ZAM.


 previously taken place, as the reason
 of theaction of the verb followingZa.
 Baz bapcndula bonke abantu: Then
 answered all the people. WVaz'
 wati yakubako isabata, waqala uku-
 fundisa: And when the Sabbath
 arrived he began to preach. Waza
 wati wakubabona wavuya: And
 when he saw them he rejoiced. Baza
 basondela kuye bonke abantu: Then
 drew nigh to him all the people.
 c. It is used in the imperative be-
 fore other verbs, implying exhorta-
 tion, rather than command, on the
 part of the speaker, and is often
 adopted as a polite mode of making
 a request to another. When thus
 used the final vowel a is usually
 elided when the initial letter of the
 verbal prefix following is a vowel.
 Z'undi needed: Afford me help.
 Z'undityele kaloku apo ba ndu-
 lukele kona: Tell me now where
 they have departed to. Ize niku-
 itbule izwi lam : Remember my
 word.
 d. It is used with the negative
 verbal prefixes before the present
 subjunctive to express never, both in
 the past and future time. Andiza-
 nga nditsho: I never said so. Aku-
 zanga kubonwe ngento enjalo kwa
 Sirayeli: It was never so seen in
 Israel. AbasayisKUA bavume : They
 will never consent. AkasayiKuzA
 abuye: He will never return.
 ZA, x. The verbal prefix of the past
 indef. tense spec. 3, 4, and 5 plu.
 Zati izindlu zatsha: The houses
 were burnt.
 ili ZA, n.x. 1. A wave of the sea.
 2. A large antelope.
 isi ZA, n.x.z. A site for a house to be
 built upon.
 ZAno, x. One of the forms of the
 poss. pro. Theirs. See Grammar.
uku ZAcA, v.i.z. To become lean; to fall off
 in flesh. Izinkomo zizacile: The
 cattle have fallen off in condition.
 isi ZAKA, n.z. A forest tree.
uku ZAKAZA, v.t.z. To barb a war spear by
 cutting small notches on the edge,
 so that it may not easily be with-
 drawn when it enters the body.
 i ZAKIWO, n.x. A building; that which
 is built; an erection.
 ZAKOWABO, x. See KowABo.
 ZAKu, x. Verbal prefix past indef.
 tense of the subjunctive mood. When


 they. Spec. 3, 4, and 5 plu. Zaku-
 fika inkomo : When the cattle ar-
 rived. Zakumuka izicaka: Whcll
 the servants departed. Zakugaulwa
 izinti: When the rods were cut.
 uku ZALA, v.t.x.Z. 1. To increase. Hence,
 2. To bear young; to beget.
 3. To lay eggs.
 4. To fill. Umlambo tuzele: The
 river is full.
 in ZALA, n.x. 1. Increase.
 2. That which is born; progeny.
 Used with ndini appended (which
 see) in the vocative, it signifies, "a
 generation; a race of men." Nzala-
 ndini yamaiamba: Ye generation
 of vipers.
 i ZALA, n.x.z. 1. A rubbish heap; a
 place for refuse.
 2. The ash heap of a native
 village.
 uku ZALAaANISA, v.t.x. To endeavour to
 ingratiate one's self into the friend-
 ship and good will of another.
uku ZALELA, v.t.X.Z. To bear for. .Um-
 fazi wake wamzalela umntwana:
 His wife bore unto him a child.
uku ZAZELWA, v.i.x.z. 1. To be born in a
 certain place. Wazalelwa e Bete-
 leheme: He was born in Bethlehem.
 2. To be born to, or for a certain
 thing or purpose. Umntu uzalelwe
 inteizi: Man is born for trouble.
uku ZALISA, v.t.x.z. 1. To fill. Zalisa
 itunga: Fill the milk pail.
 2. To assist at childbirth.
 uku ZALISEKA, v.i.x.z. To be fulfilled; to
 be accomplished. Zati imini zake
 zazaliseka zokuba afe: His days
 were accomplished that he should
 die.
uku ZALISEKELA, v.t.x. To fulfil; to accom-
 plish.
 um ZALISIKAZI, n.x. A midwife; one who
 assists at the birth of a child.
 isi ZALO, .x. The womb.
 in ZALo, n.x. 1. Offspring; progeny;
 family.
 2. Increase. Hence, The interest
 of money, interest being considered
 as the increase, or offspring, of the
 capital.
uku ZALwA, x. Verbal noun. Birth. UkIu-
 zalwa kwake: His birth.
 um ZALWAiA, n.x.z. A kinsman; a relative
 by birth.
 isi ZALwANA, n.x.z. A family; a brother-
 hood.
 ZAM, poss.pro.x. Mine. Referring