198 SHWABULELA.


 SHINYE, v.t.x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 shinye: To become dense. Amafu
 ate shine: The clouds became
 dark, thick, and dense. Lite shinye
 ihlati: The forest became dense.
 SnIN a, v. t.x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. 1.
 Ukuti shinyi : To shut or close up.
 Hence, to hold fast; to hold with a
 firm grasp, by closing up the
 hand. Umte shinyi: Hold him
 fast.
 2. Applied also to standing corn
 when standing thick and luxurious.
 Ate shinyi amazimba: The corn
 stands thick. Lit. It closes up,
 forms a thick mass.
uku SIIIYA, v.t.x.z. To leave behind; to al-
 low to remain; to abandon; to for-
 sake.
uku SHIYELA, v.t.x.z. To leave; to allow
 to remain for another. Ndiya-
 kumshiyela inkomo: I will leave a
 cow for him. Zundishiyele ukutya:
 Please leave some food for me.
 i SnII, n.x.z. The eye-brow of the human
 eye.
uku SHIYISELA, v.t.x.z. To out-do another
 in competition; to win in racing or
 running.
uku SHOBA, v. t. x. To abuse; to revile; to
 curse.
 i S mOA, n. x. Abuse.
 um SHOLOGa, n. x. A ghost; the spirit of a
 departed person.
uku SHUBA, v.t. x. To suck out the last drop
 of milk from the cow by the calf.
 Inkonyana ishubile: The calf has
 sucked all the milk. A woman's
 word for, "to finish." The women
 of the Amanqika tribe of Kaffirs
 never use the word Ukuqiba, which
 is the proper word for To finish,"
 but use Ukushuba. This arises
 from the custom of Ukuhlonipa,
 (which see,) the syllable qi in qiba
 being also one of the syllables in
 the name of their great chief U-
 cQIKA, from whom their tribal name
 is taken.
uku SHUDULA, v.t.z. To break loose the
 ground, either by tramping as a
 horse, or by scraping with the foot
 as one sitting uneasily; to paw up
 the ground, as a horse when an-
 xious to start on a journey.
uku SHIKA, v.t.z. To dress askin by rubbing
 it, that it may become soft for use ;


 to full; to mill; to curry, as lea-
 ther. z. uku Suka.
 i SHUKELI, n.z. Sugar. x. i Shwekile.
 Kaffirized from the English.
um SHUKI, n.z. A fuller; a currier. x.
 um Suki.
uku SHUKUMA, v. i. x. To move about, as
 from side to side, as the branch of
 a tree in the wind.
uku SHUKUMISA, v.t.x.z. To move about;
 to cause any thing to be moved; to
 shake. Umti ushukunyiswa ngu-
 moya: The tree is shaken by the
 wind. Izinto ezingenaku shu-
 kunyiswa : Things which cannot be
 shaken. See uku Shukunyiswa.
uku SHUKUNYISWA, x. The passive of uku
 shukumisa. To cause to shake, or
 to be moved. For the change of
 the m into ny, see under the letter
 M.
uku SnUMAYELA, v.i.x.z. To publish; to
 declare; to deliver a set speech; to
 preach: to give off news.
uku SHUMAYEZA, v.t.x.z. To cause to hear;
 to declare to others; to inform; to
 give notice; to make acquainted
 with any matter; to proclaim to.
uku SnuProLA, v.t.x. To take hold of and
 twitch the flesh of another; to
 pinch severely.
 i SnuMI, n.x.z. Ten. See Lishumi.
 Abantu ba lishumi: Ten people.
 Inkomo ezi lishumi: Ten head of
 cattle. Lit. People, cattle, that
 are ten.
uku SHUNQUKA, v.i. x.z. To break off short,
 or suddenly.
uku SHUNQULA, v. x. z. To break any
 thing off short.
 Snusnu, adj.x. Hot. This word is
 often contracted, and used as an in-
 terjection, when applied to the
 weather. Thus :-Shu O how hot
 it is As in the case of other ad-
 jectives, the prefix changes with
 that of the noun it qualifies.
 Amanzi ashushu: The water is hot.
 Ilanga lishushu : The sun is hot.
 Umzimba warn sushu : My body
 is hot.
uku SnWAmBNA, v.i.x.z. To dry up; to
 wrinkle; to wither.
uku SIWABANISA, v.t.x.z. To dry up; to
 cause to wrinkle, or to dry up like
 a dry leaf.
uku SHWABULELA, v.t.x. To curse; to ex-
 ecrate; to devote to evil; to im-
 precate.


SHINYE.