to
 expend profusely; to live a rollick-
 ing sort of life; to waste; to squan-
 der. Wayiti qongqololo ngokuyicita
 yonke imali yake, wada akaba nanto
 eseleyo: He recklessly squandered
 away his money until he had no-
 thing left.
 uku QoNeQOLozA, v.t.z. To make an echo-
 ing sound; to call out loud, as in
 the open country.
 uku QoNsaoTA, v. t.x.z. To knock with a
 rapping sound, as when knocking
 for admission at a door.
 i QosooTI, n.x. z. A bird which pecks
 at trees; a woodpecker.
 Su QonsqoTwANE, n.x. A large black


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 beetle, which makes a knocking
 noise to call its mate. The name
 is derived from Ukuqongqota: To
 knock; from this habit of the insect.
uku QoNONDISA, v.t.x. To direct attention
 towards an object; to point out an
 object to another.
 i QONQA, n.x. A hook; a crook.
 um QONQO, n.x. The spinal marrow.
 i QONQONY, n. x. Procrastination, or
 delay in acting. Yasinda inyama-
 kazi ngokuba bendi neqoqonya
 ukuyibinza: The buck escaped be-
 cause I hesitated to strike it.
ukn QONQOZA, v. t.x. To knock, as at a door;
 to make a knocking sound.
 i QosYA, n.x. A caterpillar which is
 found in the mimosa bush. It has
 a beautiful metallic appearance,
 like silver.
 uku QoPA, v. t. z. 1. To notch, as a stick;
 to cut into strips, as a hide into
 thongs; to carve; to cut out in
 wood or stone.
 2. To treat roughly; to irritate;
 to pick a quarrel.
 isi QoPAMUTI, n.z. A woodpecker. Lit.
 One who qopas or notches trees.
 i QoPo, n.z. A notch; a nick, as in a
 stick or tally.
 isi Qopo, n.z. The tail-like girdle worn
 round the loins by the Zulu men.
 uku QOPOLOZA, v.t.x. To perseveringly
 struggle against difficulties in the
 performance of an enterprise al-
 though seemingly without avail.
 uku QUQA, v.t.x. 1. To slightly carve a
 walking stick, so as to beautify it.
 2. To notch, as a tally stick.
 z. uku Qopa.
 uku QOQA, v.t.z. To collect together in one
 place, as cattle, &e.
 i QoQA, n.x. A description of spear or
 assegai, carved ornamentally.
 n QoQoqo, n.x.z. The windpipe, z. Cane
 sticks, or rattan. From its joints
 resembling those of the windpipe.
 uku QoQozA, v.t.z. 1. To overpower; to
 overcome.
 2. To make a rapping noise, like
 a blind man with a stick in feeling
 his way.
 uku QosnA, v.t.x. To button up, as a coat
 or garment.
 uku QOSHELA, v.t.x. 1. To gather up; to
 gather an army into close compact,
 so as to form one body or mass of
 men; to bring the different divi-
 sions of an army into one body, or