XALA.


 undertaking which prevents atten-
 tion being given to any other, or to
 a person seeking an interview. Ndi-
 xakekile, andinakumbona lomntu
 ngoku: I am engaged, and cannot
 see that person now.
 Si XkLA, n.x. A trouble; that which
 causes anxiety; anxious care.
uku XXLA, x. Used adjectively for being
 in trouble. Ndixalile: I am cast
 down by troubles.
uku XALABA, v.i.x. To be disabled, as by
 an accident, so as to cause injury
 to a limb.
 i XALABA, n.z. The shoulder blade.
 x. Igxalaba.
uku XALABEKA, v.n.x. To be in a state of
 disability from injury caused to the
 person by an accident.
 um XALAcOBE, n.x. 1. The name of a
 shrub.
 2. Used to denote an emaciated
 person.
 i XALANIGA, n.x. A large species of vul-
 ture; a carrion eagle.
uku XKLELA, v.t.x. 1. To be anxious re-
 specting any subject or occurrence.
 Intliziyo yam ixidela umntwana
 war: My mind is anxious about
 my child.
 2. To be troubled, annoyed, or
 dissatisfied about any thing or oc-
 currence.
 in XALENYE, n.x. A part of. Ixalenye
 yombeu: Part, or some, of the
 seed.
uku XALsIA, v.t.x. To trouble; to cause
 anxiety.
 u XAM, n.x. A Guana; a large species of
 lizard resembling an alligator, found
 in the rivers of South Africa.
 uku XAMA, v.t.x. To propose to purchase;
 to bespeak. In this sense it denotes
 a proposal of marriage to a young
 woman, accompanied by the gift of
 cattle, arising from the custom of
 Ukulobola, or paying dowry for a
 wife. Women and girls are consi-
 dered as property among the Kaf-
 firs, and when engaged by a man in
 marriage the engagement is made
 with the father, not with the girl,
 as she is allowed no voice in the
 matter, and the engagement is con-
 firmed by a payment, as a deposit,
 in cattle. To pay this deposit is to
 Xama the girl. See Ukulobola.
 This word has been understood as
 meaning to betroth, but it has no-


12 XANYWA.

 thing of such meaning as the word
 "betrothal" in English signifies.
 i XAA, n.x. A Spring-buck; an ante-
 lope which in running takes very
 long springs or leaps. Hence its
 name, Spring-buck. z. A belt or
 band worn bywomen round the waist.
 um XAMA, n.z. A species of mimosa tree.
 uku XAMALAZA, v.i.z. To sit astride; to
 straddle; to walk with a straddling
 gait.
 i XAMBs, n.x. A bag made of rushes,
 as a sugar bag.
 i XAMEsr, n.x. A cattle place at a dis-
 tance from the usual place of resi-
 dence.
 XAMrA, x. Used with Ukuti, which
 see at No. 8 of its meanings. Ukuti
 xamnfa: To close tight the hand,
 on any thing; to hold tight.
 uku XaMFULA, x. The same as -Ukuti
 xamfa.
 uku XAMruzA, v.i.x. To slobber in eating;
 to suck up hastily, as liquid food.
 uku XANLA, v.i.x. To use up; to use with
 prodigality.
 XAMNTE, adv.x. Aside; away from;
 on one side.
 i XAxxwA, n.x. A tree, or plant, or ani-
 mal, or person who has grown ra-
 pidly; anything of extraordinarily
 rapid growth.
 i XANDXEA, n.x. The slope on either
 side of a valley. Plu. ama Xandeka:
 Hill sides.
 si XANoA, n.x. A spear or knife; any
 instrument for cutting with.
 isi XANTrI n.x.z. The vertebrE or spine of
 a bullock. So named because of
 the row ofperpendicularboneswhich
 are attached to the spine, which
 appear as forks of the branch of a
 tree. See i Xanti.
 i XANrI, n.x. 1. A forked bough or
 branch of a tree.
 2. A post with forks, placed with
 others at the entrance of a native
 cattle kraal, to receive the poles for
 fastening the kraal.
 uku XASxx, v.t.z. To pour sweet milk
 into food, so as to form a kind of
 custard.
 um XANXAALAL, n.x. An animal of great
 strength, as compared with others
 of its kind. Leyankabi iluxanxa-
 lala: That is an extraordinary ox
 for strength and endurance.
 uku XanYwA, x. The passive of Ukuxama,
 which see. To be bespoke; to be