TSHATSHELA.


uku TSHATSHELA, v.t.x. To entirely destroy,
 as cattle when they eat up and
 trample down growing crops.
uku TSHAreSA, v.t.x. To marry; to join
 together in marriage.
 in TSHATSHOBA, n.x. The flower of the
 mealie cob.
 in TSHATSHoGoo, n.x. The name of a bird.
uku TsHAULA, v.i.x. To move the eyebrows
 affectedly as an expression of
 pride.
 i THAWE, n.x. One high in birth; one
 of the aristocracy.
uku TSHAYA, v.i.x. To smoke tobacco.
 z. To beat; to whip; to flog; to
 punish.
uku TSHAYELA, v.t.x. To sweep, as with a
 brush. z. Uku Tshanela.
um TSHAYBLI, n.x. A sweep; one who
 sweeps.
 z. One who beats or whips, hence
 a wagon driver.
 um TSHATELo, n.x. A brush. z. um Tsha-
 nelo.
 in TsHAYELELO, n.x. 1. A sweeping away;
 a clearing.
 2. That which is preparatory to
 another action or event; a prelimi-
 nary; an introduction.
uku TSHAZA, v.t.x.z. To frost bite. Ndi-
 tshaziwe: I am frost bitten.
 z. To be scorched; to be burnt as
 food in being cooked; to be covered
 over with a film or thin skin, which
 is nearly black, as from a burn.
 Hence the word denotes, both in
 the Xosa and the Zulu, the appear-
 ance of vegetables when they turn
 black from the action of frost.
 uku TSHAZA, v.n.x. To be frost-bitten.
 in TsuHAZ, n.x. A comb.
 TSBE, Used with Ukuti, which see at
 No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti tshe :
 To go past a place so rapidly that
 only an indistinct view is obtained
 of it; to pass very near to.
 uku TSHEBELEZA, v.i.x. To glide along, as
 on a smooth surface; to slip along,
 as on slippery ground, or as a flat
 stone on water when thrown on the
 surface; to make ducks and drakes.
 uku TSHEKA, v.i.x.z. TO be purged, as when
 suffering from diarrhoea.
uku TSHELELA, v.i.z. To slip or slide for-
 ward, as when walking on a slip-
 pery road. Figuratively, To err;
 to fall into, or be overtaken by, a
 fault.
 uku TSIEELEZA, v.t.z. To cause to slip or


 slide; to make smooth. Ilitye
 lokusila litshelezwa: The millstone
 is worn smooth.
ubu TSHELEZI, n.z. Slipperiness. Indlela
 inobutshelezi: The road is slippery.
 Lit. It has slipperiness.
 in TSHEMBENXA, n.x. A crooked thing,
 as a crooked stick, or a crooked
 tree.
 i TSHENGAKAZI, n.z. A cow that usually
 leads the herd when travelling.
 in TSHENGULA, n.x.z. 1. A sharp edged
 thing, as a stone, or a knife, be-
 come so by use.
 2. A Kaffir snuff spoon.
uku TsHENTSHISA, v.t.x.z. To change money
 by giving smaller money for a more
 valuable coin. Kaffirized from the
 English word, To change.
uku TSHETA, v.t.x. To cut off the rind of a
 pumpkin by chipping it with a knife.
uku THnaTSHA, v.i.z. To hasten; to make
 haste; to move with celerity; to be
 quick. x. Ukunxama.
 isi TSHETSHE, n.x.z. A knife. Obsolete.
 um TSHETSHE, n.z. A single string of
 beads, as purchased in a shop.
uku TSHETSHISA, v.t.z. To hasten another
 in the performance of an action; to
 drive or urge on; to accelerate
 movement; to expedite, x. Uku-
 nxamisa.
 um TsuI, n.x. A stripe, or scratch, made
 on the surface of anything.
uku TSHIBIuIKA, v.i.z. To glide or slip
 away, so as helplessly to fall to the
 ground. x. uku Tyibilika.
uku TsHIBILIZA, v.t.x. To twist the body,
 as a native girl in dancing.
 TsHIBV, v.i.x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 tshibu : To feel cold and chilly.
uku TsHICA, v.i.x. To spit. z. Ukutsaka.
uku TSHIOELA, v.t.x. To spit upon.
 i TsuoLo, n.x. A man whose word can-
 not be relied on; a deceptive,
 shifty character.
uku TSHIKILA, ) v.t.x.z. To turn the back
uku TSHIKILELA, on any object, as a
 person in hot anger.
 in TSHIKIVANE, n.x. A person of a wicked
 and obstinate disposition.
uku TSHILA, v.i.x. To dance the dance
 performed by circumcised lads
 while undergoing the rite of cir-
 cumcision. These Ukutshila dances
 are of a very lewd and licentious
 character, in which the females of
 the village where they are per-


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