QOSHA. 1L

 a regiment, when forming a square
 to receive cavalry.
 2. To gather up the tools at the
 close of day, so as to leave off
 work.
 i QOSHA, n.x. A flat button, about the
 size of a shilling. Hence used also
 to denote a piece of money. z. i
 Qotya.
 uku QOSHELISA, v.t.x. To cause to gather
 up.
 uku QOTA, v.t.z. 1. To grind fine, as crush-
 ing a stone or cement to powder.
 2. To work a thing perfectly
 round, as the knob of a stick.
 uku QOTAMA, v.i.z. To sit in a cowering
 posture, as the African natives
 when they sit over a fire kindled
 on the ground to warm themselves.
 QoTE, v.i.x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Uku-
 ti qote: To die in numbers, as peo-
 ple in battle, or as in a plague, or
 cattle during a fatal epidemic.
 izi QoTo, n.z. Hail. x. Izicoto.
 u QoTO, tn.z. A thong made from the
 skin of an animal which has not
 been properly dressed, and is stiff
 and difficult to use.
 uku QOTUKA, v.i.x. To cause abrasion of
 the skin.
 uku QOTULA, v.t.x. To chafe; to abrade
 the skin.
 i QOTYA, n.z. A flat button, x. i Qosha.
 uku QOTYAMA, v.i.z. To crouch in sitting;
 to squat, as a person sitting with
 his knees drawn up, so that he is
 supported on his feet, and does not
 reach the ground in sitting.
 isi QovA, n.z. A crest of feathers on a
 bird; a plume of feathers on a per-
 son's head, as a war plume.
 isi Qu, or, in Qu, x. Used with the geni-
 tive of the per. pro. for myself, her-
 self, &c. Isiqu sami: Myself. Isi-
 qu sako: Himself. Isiqu sako,
 nomzimba, nompefumlo: Thyself,
 thy soul and body. Inqu yake:
 Himself.
 2. The very personification of a
 thing, as, Inqu yenkohlakalo: The
 personification of wickedness;
 wickedness itself. z. isi Qu: The
 stump of a tree; the lower or thick
 end, as of a bundle of grass; the
 substance or the individuality of a
 thing.
ubu Qu, n.x. The personality, substance,
 or individuality, ofa person or thing.


;4 QUGANE.

 i QuBA, n.z. Old, rotten manure, x. i
 Gquba.
 um QUBA, n.z. Dry, dusty manure, which
 has been trodden into dust in the
 kraal or fold. x. um Gquba.
 uku QirB, v.i.x. To bathe; to plunge into
 water.
 uku QuBA, v.t.x.z. To urge forward. Quba.
 inkomo: Drive on the cattle. Quba
 lomsebenzi: Urge on that work.
 Qutywa is the passive form. See
 the letter B, for the change of b
 into ty.
 uku QUBELA, v.t.x.z. 1. To drive for another.
 2. To drive towards a certain
 place. Ndiqubele inkomo zami:
 Just drive my cattle for me. Ziqu-
 bele emanzini inkomo: Drive the
 cattle to the water.
 uku QuBISA, v.t.x.z. To help to cause to
 drive.
 uku QUBISANA, v.t.x.z. To meet with; to
 come in contact with. Uku qubi-
 sana nento : To meet with a
 thing.
 i QuB u n.x.z. A protuberance ; a pro-
 minence or tumour on the body;
 any swelling forth on the body,
 hence, applied to the downy feathers
 on the breast of a bird or fowl.
 isi Quau, n.x. Speed; swiftness.
uku QunnDA, v.i.x. To bow down; to bend
 the head forward in a posture of
 reverence or respect to another.
uku QUBUKA, v.i.z. 1. To break out on the
 body, as an eruption or rash.
 2. To break forth, as a fountain;
 to burst forth, as a buck or fox
 from its cover when hunted.
uku QUBULA, v.t.x. To lay hold of; to seize
 suddenly; to surprise a person by
 coming upon him suddenly, z.
 To drive away with violence.
 i QBUQvnou, n.z. A small tumour, or
 pustule.
uku QUBUTA, v.t.z. To cover the head, as
 with a shawl, or with the blanket
 worn by the natives as a karosse,
 so as to prevent the face from being
 seen. x. Uku Gqubutela.
uku QUBrTYA, v.t.x. To elbow; to jostle,
 as in pushing with the elbows in
 a crowd.
 i QunD, n.z. A domestic cock. x. In-
 kunzi yenkuko: Lit. The male of
 fowls.
 i QnUD, n.x. A large antelope, the
 koodoo.
 i QuaosE, n.x. A description of beetle.