TUVA. 22

 Wayehamba itutyana: He pro-
 ceeded a little way.
 in TuvA, n.z. Scurf on the head.
 u Tuvr, n.x.z. The excrement of the
 human species.
uku TwA, acu. v.x.z. The passive of Ukuti:
 To say. Used, 1. To convey an
 order or a command issued to a
 third party through a person.
 Kutwa makuhanjwe: Orders are
 given that the journey commence.
 2. Applied to names of places
 thus: Sadlula kwcntaba ekutwa
 Yintabakandoda: We passed a
 mountain named, Intabakandoda.
 um TwA, n.x.z. A Bushman; one of the
 Bushman tribe.
 u TWA, n.z. A deep place in a river ; a
 hollow in a rock, where bees are
 often found.
 i TwaBI, n.z. Hiccough.
uku TWABULA, v.t.z. To beat a child. From
 Umntwana: A child; and Bula :
 To beat out corn.
 uku TWABULULA, v.t.x. 1. To stretch out,
 as when a skin is pegged to the
 ground to dry, or as a garment
 which is stretched to remove folds
 or wrinkles.
 2. To stretch out, as a bird when
 stretching out its wings to fly.
 isi TWAnBUULO, n.x. A stretching out.
 Tsitwabululo samapiko entaka: The
 spreading out of a bird's wings.
 uku TWABUZELA, v.i.z. To step out in walk-
 ing.
 i TwaBszI, n.x. A description of bird.
 u TwAI, n.z. Cutaneous sores.
 uku TWAIZELA, v.i.z. To walk vigorously;
 to stride along like a tall man.
 uku TwAKULA, v.t.x. To chew hastily.
 i TWAKUTWAKU, n.x. 1. Any naturally
 hard substance, which, when satu-
 rated by, or steeped in water, be-
 comes soft and yielding. Hence,
 2. Applied to a person without
 strength of mind or will; one who
 soon yields to circumstances; a
 cowardly individual.
 uku TWAKUTWAKULA, v.i... To walk in a
 peculiarly jumping manner, as a
 person who is afflicted with Ohorea,
 or St. Vitus's Dance. Used deri-
 sively to describe another's walk
 when unsteady.
 uku TwALA, v.t.x.z. To carry; to bear a
 burden.
 in TWALA, n.x. A louse.


6 TWEBELA.

uku TWALELA, .t.x.z. To carry for another;
 to carry towards a person or place.
 uke TWALELANA, v.i.x. TO be very angry;
 to be wrathful.
 um TWALI, n.x.z. A porter; one who
 carries burdens.
 uku TWALISA, v.t.x.z. To lay a burden on
 another.
 um TWALO, a burden; load; freight.
 um TWANA, x.z. See Umntwana.
 in TWANA, n.x.z. 1. A small thing; the
 diminutive of Into : A thing.
 2. A small quantity of anything.
 Ndipe intwana yamasi: Give me a
 little milk.
 in TWANANA, n.x.z. A very small thing.
 isi TWANAy, n.z. Soft fruit.
 uku TWASA, v.i.x.z. 1. To come into view;
 to begin to appear in the heavens.
 Inyanga itwasile: The new moon
 has appeared; it is new moon.
 2. It denotes the commencement
 of the seasons of Spring and Sum-
 mer. Intlokohlazi seitwasile: The
 spring has commenced. Litwasile
 ihlobo: The summer has com-
 menced.
 3. It denotes the completion ofa
 professional education, and the
 commencement of practice by the
 native doctors, and the professional
 witch finders, denoting that they
 have been fully instructed in the
 mysteries of their profession. Eli
 qii-a litwasile : That doctor has
 completed his education and com-
 menced practice.
 4. When Ukutwasa is used as a
 verbal noun in the ablqtive case it
 has an adverbial power, and means,
 Just about the commencement of
 any period referred to. Ekutwaseni
 .kwentlokohlazi: About the com-
 mencement of spring.
 uku TWASIsA, v.t.x.z. To initiate into pro-
 fessional practice, as old doctors do
 a young unpractised one.
 i TWATwA, n.x. A dressed hide, such as
 is used for making thongs; a fore-
 slag skin. z. Hoar frost.
 um TWAzr, n.x.z. A strong fibrous sub-
 stance, found in forests; a kind of
 monkey rope, much used by the
 natives in building their houses.
 um TWEBELA, n.x. The wax-like substance
 used by the bees for filling any
 opening in the hive, and for closing
 it during the winter season, to keep
 out the cold.