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 from another by an underhand pro-
 ceeding.
 um RWETB, n. x. A trader; an itinerant or
 travelling trader.
 uku RWECA, v.t. x. To slightly touch a per-
 son, so as to call his attention se-
 cretly to a thing, or as a person
 slightly touching another's ear, so
 as to tickle it. z. To smoke the
 wild hemp.
uku RwELA, v.t.x.z. To scratch with the
 nails; to claw.
uku BWEMPA, v.t.x. To scratch with the
 nails of the fingers, so as to tear the
 flesh; to claw.
 uku RWEXA, v.t.x. 1. To cause irritation
 on the skin by any rough friction,
 as a rough garment. Ingubo
 enwexayo: A rough garment that
 causes irritation.
 2. To cause a grating sound by
 rubbing against, like a file or saw.
 u RWEXESHE, n.x. A species of cater-
 pillar.
 i RWEXv, n.x. A grey or grizzled co-
 loured animal. Izinkomo izinga-
 ma-wexu: Grey or grizzled cattle.
 Rwi, v.t.x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 iwi: To move with rapidity, as a
 shooting star, or a bullet from a
 gun.
uku RwICA, v.t.x. To tack work, as a gar-
 ment; to sew in a loose or slovenly
 manner.
uku RWINQELA, v.t.X. 1. TO concentrate all
 a person's energies in the perform-
 ance of an enterprise.
 2. To gather up into a concen-
 trated mass the divisions of an
 army, when massed for action.
 i RWINTSELA, n.x. A fastening for the
 native sandal, a kind of primitive
 shoe made from the skins of beasts,
 called a veldt school, or field shoe,
 by the Dutch.
uku RWINTYELA, v. t.x. To catch in a noose
 or lasso.
uku RWIQILIZA, v.t.x. To lay hold of any
 person or thing, and drag it away.
uku RwITsnA, v.t.x. To strangle; to suf-
 focate.
 isi RWITSHO, n.x. A strangling.
uku RwIxA, v.i.x. To speak in a loud,
 sharp, angry tone.
uku RwixA, v.t.x. To swallow; to gulp.


 S.

 The letter S has one uniform sound in
 Kaffir, like s in the English word
 Silver.
uku SA, v.i.x.z. 1. To dawn. Lit. To
 morning. Sekusile: It is morning.
 2. To become light and clear
 after rain, or after misty and foggy
 weather. Izulu lisile : The heaven
 has become clear.
uku SA, v.t.x. To convey; to remove from
 one placeto another. Yisalomntwa-
 na ku nina: Take this child to
 its mother.
uku SA, n.x. The morning. Ukusa kwa-
 namhla: This morning. Lit. The
 morning of this day.
 SA, x. This particle is used in several
 senses, in combination with the
 auxiliary verbs and verbal prefixes.
 When used in the affirmative it de-
 notes that the verbal action is, or
 was, or would be as yet incomplete,
 or still being performed, at a cer-
 tain time referred to; as,
 1. Toprepare for an action. Ndi-
 samka; I am preparing to depart,
 or just on the point of departing.
 2. To continue an action. Ndi-
 sasebenza: I am still working.
 3. It denotes, still further, above
 that. Usafuna ntoninal What do
 you want more, or above, what you
 have? Uyihlo usahlelina? Is your
 father still or yet alive .
 4. In the negative form of the
 verb it is used to denote that the
 action of the verb will be performed
 no longer, or no more. Anisayi
 kubona yena: Ye shall see him no
 more. Andisayi kuteta: I will say
 no more. By referring to the
 Grammar, it will be seen that SA is
 used with all the tenses of the verb,
 both negative and affirmative.
 5. The particle sA is inserted be-
 tween uku, the sign of the infini-
 tive, and the root of the verb Uku-
 sa, To become light, in the sense
 of, While it was yet morning." Sa
 suka kwakusasa: We started very
 early in the morning. Lit. While it
 was still getting light. Uz' uvuke
 kusasa: Arise early, in the dawning
 of the day.
 6. As an exclamation. SA It
 is used to urge dogs to fight, or to
 increase their speed in hunting.