A.
A.
A. These. Matlhō a, these
eyes. Sign of the possessive :
matlhō a gagwè, his eyes. Sign
of the imperative: a ba tlè, let
them come. Sign of the inter-
rogative: a ba tsile? have they
come ?
ABA. To give; to divide; pass.
abiwa, and aywa.
ABAKA. To divide, as with both
hands; to squander.
ABALANA. To divide among each
other.
ABECWE. Ke abecwe, I am pre-
sented with. Ba abecwe nama
le madi, they are sharers of
flesh and blood.
ABÈLA. To divide for; to give
to; to present with; to distri-
bute.
ABÈLWA. To be made a partaker
of.
ABILWE. Perf. pass. of aba.
ABIWA. Pass. of aba.
ABOLA. To make a large open-
ing; to break open, as a house
or wound.
ABULA. To flap the wings slowly,
as vultures about to alight; to
try to walk, as an infant.
ACWA. To help those who have
suffered loss; to make good
a loss; to give to a needy per-
son.
ADILE. Perf. of ala.
ADILWE. Perf. pass. of ala. E
adilwe dimati, it is floored with
boards.
ADIMA. To lend; to borrow.
ADIÑWA. Pass. of adima.
AÈGA. To put one thing to lean
against another; to cause to
lean. O aegile lomati, he has
caused the plank to lean.
AEGILWE. Secwalō se aegilwe,
the door is put to lean.
AEGOLOLA. To remove a leaning
thing.
AGA. To build.
AGALANA. To live together; to
be neighbours.
AGECWE. Built for.
AGÈLA = Beèla. Lehoko ya
kgosi le agèla mosakō, the
chief's word inspires trust.
AGÈLÈLA. To tarry with, or live
with for a time, as when visit-
ing; to edify.
AGÈLÈLANA. To be friendly with
each other; to be at peace with
each other. Go agèlèlana le
bōna, to be on friendly terms
with them.
AGILÈ. Perf. of aga. Ke agile
naè, I live with him.
AGISA. To cause to build; to
make peace.
AGISANTSE. Perf. of agisanya.
AGISANYA. Go agisanya batho,
to make people at peace with
each other. Go agisanya batho
le Modimo, to make men at
peace with God. Ga ba agisanye,
they are not at peace with each
other. Go agisanya le Modimo,
to be at peace with God.
AGIWA. Pass. of aga.
AGTERELAE. Tlhobolō ea
agterelae, a breech-loading
rifle (hybrid).
AHE. Maina ahe? which names ?
AICWE = Aitse.
AILA. To walk slowly, picking
up one's feet with difficulty.
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AITSE. Of course; truly; surely;
you know.
AKA. To lie; to tell lies.
AKABADIWA. Pass. of akabala.
Go akabadiwa ke tsela, to be
in doubt as to the road.
AKABALA. To be perplexed; to
be bewildered; to halt between
two opinions.
AKABATSA. To cause to be in
doubt; to bewilder.
AKAHALA. To commit adultery.
Used either of a man or wo-
man.
AKAMETSA. To approach and
spread out, as an attacking
force; to put grass on a roof
temporarily; to put sticks, etc.,
as a temporary fence.
AKANTSE. Perf. of akanya.
AKANYA. To reason; to debate
in one's mind; to think over;
to ponder.
AKANYETSA. To reason for; to
consider, or think for.
AKANYO. A reasoning; a won-
dering or cogitation.
AKEDITSE. Perf. of aketsa.
AKÈLA. To lie to, or about; to
listen attentively to; to obey.
AKETSA. To lie to; to lie
against; to speak falsely about.
AKGA. To swing anything from
side to side.
AKGAAKGA. To bother, or weary,
as by leading about hither and
thither.
AKGAAKGANA. To bother, as by
many speaking at once; to pass
speedily from one work to
another.
AKGAAKGÈGA. To be unstable;
to be changeable in purpose;
to be in doubt, as concerning
a path. Go akgaakgèga mo
peduñ, to be distracted, to be
bothered.
AKGANA. To vary, or differ in
telling a story; to disagree in
making a report.
AKGANWA. To pass from one to
another, as a thing much lent.
AKGATÈCWA. To be too long
tongued.
AKGÈGA. To be swung from
side to side; to sway. Akgèga
mo, to hang from. Se akgegile
mo seatleñ sa gagwè, it is hang-
ing from his hand.
AKGOLA. To dandle, as an in-
fant; to toss up and down; to
remove the dikgoba with hand
when winnowing.
A KO. A ko u tlè, please come.
AKOHA. To hasten; to make
haste; to come quickly. O tla
akoha a tsamaea, he will soon
go.
AKOHISA. Caus. of akoha.
AKOLA. To become fat (of ani-
mals); to be fat (of meat).
AKOTSE. Perf. of akola. Di
akotsè, they are fat.
AKOTSHA. Metse a tla akotsha a
bela, the water will soon boil.
Akotsha! come quickly! A di
akotshè, let them come quickly.
AKWA. Pass. of aka.
ALA. To spread a skin, etc., out
on the ground.
ALAHA. To doctor.
ALAHIWA. Pass. of alaha.
ALAHWA. Pass. of alaba.
ALE. Maru ale, those clouds
yonder.
ALÈLA. To put a framework of
sticks under meat in a pot.
ALETSA. To make a bundle of
sticks, etc., ready for tying up;
to scold, or talk against a num-
ber of people without distin-
guishing one from another.
ALOGA. To be finished, as a
work, ceremony, etc.; to come
out of a heathen ceremony at
its close. Go aloga botsetse,
to cease (of the lochial dis-
charge). Ñwana o alogile, the
child's navel is healed.
ALOLA. To take up that which
was spread out; = Lèlèka.
ALOSA. To give a boy or girl
new clothes on coming out of a
heathen ceremony.
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AMA. To touch.
AMAGANA. To touch each other.
AMAGANYA. To put things so
that they touch each other.
AMANA. To touch each other.
Amana naè, touch him.
AMANYE. Perf. of amana.
AMARURE. Verily; truly; of a
truth. Lehoko le amarure, the
word is true.
AMILE. Perf. of ama.
AMOGA. To take; to take with-
out leave, or contrary to wish.
AMOGANA. To give and receive
mutually; to receive mutual
benefit.
AMOGÈLA. To receive or take a
thing offered. Mo amogèlè,
receive him.
AMOLA. To deprive of food by
taking the largest share; to
help, or rescue a person in
difficulties. O mo amotsè mo
go eo moñwe, he has rescued
him from the other one.
AMOLOGA. To become divided,
as friends.
AMOLOGANA. To separate by
mutual consent.
AMPO=Kgampo.
AMULE. Perf. of anya.
AMUSA. Caus. of anya; to suckle.
ANA. An interjection denoting
surprise; why! upon my word!
ANAMA. To spread, as a tree's
roots; to spread out, as a land.
Go anama le lehatshe yeotlhe,
to spread abroad into all the
world. Metse a anametse kwa
kgakala, the water is spread
out far and wide.
ANAMISA. To cause to spread.
ANANTSÈ. Perf. of ananya.
ANANYA. To exchange.
ANAPA=Apatla, and Apaapa.
ANÈGA. To spread anything out,
so as to dry or air.
ANOGA. To break up and dis-
appear, as clouds or darkness.
ANYA. To suck, as an infant.
ANYALOGA. To throw off a cloak,
etc.
ANYILE. Perf. of anya.
ANYIWA. Pass. of anya.
ANYOGA. To strip; to throw off
clothing.
ANYOLOLA. To cut straight
poles.
AÑWA. Pass. of anya.
AO. An expression of sorrow,
or reproach. Ao ntlha! oh
that! if only!
AOSI. Madi aosi, blood only.
AOTLHE. Madi aotlhe, all the
blood.
APAAPA. To grope, or feel in
the dark for a thing whose
whereabouts is known.
APAEA. To cook; to bathe, or
foment, with hot water. Perf.
apeile.
APARA. To dress; to put on
upper garments; to dress one-
self. Perf. apere. Ba sa apare,
they do not clothe themselves.
APARWA. Pass. of apara.
APATLA. To grope, or feel one's
way, as a blind man; to walk
with a foolish gait, as a
drunken man; to travel by a
road not known; to feel one's
way when speaking about an
unfamiliar subject.
APÈÈLA. To cook for.
APÈGA. To become cooked.
APERE. Perf. of apara.
APESA. Caus. of apara. To
clothe. A di mo apesa, he
clothed him with them.
APESIWA. Pass. of apesa.
APOGA. To be undressed.
APOLA. To undress; to take off
upper garments. Go apola
matlhō, to open the eyes.
APOLWA. Pass. of apola.
APOTSÈ. Perf. of apola.
ARA. To cut open a swelling or
sore.
ARABA. To answer. Pass.
araywa.
ARAMÈLA. To warm oneself;
to smoke with medicine. Go
di aramèla musi, to smoke
them with burning medicine.
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Go aramèla letsatsi, to lie, or
bask in the sun. Se o ka ara-
mèlañ ka shōna, that which he
can warm himself with.
ARAYWA. Pass. of araba.
ARÈLA. To cut deeply into a
sore, so as to let out the
matter; to open an abscess at
the lower part, or on one side;
to dig into an animal's hole at
a distance from the entrance,
and in the direction in which
the hole points.
AROGANYA. To cleave asunder;
to divide lengthwise.
AROLA. To make a large open-
ing in a sore; to make a large,
gaping wound.
ASETSA. To hold out. a hand
expecting to receive something
one does not get.
ASHETSA = Asetsa.
ATA. To breed (of animals); to
increase (of people).
ATAMALANA. To approach each
other.
ATAMEDIWA. Pass. of atametsa.
ATAMÈLA. To approach.
ATAMETSA. To cause to ap-
proach.
ATÈLA. To increase for; to
breed for.
ATLA. To kiss.
ATLAATLA. To kiss much; to
fondle.
ATLABALA. To extend; to spread
out.
ATLAHALA. To work carelessly
or clumsily; to bungle; to err
in doing work, either from
carelessness, or incapacity.
ATLANÈGA. To be too much, or
too numerous, as a large heap
of gathered locusts, a super-
abundance of food, or an im-
mense drove of game.
ATLANÈGÈLA. To be too much
for. Diyō di mo atlanegetse,
the food is too much for him.
ATLAPA = Apatla.
ATLARÈLA. To receive with
open arms; to receive with
palms of the hands spread
out.
ATLATLÈLA. To provide medi-
cine or food for a sick person.
ATLÈGA. To spread things out;
to spread the hands wide open.
ATLÈLA. To visit unexpectedly;
to come to, or meet unexpect-
edly.
ATLÈLWA. To be visited unex-
pectedly; to be met unex-
pectedly.
ATLHAMA. To be wide; to be
wide open, of a mouth, etc.;
to be open-mouthed, as with
astonishment.
ATLHAME. Perf. of atlhama.
Mamphorwana a atlhame me-
lomo, the chickens have their
mouths wide open.
ATLHAMÈLA. To open wide for;
to open wide into.
ATLHAMISA. To cause to be
wide open; to make broad or
wide.
ATLHAMOLOGA. To become wide
open.
ATLHAMOLOSA. To cause to be-
come wide open.
ATLHOCWÈ. O atlhocwè, he is
acquitted.
ATLHOGA. To become settled
satisfactorily; to be decided to
the satisfaction of one inter-
ested.
ATLHOLA. To decide a disputed
question; to arbitrate; to
judge. Ba mo atlhola gore a
shwè, they condemned him to
death.
ATLHOLÈLA. To decide for; to
decide in a manner favourable
to. Ba mo atlholèla go shwa,
they condemned him to death.
ATLHOTSÈ. Perf. of atlhola. Ba
mo atlhotsè, they have ac-
quitted him.
ATSANYA. Go atsanya maganô,
to speak at cross purposes.
AYWA. Pass. of aba.
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B.
BA. Again. Perf. bile. Particle
of nouns beginning with ba.
Pers. pron. they.
BAA. Baa roñwa, they are sent.
Baa pelo=baea pelo.
BAABERWI. Pl. of moaberwi.
BAAKAHADI. Pl. of moakahadi.
BAAKANCWE. Perf. pass. of
baakanya, prepared.
BAAKANTSÈ. Perf. of baakanya.
BAAKANYA. To prepare; to make
ready; to set in order. Pass.
baakañwa.
BAAKANYEDICWE. Prepared for.
BAAKANYETSA. To prepare for;
to make ready for.
BAAKI. Pl. of moaki.
BAANYA=Baakanya.
BAANYETSA=Baakanyetsa.
BAANWA=Baakañwa.
BAAPOSTOLOI. Pl. of moapo-
stoloi.
BABA. Pl. of mmaba. To itch,
or be irritable; to irritate, or
cause to itch, as vermin; to
prick, as very fine thorns; to
smart, as an eye.
BABADI. Pl. of mmadi.
BABALÈLA=Tlamèla, and gotè-
lèla.
BABANCWE. Perf. pass. of ba-
banya.
BABANTSÈ. Perf. of babanya.
BABANYA. To crack, as fire a
pot in the kiln.
BABANYÈGA. To be cracked (of
earthen vessels, worked wood,
etc.); to deny vehemently.
BABAPATSI. Pl. of mmapatsi.
BABEA. To walk softly, on
account of sore feet; to walk
stealthily.
BABEDI. Two. Batho babedi,
two people.
BABÈLA. To ornament wooden
spoons, etc., by burning marks
on them.
BABELAHADI. Pl. of mmelahadi.
BABELEGI. Pl. of mmelegi.
BABELEGISI. Pl. of mmelegisi.
BABEREKI. Pl. of mmereki.
BABOBODI. Pl. of mmobodi.
BABODI. Pl. of mmodi.
BABODUHADI. Pl. of mmoduhadi.
BABOGA. To become scorched,
or singed.
BABOLA. To scorch, or singe.
BABOLAEA. Pl. of mmolaea.
BABOLAI. Pl. of mmolai.
BABOLEDI. Pl. of mmoledi.
BABOTLANA. Pl. of mmōtlana.
BABOTLANYANA. Pl. of mmô-
tlanyana.
BABUISI. Pl. of mmuisi.
BACUOLODI. Pl. of mocuolodi.
BACWAIWA. Pl. of mocwaiwa.
BACWANA. Pl. of mocwana.
BADIHI. Pl. of modihi.
BADILE. Perf. of bala.
BADILWE. Perf. pass. of bala;
counted; read.
BADIMA. To appear (of a new
moon); to shine, as lightning.
BADIMO. Evil spirits.
BADISA. Pl. of modisa.
BAEA. To place; to set down.
Perf. beile. Baea pelo, wait;
have patience.
BAELEGISI. Pl. of moelegisi.
BAEÑ. Pl. of moeñ.
BAETI. Pl. of moeti.
BAETSI. Pl. of moetsi.
BA GA. Bana ba ga mañ?
whose children are they?
BAGALADI. Pl. of mogaladi.
BAGANI. Pl. of mogani.
BAGODI. Pl. of mogodi.
BAGODUÑ. Pl. of mogoduñ.
BAGÔGABANYANA. Pl. of mo-
gôgabanyana.
BAGÔGAIE. Pl. of mogōgaie.
BAGOGI. Pl. of mogogi.
BAGOGWADI. Pl. of mogogwadi.
BAGOKAHADI. Pl. of mogo-
kahadi.
BAGOLO. Pl. of mogolo.
BAGOLWANE. Pl. of mogolwane.
BAGÔMA. Pl. of mogōma.
BAGOMOTSI. Pl. of mogomotsi.
BAGWE. Pl. of mogwe.
BAHE. Batho bahe? which
people?
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BAHULA. Pl. of mohula.
BAHUMANEGI. Pl. of mohu-
manegi.
BAIKEPI. Pl. of moikepi.
BAIKGOGOMOSI. Pl. of moikgo-
gomosi.
BAIKI. Wood-boring beetles,
Int.
BAILA. To beat with the open
hand; to walk with turned-out
toes.
BAIPOLEDI. Pl. of moipoledi.
BAIYI. Pl. of moiyi.
BAKA. To praise; to praise in
song; to extol; to applaud;
to cease entirely from doing.
BAKAULEÑWE. Pl. of mokau-
leñwe.
BAKÈGA. To become praised;
to be blessed.
BAKÈLA. To cease entirely from
doing.
BAKETSE. Perf. of bakèla. O
baketse boleo, he has ceased
entirely from sin.
BAKGETHISI. Pl. of mokgethisi.
BAKGOBI. Pl. of mokgobi.
BAKGORI. Pl. of mokgori.
BAKGOTU. Pl. of mokgotu.
BAKHONKHOBE. Pl. of mokhon-
khobe.
BAKWA. Pass. of baka.
BALA. To count; to read; to kill,
or be the first to wound an
animal, and hence have a claim
to it.
BALABALA. To babble; to chat-
ter; to prate; to talk without
ceasing.
BALALA. Pl. of molala.
BALALEDIWA. Pl. of molale-
diwa.
BALATODI. Pl. of molatodi.
BALE. Batho bale, those people
yonder.
BALECWE. Perf. pass. of balèla.
Ke balecwe ke mathe, I have
a choking sensation in my
throat.
BALÈGA = Hatoga, and Sia.
BALEKANE. Pl. of molekane.
BALÈLA. To bind round the
edges of a thatched roof, or
the top of a lolwapa hedge;
to read for; to count for; to
cause a choking sensation in
the throat.
BALEOHI. Pl. of moleohi.
BALEPI. Pl. of molepi.
BALETI. Pl. of moleti.
BALOGA. To be in heat, used of
a bitch, or any animal having
paws.
BALOMATSÈBÈ. Pl. of molo-
matsèbè.
BALOTLHANYI. Pl. of molo-
tlhanyi.
BALŌTSANA. Pl. of molōtsana.
BALWETSE. Pl. of molwetse.
BAMBANYÈGA = Babanyèga.
BANA. Pl. of ñwana.
BANANA. Pl. of monana.
BANÈ. Batho banè, four people.
BANKANA. Pl. of monkana.
BANKANE. Pl. of monkane.
BANNA. Pl. of monna.
BANONA. Pl. of monona.
BANTSI. Many. Used with
nouns in ba.
BANTSINYANA. Not a few.
BANYANA. Pl. of ñwanyana.
BANYATSI. Pl. of monyatsi.
BANYE. Few, small. Used with
nouns in ba.
BAÑ. Neighbours. Bañ ka
bōna, their neighbours.
BAÑOÑOREGI. Pl. of monoñoregi.
BAÑWE. Some. Used with
nouns in ba. Bañwe ka èna,
his, or her companions.
BAÑWENYANA. A few.
BAŌ = Bauō.
BAOBAMEDI. Pl. of moobamedi.
BAÔBAMEDI = Baobamedi.
BAŌMANI. Pl. of moōmani.
BAOPA. Pl. of moopa.
BAOPEDI. Pl. of moopedi.
BAPA. To be side by side; to
be near each other, side by
side, without touching.
BAPAGAMI. Pl. of mopagami.
BAPALA. To gather together by
trading; to acquire by trade;
to collect.
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BAPALÈLA. To acquire for; to
collect for.
BAPATELETSI. Pl. of mopateletsi.
BAPATSA. Caus. of bapala; to
sell.
BAPELO=Baea pelo.
BAPETISA. To baptize (hybrid).
BAPETSE. Perf. of bapala.
BAPHOUMEDI. Pl. of mophoumedi.
BAPISA. Caus. of bapa, to place
side by side; to compare; to
put on the same level; to make
equal.
BAPOLA. To stretch out, and
peg down, as an ox-hide for
braying; to crucify.
BARARO. Three. Used with
nouns in ba.
BARATARO. Six. Used with
nouns in ba.
BARATWA. Pl. of moratwa.
BARATWI. Pl. of moratwi.
BAROBI. Pl. of morobi.
BARŌKA. Pl. of morōka.
BARRA. Pl. of rra.
BARUTI. Pl. of moruti.
BARUTWA. Pl. of morutwa.
BARUTWANA. Pl. of morutwana.
BARUTWI. Pl. of morutwi.
BARWA. Pl. of morwa.
BARWADI. Pl. of morwadi.
BARWETSANA. Pl. of morwe-
tsana.
BAS. A root used in tanning
(hybrid).
BASA. To tan; to colour in
tanning (hybrid).
BASADI. Pl. of mosadi.
BASALAGAE. Pl. of mosalagae.
BASEBI. Pl. of mosebi.
BASETI. Pl. of moseti.
BASETSANA. Pl. of mosetsana.
BASHOTLI. Pl. of moshotli.
BASHUPA. Seven. With nouns
in ba.
BASHUPI. Pl. of moshupi.
BASHUSHU. Pl. of moshushu.
BASHWAGADI. Pl. of moshwa-
gadi.
BASHWI. Pl. of moshwi.
BASIMEGI. Pl. of mosimegi.
BASISI=Masisi, Int.
BASOTHO. Pl. of mosotho.
BATA. To slap with the hand;
to smite. Go bata leitlhō, to
shut an eye.
BATALALA. To lie down so as to
hide.
BATANYA. To throw flat on the
ground.
BATANYETSÈGA. To fall, or be
thrown flat on the ground.
BATAOLÈGA. To be dry, or
parched, as a mouth.
BATÈGA. To plaster a wall by
throwing lumps of clay on.
BATÈLA. To creep to by stealth,
for an evil purpose; to desire
to have criminal intercourse
with.
BATHO. Pl. of motho.
BATHONYANA. A few people.
BATHUÑ. Mo bathuñ, among the
people.
BATIMEDI. Pl. of motimedi.
BATLA. To seek; to be about to
do, but not actually to do.
BATLADIKI. Pl. of motladiki.
BATLAKWA. Pl. of motlakwa.
BATLHALE. Pl. of motlhale.
BATLHANKA. Pl. of motlhanka.
BATLHANO. Five. Used with
nouns in ba.
BATLHATLEI. Pl. of motlhatlei.
BATLHODI. Pl. of motlhodi.
BATLHOMEDI. Pl. of motlhomedi.
BATLWA. Pass. of batla.
BATOLA. To sharpen a spear,
etc., by beating it out. Go
batola serope, to slap the thigh.
BATSADI. Pl. of motsadi.
BATSANTSABETSI. Pl. of motsan-
tsabetsi.
BATSÈTSÈNÈKI. Pl. of motsè-
tsènèki.
BATSHEDI. Pl. of motshedi.
BAUCWA. Pl. of moucwa.
BAUŌ. Those. Used with nouns
in ba.
BAUTLWI. Pl. of moutlwi.
BAWETSI. Pl. of mowetsi.
BE. E be e le go boea, it being
to return. Ke be ke tle, I come
again.
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BEA. To hedge; to enclose by a
hedge; to make a hedge. Pass.
beiwa.
BEBENTSHA. Caus. of bebenya.
BEBENYA. To tremble, as the
lips of an angry, or amused
person; to flicker, or shine, as
distant lightning.
BECWANA. Pl. of mocwana.
BEDILE. Perf. of bela.
BEDISA. Caus. of bela.
BEDITSE. Perf. of betsa.
BEDIWA. Pass. of betsa.
BEÈLA. To hedge for.
BÈÈLA. To place for; to allot.
Bèèla pele, to place before, to
place in front of. Bèèla diatla,
to stretch out the hands, as
when about to lay hold of a
fugitive. Bèèla thōkō, to put
by for, to put on one side for.
BEELECWE. Betrothed. Bee-
lecwe ke, betrothed to.
BÈÈLÈLA. To betroth; to be-
speak a thing; to give a pledge
for; to make, or place a mark
as a sign for guidance; to place
a thing under a burden, as a
cushion, or a skin on a pack-
ox's back.
BEGA. To find a thing not be-
longing to oneself; to find, or
pick up accidentally; to find a
wild animal that had been
wounded and escaped.
BEHA. To fall (of a counte-
nance); to look sorrowful, or
disappointed; to deteriorate
morally; to become evil. Tihō
e e behileñ, tihō e e mashwè.
BEHÈGA. To become changed,
as a countenance.
BEHÈLA. To look at, as if
offended or grieved.
BÈHOGA. To seem about to
vomit, as a dog.
BEILE. Perf. of baea.
BEISA. Caus. of baea.
BEIWA. Pass. of bea.
BEKA. To cut meat into thin
slices for curing; to take a wife
to her new home.
BÈKA. To affront; to offend; to
treat with indignity, or con-
tempt; to presume. Mosese o
bekile mosadi, the dress does
not become the woman, being
too good for one in her station.
Lehoko lea mmèka, the word
hurts his feelings.
BEKARA. To copulate. Used of
male sheep and goats.
BEKARWA. To copulate. Used of
female sheep and goats.
BEKÈGA. To become cut into
thin slices.
BÈKÈGA. To become affronted,
or offended; to be stabbed by
a word; to be heart-sore. A
ua bèkèga ? are you affronted ?
are your feelings hurt?
BÈKWA. Pass. of bèka.
BELA. To boil; to become
leavened; to dance with a per-
son; to lift a person up in
pride, and cause him to become
boastful.
BÈLA. See BÈÈLA.
BELAÈLA. To doubt; to be in
doubt about; to be uncertain
in one's mind.
BELAÈLA = Belaèla, Int.
BELAESÈGA = Belaetsèga.
BELAETSA. Caus. of belaèla.
BELAHALA. To boast; to become
boastful; to behave proudly.
BELEBETLÈGA. To bellow much,
as a cow when leaving her calf;
to cry much, as a cross child.
BELEÈGA. To be impudent; to
talk impudently.
BÈLÈGA. To bear a burden; to
carry; to bring forth—used of
a woman.
BELEGE. Perf. of bèlèga.
BELEGISA. Caus. of bèlèga.
BELEGOLOLA. To unburden.
Go belegolola kgomo, to free a
pack-ox from its burden.
BÈLÈGWA. Pass. of bèlèga.
BELESA. To cause to carry; to
load up a pack-ox.
BELETHANA. To gather together
in a great crowd.
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BELETSA. To beat for.
BELWA. To be exalted, or lifted
up. Used in a bad sense.
BENO. Batho beno = batho ba
gago; batho ba lona.
BEÑ. Pl. of moñ, a master. Beñ
ba rona, our masters.
BEOCWÈ. Perf. pass. of beola.
BEOLA. To shave; to shear; to
shave off a part of the hair.
BÈPA. To cease from anger; to
cool down, as an angry man.
BÈRA. To prate; to talk inces-
santly.
BÈRÈKA. To work (hybrid).
BESA. To roast; to broil; to bake.
BESICWE. Perf. pass. of besa.
BESIWA. Pass. of besa.
BETA. To choke; to strangle;
to grasp by the throat. Go
beta dikuchō, to seize by the
throat.
BÈTABÈTA. To speak in a low,
murmuring tone.
BETÈGA. O betegile momeco,
His throat is closed up.
BETÈLÈLA. To hold down; to
overcome for an evil purpose;
to master; to press down, as
in fighting.
BETÈLWA. Go betèlwa ke pelo,
to be bitter against.
BETLA. To work with an adze;
to work in wood; to do the
work of a carpenter.
BETLELÈLA. To make a wry
face, as if about to cry.
BETOGA. To cry without cause;
to be dissatisfied; to be dis-
pleased without cause.
BETOLOGA. To rise above the
skin, as proud flesh; to swell
and protrude, as a child's navel.
BETSA. To beat when standing;
to punish.
BETSÈGA. To gush out; to burst
out; to come out of place; to
rush out.
BETSI. Pl. of N wetsi.
BETWA. Pass. of Beta. Go be-
twa ke pelo, to be sad; to be
peevish; to be angry.
BÈWA. Pass. of Baea.
BIBIÑ. A kind of eagle or vul-
ture.
BICWA. Pass. of Bipa.
BIDIKAMA. To roll oneself about
on the ground, or in bed; to
wallow.
BIDILALA. To be in the wrong
place, as something fallen from
a wagon.
BIDILÈGA. To put things where
they ought not to be; to strew
about out of place. Di bidile-
gilwe ke èna, they have been
strewn about by him.
BIDILETSE. Perf. of bidilala.
BIDITSE. Perf. of bitsa.
BIDIWA. Pass. of bitsa.
BIHA = Ōmanya.
BILATSA. To eat up all the food;
to drink up all the drink.
BILE. Perf. of ba. Again; also.
Ba bile ba robetse, they are
asleep again. A bile a tshedile,
he was alive again. A bile a na
le ditsala, he had some friends
also.
BILETSA. To call to.
BILOGA. To shoot up, as water;
to bubble up; to rise to the
surface, as a fish, etc.
BILOLA. To cause to shoot up,
or rise up, as water, etc.
BINA. To dance; to worship
by dancing; to venerate a
fetish; to sing a dance tune.
Perf. binne.
BINNE. Perf. of bina.
BIPA. To cover; to hide by
covering; to spread over; to
veil. Pass. bicwa and bipiwa.
BIPILWE. Covered.
BIPIWE. Pass. of bipa.
BIPOLOLA. To uncover; to re-
move a covering; to unveil.
BISA. Go bisa go bōna, not to
see; without seeing.
BITIA. To patch. Pass. bitiwa.
BITIÈLA. To cover over; to put
a patch on; to kill on the sly;
to assassinate.
BITIWA. Pass. of bitia.
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BITLA. To rub with the finger,
as a sore eye, or a kaross when
killing vermin.
BITSA. To call; to cry out. Perf.
biditse.
BITSANYA. To call each other.
Bo. The varying uses of bo are
so numerous that it is imprac-
ticable to explain them all. A
few examples only are selected.
Ba bo ba na naè, they were
with him. Ka go bo=ka gonne.
Bomonnawè, pl. of monnawè.
Bogōbè yo bo yewañ, the bread
that is eaten. Ea bo e le mo
tluñ, it was in the house. A bo
a mo thusa, he was helping
him. Bo ke èna=ha e le èna.
Bo ra mañmañ, so and so's
family.
BOA=Boea.
BOABOÈLA. To return again and
again; to apply often; to dun.
BOAGŌ. A dwelling place; a
habitation; a building place.
BOAKA. Fornication; lascivious-
ness; debauchery. Go diha
boaka, to commit adultery.
BOAMARURE. Truth; true. Ka
boamarure, truly.
BOATLA. Unskilfulness; clumsi-
ness; carelessness; failure or
error in work. Pl. diwatla.
BOATLHAMŌ, Width; breadth.
BOBA. To hide by stooping; to
hide behind something.
BŌBA. To eat fast; to gulp
down food.
BOBE. Excess; very much; too
much. Danger, Int.=Mashwè.
BOBEDI. The second. Used
with nouns in ba.
BOBÈLA. To pit, as a swelling
when pressed; to become in-
dented, or pressed in.
BOBÈO. A place for putting
things.
BOBETO. Cross, or fretful;
crossness in a child.
BOBETSA. Caus. of bobèla. To
cause to pit; to indent, or press
in with a finger.
BOBI. A spider's web. Pl.
mabi.
BOBIDIBIDI. Impenetrable; the
place where the babidibidi
live.
BOBIDIDI. An expanse of land,
or water; very large or exten-
sive, as a large swelling, a large
army, or a wide-spreading plot
of land.
BOBIÑ = Mashweñ. In danger,
Int.
BOBIPŌ. Future darkness;
hades.
BOBODU. Laziness; lazy.
BOBOA=Bobōea.
BOBŌEA. Wool; hair of an
animal.
BOBOI. Fearful; blunt.
BOBŌKŌ. Brains.
BOBOKWE=Bocwèlèlōpele, Int.
BOBOLA. To be ill; to be sick.
BOBOLOLŌ. A letting out time
for cattle.
BOBOLÈLARURE. Truth, Int.
BÖBÖRA. To murmur, or talk in
a low voice; to growl, as a dog.
BOBORANA. To fear; to be
drawn up, or shrugged up, as
the arms and shoulders of a
very cold or frightened person.
BOBŌTLANA. Few; small. Ka
bobōtlana, in a small measure.
BOBUDUBUDU. Blueness; blue.
O apere bobudubudu, he is clad
in blue.
BOBOLOKÈLŌ. A place for stor-
ing; a storehouse; a garner.
BOCARARA. Anger; sour (of
fruit, etc.); sourness.
BOCHOSABANNE. Pl. of chosa-
banne.
BOCHOGWI. Pl. of chogwi.
BOCHWAKGA=Bobodu.
BOCHWARŌ. Bondage.
BOCŌ. Place of exit.
BOCOHE. Old age.
BOCODUCOKWANE. Orange-col-
oured ointment used to smear
women's faces, pl. of coduco-
kwane.
BOCWALÈLŌ. A place for shut-
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ting up cattle, etc.; a hold, or
fastness.
BOCWANA. Pertaining to a mo-
cwana.
BOCWELECWELE = Leherehere.
BOCWELÈLŌPELE. Perseverance;
advance.
BOCWERERE = Bocwiriri.
BOCWIRIRI. Neatness, or nicety
in work; art.
BODIBA. A pool in a river bed;
an open space of water sur-
rounded by reeds, etc.
BODIHŌ. A working; a doing.
BODIHŌKWANE. Pl. of dihō-
kwane.
BODIKI. Deliberate; slow in
speech or action; deliberation.
BODIKOLOGE. Slow. Used of a
person.
BODIKOLOGŌ. A place to go
round by; a circuit.
BODILA. Bluntness of teeth from
eating something sour; very
sour. Used of thick milk. Pl.
madila.
BODILE. Perf. of bōla. A small
short-horned rhinoceros.
BODIMO. Phekèlō ea bodimo,
the opposite side of a cow to
that used in milking.
BODIPA. Headstrongness; de-
fiance; stubborn pride; im-
pudence; crossness of a child.
BODISA. Caus. of bōla.
BODISETLHANE. Pl. of disetlhane.
BODISHASHE. Pl. of dishashe.
BODISHŌWANE. Pl. of dishō-
wane.
BODITSE. Perf. of botsa. Hair
of the tail of a horse, giraffe,
etc.
BODIWA. Pass. of botsa.
BODUHALA. To become lazy; to
be lazy.
BODUHATSA. Caus. of boduhala.
BODULÈLŌ. A vessel for knead-
ing in.
BODULŌ. A sitting place; room
for sitting.
BODUMA. To become shrivelled,
as a dry corn stalk. Boduma
yoa dikgokoñ, a troop of wilde-
beests.
BODUPA. A bad scent, or flavour;
a stink. Sea bodupa, it smells
badly.
BODUTU. Loneliness; ennui.
O yewa ke bodutu, he is
lonely.
BODUYŌ. A place for kneading.
BOEA. To return; to return
from; to shrink, as cloth.
BOEABOEA. To return again
and again.
BOEBU. Blue.
BOEDIEDI = Bobidibidi.
BOÈLA. To return to. Go boèla
kwa motsiñ, to return to the
town. Go boèla kwa moragō,
to return back; to turn back.
BOELEELE. Folly; foolishness.
BOELÈLA. To return quickly, as
from a good distance in one
day.
BOÈMŌ. Standing place; stand-
ing room. Mo boemoñ yoa
gago, in your stead, in your
behalf.
BOGA. To bear; to suffer; to
endure. Rea boga, we endure,
etc. To put a thing in water,
so that the water may not spill
when carried.
BOGACU. A tingling sensation
in a cramped limb; numbness.
BOGADI. A dowry; cattle given
to a wife's parents.
BOGAGAPA. Contentiousness,
Int.
BOGAISHŌ. Excellency; excellent.
BOGALAKA. Bitterness; bitter.
Ka bogalaka, bitterly. Merōgō
e e bogalaka, bitter herbs.
BOGALE. Anger; sharpness;
sharp. Mo bogaliñ, in anger.
BOGAMŌ. The place of milking.
Phekèlō ea bogamō, the place
on a cow's side where the
milker puts his head when
milking.
BOGANKA. Bravery; fierceness
in battle.
BOGARE. The midst; the mid-
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dle. E tla kgaogañwa ka bo-
gare, it will be cut asunder in
the middle.
BOGAREGANAGA. The wilderness;
in the veldt.
BOGATLAPA = Boboi.
BOGATÔ. A treading place.
BOGAUCHWANE. Nearness. Ka
bogauchwane, close.
BOGAUHE. Nearness.
BOGELEGELE. Nearly ripe, used
of fruit riper than bogoto.
BOGISA. Caus. of boga. To
cause to bear; to oppress; to
persecute.
BOGISEDICWE. To have been
persecuted for.
BOGISETSA. To oppress for; to
persecute for.
BOGISITSE. Perf. of bogisa.
BOGÔBA. A tsamaea bogôba. He
went away and slept in the
veldt.
BOGÔBE. Porridge; bread.
BOGODIMO. Height.
BOGODU. Theft.
BOGÔGÔ. Crust on the side, or
bottom of a porridge pot. Pl.
magôgô.
BOGOKO. Dregs of fat after
melting out.
BOGOLA. To bark, as a dog.
Perf. bogotsè.
BOGÔLÈ. Deformity; maimed
state; a blemish.
BOGOLO. Great; greatness;
age. Bogolo go, greater than.
Mo bogoloñ, in greatness.
BOGOLOGOCWANYANA. A good
time ago.
BOGOLOGOLO. Long ago; of old.
Le bogologolo, not a bit of it;
never! nay! verily!
BOGOLWANE = Bogolo.
BOGÔMA = Bodipa.
BOGONOKO. An animal maimed
through the loss of a member;
lacking a tail; headless.
BOGOPA. A bur, or seed of grass
which sticks to clothes.
BOGÔRÔGÔ. An arrival; time of
arrival.
BOGÔSANA. Chieftainship.
BOGOSI. A kingdom; a govern-
ment.
BOGOTSÈ. Perf. of bogola.
BOGOTO. Unripeness (of fruit,
etc.); unripe fruit in the first
stage of ripening.
BOGWADI. Perverseness; obsti-
nacy.
BOGWAGADI. The town from
which a man has married a
wife.
BOGWAYAGWÈ. The house of a
man's father-in-law.
BOGWANTA. Impudence; defi-
ance.
BOGWÈBA. Speckled. Pl. of
kgwèba.
BOGWÈRA. The circumcision
ceremony. Go isa bogwèra,
to order the circumcision cere-
mony to take place.
BÔHA. To bind; to tie round.
BOHAHALELE. Extravagance;
wastefulness; prodigality.
BOHECO. The last; a finishing;
a completion.
BOHECHWANA. A little speed.
BOHEHO. Light, not heavy;
swift. Ka boheho, easily. O
la a le boheho go bua, he was
swift to speak.
BOHÈLÈHÈLÈ. Activity, Int.
BOHÈLÈLA. To give medicine
to a barren woman.
BÔHÈLÈLA MO. To bind in.
BOHÈLÈLÔ. An end.
BOHELEPA. Deceit; cunning.
BOHÈLÔ. The last. Kwa bohe-
loñ, at the last.
BOHÈPHÈ = Botlhodi.
BOHEREHERE. Deceit; cun-
ning.
BOHIBIDU. Redness; scarlet;
purple.
BOHIHADU. Black; blackness.
BOHITLHANYANA. Obscurity.
Ka bohitlhanyana, obscurely.
BOHIYE. A woman's sister-in-
law; the wife of a woman's
brother, Int.
BOHOHU. Blindness.
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BOHOLOGÔ. A place for descend-
ing; a descent.
BOHOLOLA. To unbind; to untie.
BOHUBE. Pl. of hube.
BOHUBIDU = Bohibidu.
BOHUDISHÔ. A grazing place.
BOHUKU. A side chamber; a
transept (hybrid).
BOHULA. Greed; stinginess. O
bohula, 'he is greedy, he is
stingy.
BOHULÔ. Pasturage.
BOHUTSANA. Sorrow; sadness.
BÔHWA. Pass. of bôha.
BOHWIBIDU = Bohibidu.
BOI = Boboi.
BOICHOKÔ. Self-restraint.
BOICHUBÈLÔ. A hiding-place; a
refuge.
BOICHWARÈLANÔ. Mutual for-
giveness.
BOICHWARÈLÔ. Forgiveness.
BOICOKECO. A place to go round
by.
BOIHA. To fear.
BOIHANA. To fear each other.
BOIHISA. To cause to fear.
BOIKAÈLÈLÔ. A purpose; a de-
termination; an intention; a
resolve.
BOIKANYO. Confidence; trust.
BOIKANYOLOGÔ. Mistrust; dis-
trust; a cessation in trust.
BOIKAÑÔ. Trust; faithfulness;
faithful.
BOIKEOLÔ. A going aside.
BOIKÈPÔ. Wickedness; ungod-
liness; a separation of oneself,
with an evil purpose, or mo-
tive.
BOIKETLO. Peace; ease.
BOIKANCHO. Self-esteem; pride;
vaunting.
BOIKGAPÔ. Self-restraint.
BOIKGODISHÔ. Self-exaltation;
pride.
BOIKGOGOMOSHÔ. Self-exalta-
tion; pride.
BOIKHUCÔ. Rest.
BOIKITSISHÔ. Self-knowledge.
BOIKOKOBECO. Meekness; hu-
mility; lowliness; lowly.
BOIKUTLWÔ. A feeling; a sen-
sation; a sense of feeling.
BOIKWATLHAÔ. Repentance;
penitence.
BOILE. Perf. of boea and boa.
BOIMA. Weight; weighty;
heaviness; heavy.
BOINÔLÔHACÔ. Humility.
BOIÑÔTLÔ. Humility.
BOIPATLÈLÔ. Self-seeking.
BOIPATÔ. An excuse.
BOIPELAHACÔ. Self-glorifica-
tion; glorying.
BOIPHAPAANYÔ. Self-restraint;
forbearance.
BOIPHÈTLHÔ. Covetousness;
coveting; envying.
BOIPIPOLOLÔ. Nakedness.
BOIPOBOLÔ. A confessing; a
confession.
BOIPOLÈLÔ = Boipobolō.
BOITALECO. Presumption, Int.
BOITEKO. Self-trial; probation;
experience.
BOITEKANÈLÔ. Perfection; per-
fect.
BOITHALÈGÔ. First menstruation.
BOITHAMAKÔ. Vanity. Motho
oa boithamakō = a vain man.
BOITHATÔ. Self-love.
BOITHIBÔ. Self-control; self-
restraint.
BOITHOMÈLÔ. Ntlo ea boitho-
mèlō, a privy.
BOITHWALÔ. A conception; a
conceiving.
BOITIBOLÔ. Firstborn. Nwana
oa boitibolō, a firstborn child.
BOITIMOKANYO. Hypocrisy; dis-
sembling.
BOITIRÔ. A self-made work.
BOITLHAGANÈLÔ. Haste.
BOITLHOMAMISHÔ. Certainty.
BOITLHOMÔ. An intention; a
thought. From itlhoma.
BOITLHOMÔ. A set purpose; a
determination; a fixed resolve.
From itlhōma.
BOITLOTLÔ. Self-esteem.
BOITOBÔ. Noun from itōba.
BOITOKÔ. A complaining; a
complaint.
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BOITSEME. Unwillingness.
BOITSEMELECO. Unwillingness.
Ka boitsemeleco, reluctantly;
by shirking.
BOITSENKÈLÒ. A choosing; a
choice.
BOITSHA. To cause to fear.
BOITSHÈGA. Dreadful; terrible;
fearful.
BOITSHEKISHŌ. Purifying; pu-
rity.
BOITUMÈLÈLŌ. Thanksgiving.
BOITUMÈLŌ. Gladness; joy.
BOIYANE. A young locust just
out of the ground. Generic
term for all young locusts
while still unable to fly.
BOKA. A black, sticky substance
obtained from the root of a
plant with flat, broad leaves;
the bulb which yields a cement
for stopping holes; pitch; to
fan another. Go boka dintsi,
to fan flies off with a flapper.
BŌKA = Baka, to praise.
BOKABAKAYEWE. Pl. of kabaka-
yewe.
BOKAE. How many; number.
BOKAKEAE. Anywhere; a sup-
posed place.
BOKAKA. Naughtiness; stub-
bornness; obstinacy.
BOKALALA. To be heavy, or
closing, as eyes through sleepi-
ness.
BOKALETSE. Perf. of bokalala.
BOKALO. So much; a quantity.
BOKANA. To crowd together.
BOKANÈLA. To crowd upon; to
assail in crowds; to swarm
about, as flies.
BOKAPUKAPU. Watery, as food;
in a state of fluctuation, as a
ripe abscess.
BOKAU. Youth; the state of
youth.
BOKAULEÑWE. The brother-
hood.
BOKEPISHŌ. A furnace.
BOKETE. Heaviness; heavy;
weight.
BOKGAKALA. Farness; distance.
BOKGAKGA. The soot or ashes
inside a pipe.
BOKGAREBE. Pl. of lekgarebe.
BOKGAYANE. Pl. of kgayane.
BOKGOLA = Lekatla.
BOKGŌLA = Loñōla.
BOKGOLOKWE. Roundness.
BOKGŌMA. Thickly set, as trees,
pimples, etc.
BOKGÕÑWANA. A number of
young oxen.
BOKGOPE. Pl. of kgope.
BOKGŌPŌ. Crookedness; law-
lessness.
BOKGWABO. Tame; tameness;
docile; harmless.
BOKGWARA = Bothata.
BOKGWŌPŌ = Bokgwabo, Int.
BOKHOHE. Pl. of khohe.
BOKHUCHWANE = Bokhutshane.
BOKHUTLŌ. An end. Pl. di-
khutlō.
BOKHUTSHANE. Shortness.
BOKIMA. Thickness; stoutness.
BOKOA = Bokōa.
BOKŌA. Weakness; weak.
BOKŌLÈLA. To scream, as a
dying animal. Go bokōlèla
moshwañ, to scream, as oxen
over the contents of a dead
animal's stomach.
BOKOLOBÈ. Pl. of kolobè.
BOKŌPANŌ. Union; communion;
fellowship.
BOKUDUBA. Young white ants.
Sing. and pl.
BOKUDUNKO. A plant with ser-
rated leaves, and edible root.
Sing. and pl.
BOKWÈNŌ. The fat on an ani-
mal's breast; the brisket of an
ox.
BOKWENI. The Bakwena coun-
try; the north, to dwellers in
the south.
BOKWENŌ. Denseness; thick-
ness.
BOLA. To tell news; a small
bone used in divining; a dice.
Pl. mala.
BŌLA. To become putrid; to
become rotten; to decay. Yo
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bo sa boleñ, that which does
not decay.
BOLAANA. To kill each other.
BOLADU. The ripe matter from
an abscess; pus.
BOLAEA. To kill.
BOLAECWE. Perf. Pass. of bo-
laèla.
BOLAÈLWA. Pass. of bolaèla.
Go bolaèlwa gōna, to be killed
there. Go bolaèlwa rure, to be
really killed.
BOLALA. The desert side of the
country; the north-west.
BOLALOME. Fierce and cunning.
BOLAŌ. A sleeping place; a
kind of powder made of the
taō bush; infant powder.
BOLATSI. A kind of plant re-
sembling tobacco. Sing. and
pl.
BOLAWA. Pass. of bolaea.
BOLEA. Loose, as carded wool;
soft, as a wet flannel; lax, as
a mild ruler.
BOLEBANA = Lebagana.
BOLÈBÈ. Motse oa bolèbè, such
and such a town.
BOLÈBÈLÈBÈ. Such and such
a place; a certain place, the
name not being mentioned.
Kgosi ea bolèbèlèbè, a certain
chief.
BOLECWE. Perf. Pass. of bolèla.
BOLECWA. A vegetable parasite
with red flowers, and contain-
ing a juice which is used as
birdlime. Also = Bolèta.
BOLEKANE. Fellowship.
BOLEKELECO. A bottom, Int.
Not known in the south.
BOLEKETLA. A shaking, as of a
disjointed thing.
BOLÈLA. To relate; to tell; to
preach.
BOLELECWE. Perf. pass. of bo-
lèlèla.
BOLÈLÈLA. To tell to.
BOLÈLÈLANA. To talk to each
other in ordinary conversation.
BOLELE. Length; long.
BOLÈLÈ. Water moss.
BOLEMŌ. A ploughed field;
garden ground.
BOLEO. Evil; sin; error. Mo
boleuñ, in siu.
BOLEPOLEPO. Stiff in consis-
tency, as tar when poured out.
BOLÈTA. Smooth, as finely
ground meal; soft, as cloth;
slimy.
BOLETSE. Perf. of bolèla.
BOLEUÑ. Mo boleuñ, in sin, in
error.
BOLO. When preceded by the
negative particles sa, se, or ga,
bolo expresses Long ago. Ga
ke bolo go tla, I came long
ago. E se bolo nna gōna, it was
there long ago. Ba ka bo ba sa
bolo go ikwatlhaea, they would
long ago have repented.
BOLODITSE. Perf. of bolotsa.
BOLOGWERE. Pl. of logwere.
BOLOI. Witchcraft.
BOLOKA. To save; to keep; to
spare. The tip of a tail.
BOLOKANA. To save each other.
BOLOKÈGA. To become saved.
BOLOKŌ. The wet dung of
cattle.
BOLOLA. To set out on a jour-
ney.
BOLOTSA. Caus. of bolola.
BOLŌTSANA. Roguery. U bo-
lōtsana, you are a scamp.
BOLOTSÈ. Perf. of bolola.
BOLŌTWE. Ingenious; clever;
able. Proud or finnicking in
gait or manner.
BOLWETSE. A disease; a wast-
ing sickness; a lingering ill-
ness; a running at the nose.
Bolwetse yoa mogote, climatic
fever.
BOMAMATHWANE. Pl. of ma-
mathwane.
BOMAÑ. Pl. of mañ.
BOMAÑMAÑ. Such and such
people. Bomañmañ yoa mo-
tho, a man’s personality.
BOMARIGANE. Calves born in
winter.
BOMASHWÈ. Abomination.
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BOMMA. Pl. of mma.
BOMMANETE. A reality.
BOMONNAWÈ. Pl. of monnawè.
BOMORWA. Pl. of morwa.
BOMORWADIA. Pl. of morwadia.
BOMOSALE. Pl. of mosale.
BOMO. Ka bomo, wilfully, on
purpose.
BOMPONYEKETLAKAKAE. Pl. of
kemponyeketlakakae.
BOMUMU. Dumb; dumbness.
BŌNA. To see; to find; to get;
to have. Perf. bonye; pass.
bōnwa; pers. pron., they.
BONAKÔ. Quick; quickness.
Ka bonakō, quickly.
BŌNALA. To appear; to be visi-
ble.
BŌNALASÈGA. To become ex-
posed.
BONANA. Young; tender.
Used with nouns in bo.
BŌNAÑ. Behold ye!
BŌNATSA. To make visible; to
show; to cause to be visible.
BŌNATSÈGA. To become visible;
to become manifested.
BŌNATSIWA. To be manifested.
BONATLA. Cleverness; power;
notable; mighty. Ditihō tsa
bonatla, mighty works; mir-
acles.
BONCHE. Pl. of nche.
BONCHO. Black; blackness.
BŌNE = Bona. They.
BONÈ. The fourth.
BŌNÈLA. To find for; to get for.
BONEMERU. The time of being
in calf.
BONESA. To cause to see; to
enlighten.
BONETSE. Perf. of bōnala.
BONKWAI. Pl. of nkwai.
BONNŌ. A regular sitting, or
dwelling place; a halting place
of foot travellers.
BONNŌNYANE. A little place, or
room.
BONOKWANE. A detachment
of men for war, spying, etc.
Ka bonokwane, by spying;
privily.
BONŌLŌ. Humility; meekness;
softness; tenderness; gentle-
ness. Ka bonōlō yoa pelo,
meekness of heart. Ka bonōlō,
gently.
BONOMI. Bonomi yoa pelo, pity,
compassion.
BONONA. A man's private parts.
BONŌNŌ. Fatness.
BONOÑ. A depraved appetite
like that of a vulture.
BONOÑWANE = Bolōtsana.
BONTLAHACŌ. A purifying.
BONTLÈ. Beauty.
BONTLOPANE. Pl. of ntlopane.
BONTSHA. To cause to see; to
show; to make visible.
BONTSI. Many; a multitude.
BONTSINTSI. Very many; multi-
tudes.
BONYA. To twinkle; to wink
an eye; slow; slowness. Ka
bonya, slowly. Ga ba bonya,
they are not slow.
BONYABONYA. To bat the eyes.
BONYANA. Childhood; foolish-
ness. Eo o bonyana, he who
is foolish.
BONYATSI. Fornication.
BONYE. Perf. of bōna.
BONYEDI. Sticky, as gum.
BONYENYE. Littleness.
BONYETSANA. Kgomo e gañwa
bonyetsana, the cow is milked
after her calf is dead.
BONYWE. Perf. pass. of bōna.
BOÑAÑA = Boshushu, Int.
BOÑŌLA = Loñōla.
BOÑWALE. Pl. of ñwale.
BOÑWE. One. Used with nouns
in ba. Boñwehèla, vanity.
BOO = Ba bo.
BOŌKANA. Strongly built; thick-
necked, Int.
BOOMO = Bomo.
BOOPA. Barrenness; barren.
BOOPE = Bupe.
BOO RA = Bo ra.
BOPA. To fashion; to form.
BÔPA. To bellow, as a bull; to
threaten an absent or distant
person.
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BOPAGANA. To come close to-
gether. Go bopagana moriri,
to have a sensation as if the
hair were being drawn together,
as in fear.
BOPOGANYA. To gather together;
to bring into a small compass.
BOPALAMŌ. A place of ascent;
an ascent.
BŌPALANA. To threaten each
other.
BOPAMA. To be thin; to be poor
in flesh.
BOPAME. Perf. of bopama.
BOPAMÈLA. Di tla bopamèla mo
sakeñ, they will become poor
in the krall.
BOPAMÈLWA. Ke tla bopamèlwa
ke bana, I shall have hunger
in my family.
BOPAPATHÔ. A plastered floor;
a plastered wall; plaster.
BOPAPETLA. A level; flatness.
BOPĒGA. To become formed.
BŌPÈLA. Go ba bōpèla, to
threaten them.
BOPÈLA. To journey with a su-
perior.
BOPÈLÈLA. To follow in line;
to walk in single file; to walk
in line; to proceed in order.
BOPELETSA. To take the lead;
to lead the way.
BOPELOETHATA. Hardhearted-
ness; unkindness.
BOPELOKGALE. Boldness; fear-
lessness; courage; bold; brave.
BOPELOKIMA. Boldness; courage.
BOPELOMPE. Pride.
BOPELONŌLŌ. Meekness; tender-
ness; tenderheartedness.
BOPELONOMI. Tenderhearted-
ness; kindness; compassion.
BOPELOTHATA. Unkindness.
BOPELOTELELE. Patience.
BOPELOTLHOMOGI. Mercy; com-
passion; tenderheartedness.
BOPELOTSHÈTLHA. Envy; en-
viousness.
BOPHAGE. Pl. of phage.
BOPHÈPA. The dawn of day;
purity; clearness; cleanness.
BOPHIRIMATSATSI. The west,
where the sun goes down.
BOPHIRIMÕYOALETSATSI. The
west.
BOPIWA. Pass. of Bopa.
BOPOLOGA. Reversive of bopa.
To unmake.
BOPŌTA=Go pōta.
BO RA. Bo ra mañmañ, so and
so's family.
BORA. A bow. Pl. mara.
BORABORA. To mumble; to
mutter, as a person ordered to
do a thing, and afraid to speak
out.
BORAGA. Stiff clay; mud.
BORAKA. Nca ea boraka, a pet
dog (hybrid).
BORAKANÈLŌ. A meeting place;
a market; a fair.
BORALE. Iron ore; heavy;
difficult.
BORAMAGA. Red and white,-
colours being indistinct and
mixed.
BORARA. Pl. of bara.
BORARO. The third.
BORATARO. The sixth.
BORELEDI. Even; smooth;
smoothness; a smooth, slippery
place.
BORÈPERÈPE. Shaky, as jelly,
etc.
BORÈRÈ. The jelly of cold gravy;
the marrow of an emaciated
animal's bones.
BOREPUREPU. Jellied, as cold
gravy.
BORETHE. Slippery; sleek,
smooth.
BORÈTHÈ. The heel of an animal.
Sing. and pl.
BORETHITI. An equal number.
Leshomè ye le borethiti, ten.
BORÈTSÈ. Clay; mud.
BORI. Peaceable; gentle; mild;
modest. Matlhō a bori, weak-
sighted eyes. Used of a person
who fails to recognise one seen
before, also of one dazed by
the sun.
BORINITI. Kgomo ea boriniti, a
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toothless ox, a hornless ox, an
ox with one or both ears quite
off.
BOROBA. Maidenhood; state of
being marriageable.
BORŌBALŌ. Ntlo ea borōbalō, a
bedroom, a sleeping chamber.
BOROBORŌ. A murmur of voices.
BOROBU. Black, peaty soil;
peat.
BOROGŌ. A bridge (hybrid).
BOROKGWE. Trousers (hybrid).
BORŌKŌ. Sleep. Matlhō a bo-
rōkō, eyes that fail to recognise
one seen before.
BOROKU. Light-coloured gum,
hard or soft; the sap of a tree,
Int.
BORŌLE. Emaciation.
BORŌTŌLŌ. Angry; angry-look-
ing.
BORUMA. Tender; soft; tender
in disposition.
BORUMOLANŌ. Cruelty.
BORUMOLAÑ. Cruel; a brawler;
a vexing one.
BORURE = Burure.
BORURUGA. A swelling; a lump.
BORURUSA. A swelling; a lump.
BORUTWÈ. Cowardly. O boru-
twè, he is a coward.
BORWE. The country of the
bushmen; the south.
BORWENYA. Ka borwenya, in-
distinctly, either of seeing or
hearing.
BOSA. The dawn of day. Ka
bosa bo sele, when morning
was come. = Busa, to cause to
return.
BOSABOLEÑ. Incorruption, in-
corruptible.
BOSADI. A woman's private
parts.
BOSAGATWEÑ. That which has
no treading place.
BOSAI. Many fleas; sometimes
used of one flea.
BOSAIKATÈGA. Nakedness;
naked.
BOSAIKAÈGAÑ. Nakedness;
naked.
BOSAITSIWEÑ. That which is
not known; secret.
BOSAKHUTLEÑ. Endless; that
which has no limit.
BOSAPEKWA. State of purity,
or unadulteration; sincerity.
BOSASA. Nearly past. Used of
the night. Ka bosasa, at
dawn.
BOSEA. Infancy.
BOSELE. Just before sunrise.
BOSENABOKHUTLŌ. Endless;
without limit.
BOSENASEPÈ. Nothingness; no-
thing.
BOSEPELŌ. A walking; a walk.
BOSESANE. Fineness.
BOSÈTLHA. Yellow.
BOSETSA = Busetsa.
BOSEYA. The other side, as of a
river, etc.
BOSHA. Lately; new.
BOSHAHACŌ. A making new; a
renewing.
BOSHAKGALA. Wrath.
BOSHEÑ = Bosha.
BOSHEU. Whiteness; white.
BOSHŌLÈ. A drove of large,
unweaned calves.
BOSHOMÈ. The tenth.
BOSHULA. Evil; bad; nasty.
Eo o boshula, he who is evil,
an evil one.
BOSHUPA. The seventh.
BOSHUPŌ. The seventh.
BOSHUSHU. Deaf; deafness.
Monona oa boshushu, a deaf
man.
BOSHWA. A wen; a painless
tumour, or swelling; an inheri-
tance; a possession.
BŌSHWA = Bōhwa.
BOSHWECO. A finishing; a com-
pletion.
BŌSI. Alone; only. Used with
nouns in bo. Bōna bosi, they
only.
BOSIGO. Night; a night; in the
night; the night-time. Mo
bosigoñ, in the night.
BOSIGOGARE. Midnight.
BOSILO. Foolish; wilful folly;
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foolishness. O bosilo, he is
foolish, he is naughty.
BOSISI. Well disposed; harm-
less.
BOTAGÔ. Drunkenness.
BOTAGWA. Drunkenness.
BOTALA. Greenness; green.
BOTÈ. The contents of an ani-
mal's bowels.
BOTELELE. Length.
BOTEÑ. Depth; mystery.
BOTENYEÑ. In the depth.
BOTÈTÈ. A small ball of foam
found in new grass, and sup-
posed to cause foot and mouth
disease in cattle; hoof and
mouth disease; cuckoo spit.
BOTHA. To repose after feeding,
as cattle.
BOTHAMA. To be naked; to lack
the covering required by de-
cency.
BOTHAME. Perf. of bothama.
BOTHATA. Difficulty; hardness.
BOTHIBE=Bophagè.
BOTHIBELÈLŌ=Botlhaolèlō.
BOTHITHÔ. Heat; hot; warmth;
warm.
BOTHO. Notable; a good one;
humanity; manliness. O na
le botho, he is a well-known
man, he is a good man. Ga a
na botho, he is not a good
man.
BOTHOLOGA. To start from
where one has gone; to leave
a sleeping place, resting place,
or hiding place.
BOTHOLOGÔ. A descent.
BOTHOLOSA. Caus. of bothologa.
BOTHONOGA=Bothologa.
BOTHUTHÔ=Bothithō.
BOTILÈLÔ. The place to which
one flees when avoiding some-
thing.
BOTITAMERE. Pl. of titamere.
BOTLALÔ. Fulness; abundance.
BOTLANA. Small.
BOTLHA. Slightly sour; acid, as
a quince.
BOTLHABATSATSI. Where the
sun rises; the east.
BOTLHABISADITLHOÑ. Shame
shameful.
BOTLHAGÔ. Watchfulness; wari-
ness; wary.
BOTLHALE. Wisdom; wise. O
botlhale, he is wise.
BOTLHANKA. Servitude; a state
of servitude.
BOTLHANO. The fifth.
BOTLHAOLÈLÔ. A camp; an en-
campment; a place for dividing
cattle, etc.
BOTLHATLÈLÔ. A place for
cattle; a stall.
BOTLHATLOGÔ. A place of
ascent; an ascent.
BOTLHATSHE. The bottom of a
hill, to one standing on the top.
BOTLHATSHETLHATSHE. The very
lowest point; deep under.
BOTLHAYANA. A shelf, Int.
BOTLHE. All. Used with nouns
in ba. Batho botlhe, all the
people.
BOTLHODI. Witchcraft; that
which has to do with cursing
and bewitching; an evil omen;
something ominous; something
very unusual, and regarded as
predicting evil, as an owl, or
springhare seen at midday, or
a mole in sight.
BOTLHÔGÔETHATA. Stubborn-
ness; obstinacy.
BOTLHÔGÔLÈ. Clumsiness; awk-
wardness.
BOTLHÔKA. Botlhōka botlhanka,
freedom. Botlhōka go itse,
ignorance. Botlhōka kicō, ig-
norance. Botlhōka kutlwō,
disobedience. Botlhōka louñwō,
unprofitableness. Botlhōka
pelo, heartlessness. Botlhōka
tihō, lack of work, idleness.
Botlhōka tlhomamō, fickleness.
BOTLHOKO. Sickness; pain;
soreness; sore; sour. Ke bo-
tlhoko, I am sick, I am in pain,
I am sore.
BOTLHÔKÔ. Need; want. Used
of a thing that is lacking, not
of a person wanting it.
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BOTLHÔKWA = Botlhōkō.
BOTLHŌLAGADI. Widowhood.
BOTLŌ. A coming.
BOTLWAÈLŌ. A custom; a wont.
BOTŌBETŌBE. Soft, as very ripe
fruit.
BOTOKA. O botoka, he is better;
he is getting better. Used of a
convalescent.
BOTONNA. Greatness; bulk.
BOTSA. To ask; to ask about;
to enquire. Perf. boditse;
pass. bodiwa.
BOTSALA. Friends.
BOTSALANŌ. Friendship; favour.
BOTSALÈLŌ. A birthright.
BOTSALŌ. Birth; descendants.
Botsalō yo bosha, a new-born
thing.
BOTSANYA. To ask each other.
BOTSÈNŌ. An entrance; a place
of entrance; insanity.
BOTSÈNWA. Madness.
BOTSETSE. State, or condition
of a woman at childbirth. Go
aloga botsetse, to cease (of the
lochial discharge). Go cwa mo
botsetsiñ, to leave the room
after childbirth.
BOTSHABÈLŌ. A refuge; a place
of refuge.
BOTSHE. Sweetness; sweet;
juice, as of a melon, etc.
BOTSHELŌ. A ford; life.
BOTSHELŌNYANA. Dim. of
botshelō.
BOTSISA. To inquire into; to
search into. Ke tla ba botsisa,
I will ask, or enquire of them.
BOTSISANYA. To question each
other. A botsisanya le batho,
they mutually asked questions.
BOTUBI. A bewitching. See
TUBA.
BOTUTE. Ripe (of pus). Boladu
bo botute, the pus is ripe.
Botute yoa kok, the soft dung
of a fowl.
BOUTLWÈLŌBOTLHOKO. Mercy.
BOWECO. A completion; a
finishing.
BOWÈLŌ = Bohèlō.
BOYABA. Go ichwara boyaba,
to rest one's head or cheek on
the palm of a hand.
BOYALE. The ceremony for girls
at the age of puberty. Go isa
boyale, to order the girls' cere-
mony, as a chief.
BOYALWA. Native beer; beer;
brandy; wine.
BOYAÑ. Grass. Mo boyanyeñ,
in the grass.
BOYEBU. Thipa e boyebu, the
knife is weak and flexible at the
edge.
BOYÈLELE = Segatsetse, Int.
BOYÈLŌ. A place for eating.
Lomati loa boyèlō, a dining-
table.
BOYESECO. A feeding-place for
cattle.
BOYETLA. An edge, as of an
axe; sharp-edged.
BOYOSI. The state of being
alone; loneliness.
BOYOTLHE. Entirety.
BUA. To speak. Emphasis on
first syllable. To flay, or skin
an animal. Word pronounced
quickly.
BUANA. To speak to each other
secretly. Generally used of
evil-speaking, backbiting, etc.
BUBI. Dry dung in a large cake
dug out of a krall. Pl. mabi.
BUCWA. To ripen; to become
done, or cooked. Perf. bu-
dule.
BUCWE. Perf. of bula; opened.
BUCWÈLA. To blow, as a fire.
BUDILWE. Perf. pass. of bula;
opened.
BUDUBUTSA. To persevere in
different works, and finish them
all; to continue eating various
supplies of food, and finish it
all.
BUDUDU. Blue.
BUDULA. To blow off with the
breath, as something light from
the palm of a hand; to blow
something away with the
mouth.
BUDULALA. To become shut.
Used of the eyes.
BUDULATSA. To cause to shut.
Used of the eyes.
BUDULE. Perf. of bucwa.
BUDULÈLA. To blow off to, or
into.
BUDULETSE. Perf. of budulèla;
perf. of budulala. Ba buduletse
matlhō, their eyes are shut.
BUDULOGA. To swell out, as a
sack being filled; to become
inflated; to become opened, as
eyes. O la a buduloga matlhō,
his eyes were opened.
BUDULOLA. To open. Used of
the eyes. Go budulola matlhō,
to open the eyes, actively.
BUDULOLWA. Pass. of budulola.
BUDULOSA. To cause to puff
out; to inflate.
BUDULOSÈGA. To become in-
flated with wind; to become
puffed up.
BUDULOTSÈ. Perf. of budulola.
BUDUSA. To cause to ripen.
Used of an abscess, etc.
BUDUSETSA. To be getting ready
for opening, as an abscess.
Sometimes used of becoming
gray, as hair.
BUDUTSA. To seek the last ears
of corn; to glean.
BUÈGA. To become spoken; to
become cut off, as joints of
meat from a dead animal.
Nama e buegile, the meat is
cut into joints.
BUÈLA. To scold; to reprove;
to rebuke. Go buèla godimo,
to speak loudly. Go buèla
tlhatshe, to speak low.
BUÈLÈGA. To become scoldable.
BUÈLÈLA. To speak for; to ad-
vocate the cause of; to repre-
sent.
BUGANYA. To eject from the
mouth in a stream; to send
out, as a severe cut blood.
BUILE. Perf. of bua.
BUILWE. Perf. pass. of bua.
Nama e builwe, the flesh has
had the skin taken off. Letlalō
le builwe, the skin has been
flayed off the flesh.
BUISA. To cause to speak; to
rebuke; to shout out at, or to.
Go buisa dikgomo, to shout to
oxen, so as to make them pull.
BUISANYA. To cause each other
to speak. Go buisanya ka
molomo, to speak face to face.
BUIWA. Pass. of bua.
BUKI. The powder of a dry
fungus used to smear women's
faces.
BUKUNYA. To give signs of life
by stirring; to move, as a per-
son under a kaross.
BUKUNYÈGA=Bukunya.
BULA. To open. Perf. budile;
pass. bulwa.
BULEDISA. To accompany a part
of the way at starting.
BULÈGA. To become opened.
BULEGILE. Perf. of bulèga.
BULÈLA. To open for.
BUNA. To bite, or tear a bit off
a thing held in the mouth.
BUPA=Bipa, Int.
BUPE. Meal; flour. Part. yo.
BURURE. The firstborn. Oa
burure, the firstborn. Mosi-
mane oa burure, the firstborn
boy.
BUSA. To rule; to govern; to
reign over; to cause to return,
from boea.
BUSABUSANYA. To strive to-
gether in talk; to dispute.
BUSANYA. To rule each other.
BUSETSA. To cause to return to;
to bring back.
BUSHOLOLA. To take vengeance
upon. Ke tla ga busholola, I
will take vengeance on you.
BUSHOLOSA. To avenge; to
rebut, or answer the words of
a previous speaker; to turn
back the skin when flaying an
animal.
BUTLÈGA. To crack, or become
broken, as a man's leg, a dissel-
boom, etc,
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CALŌ. A collar-bone.
CAMPÈGA. To die suddenly.
CAÑ. E cañ? What colour is
it? what marks has it got?
Used of an animal. What sex
is it? Used of a young animal.
Tau e cañ le tlou? how are a
lion's colours distinguished
from those of an elephant?
what is the difference in colour
between a lion and an ele-
phant?
CÈLÈBÈLÈLA. A slope, Int.
CHA. To dry up, as water.
CHAAMA. To spread out, or
overflow, as water in a full
river.
CHAAME. Perf. of chaama.
CHABAGANYA. To cut down the
middle, with an axe.
CHABANYA. To spit out, or eject
in a stream; to dart out, as the
waves of a filling river; to pour
out, as words.
CHABANYETSÈGA. To gush out;
to become gushed out.
CHABANYÔ. Noun from chaban-
ya.
CHABU. The noise made by
something plunged into water.
CHACHANYÈGA. To hiss, or fizz,
as fat when burning.
CHAÈGA. To spread anything
out.
CHAHACÔ. A making new; a
renewing.
CHAKA. A battleaxe.
CHAKGALÔ. Angry contention;
indignation.
CHALAÑ. Snow.
CHEFE. Poison (hybrid).
CHÈGA. To be purged. A very
vulgar word.
CHEGÔ = Tshegô.
CHÈKA = Chaka.
CHÈLÀ. To rub a skin with a
stone when beginning to bray
it.
CHÈLAÑ. Snow.
CHELE. Perf. of cha.
CHÈLÈ = Chwèlè.
CHEMOGA. To break through,
or away, and escape.
CHEMOLA. To make bald; to
shave off all the hair.
CHESA. Caus. of cha.
CHESHE. A kind of plant, having
edible flowers like marigolds.
CHEU. White. Pronounced
something like chweu.
CHILALA. To be killed in large
numbers.
CHILATSA. To kill in large num-
bers.
CHILETSE. Perf. of chilala.
CHO! An exclamation of, fear
and surprise. What a near go!
what a narrow escape!
CHOANA. White. Fem. of cheu.
CHOBÈLA. To stamp earth in
round a pole; to press in, as
grain into a bag, with a stick;
to press down, as bushes with
a pronged stick.
CHOCA. Hornless. Used of an
ox.
CHOCANA. Hornless. Used of a
cow.
CHÔCHÔMÈLA. To rush upon, as
in battle, or play; to fight hand
to hand.
CHOCWE. Perf. pass. of chola, to
receive.
CHODILE. Perf. of chola, to take
up food.
CHODISA. To help; to assist.
Caus. of chola, to receive.
CHODISANYA. To help each
other. Chodisanya mekgweleō,
to bear each other's burdens.
CHOGA. To be startled, or sur-
prised.
CHOGANECO. Sudden. Ka cho-
ganèco, suddenly.
CHOGANETSA. To come upon
suddenly.
CHOGOMOGA. To be startled; to
start.
CHOGWI. A night-hawk.
CHÔKA = Tlhoka.
CHOKAMÔ. Crookedness; moral
crookedness; evil.
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CHOKOLOGÔ. A turning round;
a twisting, as of a joint.
CHOLA. To receive. Perf. cho-
tsè. To take food out of a pot,
or dish; Perf. chodile. Hard fat
for smearing skins; eye salve,
etc.
CHOLÈ. A moth.
CHOLÈLA. To receive for; to take
up food for.
CHOLETSA. To lift up; to take
up. Choletsa matlhô, lift up
the eyes.
CHOLOGA. To become spoilt; to
overflow.
CHOLOGÈLA. To rush out to; to
rush, or run to, as a crowd.
CHOLOGÔ. A spilling; an over-
flowing.
CHOLOHÊLÔ. Hope.
CHOLOLA. To spill; to shed, as
blood.
CHÔMA. To try to talk a lan-
guage which one's hearers do
not know well; to talk a lan-
guage badly. Perf. chomile.
CHOME. O chome. Used of a
person who allows a stray ani-
mal to go on wandering.
CHOMI. A foreign language; a
language imperfectly spoken,
or known.
CHOMILE. Perf. of chôma.
CHOMOLÔ. A drawing out.
CHONA = Rona. We; us.
CHÔNÈLÔ. A groan; a moan.
CHONOLÔ. Noun from shonola.
CHÔPANYO. Noun from shōpanya.
CHÔPHA. To turn up spirally;
to twist upwards; to be twisted
as a skin trektow.
CHÔPHAGANYA = Shōpanya.
CHÔPHANYA = Shōpanya.
CHÔPHELECWE. Lesèka ye le
chôphelecweñ, a twisted ring.
CHÔPHELÈLA. To twist, or wind
round and round; to make
spiral.
CHÔPHÔ. Noun from chôpha;
a spill of twisted paper.
CHOPHOLOLA. To untwist; to
unwind.
CHOSA. To startle; to terrify;
to astonish. A spear, Int.
CHOSABANNE. A kind of quail.
Pl. bochosabanne.
CHOSHÔ. Terror.
CHOSHOBAGANÔ. Noun from
shoshobagana.
CHOSHWANE. An ant; common
red, or black ant; the generic
term for ant.
CHÔTLHA. To chew sweet reed,
rushes, etc.
CHÔTLÔ. Mockery; scorn.
CHOTSÈ. Perf. of chola.
CHU! An exclamation denoting
great heat.
CHUBA. To set fire to; to burn
up; to light a torch, or candle;
to blister, or gall, as a rope the
hand.
CHUBECWE KE. Burnt up by.
CHUBÈGA. To become burnt up.
CHUBÈLA. Go chubèla motho
ntlo, to set fire to a person's
house.
CHUBILE. Perf. of chuba.
CHUBIWA. Pass. of chuba.
CHUCHWA. A syphilitic sore, or
ulcer.
CHUGE. The work of braying
skins when finished; the time
for putting a brayed skin into
the bas.
CHUGÔ. The work of braying
skins while still going on.
CHUKACHUKÔ. Strife.
CHUKACHUKANÔ. Strife.
CHUKHU = Chu.
CHUKÔ. A horse's penis.
CHUKUDU. A rhinoceros; the
generic term for rhinoceros.
CHULA. Pelo e chula, an evil
heart.
CHULACÔ. Noun from shulatsa.
CHULAHALÈLÔ. Noun from shu-
lahalèla.
CHUMÔ. A rushing sound, or
noise.
CHUMPULA. To strike with the
tail, as a gōpane.
CHUMPULAKA. To strike much,
and severely, with a tail.
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CHUMU. White face, throat, or
belly. Used of an ox.
CHUPA. A weevil. Mabèlè a
chupa, last year's corn. Maoto
a chupa, slow. Used of a
horse.
CHUPÈLÈLŌ. Meat, or medicine,
given for doctoring purposes.
CHUPÈLŌ. An offering; a sacri-
fice.
CHUPŌ. Proof; evidence; testi-
mony.
CHUSE. A small edible bulb; a
wild crocus.
CHUSHU. Lean. Used of meat.
CHUTIHALÈLA. To overshadow.
CHUYWA=Chubiwa.
CHWA! Come here, and take!
Used in calling a dog to come
and take something.
CHWABI. Dried ditlhetlhwa
berries.
CHWABŌ. Noun from shwaba.
CHWAEA. To brand an animal;
to mark, as a sign of owner-
ship. Pass. chwaiwa.
CHWAÈLA. To brand for; to
brand for, and give to.
CHWAETSA. To infect, as one
with a contagious disease.
CHWAILE. Perf. of chwaea.
CHWAILWE. Branded.
CHWAIWA. Pass. of chwaea.
CHWAKGAHALA=Boduhala.
CHWAKGOGA. To have a liking
or preference for. O chwa-
kgocwe ke nama=He has a
preference for meat.
CHWAKGOTSÈ. Se mo chwa-
kgotsè, it is his preference.
CHWANA. To be alike. Go
chwana hèla, it is just alike.
Fem. of ncho, black.
CHWANECWE. O chwanecwe ke,
he is worthy of.
CHWANÈLA. To be fitting; to
be worthy.
CHWANÈLŌ. Duty.
CHWANETSE. Perf. of chwanèla.
Ke chwanetse, I ought; it
becometh me; I have need to
be.
CHWANŌ. The image of a thing;
a likeness.
CHWANOLOGA. To become
altered; to become different.
Ga a chwanologe, he is un-
altered.
CHWANOLOGŌ. A difference.
CHWANOLOLA. To make differ-
ent.
CHWANTSHA. To compare; to
cause to be alike.
CHWANTSHIWA. Pass. of chwan-
tsha.
CHWAPETSA. To draw water by
degrees from a weak spring.
CHWARA. To take hold of; to
seize; to take hold of in order
to protect, and hence to take
care of.
CHWARACHWARA. To handle.
CHWARAGANA. To be joined, as
by hooking.
CHWARAGANTSÈ. Perf. of chwa-
raganya.
CHWARAGANYA. Go chwara-
ganya le, to be close upon.
CHWARÈGA. To become seized.
CHWARÈLA. To hold fast to, or
for.
CHWARÈLÈLA=Tshegeletsa.
CHWARISA. To cause to take
hold of. Go chwarisa tihō, to
assist one in work. O tla ba
chwarisa tihō, he will help
them in work; he will make
them work. Go ba chwarisa
bokete, to burden them.
CHWARŌ = Tlamèlō; mercy;
gracious.
CHWASHWA. A sore on a kid's
mouth.
CHWEKA. To lift up, and throw
down, in wrestling; to be too
much for.
CHWEKANYA. Go chwekanya
mahoko, to mix up matters in
talking.
CHWÈLÈ. A destructive moth;
a hairy moth.
CHWENE. A monkey; a baboon;
Particle o.
CHWENTSÈ. Perf. of chwenya.
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CHWENYA. To tease; to trouble.
Pass. chweñwa.
CHWENYANE. A small baboon.
CHWENYÈGA. To become
troubled.
CHWENYÈGŌ. Trouble.
CHWENYETSA. To trouble for.
CHWENYETSANYA. To tease, or
trouble each other.
CHWENYŌ. A teasing; a troub-
ling.
CHWEÑWA. Pass. of chwenya.
CHWERE. Perf. of chwara.
CHWEREA. To be slow in taking
up a work; to leave a work
undone.
CHWERETLHA. To become soft,
as much-cooked food, or putrid
meat.
CHWERETLHÈGA. Nama e chwe-
retlhegile, the meat is very soft.
CHWERETLHAGANA = Chwere-
tlhèga.
CHWERETLHANA = Chweretlha.
CHWERWE. Perf. pass. of chwara.
CHWEU = Cheu.
CHWINYANE. Fem. of chumu.
CHWISA. To pay part of a debt.
CITLA=Cwitla.
Co=Tsa ga. Dikgomo co mañ-
mañ, dikgomo tsa ga mañmañ;
so and so's oxen. Mo go cōna
co pedí, in both of them. Ditōrō
co pedí, two dreams. Diphehō
co nnè, the four winds.
COBOTLA. To sink in mud with
a noise; to tramp with a noise
in boggy ground.
COCOPA. The mud in muddy
water.
CODIOCŌCŌ. An intensified form
of cwècwè.
CODICODI. Unintelligible; imi-
tation of a bird, Int.
CODUCOKWANE. A stone used
for making an orange-coloured
smearing for women's faces.
COGA. To arise.
COGÈLA. To rise up against.
To arise early in the morning.
Ba le ba cogèla hèla gōna, they
rose early to go there.
COGŌ. A rising; a resurrection.
COHALA. To become old.
COHETSE. Perf. of cohala. O
cohetse, he is old.
COKECO. A corner; a turning
place; a turn; a bend.
COKETSA. To put round, or
cause to go round a corner;
to hide a thing round a corner.
COKODIA. Circuitous.
COKODIÈGA. To make a circuit.
COKOLOGA=Retologa.
COKOTSA. To rinse out a vessel;
to shake from side to side, as
a vessel when washing it.
COLA=Ribi. Revers. of cwala;
to take off a nether garment.
COMA. To hunt.
COME. Stingy.
COMÈLA. To hunt for.
COMISA. To cause to hunt.
CŌNA. Pl. pron. Used with
nouns in di. Ke cōna, it is
they.
CŌNE=Cōna.
COO=Co.
COPA. To run with a swaying
movement, making a noise like
co, co.
COPODIA=Cokodia.
COPODIÈGA=Cokodièga.
COSA. To cause to arise; to
arouse; to raise up; to stir up.
COSELETSA. To stir up against;
to raise up against.
COSETSA. To raise up for.
COSHOLOSA. To resuscitate; to
revive; to renew a thing after
it has fallen through for a time.
COSI. Only. Used with nouns
in di.
COSIWA. Pass. of cosa.
CŌTLHA. See CHŌTLHA.
CŌTLHWA. Ea cōtlhwa hèla, it
is eatable, but not fat; it is
in fair condition.
COTLHE. All. Used with nouns
in di.
CUA. To run round a bird while
making a whistling noise, with
a view to fascinate and kill
it.
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CUAKANYA. To scold much; to
scold by many words, and
silence by scolding.
CUBA. To grow thickly, as corn,
hair, etc.; dense; impene-
trable, as bushes without an
opening.
CUBUA. To shake a tree; to
knock water about from side
to side.
CUBUCWE. Plucked out; snatched
away.
CUBUGA. To turn the head, and
move away; to turn from, or
reject. O la o mo cubugèla,
he turned away from him; he
rejected, or refused him.
CUBULA. To pluck out of the
hand; to pluck off; to snatch;
to pounce upon and seize, as a
hawk.
CUBUTLA. To make a rushing
noise, as a strong wind, or a
dust storm.
CUBUTLISA. Caus. of cubutla.
CUÈGA=Tlhoboga.
CUKUNYA. To shake vigorously
from side to side.
CUOLOLA. To rebel; to rebel
against.
CUOLOLÈLA. To rebel against.
CUOLOLO. Rebellion.
CUPUETSA. To hinder a speaker
by talking fast; to extinguish
a fire by knocking it about; to
swish the tale about, as a gō-
pane.
CUSHU. A cockroach.
CUULALA. To dart down, as a
hawk on its prey.
CWA. To come out; to leave, or
desert. Ba le ba mo cwa, they
deserted him; they gave up
his cause. Perf. dule; and
sometimes cwile.
CWACWAÈLA. To hold care-
fully in the hands; to take
care of; to provide for.
CWADILE. Perf. of cwala, to
shut.
CWADILWE. Perf. pass. of cwala.
CWAÈLŌ. A portion given to
children by a father during his
lifetime.
CWAICWAI. The edible leaves of
a plant having the kgogo root.
CWAISA. To flavour, as with
salt; to sweeten, as with
sugar, milk, etc.
CWAKETLA. To make a thing
long; a long strip of any-
thing.
CWALA. To shut; to close. Perf.
cwadile. To put on, or fasten,
trousers, frock, etc.; to cover
the nakedness. Perf. cwele.
Ga ba cwale, they are inde-
cently exposed.
CWALÈGA. To become closed.
CWALOLOLA. To open.
CWALWA. Pass. of cwala.
CWARALALA. To hang down in
numbers, as skins from a roof;
to come down thickly, as rain.
CWÈ! Please! if you please!
CWECWE. Perf. pass. of cwala.
A go cwecwe? is it shut?
CWÈCWÈ. Please! if you please!
CWECWENA. To send up sap; to
ooze out, as oil or fat from a
vessel.
CWÈLA. To come out to; to go
out into. O la a cwèla kwa
Tauñ, he departed in order to
go to Tauñ.
CWELE. Perf. of cwala, to put
on a nether garment.
CWÈLÈLA. To go forth; to go
on one's way. Go cwèlèla
kwa lehatshiñ, to go forth into
the land.
CWÈLÈLAPELE. To advance; to
go forward.
CWELWE. Perf. of cwalwa.
CWERE. A kind of sparrow.
CWESA. Caus. of cwala, to put
on a garment.
CWETLA. To spread out, or erect
the hair or the back, as a
springbuck when running.
CWILE. Sometimes found as the
perf. of cwa.
CWINCWINYETSA. To speak in-
distinctly, as a little child.
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CWIRINYA. To make a whistling
noise.
CWISA. Caus. of cwa.
CWITLA. To refuse to hear; to
refuse to accept; to refuse to
believe.
D.
DAEA=Ntaea.
DAANA=Ntaana.
DAANYA=Ntaanya.
DANKA. Sore-footed, Int.
DI. Particle of nouns in di.
DIA. To detain; to delay; to
prevent from going. Perf.
diile.
DIADIA. To delay a long time;
to prevent from going for a
long time.
DIAKA. Pl. of seaka.
DIAKANYŌ. Pl. of seakanyō.
DIAKŌ. Pl. of seakō.
DIALŌ. Pl. of sealō.
DIAPARŌ. Pl. of seaparō.
DIANE. Pl. of seane.
DIATLA. Pl. of seatla.
DIAPU. Pl. of seapu.
DIBABETSANE. Pl. of sebabe-
tsane.
DIBAEA. Pl. of sebaea.
DIBATA. Pl. of sebata. Khai e
dibata, a spotted cloth; a
patched cloth.
DIBATANA. Pl. of sebatana.
DIBATLA. Pl. of sebatla.
DIBE. Pl. of sebe.
DIBÈKŌ. Pl. of lobèkō.
DIBÈLA=Boloka.
DIBETEBETE. Pl. of sebetebete.
DIBETO. Pl. of sebeto.
DIBI. Pl. of sebi.
DIBELETSA. To catch liquid in
a hand, or vessel.
DIBETLÈLA. Pl. of sebetlèla.
DIBOBA. Pl. of seboba.
DIBOBO. Invalided; often sick.
O dibobo, he is an invalid. Ba
dibobo, they are invalids.
DIBODU. An intensified form of
sebodu.
DIBŌKŌ. Pl. of sebōkō.
DIBOKOLODI. Pl. of sebokolodi.
DIBOKU. Pl. of seboku.
DIBOLA. To cut a hole for a
patch; to cut, or shave off a
patch of hair.
DIBOLAŌ. Pl. of sebolaō.
DIBŌNESENAWA. Pl. of sebōne-
senawa.
DIBOPIWA. Pl. of sebopiwa.
DIBOPŌ. Pl. of lobopō.
DIBOTSARE. Pl. of lobotsare.
DICALŌ. Pl. of calō.
DICHABA. Pl. of chaba.
DICHÈLÈ. Pl. of chèlè.
DICHESHE. Pl. of cheshe, and
seseshe.
DICHŌLÈ. Pl. of chōlè.
DICHŌNÈLŌ. Pl. of chōnèlō.
DICHOSHWANE. Pl. of cho-
shwane.
DICHUCHWA. Pl. of chuchwa.
DICHUPŌ. Pl. of chupō, and, se-
shupō.
DICHUSE. Pl. of chuse.
DICHWABŌ. Pl. of chwabō.
DICHWAKGŌ=Ditlhoka, Int.
DICHWALAŌ. Pl. of chwalaō.
DICHWANCHŌ. Pl. of sechwa-
nchō.
DICHWAŌ. Pl. of lochwaō.
DICHWASHWA. Pl. of chwashwa.
DICHWÈLE. Pl. of chwèlè.
DICŌ. Pl. of locō.
DICŌBŌTLA. Lehatshe ya dicō-
bōtla, a bog; a very miry
place.
DICURUCURU. Pl. of securu-
curu.
DICUSHU. Pl. of cushu.
DICWACWA. Pl. of secwacwa.
DICWAKETLA. Pl. of secwaketla.
DICWALŌ. Pl. of secwalō.
DICWIRIRI. Pl. of secwiriri.
DIDIBA. Pl. of sediba.
DIDIHI. Pl. of sedihi.
DIDIKADIKI. Pl. of sedikadiki.
DIDIKANCWÈ. Pl. of sedikancwè.
DIDIKWADIKWI=Didikadiki.
DIDILE. Perf. of dila.
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DIDIMALA. To become silent;
to be silent.
DIDIMETSE. Perf. of didimala.
DIDUKU. Pl. of seduku.
DIDULŌ. Pl. of sedulō.
DIÈGA. To delay.
DIEGILE. Perf. of dièga.
DIÈLE. Pl. of seèle.
DIELEELE. Pl. of seeleele.
DIESELA. Pl. of esela.
DIETSELA. The superior clothes
worn at heathen feasts, Int.
DIFORAGA. Pl. of foraga (hy-
DIGA. To cast down. [brid).
DIGAGA. Pl. of segaga.
DIGAGABI. Pl. of segagabi.
DIGAHA. Pl. of segaha.
DIGALE. Pl. of segale.
DIGANKA. Pl. of seganka.
DIGARE. Matted, or knotted (of
wool, hair, etc.).
DIGOBA. Pl. of segoba.
DIGOBŌ. Bow-legged. Sing.
and pl.
DIGŌGŌRŌGŌ. Pl. of segōgōrōgō.
DIGŌGWA. Pl. of segōgwa.
DIGOKE. Pl. of segoke.
DIGOKGO. Pl. of segokgo.
DIGŌLAGŌLA. Pl. of segōlagōla.
DIGOMŌ. Pl. of segomō.
DIGOPŌ. Pl. of gopō.
DIGŌYA. Pl. of segōya.
DIGWA. Pass. of diga.
DIGWAGWA. Pl. of segwagwa.
DIGWAPA. Pl. of segwapa.
DIGWAPE. Creeping things. Int.
DIGWARA. Badly done; imper-
fectly done. Oa sega digwara,
he cuts badly.
DIGWÈ. Pl. of segwè.
DIGWELETLHA. Pl. of segwele-
tlha.
DIGWERE. Pl. of segwere.
DIGWÈTÈ. Pl. of segwètè.
DIGWETLHA. Pl. of segwetlha.
DIGWETSANE. Pl. of segwetsane.
DIHA. To do; to work; to act;
to make.
DIHAGALA=Dihahala.
DIHAHALA. To become done;
to become accomplished; to
happen; to take place.
DIHAHALÈLA. To happen to.
DIHAHALELE. Pl. of sehahalele.
DIHAHATSA. Caus. of dihahala.
DIHAKA. U tlhotse u dihaka
dilō, you have just pleased
yourself with the things.
DIHAKŌ. Pl. of sehakō.
DIHALA. Pl. of sehala. To be-
come fulfilled; to come to
pass; to happen; to be done.
DIHALAMATLHON. Pl. of seha-
lamatlhoñ.
DIHALE. Pl. of sehale.
DIHANA. Recip. of diha. Go
dihana le tlotlō, to have
honour. Re tla dihana le
picō, we shall be at the picō.
Lo tla dihana le molato, you
will have fault. Tshimo ga ea
ka ea dihana le mmidi, the
garden did not have, or pro-
duce, any mealies.
DIHANYE. Perf. of dihana. E
dihanye le losho, it has worked,
or resulted in death.
DIHAPŌ. Pl. of sehapō.
DIHARE. Pl. of sehare.
DIHATA. Pl. of sehata.
DIHATSA. Caus. of dihala; to
cause to come to pass; to ful-
fil.
DIHAWA. Pl. of sehawa.
DIHE? Which? Used with
nouns in di.
DIHÈGA. To become done, or
acted, or accomplished.
DIHEHŌ. Pl. of sehehō.
DIHÈKI. Pl. of sehèki.
DIHELA. Pl. of sehela.
DIHÈLA. To work for; to serve.
Go dihèla nama, to cut up
meat for cooking.
DIHEMŌ. Pl. of sehemō.
DIHÈPHÈ. Pl. of sehèphè.
DIHERŌ. Pl. of seherō.
DIHERWANA. Pl. of seherwana.
DIHESHU. Pl. of seheshu.
DIHETSE. Perf. of dihala. Ge
dihetse, it is come to pass; it is
done.
DIHIHI. Pl. of sehihi.
DIHIKANCWÈ. Pl. of sehikancwè
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DIHILE. Perf. of diha.
DIHISA. Caus. of diha, to cause
to work.
DIHISANYA. U dihisanyè le èna,
work thou together with him.
DIHISIWA. Pass. of dihisa.
DIHOHU. Pl. of sehohu.
DIHŌKWANE. A young he-goat.
Pl. bodihōkwane.
DIHOLOTSANA. Pl. of seholo-
tsana.
DIHOROTLO. Pl. of sehorotlo.
DIHOTSANA. Pl. of sehotsana.
DIHUDI. Pl. of sehudi.
DIHUBA. Pl. of sehuba.
DIHUTSHANE. Pl. of sehutshane.
DIHWA. Pass. of diha.
DIIKELEDISA. Pl. of seikeledisa.
DIIPHEMÈLŌSEHUBEÑ. Pl. of
seiphemèlōsehubeñ.
DIILE. Perf. of dia.
DIIPATŌ. Pl. of seipatō.
DIIPŌNI. Pl. of seipōni.
DIKA. To go around; to go be-
hind; to compass. Dika mora-
gō=pōta moragō. To tarry, the
time being specified; to remain
for a long time. Dika refers to
what took place last year, or
will take place next year. Ba
tla dika ba lemile, they will
plough next year. Ba dikile ba
lema, they ploughed last year.
DIKABA. Pl. of kaba.
DIKABETLA. Pl. of kabetla.
DIKABŌ. Pl. of kabō.
DIKACŌ. Pl. of kacō.
DIKAGŌ. Pl. of kagō.
DIKAKA. Pl. of sekaka.
DIKAKABALŌ. Pl. of kakabalō.
DIKAKAHALŌ. Pl. of kakahalō.
DIKALA. Matlhō a dikala, large,
staring eyes.
DIKALABUA. Pl. of kalabua.
DIKALAHI. Pl. of kalahi.
DIKANŌ. Pl. of sekanō.
DIKANYA. To surround.
DIKAMORE. Pl. of kamore.
DIKANYEDICWE. Surrounded
by; compassed by.
DIKANYEDITSE. Perf. of dikanye-
tsa.
DIKANYELETSA. Ba le ba dika-
nyeletsa lencwè ka logora, they
enclosed the mountain with a
hedge.
DIKANYETSA. To surround
them; to encircle game; to
encompass them.
DIKAŌ. Pl. of sekaō.
DIKASHWA. Pl. of sekashwa.
DIKATANA. Pl. of sekatana.
DIKATLHOLŌ. Pl. of katlholō.
DIKATLŌ. Pl. of katlō.
DIKEKANA. Pl. of sekekana.
DIKÈLA=Kōlōmèla.
DIKELERO. A book word or
dice.
DIKELETSA. To surround, as by
a hedge; to surround a person,
or animal.
DIKÈLWA. Go dikèlwa ke, to be
surrounded by.
DIKEÑ. Pl. of keñ.
DIKÈTAPELE. Pl. of ketapele.
Dikètapele tsa ntwa, the fore-
most men in the ranks, the
advance guard. Dikètapele tsa
mahoko, the first-spoken words;
the preliminary speech.
DIKETLA. Pl. of ketla.
DIKÈTŌ. Pl. of loètō.
DIKGABA. Pl. of kgaba.
DIKGABALA. Pl. of kgabala.
DIKGABISHŌ. Pl. of kgabishō.
DIKGABO. Pl. of kgabo.
DIKGACHŌ. Pl. of kgachō.
DIKGADIMA. Pl. of logadima.
DIKGAGA. Pl. of logaga.
DIKGAGU. Pl. of logagu.
DIKGAHÈLA TSA MABÈLÈ. The
first-fruits of corn, given to
the rain-maker; the remnant of
corn at the bottom of a sack
or bin. Interior use: the corn
given to a chief for the enter-
tainment of strangers.
DIKGAKA. Pl. of kgaka.
DIKGAKETLA. Pl. of kgaketla.
DIKGAKGANA. Pl. of kgakgana.
DIKGAKOLOGÈLŌ. Pl. of kgako-
logèlō.
DIKGAKOLOGŌ. Pl. of kgakolo-
gō, the spring.
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DIKGALALAPŌ. Pl. of kgalalapō.
DIKGALAOPA. A grassless coun-
try. No sing.
DIKGANWE. Pl. of kganwe.
DIKGANYANA. Roots similar to
carrots, Int.
DIKGAPA. Pl. of logapa.
DIKGARA. Pl. of logara.
DIKGARAGA. Pl. of kgaraga.
DIKGASHWA = Dikatana.
DIKGATA. Pl. of logata.
DIKGATLA. Pl. of kgatla.
DIKGATLÈGŌ. Pl. of kgatlègō.
DIKGATLHO. A meeting place.
DIKGATŌ. Pl. of kgatō.
DIKGATSECO. Pl. of kgatseco.
DIKGÈÑWÈ. Pl. of kgèñwè.
DIKGETLA. Pl. of kgetla.
DIKGÈTLWA. Pl. of kgètlwa.
DIKGI. Pl. of sekgi.
DIKGOA. Pl. of kgoa.
DIKGOBATA. Pl. of kgobata.
DIKGŌBÈ. Boiled corn and beans
mixed. Dikgōbè tsa lohata,
boiled corn alone. Dikgōbè tsa
mmidi, boiled mealies alone.
DIKGŌBÈLŌ. Pl. of kgōbèlō.
DIKGŌBŌ. Pl. of kgōbō.
DIKGODU. Pl. of logodu.
DIKGŌGŌ. Pl. of logōgō.
DIKGOGODI. Pl. of kgogodi.
DIKGOHA. Pl. of kgoha.
DIKGOHE. Pl. of logohe.
DIKGOKÈLŌ. Pl. of kgokèlō.
DIKGOKOÑ. Pl. of kgokoñ.
DIKGOLA. Pl. of kgola.
DIKGŌLÈ. Pl. of kgōlè.
DIKGŌLŌ. Pl. of logōlō.
DIKGOLOBÈ. Destruction, or
desolation, caused by high
winds. Sing. and pl.
DIKGOLOGOLO. Pl. of kgologolo.
DIKGOLOGOLOLŌ. Pl. of kgolo-
gololō.
DIKGOLUGOCHWANE. Pl. of
kgolugochwane.
DIKGŌMANA. A string of beetles
put as a charm round the neck
of a child whose brothers and
sisters have died.
DIKGOMMA. Pl. of kgomma.
DIKGOMO. Pl. of kgomo.
DIKGONO. Pl. of kgono.
DIKGOÑ. Pl. of logoñ.
DIKGŌÑWANA. Pl. of kgōñwana.
DIKGOPE. Pl. of kgope.
DIKGOPISHŌ. Pl. of kgopishō.
DIKGOPŌ. Pl. of logopō.
DIKGOPU. Pl. of kgopu.
DIKGORA. Pl. of logora. Ñwana
oa dikgora, an illegitimate
child. O ithwele mpa ea dikgo-
ra, she has conceived before, or
without marriage. Mosadi oa
dikgora, a woman who has
illegitimate children, a prosti-
tute.
DIKGORI. Pl. of kgori.
DIKGOROGOBA. Pl. of kgorogo-
ba.
DIKGOROLA. Pl. of kgorola.
DIKGŌSANA. Pl. of kgōsana.
DIKGWA. Pl. of sekgwa.
DIKGWANA. Pl. of sekgwana.
DIKGWATISHŌ. Pl. of kgwatishō.
DIKGWATLHA. Pl. of kgwatlha.
DIKGWEREANŌ. Pl. of kgwe-
reanō.
DIKGWETHE. Pl. of sekgwethe.
DIKHADU. Pl. of lokhadu.
DIKHAETLA. Pl. of khaetla.
DIKHIHIRI. Pl. of lohihiri.
DIKHOBÈ. Pl. of sekhobè.
DIKHODI. Pl. of khodi.
DIKHOHE. Pl. of khohe.
DIKHONUÑ. Pl. of khonuñ.
DIKHUDU. Pl. of khudu.
DIKHUMÈLA. Pl. of khumèla.
DIKHUTLŌ. Pl. of bokhutlō.
DIKHUTSANA. Pl. of khutsana.
DIKHUYANE. Pl. of khuyane.
DIKHWENA. Pl. of khwena.
DIKIDI. Pl. of sekidi.
DIKIDIKIDI. Pl. of sekidikidi.
DIKILE. Perf. of dika.
DIKŌA. Pl. of sekōa.
DIKOBA. Pl. of sekoba.
DIKŌBAŌBA. Pl. of kōbaōba.
DIKOBE. Pl. of kobe.
DIKOBŌTLŌ. Pl. of kobōtlō.
DIKŌCWANA. Pl. of lokōcwana.
DIKOKOBELE. Flying ants and
moths. Used only in plural.
DIKOKOLA. Pl. of sekokola.
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DIKOKOMANA. Pl. of kokomana.
DIKOKOTHANE. Pl. of koko-
thane.
DIKŌKWATA. Pl. of kōkwata.
DIKOLOBÈ. Pl. of kolobè.
DIKOLOGA. To go round and
round; to revolve, as a roller;
to go round; to compass; to
go about.
DIKOLOI. Pl. of koloi.
DIKOLOLA. To cut round a hide.
DIKOLOSA. To turn a thing
round; to cause to go round.
DIKOLOSIWA. To be turned
round.
DIKŌMA. Pl. of kōma.
DIKŌMAÑ. Pl. of kōmañ.
DIKŌMŌTA. Pl. of sekōmōta.
DIKONU. Pl. of konu.
DIKŌÑGWANE. Pl. of kōñgwane.
DIKOÑWAKOÑWANE. Di beilwe
dikoñwakoñwane, they are
divided into groups, or por-
tions.
DIKOPA. Pl. of sekopa.
DIKOPOLOLŌ. Pl. of sekopololō.
DIKŌRŌ. The meal which sinks
to the bottom of a pot, when
poured in before the water
boils.
DIKŌTLŌPŌ. Pl. of sekōtlōpō.
DIKOTŌKWE. Pl. of kotōkwe.
DIKUBE. Pl. of kube.
DIKUBU. Pl. of kubu.
DIKUCHŌ. The outer part of the
throat. Go beta dikuchō, to
seize by the throat; to throttle.
DIKUDUANE. Clouds of dust
raised by high winds.
DIKUNYANE. Pl. of kunyane.
DIKUÑWA = Mauñwō.
DIKUPA. Pl. of loupa.
DIKUPŌ. Medicines for doctor-
ing houses, walls, etc.
DIKURWANA. Pl. of kurwana.
DIKWANYANA. Pl. of kwanyana.
DIKWENA. Pl. of kwena.
DIKWÈNA. Pl. of kwèna.
DILA. To smear a wall or floor
with dung mixed with earth.
DILABE. Pl. of selabe.
DILABI. Pl. of selabi.
DILAHALA. To become blunt;
to scratch, as a bad pen; to cut
badly.
DILAHATSA. Caus. of dilahala.
DILALEDI. Pl. of selaledi.
DILALŌ. Pl. of selalō.
DILATLHŌ. Pl. of selatlhō.
DILAU. The private parts of a
lion.
DILEDU. Pl. of seledu.
DILÈGA. To become smeared.
DILEKANE. Pl. of selekane.
DILÈPÈ. Pl. of selèpè.
DILEPELÈLŌ. Pl. of selepelèlō.
DILETSEÑ. Sleeping things;
stories of old quarrels; old
events, or old history. Go
cosa diletseñ, to rouse up
sleeping things; to stir up old
strife.
DILIALII. Pl. of selialii.
DILŌ. Pl. of selō.
DILOKA. Pl. of loka.
DILŌKŌ. Pl. of selōkō.
DILŌKŌLŌLŌ. Many words;
much talking (generally used
of evil words, or of scolding,
or cursing). No sing.
DILOLA. To scowl; to frown;
to look angrily at. O la a mo
dilola, he looked angrily at
him; he frowned at him.
DILŌNYANA. Pl. of selōnyana.
DILWANA. Pl. of selwana;
goods; vessels.
DIMAPŌ. Pl. of lomapō.
DIMATI. Pl. of lomati.
DIMATSANA. Pl. of lomatsana.
DIMATLA. Pl. of sematla.
DIME. Pl. of seme.
DIMECANE. Pl. of semecane.
DIMEKU. Pl. of lomeku.
DIMÈLÈLA. To be faint, as from
hunger or thirst; to vanish
from sight, as a far distant
object.
DIMENE. Pl. of semene.
DIMÈPA. Pl. of lomèpa.
DIMOKANA. To be giddy; to be
confused in the head.
DIMOKANYA. To make giddy;
to confuse.
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DIMOLOGA. To appear unex-
pectedly; to happen by chance;
to take place without any
known cause.
DIMONAMONE. Pl. of semona-
mone.
DIMONE. Pl. of mone.
DIMOTA. Pl. of lomōta.
DIMOTANA. Pl. of lomōtana.
DIMPA. Pl. of mpa.
DIMPÈ. Pl. of mpè.
DIMPHO. Pl. of mphō.
DIMPSA. Pl. of mpsa.
DIMPU. Pl. of lobu; little hol-
lows in brack ground where
animals lick.
DIMUMU. Pl. of semumu.
DINALA. Pl. of lonala.
DINALEDI. Pl. of naledi.
DINAKA. Pl. of lonaka.
DINAKALADI. Pl. of nakaladi.
DINAKANA. Pl. of lonakana.
DINANA. Pl. of senana.
DINAMANA. Pl. of senamana.
DINAMANE. Pl. of namane.
DINAO. Pl. of lonao.
DINAŌ=Dinao.
DINARE. Pl. of nare.
DINATLA. Pl. of senatla. Ba le
ba nna dinatla mo ntweñ,
they were mighty in war.
DINAWA. Pl. of nawa.
DINCA. Pl of nca.
DINCHA. Pl. of ncha; new.
DINCHANE. Pl. of nchane, and
loshane.
DINCHO. Pl. of losho.
DINCHÔ. Pl. of dushō.
DINCHWANA. Pl. of dushwana.
DINÈ. Four.
DINÈO. Pl. of nèō.
DINENEBU. Pl. of nenebu.
DINKGWANA. Pl. of nkgwana.
DINKU. Pl. of nku.
DINNANNE. Pl. of sennanne.
DINOKWANE. Pl. of senokwane.
DINONE. Pl. of nōne.
DINŌNŌ. Pl. of senōnō.
DINONYANE. Pl. of nōnyane.
DINOO. Pl. of noō.
DINOS. Honey.
DINOSE. Honey.
DINOTSHE. Honey.
DINTA. Pl. of nta.
DINTHA. Pl. of lotha.
DINTHE. Pl. of lore.
DINTHÔ. Pl. of nthô.
DINTI. Pl. of lodi.
DINTLÈNTLÈ. Pl. of ntlèntlè.
DINTLHA. Pl. of ntlha. Mayè
a dintlha, mountain peaks;
conical hills.
DINTLHANA. Metse ea dintlhana,
outlying villages; groups of
houses round a large town,
Sing. and pl.
DINTLHWA. Pl. of ntlhwa.
DINTSHE. The lees or sediment
of native beer.
DINTSHI. Pl. of losi. Dintshi
tsa lewatle, the shore of the
sea.
DINTSI. Pl. of ntsi; many flies;
locusts just hatched.
DINTSIEAPUDUMÔ. Pl. of ntsiea-
pudumô.
DINTWA. Pl. of ntwa.
DINUTA. Nuts (hybrid).
DINWÈLÔ. Pl. of senwèlô.
DINYA. Pl. of senya. Jokes;
jesting; nonsense (in this sense
it is used only in the pl.). O
la a bua dinya, he jested, or
talked foolishly.
DINYANA. Nothingness; fool-
ishness.
DINYATSI. Pl. of nyatsi.
DINYAWA=Dinya.
DINYE. Pl. of senye; small.
DINYÈMA. Pl. of senyèma.
DINYÈTÔ. Pl. of loètô.
DINYÔ. Pl. of nyō (used as a
curse.
DINYWABA. Pl. of nywaba.
DIÑWANE. Pl. of señwane.
DIÑALE. Pl. of ñale.
DIÑALÔ. Internal wounds or
bruises, as from a beating, or
bearing a burden.
DIÑAÑALE. Pl. of loñañale.
DIÑATA. Pl. of ñata.
DIÑHE. Pl. of ñhe.
DIÑÔBÔ. Steep banks made by
water, Int.
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DIÑŌPÈ.. Pl. of loñōpè.
DIÑWAGA. Pl. of ñwaga.
DIÑWE. Pl. of ñwe, and señwe.
Dilō diñwe, some things.
DIÑWENYANA. Dilō diñwenyana,
a few things.
DIŌ. Pl. of seō.
DIŌBŌ. Pl. of lōōbō.
DIOLO. Pl. of seolo.
DIOTI. Pl. of seoti.
DIPABI. Pl. of pabi.
DIPADI. Pl. of lobadi.
DIPADIPADI. Many scars; scars
all over.
DIPAHALA. To become over-
bearing, or tyrannical; to domi-
neer.
DIPAKA. Pl. of lobaka.
DIPAKŌ. Pl. of pakō.
DIPALA. Pl. of pala, and lobala.
DIPALAMŌ. Pl. of sepalamō.
DIPALÈLŌ. Pl. of lobalèlō.
DIPANISI. Pl. of sepanisi.
DIPAPACŌ. Merchandise; things
for trading with.
DIPAPETLA. Pl. of sepapetla;
flat. Mayè a dipapetla, flat
stones. A bo a le dipapetla,
they were flat.
DIPAPETLANE. Pl. of sepape-
tlane.
DIPAPOSANE. Pl. of paposane.
DIPARŌ. Pl. of loarō.
DIPATERONE. Pl. of paterone.
DIPATIKA. Pl. of patika.
DIPATLÈLŌ. Pl. of patlelō.
DIPATŌ. Pl. of sepatō.
DIPATOLŌ. Pl. of patolō.
DIPÈ. Pl. of sepè. Ditihō dipè,
no works (used in negative
sentences).
DIPÈBA. Pl. of pèba.
DIPEBE. Pl. of lobebe.
DIPEIS. Pl. of peis.
DIPELÈLA. Pl. of lobelèla.
DIPELWANE. Pl. of pelwane.
DIPEO. Pl. of peo.
DIPÈPÈ. Pl. of sepèpè.
DIPES. Pl. of lobes.
DIPHACANE. Ñwana oa dipha-
cane, a child that is supposed
to be faulty, or suffering be-
cause of its mother's immor-
ality either before or just after
its birth.
DIPHADI. Pl. of sephadi.
DIAHAILANE. False stories;
tales without any foundation.
No sing.
DIPHAHA. Pl. of lohaha.
DIPHAHANA. Pl. of phahana.
DIPHALANA. Pl. of phalana.
DIPHAPHI. Pl. of phaphi.
DIPHAPŌ. Pl. of sehapō.
DIPHARA. The division between
the nates. No sing.
DIPHARAGANYANE. Pl. of pha-
raganyane.
DIPHARAGAÑ. Pl. of pharagañ.
DIPHARE. Pl. of lohare.
DIPHARŌ. Pl. of loharō.
DIPHATA. Forked; divided, as
a branch, or an ox's hoof.
DIPHATLA. Pl. of phatla.
DIPHATLŌ. Pl. of lophatlō.
DIPHATSA. Pl. of phatsa, and
lohatsa. Chips; danger. O
mo diphatseñ, he is in danger.
Tsela ea diphatsa, a dangerous
path.
DIPHÈGŌ. Pl. of lophègō.
DIPHEKO. Pl. of pheko.
DIPHÈGÈLŌ. Pl. of phègèlō.
DIPHELE. Pl. of lehele.
DIPHELWANE. Pl. of phelwane.
DIPHETEKGANŌ. Pl. of phete-
kganō.
DIPHETLA. Pl. of phetla.
DIPHÈTLHŌ. Pl. of lohètlhō.
DIPHEPHEÑ. Pl. of phepheñ.
DIPHETOGŌ. Pl. of phetogō.
DIPHINA. Matlhō a diphina,
eyes sore and black underneath
through constant discharge.
DIPHIŌ. Pl. of phiō.
DIPHILŌ. Pl. of philō.
DIPHOHA. Pl. of phoha.
DIPHOHU. Pl. of phohu.
DIPHOKO. Pl. of phoko.
DIPHOKOYÈ. Pl. of phokoyè.
DIPHOLA. Pl. of phola.
DIPHOLO. Pl. of pholo.
DIPHOLŌHŌCWANA. Pl. of phō-
lōhōcwana.
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DIPHŌLŌHŌLŌ. Pl. of phōlōhōlō.
DIPHONI. Pl. of phoni. Used
also of cheek-bones which are
abnormally prominent.
DIPHOPHI. Pl. of phophi.
DIPHŌRŌLA. The flakes of dirt
removed by a doctor when
rubbing the body of a patient
with moshwañ, or by a person
washing himself with milk. No
sing.
DIPHOSHŌ. Pl. of phoshō.
DIPHOTONONO. Pl. of photo-
nono.
DIPHUDUÈGŌ. Pl. of phuduègō.
DIPHUGŌ. Pl. of phugō.
DIPHUHI. Pl. of phuhi.
DIPHUKA. Pl. of lohuka.
DIPOA. Pl. of loboa, and poa.
DIPODI. Pl. of podi.
DIPOGISHŌ. Pl. of pogishō.
DIPOGŌ. Pl. of pogō, sufferings.
Pl. also of lobogō.
DIPOKO. Pl. of sepoko.
DIPOLÈLA. Pl. of lobolèla.
DIPOLÈLŌ. Pl. of polèlō.
DIPOLÈLÈLŌ. Pl. of polèlèlō.
DIPOLOKÈLŌ. Pl. of polokèlō,
and bobolokèlō.
DIPŌNÈ. Pl. of lobōnè.
DIPOMŌ. Pl. of sepomō.
DIPOPÈLŌ. Pl. of sebopèlō.
DIPOTA. Pl. of lobota.
DIPŌTLANA. Pl. of sebōtlana.
DIPOTSANE. Pl. of potsane.
DIPOUNAMA. Pl. of pounama.
DIPUDUMŌ. Pl. of pudumō.
DIPUŌ. Pl. of puō.
DIRA=Diha. A hostile army;
enemies. Ka dira, by war.
DIRAI. Pl. of serai.
DIRALA. Pl. of serala.
DIRAMETLANA. Pl. of serame-
tlana.
DIRATHANA. Pl. of serathana.
DIRATHI. Pl. of serathi.
DIREPA. Pl. of serepa.
DIREPUDI. Pl. of serepudi.
DIRÈTHÈ. Pl. of serèthè.
DIRETLO. The viscera of an
animal; all the internal organs
of a sheep, etc.
DIRINÈ. Pl. of serinè.
DIRITÈ. Pl. of seritè.
DIROBE. Pl. of serobe. Viscera
of a sheep, etc., when cooked.
DIROBÈGŌ. Broken things.
DIROKOLŌ. Pl. of serokolō.
DIRŌMŌ. Pl. of serōmō.
DIROPE. Pl. of serope.
DIRŌPŌ. Pl. of serōpō.
DIROPOLOGANE. Pl. of seropolo-
gane.
DIROROBE. Pl. of serorobe.
DIRŌRWANA. Pl. of lorōrwana.
DIROTA. Pl. of serota.
DIROTÈLAKGAMÈLŌ. Pl. of sero-
tèlakgamèlō.
DIROTHOLA. Pl. of serothola.
DIROTO. Pl. of seroto.
DIROTWANA. Pl. of serotwana.
DIRU. Pl. of seru.
DIRULÈLŌ. Thatch; thatching
materials; a roof.
DIRURUBELE. Pl. of serurubele.
DIRUBI. Pl. of serubi.
DIRWALŌ. Pl. of serwalō.
DISA. To take care of; to herd;
to watch over.
DISADINYANA. Pl. of sesadinya-
na.
DISAMANE. Pl. of samane.
DISANA. Pl. of sesana.
DISETLHANA. A large cloud of
dust.
DISETLHANE. A kind of small
hare. Pl. bodisetlhane.
DISÈTŌ. Pl. of sesètō.
DISHASHE. A coward; a faint-
hearted person; cowardly. O
dishashe, he is a coward. Ba
dishashe, they are cowards.
DISHAUSHAUANE. Pl. of shau-
shauane.
DISHEUSHEUANE. Pl. of sheu-
sheuane.
DISHŌ. Pl. of seshō. A cold in
the head. No sing. in this
sense.
DISHŌWANE. A large white
vulture. Pl. bodishōwane.
DISHUPA. Seven.
DISIGO. Pl. of sesigo.
DISIPI. Pl. o jsesipi.
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DISITSE. Perf. of disa.
DITAA. Pl. of taa.
DITADI. Pl. of tadi.
DITAEA=Ntaea.
DITAEŌ. Pl. of taeō.
DITAMA=Tlhōmama.
DITEBOGŌ. Pl. of tebogō.
DITEDE. Pl. of lotede.
DITEDU. Pl. of tedu. O ditedu,
he is bearded. Molomo oa
ditedu, a bearded mouth.
DITEKETA. Pl. of teketa.
DITEKŌ. Pl. of tekō.
DITÈLA=Ntèla.
DITELŌ. Pl. of telō.
DITEMA. Pl. of tema.
DITÈMA. Pl. of tèma.
DITEMANA. Pl. of temana.
DITEME. Pl. of loleme.
DITÈWA=Ntèwa.
DITHAAPO. Pl. of thaapō.
DITHAGA. Pl. of loraga, and
thaga.
DITHAÈLŌ. Pl. of thaèlō.
DITHAKADU. Pl. of thakadu.
DITHAKANWAGA. Pl. of thaka-
ñwaga.
DITHAKŌ. Pl. of lorakō.
DITHAMA. Roots of the thama
plant.
DITHAMANE. Pl. of thamane.
DITHAPŌ. Pl. of lorapō, and
thapō.
DITHARI. Pl. of thari. Go
tlhabèla dithari, to make a
feast when a lying-in woman
leaves the house.
DITHARO. Three.
DITHATANYANA. Pl. of thata-
nyana.
DITHATHARO. Six.
DITHAPÈLŌ. Pl. of thapèlō.
DITHEBOLŌ. Pl. of thebolō.
DITHÈKA. Pl. of lothèka.
DITHÈMŌ. Pl. of thèmō.
DITHIBEDI. Pl. of thibedi.
DITHIRI. Pl. of thiri.
DITHITŌ. Pl. of thitō.
DITHO. Pl. of setho.
DITHOBA. Pl. of thoba. Di-
thoba tsa legodimo, used figu-
ratively, and understood as of
teats in the sky from which
rain flows.
DITHŌBÈ. Pl. of thōbè.
DITHODI. Pl. of thodi.
DITHOHOANA. An instep, Int.
DITHOKŌ. Pl. of thokō. Mo
dithokoñ, at the sides.
DITHOLA. Pl. of thola.
DITHOLANA. Pl. of tholana.
DITHOLE. Pl. of lorole.
DITHOLENYANA. Pl. of lorole-
nyana.
DITHOROMŌ. Pl. of thoromō.
DITHOTA. Pl. of thota.
DITHOTHOBOLŌ. Pl. of thotho-
bolō.
DITHŌTSE. Pl. of thōtse.
DITHOYANA. Pl. of loroyana.
DITHUE. Pl. of thue.
DITHUNYA. Pl. of sethunya.
DITHUŌ. Pl. of loruō, and
thuō.
DITHUTHUBUDU. Pl. of thuthu-
budu.
DITHUTHUCHWANE. Pl. of thuthu-
chwane.
DITHWANA. Pl. of lorwana.
DITIBŌ. Pl. of tibō.
DITIDŌ. Pl. of tidō.
DITIHALŌ. Pl. of tihalō.
DITIHALÈLŌ. Pl. of tihalèlō.
DITILATSHI. Pl. of tilatshi.
DITILWANE. Pl. of tilwane.
DITIME. Pl. of setime.
DITIMÈLA. Pl. of setimèla.
DITITÈÈLŌ. Pl. of titèèlō.
DITLALA. Pl. of tlala.
DITLANTLAPE. Pl. of tlantlape.
DITLATSANA. Pl. of tlatsana.
DITLAWA. Pl. of lotlawa.
DITLHA. Pl. of setlha.
DITLHABA. Pl. of setlhaba.
DITLHABÈLA. Pl. of setlhabèla,
and itlhabèla.
DITLHABÈLŌ. Pl. of setlhabèlō.
DITLHABŌ. Pl. of lotlhabō.
DITLHACŌ. Pl. of tlhacō.
DITLHACHWANA. Pl. of tlha-
chwana.
DITLHAEA. Pl. of lotlhaea.
DITLHAGA. Pl. of setlhaga.
DITLHAGARE. Pl. of tlhagare.
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DITLHAKA. Pl. of lotlhaka.
DITLHAKE. Pl. of setlhake.
DITLHAKORE. Pl. of lotlhakore.
DITLHALE. Pl. of tlhale.
DITLHAMANE. Pl. of tlhamane.
DITLHANO. Five.
DITLHAPÈLÔ, Pl. of tlhapèlō.
DITLHARAPA. Pl. of lotlharapa.
DITLHARE. Pl. of setlhare.
DITLHARO. O ditlharo, he is too
quick in answering, or speak-
in; he is foolishly eager to
be heard.
DITLHAS. Pl. of tlhas.
DITLHATLHAPALA. Meal very
carelessly ground; chips or
shavings sticking out in all
directions.
DITLHATLHARAPA. Twigs stick-
ing out in all directions on a
dry branch.
DITLHETLHWA. Pl. of tlhetlhwa.
DITLHÔGÔTLHÔGÔ. Pl. of tlhō-
gōtlhōgō.
DITLHOHI. Pl. of tlhohi.
DITLHOKA. Pl. of tlhoka. Wax
in the ear.
DITLHOKWA. Pl. of lotlhokwa.
DITLHÔLA. Pl. of setlhôla.
DITLHÔLÔ. Pl. of tlhôlô.
DITLHOLWA. Pl. of setlholwa.
DITLHÔMÈLÔ. Pl. of setlhōmèlō.
Armour.
DITLHOMESHO. Pl. of tlhomeshō.
DITLHONO. Pl. of tlhono and
lotlhono.
DITLHOÑ. Pl. of tlhoñ. Shame.
Go tlhabisa ditlhoñ, to make
ashamed. Go tlhaywa ke di-
tlhoñ, to be ashamed.
DITLHOPHANA. Pl. of tlhophana.
DITLHORA. Pl. of tlhora.
DITLHOTLHORI. Pl. of tlhotlhori.
DITLHOTSA. Pl. of setlhotsa.
DITLHOYANA. Pl. of tlhoyana.
DITLOA. Pl. of lotloa.
DITLOCÔ. Pl. of tlocō.
DITLOGOLO. Pl. of setlogolo.
DITLOGOLWANA. Pl. of tlogo-
lwana.
DITLHÔGÔNÔLÔ. Pl. of tlhögō-
nōlō.
DITLÔKA. Pl. of setlôka.
DITLOLÔ. Pl. of tlolō.
DITLOO. Pl. of tloo.
DITLÔPÔ. Pl. of setlôpō, tlōpō,
and lotlōpō.
DITLOU. Pl. of tlou.
DITLÔWANA. Pl. of setlōwana.
DITOGAMANÔ. Pl. of togamanō.
DITOGÔMANÔ. Pl. of togōmanō.
DITOISI. Pl. of toisi.
DITOKE. Pl. of setoke.
DITOKOLOLÔ. Pl. of tokololō.
DITOMÈGA. Pl. of tomèga.
DITÔMÔ. Pl. of tōmō.
DITÔNTÔLÔ. Pl. of tōntōlō.
DITOTO. Pl. of setoto.
DITOTOYANE. Pl. of setotoyane.
DITOTWANA. Elves, Int.
DITSALA. Pl. of tsala.
DITSÈBÈ. Pl. of tsèbè.
DITSÈCHWANA. Pl. of tsèchwa-
na.
DITSÈNWA. Pl. of setsènwa.
DITSÈTSÈ. Pl. of tsètsè.
DITSHAMEKÔ. Pl. of tshamekō.
DITSHAMEKWANE. Pl. of tsha-
mekwane.
DITSHEA. Pl. of losea.
DITSHÈBÔ. Pl. of tshèbō.
DITSHEDI. Pl. of. setshedi.
DITSHÈGÔ. Pl. of setshègō.
DITSHERA. A kind of bushman
dance, Int.
DITSHERU. Places in the veldt
where game come to lick, Int.
DITSHÈTÈLA. Pl. of tshètèla.
Shavings of wood.
DITSHETLHO. Pl. of tshetlho.
DITSHÈTÔ. = Ditshètèla, Int. Pl.
of sesètō.
DITSHÈPHÈ. Pl. of tshèphè.
DITSHIBA. Pl. of losiba.
DITSHIDI. Pl. of setshidi.
DITSHIKA. Pl. of losika, and
tshika.
DITSHIKARÔ. Pl. of tshikarō.
DITSHIKIRI. Pl. of tshikiri.
DITSHIPA. Pl. of tshipa.
DITSHIPO. Pl. of tshipo.
DITSHISIRI. Pl. of tshisiri.
DITSHITSHI. Pl. of lotshitshi.
DITSIÈ. Pl. of tsiè.
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DITSIENCHWANE. Pl. of tsien-
chwane.
DITSINA. Pl. of tsina.
DITSIRITSIRI. Pl. of tsiritsiri.
DITSITSIRI. Pl. of tsitsiri.
DITUKI. Used for peacocks, but
not known.
DITULÔ. Pl. of setulô.
DITUMÔ. Pl. of tumô.
DITUTUCHWANE. Pl. of tutu-
chwane.
DITWALA. Pl. of lolwala.
DIWA. Pass. of dia.
DIYALÔ. Seeds; things sown.
DIYÔ. Pl. of seyô.
DUBA. To knead bread, or clay;
Pass. duywa. To act so as to
cause strife or disturbance.
DUBILE. Perf. of duba.
DUCWE. Perf. pass. of duba. Go
sa ducwe, the people are still
up; it is not bedtime.
DUDISA. To cause to sit; to de-
tain.
DUDUELETSA. Ba le ba mo du-
dueletsa, they applauded him.
PUDUETSA. To scream, or yell,
as women in the dance, or
when calling to each other.
DUÈLA. To reward; to pay.
DUKULA. To pick out; to pick
stones out of the ground; to
pick something out of a per-
son's tooth; to cut meat off a
bone.
DULA. To sit; to sit down; to
sit on a chair, etc. Dula ha
hatshe, sit on the ground.
DULE. Perf. of cwa.
DULÈLA. Go dulèla rure, to sit
down altogether.
DULWE. Ke dulwe ke nthō, a
sore has come out on me.
DUMA. To roar; to reverberate;
to rumble.
DUMALANA. To agree together.
DUMALANYE. Perf. of duma-
lana.
DUMEDISA. To greet; to salute;
to cause to greet.
DUMEDISANYA. To greet each
other.
DUMÈLA. To believe. Used as
a form of salutation.
DUMÈLANA=Dumalana.
DUMÈLESÈGA. To become pos-
sible of belief.
DUMISA. Caus. of duma.
DUMOLOGA. To cease to believe;
to become unbelieving.
DUPA. To scent, as game people,
or a dog its master; to put
the mouth to a sick person,
and draw out the sickness.
DUPELÈLA. To follow a scent,
as a dog.
DUSA. To be about to bring
forth. Used of animals.
DUSHÔ. A spoon. Pl. dinchō.
DUSHWANA. A small spoon. Pl.
dinchwana.
DUTLA. To leak, as a water
vessel. Go dutla mokola, to
have a hæmorrhage from the
nose.
DUTLALALA. To rain in a thick
stream.
DUWA. Pass. of cwa.
DUYWA. Pass. of duba.
E.
E. This. Used with nouns
whose particle is e. Yes; e
sale, ever since; E se re kgo-
tsa, lest. E tsamaea, until.
Part. of a number of nouns.
EA. To go; to go away. Perf.
ile; Pass. iwa. Kgomo ea me,
my ox. Ea bo, it being. Ea bo
e se èna, it not being he. Ea
bo e le kgomo, it being an ox;
it was an ox.
EAÑ?=Ea eñ?
EARE. When; it being. Used in
the past tense. Eare ba tsèna,
when they entered.
E BE. E be e se, it not being;
it is not. E be e se èna, it not
being he; it was not he. E be
e le, it being, it is. E be e le
go boea, it being to return.
EBEDISA. Caus. of ebèla.
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EBÈLA. To sway; to move to
and fro, as a tree blown by the
wind.
EBOÑ. To wit; namely.
ECHO. Our; ours.
ECHWA. A kgalagadi bowl made
of hide, Int.
ECWA. Because; seeing that.
ÈCWA. Pass. of èpa.
EDIHA. Ediha gōna. Then.
Causes the verb following to
end in ñ. Ediha gōna ba tsa-
maeañ, then they went away.
EDIMOLA=Idimola.
EDITSE. Perf. of etsa.
EDIWA. Pass. of etsa.
EÈ. A a èe, let him go.
EFANGELIO. The gospel (hy-
brid).
EHA. To lift up the hands, so as
to ward off something.
EHE. An affirmative response to
what has been said. Ehe?
which? Used with nouns
whose particle is e.
EKA. To lift the arm, as if about
to strike.
EKAEKA. To lift up the arm
often, as if about to strike.
EKAEKÈGA. To believe every-
thing one hears.
E KA NE=Ekete.
EKARE. If; if it could be.
Ekare goñwe, lest. Ekare kgo-
tsa, lest perchance; for fear
that.
EKETE. I think; it seems to me.
EKOTE=Ekete.
ÈLA. To flow, as water; to pour
down, or drop down, as per-
spiration. Èla goñwe, to agree
together, to be of one mind.
Go èla mashwiyane, to unite
in attacking.
ELAMA. To sit on eggs; to
brood; to cover, as the water
of a flood in a garden; to lie
in, after childbirth.
ELAMÈLA. To give help or sup-
port in a difficulty.
ÈLATLHŌKŌ. To observe; to
take notice of.
ÈLÈGA. To bring forth a child
in a stooping posture; to be
delivered stooping.
ELEGISA. To give help in child-
birth; to act as a midwife.
ÈLÈLA. To flow, as water; to
flow with, or to.
ELETSA. To desire.
ELETSÈGA. To become desirable.
ELOLA. To raise up, as a sick
person.
ÈLWA. Pass. of èla.
ÈMA. To stand. Perf. eme.
Èma nokeñ, to stand by, or
defend; to stand security for.
ÈMAÈMA. To tarry; to delay.
EMALALANA. To contend with
each other; to be at variance
with each other.
ÈMALANA. To be at variance
with each other. Go èmalana
le, to contend with.
ÈMANA. O la a èmana le nna,
he opposed me.
EMAÑ? Who?
EMARA=Emera.
EME. Perf. of èma.
ÈMÈLA. To be in place of; to
stand for. Èmèla ditau, to
stand opposed to the lions. Go
èmèla lehatshe, to put in place
of the land. Go èmèla kgakala,
to stand afar off.
ÈMÈLALANA=Emalalana.
ÈMÈLÈLA. To urge; to inter-
cede for; to justify another.
EMERA. To conceive. Used of
cattle.
EMISA. To cause to stand.
EMOGA. To go away; to get
out of the way by going
away.
ENA. He; she; him; her.
ÈNE=Ena.
ENCA. See NCA.
ENCHA. See NCHA.
ENCHO. See NCHO.
ENTA. To innoculate; to vac-
cinate (hybrid).
ENTSEANA=E ntse yana.
ENTSHA. See NTSHA.
ENO. Rra eno, your father. Ba
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ga eno, your people. Oa ga eno,
your neighbour.
EÑ? What? Eñ le eñ, etcetera,
etcetera.
EÑHALA. To become a stranger.
EÑWA. Pass. of èma.
EÑWE. See ÑWE.
EO. This. Used of a person.
Motho eo, this person. Ga a
eō, he is not. Ga se eō, it is
not. Ga ba eō, there are none.
EOLA. To hold back; to with-
hold, or prevent a person from
doing.
EŌNA. It. Used with nouns in
particle e.
EOSI. Only. Used with nouns
in particle e.
EOTLHE. All.
ÈPA. To dig; to dig for. Pass.
ècwa and epiwa. To speak
loudly to; to insult. To de-
prive of, or do an injustice to.
Go èpa picō, to call a meeting.
Go èpa ntwa, to ask, or obtain
an army from an ally. Go èpa
metse, to dig for water.
EPÈ. Ga go na epè, there is not
one.
ÈPÈGA. To become dug.
ÈPÈLA. To dig for. Go ba
èpèla dira, to ask an army
from them.
EPETSA. To dig for somebody;
to dig for something.
EPIWA. Pass. of èpa.
EPOLOGA. To be dug up, or out.
EPOLOLA. Reversive of èpa. To
dig up or out; to reproach
with, as with poverty, or a
fault.
EPOLOLWA. Pass. of epolola.
ERA. Era gonne, because.
ERE. It being. Ere ka, because.
Ere re cwa, when we come
out.
ERÈGA. To be easy going; to
believe anything or anybody.
EREKA=Ere ka. Seeing that;
since.
EREKE=Ereka.
ERETE=Ekete.
ERILE. When. Used in the past
tense. Erile ka tsatsi yeuō,
when on that day.
EROTE=Ekete.
ESE. An old form of salutation.
Ha e se, except; unless.
ESELA. An ass (hybrid).
ESELANA. A little ass (hybrid).
ESEÑ. Not.
ESI. Alone; only. Ka esi, he
alone. A le esi, he alone. O la
a tla ka esi, he came alone.
ESIÑ. See ESEÑ.
ETA. To journey. Perf. etile.
ETALANA. To journey to or with
another; to be friendly.
ÈTÈLA. To journey to. Go ètèla
kwa motseñ o moñwe, to jour-
ney to another town. Go ètèla
kwa pele, to go before, to pre-
cede.
ÈTÈLANA=Ètalana.
ÈTÈLÈLA PELE. To go before;
to precede.
ETELETSE PELE. Perf. of ètèlèla
pele.
ETHIMOLA. To sneeze.
ETILE. Perf. of èta.
ETLA. Ba etla, they are coming;
ha e etla, that it is coming.
ETLARE. When. Used in the
future tense. Etlare u mmōna,
when you see him.
E TLE E RE=Etlere.
ETLEETSA. To prepare food, etc.,
as for a journey.
ETLEETSÈGA. To become pre-
pared; to be ready.
ETLELEDICWE. Prepared.
ETLELETSA. To prepare for; to
make ready for.
ETLERE. Whenever (the idea of
use and wont being in it). Et-
lere kgotsa a kgonwe, if per-
chance he be persuaded. Etlere
goñwe a tla a ikutlwe, if per-
chauce he listen. Etlere lo cwa,
when you come out.
ETLETSÈGA. See ETLEETSÈGA.
ETLOKU! Wait a bit!
ETSA. To imitate; to be like.
Perf. editse; pass. ediwa. Go
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etsa monona, to imitate a man;
it is like a man.
ETSAETSA. To confuse; to make
to doubt as to the meaning.
ETSAETSÈGA. To misunderstand;
to be in doubt as to the mean-
ing; to wander aimlessly.
ETSAETSIWA. Pass. of etsaetsa.
ETSE. Perf. of èla.
EU. Yes.
EUÔ. That; those. Used with
singular or plural nouns when
particle is e.
EVANGELIO. The gospel (hy-
brid).
F.
FORAGE. A load (hybrid).
FEIGE. A fig (hybrid).
FELOTE. A flute (hybrid).
G.
GA. Not; of. Ga se èna, it is
not he. Ga se yalo, it is not
so. Ga twa, it was said. Helō
ga gagwè, his place. Ba ga
gabō, their own people. Oa ga
gabō, his neighbour. Ga tla,
there comes. To draw water.
Perf. gile; pass. giwa.
GABA. To hollow out; to scoop
out; to hew out; to gouge
out. Pass. gaywa.
GABALALA. To become arched,
or drawn up, as a person draw-
ing up his body when on hands
and feet; to lean forward, lean-
ing against something.
GABEDI. Twice.
GABÈGA. To become hollowed
out.
GABEGILE. Perf. of gabèga.
GABÈLA. To hollow out for; to
walk quickly; to cut pumpkin,
etc., into small pieces for cook-
ing.
GABÈLWA. Pass. of gabèla.
GABÔ. Gabô gole, there was.
Gabo ga se èna, it was not he.
Ba ga gabō, their people.
GACWA. Pass. of gapa.
GADIKA. To roast, as coffee, fat,
etc.; to melt fat; to tease; to
annoy; to cause pain in the
stomach.
GADIKANA. To annoy, or rival
each other.
GADIKÈGA. To have stomach-
ache.
GADILE. Perf. of gala.
GADIMA. To lighten. Used of
lightning. To look sideways.
GADIMANA. To look at each
other sideways.
GADIMISA. To cause to look
sideways.
GADIMOSA = Gadimisa.
GAE. Nay. Used as a shortened
form of legae.
GAEAGA! An expression used to
stimulate a person to run
fast.
GAECHO. Of ours.
GAEÔ. It is not.
GAGABA. To creep, or crawl on
hands and knees; to crawl, as
a cat hunting.
GAGAMOLA. To be stiffly
stretched; to cease for a while.
Used of rain.
GAGAMALÈLA. To hasten to; to
be in earnest for; to reach
after; to follow hard after. Go
gagamaléla kwa pele, to go
ahead. Ba tla gagamalèla mo-
dimo, they will follow hard
after God.
GAGAMATSA. To stretch, or pull
stiffly.
GAGAPA. To take more than
one has permission to take.
GAGAUTLHA. To tear in pieces
ravenously, as several dogs to-
gether.
GAGO. Thy; thine.
GAGOGA. To become torn; to
tear of itself.
GAGOGANYA. To rend, or tear
asunder.
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GAGOLA. To rend; to tear with the fingers.
GAGOLWA. Pass. of gagola.
GAGWÈ. His; hers.
GAHOLA. To castrate.
GAILA. To kill a large number.
GAISA. To excel; to exceed; to succeed better than others; to surpass; to be of more value than.
GAITSE. Perf. of gaila.
GAKA. To escape one's memory; to forget; to make difficult to remember; to puzzle. Lehoko le tla gu gaka, the word will escape your memory, you will forget the word. Di tla re gaka, they will puzzle us, they will pass our comprehension. E se ka ea mo gaka gopè, he never forgot it.
GAKALA. To be zealous; to be earnest; to be indignant; to be offended; to be averse. O la a gakala thata, he was very angry.
GAKALÈLA. To be zealous for; to be eager for; to be determined upon; to be mad against. O la a gakalèla go tsamaea, he was eager to go. O la a gakalèla tuèlō, he was angry about the payment.
GAKALETSE. Perf. of gakalèla. Ba gakaletse go mmōna, they are eager to see him.
GAKANYA. To kill game in large numbers.
GAKATSA. To offend; to provoke; to incite to anger.
GAKATSÈGA. To be provoked; to be excited to anger; to be moved with indignation. Go gakatsèga kaga, to be moved with indignation at.
GAKÈLA = Gatsela.
GAKETSE. Perf. of gakèla.
GAKGAMALA. To wonder.
GAKGAMALÈLA. To wonder at; to be astonished at.
GAKGAMATSA. To cause to wonder; to astonish.
GAKILE. Perf. of gaka.
GAKILWE. Perf. pass. of gaka. Motho o gakilwe, the person has forgotten.
GAKIWA. Pass. of gaka.
GAKGÈ. Go ya gakgè, to be dumbfounded. O yelè gakgè, he is dumbfounded.
GAKOLOGA. To become melted, as iron, hail, etc.
GAKOLOGÈLWA. To be reminded; to be remembered; to remember; to come to mind; to occur to the mind.
GAKOLOLA. To remind; to remind of; to counsel; to advise. Di re gakolola Keresete, they remind us of Christ.
GAKOLOLANA. To consult together.
GAKOLOSA. To melt, or cause to melt, as lead, etc.; to warm up cooked food.
GAKWA. Pass. of gaka. O tla gakwa, he will be forgotten. Ha ke sa gakwe, if I have not forgotten. Ba ka gakwa ke shōna, they can forget it. Ba gakwa, they forget.
GALA. To scream. Perf. gadile.
GALAKA. To be bitter; to be brackish; to be painful, as an eye with something in it.
GALAKÈGA. To become bitter; to become angry.
GALAKISA. To cause to be bitter; to provoke.
GALALA. To refuse to accept; to grumble at a thing offered.
GALALÈLA. To shine; to glare; to glitter.
GALALETSA. To cause to shine; to glorify.
GALALWA. Pass. of galala.
GALÈ. Always. Le galè, just so. Ka galè, always. Go sale galè, early in the morning.
GALEHA. To become angry. Go galeha nabō, to be angry with them.
GALEHÈLA. To be angry with.
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GALETSE. Perf. of galala.
GALETSHA. To cause to be
angry.
GALODISA. To give medicine to
a dog in order to make it fierce
enough to catch jackals.
GAMA. To milk. Pass. gamile.
To press out the contents of
the bowel of a slaughtered
animal.
GAMAKÈLA. To swell through
congestion of blood and serum,
as after a snake's bite.
GAMARÈGA. To cease for a
while, as one not knowing how
to do a thing; to pause in
doubt.
GAMOGA. To dry up, or become
dried up, as a sore.
GAMOLA. To squeeze out; to
wring out.
GAMOLÈLA. Go gamolèla mo,
to squeeze out into.
GAMUTLHA. To close the arms
fast round about; to grasp the
mouth of a sack with the hands.
GANA. To refuse; to object; to
object to. Perf. ganne. Ba
gana ka èna, they refuse to
give him. Ba mo gana, they
refuse to have him, they object
to him.
GANALANA. To contend among
each other.
GANÈ. Four times.
GANÈLA. To contend; to dis-
pute; to resist; to strive. Go
ganèla le, to strive with, to re-
sist.
GANÈLANA = Ganalana.
GANETSA. To contend with; to
resist; to contradict. Go gane-
tsa mahoko, to contradict or
deny the news. Go ganetsa
matlhoñ, to withstand to the
face.
GANETSANYA. To contend with
each other; to be at strife with
each other.
GANKAHALA. To become valiant;
to become bold.
GANKÈGA. To become valiant.
GANNE. Perf. of gana.
GANTSHA. Caus. of gana.
GANTSI. Frequently; often;
many times.
GANTSINTSI. Very often; very
many times.
GANWA. Pass. of gana.
GAÑWE. Once. Gañwe le gapè,
again and again.
GAPA. To take by authority; to
take by force; to steal cattle
from an enemy. Pass. gacwa.
To discipline, or correct, as a
parent a child.
GAPÈ. Again. Gañwe le gapè,
again and again.
GAPECWE. Perf. pass. of gapèla.
Ba gapecwe dikgomo, their
oxen are seized.
GAPÈLA. To steal from; to take
from by force, or by authority.
GARA. To coil; to coil anything
up into a small compass. Go
gara mo sehuben, to gather or
fold to the breast.
GARAGANYA. To coil, as a large
piece of meat into a small pot.
GARANATA. A pomegranate
(hybrid).
GARARO. Three times; thrice.
GARATARO. Six times.
GARAWE. A spade (hybrid).
GARE. The midst; between.
Ha gare, half way between, or
in the middle. Mo gare ga di-
tlalèlō, in the midst of dis-
tress.
GAREGANAGA. In the middle of
the veldt; the open country;
the wilderness.
GARÈLA. To put anything as a
cushion, as a pad on the head
under a waterpot; to put some-
thing between things liable
to breakage; to fix a thing
firmly, so that it shall not
shake; to fix, or hold a thing
firmly, as a washer holds a
screw. Mosadi o tla garèla
nkgō, the woman will put a
kgare on her head for the
waterpot.
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GAROGA. To become torn; to
become rent; to become torn
down altogether.
GAROLA. To tear with teeth, or
hands.
GARUBA. To gnaw, as a dog a
bone; to cause a gnawing pain,
as a ripening abscess; to dig
on one side, after having dug
straight down.
GARUMA. To snarl, as angry
dog.
GASA. To scatter by throwing
from the hand; to throw about,
as sand, etc.; to scatter seed,
etc.
GASAGASA. To scatter, or throw
about in all directions.
GASAGASÈGA. To be thrown, or
scattered about in all direc-
tions.
GASAGASETSA. To scatter much.
GASAKANYA. To drive away with
impatience.
GASAMA. To become scattered,
or spread about in all direc-
tions, as oxen.
GASAME. Perf. of gasama.
GASEDIWA. Pass. of gasetsa.
GASÈGA. To become scattered.
GASÈGÈLA. To sprinkle, or
spurt upon, as blood from a
wound; to rush upon, as an
attacking force.
GASETSA. To scatter to, or for.
GASHOMÈ. Ten times.
GASHUPA. Seven times.
GATA. To tramp; to tread; to
make wood straight by bend-
ing or cutting. Pass. gatwa.
GATAKA. To tramp or tread
much; to tread, or trample
under foot.
GATÈGA. To become very bad,
or incurable, as a sore, or sick-
ness; the conclusion being
that the sufferer has come into
contact with a menstrual wo-
man.
GATÈLA. To tread, or tramp
for.
GATÈLÈLA. To tread down; to
press down to the ground, as
in wrestling; to lie upon with
the whole body; to press
hard on a pen when writing.
Go gatèlèla morwetsana, to
force, or ravish a girl. Go ga-
tèlèla dikgomo, to drive loose
cattle.
GATILE. Perf. of gata.
GATISA. Caus. of gata; to print.
GATLA. To strike with a thick
stick, or club.
GATLAKA. To strike much; to
beat badly with a thick stick,
etc.
GATLILWE. Perf. pass. of gatla.
O la a gatlilwe ke lencwè, he
was struck by a falling stone.
O la a gatlilwe ka lencwè,
he was struck by a thrown
stone.
GATLAMPULÈGA. To be dead, or
destroyed in large numbers.
GATLETSA. To pierce with a
sharp instrument, making a
clicking noise; to walk with
creaking boots.
GATLHANO. Five times.
GATOGA. To take a foot off any-
thing; to move off, as off a
chair.
GATOSA. To cause to move off;
to move one thing off another;
to move a person off a chair;
to take one person off another
in a fight.
GATSEDISA. Caus. of gatsela.
GATSELA. To become frozen;
to be stiff with cold; to con-
geal; to freeze.
GATSHANE. A piece, or remnant
of ox hide, or sole leather.
GATSHANYANE. A small ga-
tshane.
GATWA. Pass. of gata.
GAUCHWANE. Very near.
GAUCHWANYANE. Very near in-
deed; quite close.
GAUHE. Near.
GAUHI = Gauhe.
GAUMAKWE. Bile. Part. o.
Gè. An expression of appeal,
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or expostulation. U batlañ
gè? pray what are you seek-
ing?
GEHÈLWA. To pant; to be out
of breath.
GEHITLANHYA = Higitlhanya.
GÈLA. To draw water for. Go
mo gèla metse, to draw water
for him.
GÈLÈBÈTÈGA. To speak in a
high key; to speak loudly; to
roar angrily and suddenly.
GÈLÈLA. To draw water into.
GÈLÈLÈLA. To draw water into
a thing for something or some-
body.
GELOGA. To turn back without
going all the way; to come
back soon.
GELOLA. To wipe off with a
hand; to scrape off with the
hand, as perspiration.
GILE. Perf. of ga, to draw
water.
GILWE. Perf. pass. of ga.
GIWA. Pass. of ga.
Go. The sign of the infinitive.
Go rata, to love. It is. Go
thata, it is hard. Go kwadilwe,
it is written.
GŌ=Kaga. O la a bua gō kwa
o tla nnañ gōna, he spake of
where he should be.
GOA. To cry aloud; to call out
loudly.
GOAHÈLÈ. The last child a wo-
man will have, and hence the
spoiled one.
GOBA. To beat a tree with a
stick in order to knock off
leaves or fruit; to beat a bush
in order to get off its thorns.
GŌBA. To be bow-legged; to
deny a thing about a person
which the one who denies it
knows is true.
GOBAGOBETSA. To urge others
on to work; to be exacting with
a servant.
GOBALALA. To lie stretched out
on the ground.
GOBANA. To accuse, or crimin-
ate each other.
GOBEA. To move about excited-
ly and in all directions, as a
crowd, or an army in confu-
sion.
GOBEDI. Twice. Go le gobedi,
twice.
GŌBÈLA. Go gōbèla motho, to
deny something about a per-
son for the person's sake, the
denier knowing that he is tell-
ing a lie. Go gōbèla kwadi, to
help another by denying that
of him which the denier knows
is true; to defend one whom
one knows to be guilty.
GOBELETSA. To exaggerate.
GOBERA. To spoil, or ruin; to
make a thing worse than it
was before; to spoil, or devas-
tate, as a swarm of locusts.
GOBERÈGA. To become changed
for the worse, or spoiled; to
be worse for wear; to suffer a
reverse of fortune.
GOBETSA. To put back; to keep
back.
GOBO=Ka gonne. Because.
Ekare kgotsa gobo go le ba-
siami, lest there should be
righteous persons. Gobo e le
botlhale, because it is wisdom.
GOBOLA = Gorola.
GOBOLÈLA = Gorolèla. O la a ba
gobolèla matlhō, he fixed his
eyes earnestly on them.
GOBOLOLA. So speak to in anger,
or scorn; to revile; to up-
braid.
GOBUA. To pass through water
on foot.
GODI. Gunpowder (hybrid).
GODILE. Perf. of gola.
GODIMO. Above; high. Godi-
mo ga, over, above. Kwa
godimo, above, to the west,
Int.
GODISA. Caus. of gola, to exalt;
to rear, or nurture; to adopt,
as a child.
GODISIWA. Pass. of godisa.
GODUMA. To drink, or sip a hot
liquid with a noise.
GOÈLA. To shout aloud for.
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GOÈLÈLA. To shout to, so as to
urge on.
GOETLA. Autumn.
GŌGA. To draw; to draw on;
to draw in; to smoke a pipe;
to take snuff; to pull; to lead
oxen.
GOGAMAGŌNA=Gogwagōna.
GŌGÈLA. To draw to, or into;
to lead to, or into. Go gōgèla
mo thaeloñ, to lead into temp-
tation.
GOGOBA. To rake together; to
gather up small things, as
locusts, chips, etc.; to remove
rubbish.
GŌGŌBA. To walk as a very
weak person.
GOGOBÈLA=Gogoba.
GOGOLA. To carry away, as a
flood.
GOGOLO. Abundant.
GOGOLWANE. Somewhat abun-
dant.
GOGOMOGA. To rise, as dough;
to swell out, as a heart from
excitement; to become puffed
out, or bloated.
GOGONA. To draw, or push
together, as the sides of a
kaross round a sick person; to
tuck in.
GOGORÈLA. To be full, or satis-
fied, as a person, or animal
after eating a good deal.
GŌGWA. Pass. of gōga.
GOGWANA. To shrink up, or
become crumpled up, as a wet
skin in drying.
GOGWANCWE. Perf. pass. of go-
gwana. Go gogwancwe ke,
to be crumpled up by.
GOGWANYA. To crimp up, or
crumple up; to draw together,
as the mouth of a bag, by a
string let into it.
GOHELE. The last; the ending;
the last state.
GOHÈLÈ=Goahèlè.
GOKAHALA. To commit adultery.
Used of a man, or a woman.
GOKAGANA. To be fastened
together at the ends; to be
connected.
GOKAGANYA. To fasten together
at the ends.
GOKAGANYE. Perf. of gokagana.
GOKARA. To hold a thing in the
hand before putting it down;
to pull an arrow on the string
and hold it before shooting.
GOKÈLA. To thread; to pass a
thong through a hole. To
fasten; to make secure by
fastening.
GOKELECWE. E e gokelecweñ
mo seiponiñ, that which is
fastened in the window.
GOKÈLÈLWA. Go gokèlèlwa mo
thamuñ, to be fastened about
the neck.
GOKERE. Perf. of gokara.
GOKGA. To gather pumpkins,
etc.
GOKGAHALA. To be very old.
Used of persons and things.
GOKGOLA. To walk or work
slowly on account of stoutness.
GOLA. To grow; to grow up;
to increase in number. To
gather locusts; to gather up
weeds after digging.
GŌLA. To tire of; to cease to
love or like what one has loved
or liked before. Diyō dia gōla
motho, the food formerly liked
is now distasteful to, or disliked
by the person.
GOLAGANA. To be joined to-
gether, as by hooking; to
make a treaty; to make a
treaty with; to covenant. Go
golagana naè, to covenant with
him.
GŌLAGANA=Golagana.
GOLAGANOLOLA. To disannul,
or abrogate a treaty, or coven-
ant.
GOLAGANYA. To conspire to-
gether.
GOLAGANYE. Perf. of golagana.
GŌLAHALA. To become per-
manently maimed or deformed.
GŌLAHETSE. Perf. of gōlahala.
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GO LE. There is. Written also,
gole. Go le go nnye, a little.
Go le go tonna, much.
GOLEDIWA. Pass. of goletsa; to
be exalted.
GOLÈGA. To bind fast; to in-
span.
GOLÈGA. From gōla. Motho
oa golèga mo diyoñ, the person
now dislikes the food he for-
merly liked. Ba le ba gōlèga
mo go èna, they now disliked
him whom they had previously
loved.
GOLÈGELA. To compel to take;
to force upon. To fasten for;
to inspan for.
GOLEGILWE. Perf. pass. of golèga.
O golegilwe, he is bound; he
is made prisoner.
GOLÈLA. To grow up at. O
la a golèla gōna, he grew up
there.
GOLETSA. To lengthen in height;
to exalt; to lift up, as another
person's arm.
GOLÕ=Helō. Golō goñwe =
Helō goñwe.
GOLOCWE. Perf. pass. of golola.
GÖLÖCWÈ. Perf. pass. of gōlōla.
GOLOKA. To roll into a ball;
to make into a ball; to make
a round thing.
GOLOLA. To loose; to unbind;
to deliver; to release; to out-
span.
GOLOLA. Go gōlōla puō=Go
lelahatsa puō. Go gōlōla
letlalō=Go tlhokolotsa letlalō.
GÖLÖLÈLA PUŌ. To lengthen
speech out to.
GÖLÖKÈGA. To retch when
vomiting.
GOLORA. To run hither and
thither, as wild cattle. Go
golora le puō, to speak much;
to lengthen out talk.
GOLOTSE. Perf. of golola.
GOLWA. Pass. of gōla. Oa gōlwa
ke diyō, he now dislikes the
food which he formerly liked.
GOMA. To work beads, etc., into
a pattern; to make ornamental
work of brass, etc. Go goma
ka tlhögō, to assent by nodding
the head. Go goma marapō,
to be fat. Used of cattle.
GOMÈ=Leshomè.
GOMÈLA. Oa gōmèla go shwa,
he is very ill and near death,
but will most likely recover.
GOMILE. O gomile go shwa, he
was very ill, and near death,
but recovered.
GOMODICWE. Perf. pass. of
gomotsa.
GOMOLA=Gomotsa.
GOMOTSA. To comfort.
GOMOTSANYA. To comfort one
another.
GOMOTSÈGA. To become com-
forted.
GOMPIYENO. To-day.
GONA. To draw in, as a hand,
or foot. Ga gona sepè, there
is nothing. Ga gona opè, there
is nobody.
GONA. There; thence. O la a
cwa gōna, he came thence.
Ke tla ea gōna, I will go there.
Batho ba gōna, there are people.
Ke gōna, therefore. Ke gōna
ke reñ, or ke gōna ka re,
wherefore I say. Ke gōna ba
tlañ, now they come. Also=
Gona.
GONAMA. To be discontented,
or unhappy.
GONE! Really!
GONNE. Because. Ka gonne,
because. Also perf. of gona.
GONNYE. Go le gonnye, a little.
Written also, go nnye.
GONOGA. To die. Used of a
person who has long been
sick, and an animal very thin
through hunger or sickness.
GONOGILE. Perf. of gonoga. E
gonogile = E omeletse; it is
wasted away.
GŌNŌKÈLÈLA=Kōnatèlèla, Int.
GONOLA. To kill by throttling
or choking.
GŌNŌTÈLÈLA=Kōnatèlèla, Int.
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GONTSE, or GO NTSE, It is. Gontse
yañ? How is it? mo gontseñ
yana, thus; in this manner.
GONYA. To hook out; to pick
out with a knife; to scrape, or
draw out with a stick; to pluck
out. Pass. goñwa.
GONYE. See GONNYE.
GONYÈLA. To peep out and dis-
appear again.
GONYETSA. To draw back after
peeping out.
GOÑWA. Pass. of goma, and
gonya.
GOÑWE. Perhaps. Go goñwe,
somewhere. Helō goñwe, a
certain place, one place. Ka
goñwe, at once, at one time, in
one case, together, because.
Ekare goñwe, lest. Goñwe
hèla, just the same. Goñwe le
goñwe, whithersoever.
GOPA. To remove, or brush up,
as rubbish, loose grass, etc.
GŌPA. To suck out, or draw out
matter from an abscess; to
suck up, as cattle drinking a
small quantity of water; to
keep silence, and refuse to tell
the news.
GŌPANE. An iguana living away
from water. Part. o and a.
GOPÈ, or ka gopè. Never; not
at all (used in negative sen-
tences). Eseñ ka gopè, not at
all.
GOPISA. To drive away by
causing to run very fast.
GŌPŌ. A large pit for trapping
game.
GOPODISA. To cause to think;
to cause to meditate.
GOPOLA. To think; to meditate.
GOPOLÈSÈGA. To be conceiv-
able; to be reasonable.
GOPOTSA = gopodisa.
GOPOTSÈ. Perf. of gopola.
GŌRA. To bring near to death;
to scrape a thing with a finger,
and then lick the finger. Perf.
gorile.
GORE. That; in order that. It
is followed by verbs ending in
è, and having altered accents.
Gore ke bonè, that I may see.
Gore ke tlè ke utlwè, that I
may hear.
GORÈGA. To be near to death;
to be about to die. Go gorèga
mathe. Used of a person who
has talked much, and is dry-
mouthed in consequence.
GŌRŌGA. To arrive; to finish a
journey.
GÖRÖGÈLA. To arrive at.
GÖRÖGÈLWA. O la a görögèlwa
ke tsala ea gagwè, he was
visited by his friend.
GOROGETSE. Perf. of görögèla.
GOROGILE. Perf. of göröga.
GOROLA. To look earnestly at,
or with an intense gaze.
GOROLÈLA. To look earnestly at.
Go gorolèla matlhō, to look ear-
nestly at, to fix the eyes upon.
GOROMÈLA. To rush out in a
crowd; to gush out in a
stream.
GOROMELEDITSE. Perf. of goro-
meletsa. O re se goromele-
ditse, he has poured it out upon
us.
GOROMELETSA. To make to rush
out to; to cause to gush out
into. Go di goromeletsa mo
lesakeñ, to make them rush
into the kraal.
GOROMETSA. To cause to gush
out; to cause to rush out.
GOROMETSÈGA. To become
rushed out; to become gushed
out.
GOROSA. To cause to arrive; to
bring home, as cattle.
GOROTSHA = Gorosa.
GOSETSA. To suck marrow out
of a bone; to keep back a part,
as of money when giving, or
cattle when lending; to pull in
a long rope; to pull or draw
beads together on a string, or
anything threaded; to eat or
drink several portions of food
or drink.
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GOSHA. Lately; anew.
GOSHEU. White. Go le gosheu,
or go le go sheu, it was white.
GOSHOMA. To totter, as a pole
about to fall; to shake from
looseness; to be agitated, as
by startling news.
GOSHUMETSA. To cast down; to
pour down; to push down, as
a tree, etc.
GOSHUMETSÈGA. To fall down,
as a tree.
GOSI. Only. Ke gōna gosi,
that is all.
GOTA. To have criminal inter-
course. A low word, used as a
curse.
GOTEDIWA. Pass. of gōtetsa.
GOTÈLA. To become hot.
GOTÈLÈLA. To burn, or strike
upon, as the sun's heat.
GŌTETSA. To make hot; to cause
to be hot.
GOTETSE. Perf. of gotèla. Tekō
e e gotetseñ, a burning, or
fiery trial.
GOTLHA. To rub one thing
against another; to polish by
rubbing; to burnish; to file
down; to wear smooth by rub-
bing. Pass. gotlhiwa, and
gotlhwa. Go gotlha tshipi ka
lencwè, to file down iron with a
stone.
GOTLHANYA. To polish, or make
smooth two things by rubbing
them against each other. Go
gotlhanya diatla, to rub the
hands together.
GOTLHE. All; entirely; alto-
gether.
GOTLHÈLA. To file, or rub a
thing on.
GOTLHETSA. To rub with palm
of hand, or sole of foot; to rub
a thing between the hands.
GOTLHIWA. Pass. of gotlha.
GOTLHOLA. To cough.
GOTLHWA. Pass. of gotlha.
GOTOLA. Go gotola matlhō, to
glare, as an angry man.
GOTOLÈLA. Go gotolèla matlhō,
to glare at; to fix the eyes on
in anger.
GOTSA. To light a fire; to make
a fire after a light has been
obtained.
GOTSICWE. Perf. pass. of gotsa.
GOTSITSE. Perf. of gotsa.
GOTSIWA. Pass. of gotsa.
GOUDA. Gold (hybrid).
GU. Thou.
GWAEA. To beckon, or mak
signs with the hand; to pay
out, or pull in, a rope.
GWAÈLA. Ke tla gwaèla kgōlè
kwa go nna, I will pull the
rhiem in towards myself. Ke
tla gwaèla kgolè kwa go èna, I
will pay the rhiem out towards
him.
GWAILA. To look intently.
GWAILÈLA. Go gwailèla matlhō,
to look intently at.
GWALALA. To stretch up on tip-
toe; to exalt oneself, as one
who takes his own course and
refuses to listen to advice or
evidence; to hasten.
GWALALÈLA. To stretch up to,
or for. Go gwalalèla kwa
godimo, to stretch up in order
to reach something high.
GWALATSA. Go gwalatsa matlhō,
to fix the eyes stedfastly; to
look earnestly.
GWANTA. To be wilful; to con-
duct oneself in a defiant or
impudent manner; to walk
proudly.
GWASA. To make a noise like
that of water falling over
stones.
GWASISA. Caus. of gwasa.
GWATÈLÈLA. To pursue a fleeing
person eagerly; to leave others
behind in a pursuit.
GWÈLA. To copulate. Used of
a bull.
GWELETLHA. To speak about
what one does not know or
understand.
GWÈLWA. To copulate. Used
of a cow.
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GWERETLHA = Gweletlha.
GWERISA. To circumcise. A
word only found in books.
GWÈTLA. To bleat, as a goat;
to bawl, as a child.
GWETLHA. To beckon; to make
signs with hands, eyes, etc.
GWETSA. To swallow; to bolt,
as food; to swallow anything
chewed, or that is difficult to
swallow.
H.
HA. If; that; here; on; par-
ticle of helō; to give food to;
to give alms. Ha esi, except.
Helō ha, this place.
HACWA. Pass. of hapa.
HADIMA. To run fast, and soon
disappear.
HAEAHA = Gaeaga.
HAGA. To pour meal, coffee,
etc. into boiling water; to hold
back, or keep back, as a person
from quarrelling, or a child
from a fire.
HAGIWA. Pass. of haga.
HAGOLA. To castrate.
HAHAMA. To be convulsed, as
when the arms are thrown out
by one startled, or when water
is thrown on one in a faint.
HAHAMISA. Caus. of hahama.
HAHAMOSA = Hahamisa.
HAHARÈGA. To give off particles
or fragments, as a piece of iron
beaten by a smith; to break off
into small pieces, as a hard
thing beaten with a hammer,
etc.
HAHETLHA. To toss about, as
the wind.
HAKA. To extol; to praise; to
commend; to flatter.
HAKUHA. To use, or keep a
thing beyond the time for
which it was lent, and without
the lender's permission.
HALA. To scrape with a knife;
to scratch out with a penknife;
to scrape a pot; to boast over
another on account of superior
possessions.
HALADIWA. Pass. of halatsa.
HALALA. To become scattered;
to spread itself; to become
spread, or scattered abroad.
HALATSA. To spread abroad
actively; to scatter. Caus. of
halala.
HALE. Yonder. Ka hale, yon-
der.
HALETSE. Perf. of halala.
HALODISA. To cause to escape;
to rescue, or cause to escape;
to see, or hear indistinctly.
HALOLA. To escape when
hemmed in, or surrounded;
to break through and escape.
Go halola mo, to escape from.
HALOLOLA. To rectify; to set
right, as badly done work; to
leave one position, in giving
evidence, and take up another.
HAMOLA. To cut, or chop off a
shoulder of meat; to open the
eyes wide; to put, or push the
hair back off the forehead.
HANKA. To walk slowly, with
legs far apart.
HANYAHANYA. To be weak-
sighted. A ga a hanyahanye?
does he not see even a little?
Used of a person with weak
eyes.
HAOLOGA. To roar, as a lion.
HAPA. To bind into a bundle;
to wrap round; to wrap.
Pass. hapiwa.
HAPAANA. To alternate; to take
turns; to differ, as stories.
HAPAANYA. To cause to alter-
nate.
HAPAANYE. Perf. of hapaanya.
Ba hapaanye mo tseleñ, they
have crossed, or missed each
other in the road.
HAPAKA. To bind round, or
wrap round thoroughly.
HAPANA. See HAPAANA.
HAPANYA. See HAPAANYA.
HAPHA. To chop, or cut into
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pieces lengthwise; to walk
with turned out toes.
HAPHOLA. To strike with the
open hand; to slap.
HAPOGA. To turn out of a path;
to go astray; to turn aside. O
la a hapoga tsela ea gagwè, he
turned out of his path.
HAPOGÈLA. To turn back into a
path. Ke le ka hapogèla mo
tseleñ e, I turned into this
path. Go hapogèla kwa go
bōna, to turn aside to them.
HAPOLOLA. To unbind; to un-
wrap.
HAPOSA. Caus. of hapoga. To
cause to turn aside. O tla gu
haposa tsela, he will turn you
out of the path.
HAPOSICWE. Perf. pass. of ha-
posa.
HAPOSITSE. Perf. of haposa.
O gu hapositse tsela, he has
turned you out of the path.
HARA. A father; my father—
when speaking to him; to
bring forth the inferior ears of
corn; to put a child on a lap.
HARAHARA. To spread all over;
to cover; to surround on all
sides; to go into all parts; to
go through and through.
HARAHARWA. Pass. of harahara.
HARAHERE. Perf. of harahara.
HARAGO. Thy father.
HARAGWÈ. His father; her
father.
HARALALA. To be in a slanting
position; to be felt across the
body, as a pain.
HARANA = Rarana.
HARANYA = Raranya.
HARATLHATLHANYA. To make
into a state of confusion; to
put things in a disorderly state;
to do work in an untidy man-
ner; to talk indirectly, and
not in a straightforward man-
ner.
HARÈ. My father—when speak-
ing to him.
HARECWE. Perf. pass. of harèla.
E harecwe, it is hindered in
the birth.
HARÈLA. To hinder in the birth.
HAROLOGANA. To differ from.
HAROLOGANYA. To distinguish;
to discern. Go harologanya
mo, to distinguish between.
HAROLOGANYE. Perf. of harolo-
gana. E harologanye mo go e
ñwe, it differs from the other.
HAROLOGANYETSA. To dis-
tinguish for; to explain for.
HARWA. Pass. of hara.
HATA. To burrow; to scratch a
hole, as a dog; to take soil out
of a hole.
HATALALA. To become stretched
wide apart, as the legs; to
stretch out wide apart.
HATALATSA. To cause to stretch
wide out.
HATLHA. To dazzle.
HATLHÈGA. To become dazzled.
Go hatlhèga matlhō, to have
the eyes dazzled.
HATLHOLOLA. To lift up the
eyelid in order to take some-
thing out of the eye.
HATLHWA. Pass. of hatlha. Go
hatlhwa ke, to be dazzled
by.
HATOGA. To be rent asunder;
to be cracked, as a cup, wall,
etc.; to be split, as a reed.
HATOGANA. To be split asunder
lengthwise.
HATOGANYA. To cut asunder
lengthwise; to split down the
middle. O la a di hatoganya
dimati, he split them up into
planks.
HATOLA = Hatoganya.
HATSA. To split by cutting; to
cut by splitting; to overcome
difficulties, Int.
HE. Setlharo for re. An ex-
clamation equal to, O you
there! When affixed to the
particles it expresses which.
Dilo dihe? which things? Pi-
tse ehe? which horse?
HEA. To overcome in talk; to
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convince by argument; to con-
vict. Perf. hile. Pass. hiwa.
HECWE. See HEECWE.
HEDILE. Perf. of hèla.
HEDISA. Caus. of hèla.
HEECWE. Perf. pass. of hèèla.
HÈÈLA. To sweep; to sweep
up.
HÈÈLÈGA. To become swept.
HÈÈLWA. Pass. of hèèla.
HEGÈLWA. To be out of breath;
to pant.
HÈGÈLWA = Hegèlwa.
HEGOHA. To look round quickly
or excitedly; to take hold of a
thing quickly.
HEGOLA. To take anything on
the point of a knife, or horn;
to rise up, or repeat, as food
after a hasty meal.
HÈHÈKA. To shake up, so as to
separate the husks of mealies,
etc., after stamping.
HEHEUTLHA. To toss, or drive
about, as wind; to sway, or
move about, as the wind a
candle.
HEHO. Easy; light. Go heho
gohe? which is easier?
HEHOGA. To come, or go quickly.
HEHOHA = Hehohatsa.
HEHOHALA. To become light;
used of weight.
HEHOHATSA. To make light;
used of weight.
HEKA. To copulate. Used of a
dog or horse.
HEKEEDIWA. Pass. of hekeetsa.
HEKEETSA. To be too strong
for; to prevail against.
HEKÈLA. To give a larger por-
tion to.
HEKWA. To copulate. Used of
a bitch, or mare.
HÈLA. See HÈÈLA. Ho, you
there! to vanish; to come to
an end; to perish; again;
only; still.
HÈLÈLWA. Ba le ba hèlèlwa ke
diyō, their food was exhausted.
HELE. Go hele = Gohele.
HELEKA. Go heleka puō, to
speak so as to conceal one's
meaning.
HELÔ. A place. Helô ha, this
place. Helô goñwe, a certain
place, somewhere. Helô hoñ,
that place.
HEMA. To defend oneself; to
avoid blows; to parry.
HÈMA = Hègèlwa.
HEMÈLA. To defend another;
to parry blows aimed at an-
other.
HEMÈLWA. Pass. of hemèla.
HENOGA. To be thrown over.
HENOLA. To lift up; to tilt up;
to lift up and throw over.
HENOSA. To lift up in order to
look under.
HENTSHA. Caus. of henya.
HENTSÈ. Perf. of henya.
HENYA. To conquer.
HENYETSA. To conquer for.
HEÑWA. Pass. of henya.
HÈPA. To entice; to coax with
a view to deceive; to irritate
with a view to making angry.
HEPENYETSA. To annoy in order
to pick a quarrel.
HÈPHA. To bewitch; to injure
by medicine; to curse, as a
woman striking the ground
with her apron, and calling
for evil upon; to go among
children indecently exposed,
and thus bring evil on them.
HEPISA. Caus. of hèpa. Go
hepisa mahoko, to entice an-
other to speak. Go hepisa
ntwa, to incite to war.
HERA. To make a hedge; to
hedge round.
HÈRA. To bend down, as a finger
when counting; to bend, as a
leg.
HEREKANA. To make a false
statement; to be false; to be
deceitful.
HEREKANÈLA. To be false to.
HERESA. To frequent a place;
to loiter about without an ob-
ject.
HERETLHA. To disturb; to con-
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fuse; to cause a disturbance or
insurrection.
HERETLHÈGA. To be disturbed;
to become confused.
HERIKGOÑ. Kgwedi ea Heri-
kgoñ, the month of January.
HEROGA. Go heroga sebete, to
feel sick, or squeamish; to be
about to vomit.
HESA. To let a calf out to drink
at milking time.
HETA. To pass; to pass on; to
pass by; to pass away; to sur-
pass.
HETANA. To pass each other.
HETAHETANA. To vary in length
or height.
HETECWE. O hetecwe, she has
miscarried.
HETÈLA. To spread, as a di-
sease; to pass on to. O la a
hetèla kwa go moñwagwè, he
went on to his master. Go he-
tèla pele, or, go hetèla kwa
pele, to go forward, to pass on
in front.
HETILE. Perf. of heta. Ka
tshipi e e hetileñ, on last Sun-
day.
HETISA. To cause to miscarry.
Used of a woman. To go be-
yond. O la a hetisa lobaka,
he went beyond the time; to
cause to pass by.
HÈTLHA. To rub between the
hands; to strike, as a match;
to kindle a light by rubbing
two sticks together; to bore a
hole by rubbing an augur be-
tween the hands. Go hètlha
mashi, to rub milk between
the hands so as to make it
froth.
HETLHÈGA. To become soft, as
flour, or well cooked meat.
HÈTLHWA. Pass. of hètlha.
HETOGA. To become changed;
to alter one's mind; to re-
lent.
HETOLA. To change actively; to
answer a letter, or something
spoken.
HETOLANA. Go hetolana nabō,
to reason with them.
HETOLWA. To be changed by
another.
HETSA. To finish; to complete;
to cause to vanish.
HETWA. Pass. of heta.
HIBIDU. Red.
HIDIKA. To roll a thing; to
roll a thing over.
HIDIKÈLA. To roll a thing to.
HIDIKOLOCWÈ. Rolled away.
HIDIKOLOGA. To become rolled
over.
HIDIKOLOLA. To roll away; to
roll back.
HIGITLHANYA. To crush; to
destroy effectively; to crush in
the hand; to crush under the
foot by rubbing.
HIHALA. To become dark; to
be darkened; to become
eclipsed.
HIKA. See LEHIKA.
HILE. Perf. of ha, and hea.
HINA. To take anything be-
tween the finger and thumb;
to take a pinch of snuff; to
pinch.
HISA. To cause to burn. Go
hisa ntlo, to burn a house.
HISICWE. Perf. pass. of hisa.
HISIWA. Pass. of hisa.
HITLHA. To arrive; to arrive
at, or reach. Go hitlha mo, to
arrive at, or in. Go hitlha kwa,
to arrive at; to hide; to bury.
HITLHALANA. To arrive after
each other; to arrive in suc-
cession.
HITLHÈGA. To become hidden.
HITLHÈLA. To overtake; to
come upon; to meet with, the
one having preceded the other.
HITLHÈLWA. To be overtaken.
HITLHISA. Caus. of hitlha.
HITLHOLA. To break the fast in
the morning; to eat breakfast.
HITLHWA. Pass. of hitlha.
HIWA. Pass. of ha and hea.
HOAHOA. To go about in an
excited or angry manner.
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HOAHOÈGA = Hoahoa.
HOCWE. Perf pass. of hola.
HODILE. Perf of hōla.
HODISA. To cause to heal; to
cure.
HOHA. To fly.
HOHODI. Vryburg.
HOHOMA. To be full, as the
heart; to become full, as a
rising river.
HOHOMISA. To make full.
HOHOMOGA = Gogomoga.
HOHONYETSA. To whisper to;
to tell a thing secretly to.
HOHORA. To brush, or rub off,
as dust off a person.
HOHORÈGA = Haharèga.
HOHORÈLA. To brush off for, or
to; to help with, or give a
little that remains. Used of
grain.
HOHOTSA. To kill a weak or
helpless animal.
HOHUHALA = Houhala.
HOHUHATSA = Houhatsa.
HOHUHETSE = Houhetse.
HOHUHOLOGA = Houhologa.
HOHUHOLOLA = Houholola.
HOIHA. A shout of triumph, or
joy.
HOKA. To blow, as the wind.
HOKISA. Caus. of hoka.
HOKOLETSA. To diminish for.
HOKOTSA. To diminish by tak-
ing out; to lessen; to subtract.
HOKOTSEGILE. E hokotsegile,
it is better, as a sickness; it is
diminished.
HOCWA. Pass. of hoka.
HOKWANA. A kind of shrub.
HOLA. To surround; to encir-
cle; to thresh, sitting round;
to thresh with horses or oxen.
Perf. hotsè.
HŌLA. To heal, or become
healed; to recover from sick-
ness; to become cool. Perf.
hodile.
HOLODISA. To cause to mis-
carry, or abort. Used of ani-
mals.
HOLOGA. To descend. O la a
hologa lencwè, or o la a hologa
mo lencweñ, he came down
from the mountain.
HOLOGÈLA. Go hologèla mo, to
go down to.
HOLOLÈLA. To string beads,
etc.; to push, or put one thing
through another.
HOLOSA. To cause to descend.
HOLOTSA. To abort. Used of
animals.
HOLWA. Pass. of hola.
HÔMA. To rub with much fat;
to lubricate; to prepare an
arrow by rubbing poison round
the tip.
HOMILWE. Perf. pass. of hôma.
HOMOLA. To rest from work for
a while. Used only of work.
HOMOTSA. Caus. of homola.
HOÑ. There; thence; then; at
that time. Mo heloñ hoñ, in
that place.
HOO = Hoñ.
HOPHA. To smite with a hand;
to strike with a hand.
HOPHOLA. To grope in the dark
for a thing whose whereabouts
is not known. Go hophola mo
sehubeñ, to feel or grope in
the bosom.
HOPHOLÈSÈGA. To become
feelable, or searchable. Used
of the light at dawn.
HOPHOLETSA. To feel for, or
grope for in the dark; to
search into a difficult matter;
to do something at a venture,
or on a chance of succeeding;
to call a person when not cer-
tain where he is.
HORA. To tell lies to; to de-
ceive by lying; to hoax; to
deceive by promising and not
performing. Pass. horwa.
HŌRA. To dress, or curl the hair.
HORÈGA. To be puffed up with
pride; to think a great deal of
oneself.
HORILWE. Perf. pass. of hora.
HORŌKA. To be of no use, or
profit. Dikgomo dia mphorō-
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ka, the oxen are of no use or
profit to me.
HŌRŌLA. To smear a sick per-
son with moshwañ, as a doctor.
HŌRŌSÈLA. To run out or in
slowly, as sand into a hole, or
grain from a sack; to trickle
down, as grain.
HOROSETSA. Caus. of hōrōsèla.
To pour grain, etc., out slowly;
to squander.
HOSA. To miss the aim; to fail
in one's object or purpose. Go
lōpa ka go hosa, to ask without
obtaining.
HOTLHA. To strip off leaves or
small branches with the hand.
HOTSÈ. Perf. of hola.
HOUHALA. To become blind.
HOUHATSA. To make blind.
HOUHETSE. Perf. of houhala.
O houhetse, he is blind.
HOUHOLOGA. To recover sight
after being blind.
Houō = Hoñ.
HUBE. A small bird, scarlet,
with black head in winter.
HUBELA. To be red.
HUBIDU. Red.
HUCWÈLA. To stir up cooked
porridge into which milk has
been poured.
HUDILE. Perf. of hula.
HUDUA. To agitate; to stir up;
to trouble.
HUDUÈGA. To be agitated; to
be troubled.
HUDUGA. To remove one's resi-
dence; to depart, Go huduga
mo, to depart from.
HUDUGÈLA. Go hudugèla mo,
to remove to a place.
HUDUGILE. Perf. of huduga.
HUDUILE. Perf. of hudua.
HUDUIWA. Pass. of hudua.
HUDULA. To expel; to banish
from home, or country; to
drive away. Used of a large
number.
HUDUSA = Hudutsha.
HUDUSETSA. To cause to remove
residence.
HUDUTSHA. Caus. of hudula.
HUDUTSHIWA. Pass. of hudu-
tsha.
HUHANA. To be jealous; to be
jealous of each other.
HUHANTSHA. To make each
other jealous.
HUHANYA. To make jealous; to
stir up to jealousy or quarrels.
HUHANYETSA. To be jealous for.
HUHUDISA. To cause to per-
spire.
HUHULA. To perspire.
HUHUMÈLA. To go under, as
under a low tree; to creep
through wire fencing; to go
through a low doorway; to
mark an animal by cutting a
notch or scallop in the lower
part of an ear.
HUHUMETSA. To cause to go
under; to put under.
HUHUTSA. To search.
HUHUTSE. Perf. of huhula.
HULA. To graze; to pluck
fruit; to fire with a gun and
hit; to shoot with a bow. Go
hula mo, to pluck from.
HULAOTSA. To throw to a dis-
tance.
HULARA. To turn the back; to
follow after; to come next in
succession; to look straight
ahead; to return; to depart.
Go hulara mo, to return
from.
HULARÈLA. To turn away from;
to turn the back upon. Ba le
ba mo hularèla, they turned
their backs on him.
HULAROÑ. See SEHULAROÑ.
HULATSHA. To hold a thing up-
side down, as a book.
HULÈLA. Rel. of hula. Go hu-
lèla kgakala, to graze far, etc.
HULERE. Perf. of hulara.
HULWA. Pass. of hula.
HUMA. To become rich; to strip
or peel off bark.
HUMANÈGA. To become poor.
HUMANEGILE. Perf. of humanè-
ga.
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HUMANEGISA. To make poor ;
to cause to become poor.
HUMILE. Perf. of huma.
HUMOLOTSHÈGA. To become
very rich ; to be steeped in
riches.
HUNA. To tie a knot. Huna
boyañ, to tie a knot in grass.
Huna lecwele, to clench the
fist.
HUNAGANA. To become tied
together.
HUNAGANYA. To tie together ;
to unite by tying.
HUNAGANYE. Perf. of hunagana.
HUNAGANYETSA. To bring for-
ward false evidence against.
O la a mo hunaganyetsa ka
maaka, he bound him round
by false evidence.
HUNÈLA. To tie two strings to-
gether.
HUNOLOGA. To become untied.
HUNOLOLA. To untie ; to un-
fasten ; to unloose.
HUPA. To drink a little ; to take
a mouthful of liquid ; to suck
in ; to absorb. Go hupa mõea,
to become suffocated.
HUPARÈLA. To clasp ; to close
one's hand on something ; to
hold fast to old customs.
HUPEDICWE. O la a hupedicwe
ka go siana, he was out of
breath by racing.
HUPEDIWA. Pass. of hupetsa.
Ke hupediwa ke, I am
smothered by ; I am suffo-
cated by.
HUPÈLA. To be smothered ; to
be suffocated ; to be choked ;
to be stifled.
HUPETSA. To smother ; to suf-
focate ; to choke ; to stifle.
HUPOLOGA. To recover breath ;
to take breath ; to rest.
HUPOLOLA. To give a breathing
time.
HUPOROLA. To unclose one's
clenched hand ; to let go some-
thing from a clenched hand.
HURA. To chew hard sub-
stances, as berries, etc. ; to eat
mealies, as a horse.
HURANYA. Go huranya mènō, to
gnash the teeth.
HUSA. To be about to dry up,
as a milch cow ; to begin to
forsake a calf.
HUSETSA. To drive away, as a
cow her calf when weaning it.
HUTA. To eat fast. Used of
soft food.
HUTAGANA. To become bowed,
or bent down.
HUTAGANCWE. Perf. pass. of
hutagana. Ke hutagancwe ke
pobolō, I am bent down, or
cramped up by sickness.
HUTAGANYA. To bend down
actively ; to cause to bend
down, or bow down.
HUTÈGA. To gather into a heap ;
to become heaped up.
HUTLHA. To thin by plucking
out or off.
HUTSA. To curse a person by
calling for evil to come upon
him. Perf. hutsitse ; Pass.
hutsiwa.
HUTSAHALA. To grieve ; to sor-
row ; to mourn.
HUTSAHALÈLA. To grieve for.
HUTSAHATSA. Caus. of hutsa-
hala.
HUTSAHETSE. Perf. of hutsahala.
HUTSANYA. To curse each other.
HUTSE. A hat (hybrid).
HUTSICWE. Perf. pass. of hutsa.
Go hutsicwe ke, to be cursed
by.
HUTSITSE. Perf. of hutsa.
HUTSIWA. Pass. of hutsa.
HWIBIDU. Red.
I.
IBA. To float, or sail with un-
bended wings, as a hawk ; to
steal, Int. Go iba ditsèbè, to
sit with the head bent, and in
a listening attitude and with-
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out speaking; to listen patient-
ly, only answering after
reflection; to refuse to listen
when spoken to, and pass on
without answering.
ICHAIA. To be naked; to be ex-
posed; to be destitute; to
have nothing.
ICHEMOLA. To cut off all one's
hair; to make oneself bald.
ICHŌKA. To restrain oneself; to
make oneself patient; to en-
dure; to make an effort; to
persevere.
ICHŌKAMISA. To make oneself
crooked.
ICHŌKÈLA. To bear with; to
endure. Go ichōkèla bokhu-
tloñ, to endure to the end.
ICHOLOHÈLA. To hope in one-
self.
ICHŌPARA. To fold one's cloak
across the chest by folding
one's arms in it.
ICHŌPHÈLÈLA. To climb up spi-
rally, as a snake, or creeping
plant; to go up spirally; to
twine oneself in and out, as a
creeping plant when climbing.
ICHOPODIAGANYA. To be intri-
cate, as a winding road; to be
involved, as a muddled up
speaker.
ICHUBA. To hide oneself. From
shuba.
ICHUBACHUBA. To have a habit
of hiding oneself.
ICHUBÈLÈLA. To force oneself
in; to intrude oneself upon.
ICHUKÈLA. To press oneself
into with difficulty, as into a
narrow space, or a crowd.
ICHUKUNYETSA=Ichukèla.
ICHUNUKA. To change one's
position, as a sick person; to
move about from side to side,
as a restive horse when tied
up; to sway oneself from side
to side, as a person in deep
grief.
ICHUPA. To bear witness to one-
self.
ICHUPETSA. To show oneself
to.
ICHUSHUTSA. To move about
restlessly, as a fastened ani-
mal.
ICHUTLHA. To rub oneself when
itching; to rub something off
oneself.
ICHWALALÈLA. Refl. of shwala-
lèla.
ICHWALELÈLA. Refl. of shwale-
lèla.
ICHWABALANA. To forgive each
other.
ICHWARECWE. Perf. pass. of
ichwarèla. Dibe tsa gago di
ichwarecwe, your sins are for-
given.
ICHWARÈLA. To forgive.
ICHWARÈLANA. To forgive each
other.
ICHWARÈLWA. To be forgiven.
ICHWARETSE. Perf. of ichwa-
rèla.
ICHWÈLA. To die to oneself.
ICHWENYA. To tease oneself.
ICOKA. To swish, or swing a
tail about, as a horse.
ICOKETSA. To turn a corner; to
turn out of sight, as at a bend
in a road, or behind a tree.
Tsela ea icoketsa, the road
makes a bend.
ICOKODIA. To go round about;
to go by a circuitous path.
ICŌMA. To go round about from
place to place, as one visiting
in a town, or seeking lost
cattle.
ICUBULA. To turn away the
ears; to turn away the head.
ICUKULA. To gargle; to wash
out one's mouth.
ICUKUNYA=Icukula.
ICULE. Perf. of icwa.
ICWA. To confess; to make a
clean breast of it; to condemn
oneself by one's own confes-
sion. Perf. itule and icule.
IDILADITSE. Perf. of idibatsa.
IDIBADIWA. Pass. of idibatsa.
IDIBALA. To faint; to have a fit.
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IDIBATSA. To cause to faint.
IDIBETSE. Perf. of idibala. E
idibetse hèla. Used of an
animal dying, but not quite
dead.
IDIBOLOGA. To recover from a
faint, or a fit.
IDICWE. Perf. of idiwa.
IDILE. Perf. of ila.
IDIMOLA = Edimola.
IDITSE. Perf. of itsa.
IDIWA. Pass. of itsa.
IKADISA. To make oneself trou-
blesome, or obnoxious.
IKAEA. To think oneself; to
regard oneself as being. O la
a ikaea a sa itse sepè, he re-
garded himself as one who
knew nothing.
IKAÈGA. To lean oneself back
against; to rest upon, or
against; to recover from sick-
ness, and be able to sit up a
little. Go ikaèga mo, to rest
upon.
IKAÈLÈLA. To intend; to pur-
pose; to determine; to re-
solve; to will.
IKAELETSE. Perf. of ikaèlèla.
IKAGA. To build oneself up.
IKAKABATSA. To mislead, or
confuse oneself; to cause one-
self to doubt.
IKAKGA. To leave a place, or
people, and go far away.
IKALÈLA. To spread out for
oneself.
IKALOSA. To become clean after
menstruation.
IKAMA. To live together on
friendly terms; to be confede-
rate; to have to do with; to
be parallel with.
IKAMILE. Perf. of ikama. Ba
le ba ikamile lewatle, they
were by the sea. E e ikamilen
lehatshe, that which is parallel
with the land.
IKAMAGANYA LE. To be on
friendly terms with; to be
friendly with.
IKAMISA. To cause oneself to
touch; to concern oneself
about.
IKANA. To swear; to take an
oath; to make a vow; to de-
termine with oneself.
IKANAMOLOLA. To raise oneself
up from lying on the back.
IKANÈLA. To take an oath
against; to swear to.
IKANISA. To cause to swear; to
adjure.
IKANNE. Perf. of ikana.
IKANŌ. An oath; a vow. Pl.
maikanō.
IKANTSÈ. Perf. of ikanya.
IKANTSHA. To cause to trust.
IKANYA. To trust; to trust in;
to confide in; to suck oneself,
as a cow sometimes does.
IKANYOLOGA. To cease to trust;
to mistrust; to distrust.
IKAÑWA. To be faithful; to be
trusted.
IKAPAEA. To drink something
hot, so as to induce perspira-
tion; to foment oneself with
hot water.
IKAPESA. To clothe oneself; to
dress oneself.
IKAPOLA. To undress oneself.
IKARA. To cause oneself to
bleed freely; to lance oneself
so that matter may come out
freely.
IKARABÈLA. To answer for one-
self.
IKARABÈLŌ. An answer; an
answering for oneself.
IKARAMETSA. To sit to be doc-
tored.
IKATÈGA. Properly covered
about the private parts. O sa
ikatèga, he is not properly
covered about the private
parts; he is indecently exposed.
IKATISA. To subdue oneself; to
conquer one's tendencies.
IKÈHA. To abstain from doing;
to avoid; to give up doing.
IKÈLA. To withdraw oneself.
Go ikèla kwa, to cause oneself
to go to.
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IKELAMÈLA. To refuse to give
testimony which might preju-
dice oneself.
IKELEDISA. To allow oneself to
float in running water; to go
down with a stream.
IKEMISETSA. To withstand; to
set oneself against.
IKÈPA. To separate oneself with
an evil motive or purpose; to
separate oneself from God; to
be ungodly.
IKEOLA. To go aside from
others; to keep oneself aloof.
IKETLA. To be at ease; to be
free from care; to pause. Go
iketla mo tlhabanoñ, to rest
from war. Iketla ke buè!
allow me to speak! wait while
I speak!
IKETLECO. A preparation; a
readiness.
IKETLEDITSE. Perf. of iketletsa.
Ke iketleditse go ea, I have
prepared to go, I am ready to
go.
IKETLEDIWA. Pass. of iketletsa.
IKETLELETSA. To prepare one-
self for.
IKETLETSA. To prepare for one-
self; to prepare one's food for
a journey.
IKETLISA. To cause to be at ease.
IKGABALATSA. To draw oneself
up arch-shaped; to haul up
with an arched back.
IKGAGAMATSA. To stretch one-
self.
IKGAKGAMADISA. To cause one-
self to wonder; to pretend to
wonder.
IKGAGOLA. Go ikgagola diaparō,
to tear one's clothes.
IKGAKISA. To pretend not to
know a person whom one knows
well. Go ikgakisa batho, to go
among people disguised.
IKGAKOLOLA. To remind one-
self.
IKGANTSHA. To vaunt or exalt
oneself; to cause oneself to
refuse; to oppose oneself.
IKGAOGANA. To separate one-
self; to separate mutually.
IKGAOGANTSÈ. Perf. of ikgao-
ganya.
IKGAOGANYA. To separate one-
self from others.
IKGAOGANYE. Perf. of ikgaogana.
IKGAPA=Ikgapha.
IKGAPELETSA. Go ikgapeletsa
tihō, to do the same thing over
and over again.
IKGAPHA. To be temperate; to
restrain oneself.
IKGARA. To coil oneself up, as
a snake; to go in a winding
course; to meander, as a river.
IKGARAGANYA. To coil oneself
up, as a dog.
IKGASAKANYA. To make an im-
patient gesture and drive away.
IKGATA. To sink in water.
IKGATLHA. To please oneself.
IKGELOLA. To wipe perspiration
off oneself with a hand.
IKGERE. Perf. of ikgara.
IKGÔBA. To be personally
humble.
IKGOBALATSA. To humble one-
self; to be hopelessly stub-
born; to cast oneself down in
stubbornness.
IKGODISA. To exalt oneself.
IKGOGONA. To withdraw one-
self; to shrink back; to shun;
to avoid; to shrink away from.
IKGOGOMOSA. To raise oneself
up in pride; to puff oneself
up.
IKGOHA. To put away from one,
as a dog with a stick, or a
person with the hand.
IKGOKGOLÈLA. To labour for;
to toil for; to gain for oneself
by toil. =Ipapalèla.
IKGOLETSA. Go ikgoletsa lecōgō,
to lift up one's own arm.
IKGOLOKA. To form oneself into
a ball. Molelō oa ikgoloka, the
fire rolls itself along, as of
reeds or tall grass burning.
IKGOLOLA. To release oneself;
to unbind oneself.
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IKGOMA. To rub oneself with
much fat.
IKGONNE. Perf. of ikgona.
IKGONYETSA. To draw back, as
one who was approaching. Go
ikgonyetsa tlhōgō, to show
one’s head and draw it back,
as a tortoise.
IKGOPA. To cause oneself to
stumble; to be tripped up by
something one has put in the
way; to vex oneself.
IKGŌRA. To lick oneself, as a
dog its wound.
IKGORISA. To satisfy oneself;
to satiate oneself.
IKGOSHOLA. To leave in a body;
to leave with all the things.
IKGOTETSA. To warm oneself;
to sun oneself.
IKGOTLHA. To rub oneself, as
an ox against a chain.
IKGWELEA. To burden oneself.
IKHÈHA. To restrain oneself.
IKHOHA. To feed oneself by
putting corn into the mouth
with a hand.
IKHUBÈGA. To stoop, or bow
oneself down.
IKHUNA. To lie with legs and
arms drawn up; to be visible
for a long way, as a straight
road, or a railway track.
IKHUNÈLA. To menstruate, Int.
IKHURUMETSA. To cover oneself
up.
IKHUTAGANYA. To draw oneself
up when sitting or lying.
IKHUTSA. To rest oneself.
IKHUTSITSE. Perf. of ikhutsa.
IKHWAKHWAÈLA. To cling to
with legs or arms, as a child
to its mother.
IKINA. To dip oneself.
IKINAMOLOLA. To lift oneself
up from a stooping posture.
IKISA. To cause oneself to go.
IKITLECO. See IKETLECO.
IKITSA. To forbid oneself.
IKITSE. To know oneself.
IKŌBA. To bow oneself down;
to do homage; to look down
on one side, as when seeking
something.
IKŌBÈLA. To bow oneself down
to.
IKŌKA. To wait upon oneself in
sickness.
IKŌKÈLA. Ke ea go ikōkèla kwa
tshimoñ, I am going for my
health’s sake to the garden.
IKOKOBATSA. To press lightly
upon, as a pen in writing.
IKOKOBETSA. To humble one-
self. Go ikokobetsa ka seha-
tlhōgō, to bow one’s face to the
ground.
IKOKOMÈLA. To stoop to look;
to look down.
IKŌKŌTLÈLA. To lean oneself
upon.
IKOKOTLELETSA. To lay up for
oneself; to give oneself to
accumulating.
IKOKOTLETSE. Perf. of ikōkō-
tlèla.
IKŌKWAÈLA = Ikwakwaèla.
IKOMOSA. To warm oneself.
IKŌPA. To slap oneself. Go
ikōpa serope, to slap oneself on
the thigh.
IKŌPANYA. Go ikōpanya naè, to
join oneself to him.
IKŌTA. Go ikōta mogatla, to
wag the tail, as a dog; to
swish or swing the tail about,
as a cat, or tiger.
IKOTLA. To sustain oneself.
IKOTLÈLA. To bring up, or feed
for oneself.
IKŌTLÈLA. To kick or struggle,
as a dying animal.
IKOTLILE. Perf. of ikotla.
IKŌTLŌLOLA. To stretch oneself
back or out; to stretch out the
arms, as from weariness.
IKUBUÈLA. Go ikubuèla dithole,
to throw dust on to oneself.
IKUCWA. To go off on the sly;
to steal away.
IKUDUBATSA. To brush or shake
something off oneself. Go iku-
dubatsa dithole, to shake dust
off oneself.
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IKUÈLA. To call out to, or for
oneself.
IKUKÈGA=Ikatèga.
IKUKUNA. To crawl, or creep
stealthily.
IKUKUNTSHA. To do anything
stealthily; to speak with de-
ceit.
IKUÑWISA. To cause oneself to
bear fruit.
IKUÑUSA=Ikuñwisa.
IKUTLA. To withdraw oneself;
to lead a solitary life.
IKUTLWA. To hear or feel one-
self. Go ikutlwa Keresete, to
hear Christ.
IKUTLWÈLA. To hear for one-
self.
IKWAKWAÈLA. To brace oneself
up; to bind oneself round; to
gird oneself; to put an outer
garment round the body; to
receive anything into the corner
of a kaross, and press it against
the side.
IKWATLHAEA. To repent; to be
sorry; to chastise oneself.
IKWATLHAÈLA. To be sorry for;
to regret.
ILA. To hate; to abhor; to
abominate; to feel a repug-
nance to; to regard with super-
stitious fear or dread.
ILANA. To hate each other.
ILE. Perf. of ea.
ILÈGA. To become repugnant
to; to be hateful; to be hated.
ILÈLA. To keep sacred certain
days, as after rain or the death
of a relative, by abstaining
from work. Go ilèla kgwedi,
to keep sacred the day after
the appearance of a new moon.
Ilèla loñōia, to keep sacred the
day after rain has fallen.
ILETSA. To turn back, actively;
to hinder from proceeding; to
frustrate. Go iletsa rure, to
forbid altogether, or positively.
From itsa.
ILWA. Pass. of ila.
IMA. Thick.
IMAHADIWA. Pass. of imahatsa.
IMAHALA. To become thick.
IMAHATSA. To make thick.
IMECWE. Perf. of imèlwa. Ke
imecwe ke borōkō, I am over-
come by sleep.
IMÈLA. To burden; to cumber;
to overburden; to overcome.
IMÈLWA. Pass. of imèla.
IMENEKA. To wriggle, as an
injured snake; to turn and
twist, as a road, stick, speech,
etc.
IMENEKANYA=Imeneka.
IMENOGANYA. To be changeable;
to be capricious.
IMENOLA. To turn oneself back.
IMOLA=Imolola.
IMOLOLA. To unburden; to
relieve from a burden.
INA. To dip; to dip in.
INAMA. To bow down, bending
the back; to stoop; to stoop
down.
INAMALATSA. To stretch oneself
on the ground.
INAMETSA. Go inametsa pelo,
to give oneself courage; to
encourage oneself.
INAMOLOGA. To raise oneself
from a stooping posture.
INANOLA. To raise oneself up,
as in sickness, or when about
to leap; to go without being
sent, or without authority.
INATETSHA. To please oneself.
INÈÈLA. To give oneself for, or
to. From naea.
INÈÈLÈLA. Go inèèlèla mo
koloiñ, to give oneself to go
with a waggon.
INÈGA. Go inèga tlhōgō, to
bow the head. Go inèga tsèbè,
to incline the ear; to listen.
INÈLA. To put, or dip into
water; to soak for, or dip for;
from ina. See also inèèla.
INENEKETSA. To take it easy;
to rest a bit.
INKA. Ink (hybrid).
INKGAKISA. Oa inkgakisa, he
refuses to recognise me; he
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feigns to have forgotten me.
From gaka.
INOGA. To be taken out of water.
INOLA. To take out, as a thing
under water.
INÔLAHATSĀ=InŅlŅhatsa.
INŅLŅHATSA. To make oneself
humble; to humble oneself.
INOSA. To give oneself to drink.
INTATOLA. To deny oneself.
INTSHA. To take oneself out.
INTSIHALA. See NTSIHALA.
INYACŀ. A despising of oneself.
INYATSA. To despise oneself.
INYELETSA. To dive; to swim
under water.
IÑALA. To journey far; to delay,
or tarry a long time.
IÑANTLA. To tie one’s girdle
fast.
IÑAPOROLA. To unfasten oneself,
as from a thorn.
IÑODISA. To humble oneself;
to fawn; to act the part of a
sycophant; to make oneself
miserable.
IÑOTLA. To make oneself small;
to humble oneself.
IÑOTLILE. Perf. of iñōtla.
IÑWAEA. To scratch oneself;
to rub oneself, as a horse
against a tree.
IPAAKANTSÈ. Perf. of ipaakanya.
IPAAKANYA. To make oneself
ready.
IPAANYA=Ipaakanya.
IPAEA. To feign to be; to pre-
tend to be; to put, or place
oneself. O la a ipaea bogale,
he pretended to be angry.
IPAPALÈLA. To earn or gain
for oneself; to get gain for
oneself.
IPAPATHA. To pass near, as to
a hill or river. Ba tla ipapatha
le noka, they will pass along
close to, or alongside of the
river.
IPATA. To make excuse; to
excuse oneself. To strike one-
self. From bata.
IPATLÈLA. To seek for oneself.
IPEELETSA. To place something
on one’s shoulder, as a cushion
under a burden.
IPEEÑ. Place, or take upon
yourselves.
IPÈGA. To be proud, and de-
spise others.
IPEISA. To place, or set on one
side for oneself. Go ipeisa go
ya, to put aside eating.
IPELA. To rejoice; to be glad.
IPELAHACŀ. A glorifying of
oneself.
IPELAHATSA. To glorify oneself.
IPELÈLA. To rejoice for, or be
glad of, as children welcoming
a returning parent.
IPELEPETLA. To be very trouble-
some; to behave very unrea-
sonably. O ipelepetla = O
bobeto.
IPELESA. To burden oneself.
IPEOLA. To shave oneself; to
cut one’s beard. O la a ipeola
tlhōǵō, he shaved his head.
IPEOTSE. Perf. of ipeola.
IPETA. To hang oneself; to kill
oneself by hanging.
IPETLEKA. To sit with legs
stretched apart.
IPHAKA. To praise, or commend
oneself.
IPHALA. To scrape oneself.
Iphala ditlhoñ, to become
shameless. O iphadile ditlhoñ,
he is shameless.
IPHANTLISA. To cause oneself
to be spread abroad over a
wide space.
IPHAPA. To bind, or wrap one-
self round. Go iphapa sehuba,
to wrap oneself round the chest.
IPHAPAANYA. To forbear; to
bear patiently. Go iphapaanya
le, to bear patiently with; to
keep at a distance from and
avoid.
IPHAPHA. To stand, or place
oneself side by side with an-
other; to stand in a row, as
soldiers or runners; to be in a
row, as fingers. Go iphapha
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mo bathuñ, to separate oneself
from people.
IPHARA. To sit with folded legs;
to lie across each other, as
folded legs, rocks, etc.; to
branch out, as corn stalks; to
stay, and not return, when sent
with a message.
IPHATLOLA. Go iphatlola tlhōgō,
to trouble oneself, or one's
mind by much speaking.
IPHEMÈLA. To defend oneself.
IPHÈRA. To sit with bent
legs.
IPHÈTLHA. To covet; to desire
to have; to desire to provoke
a quarrel. O la a iphètlha ka
bōna, he desired to provoke a
quarrel by means of them. O
la a iphètlha ka dilō tsa bōna,
he coveted their things.
IPHETOLA. To change oneself;
to prepare to be.
IPHIMOLA. To wipe off oneself.
Go iphimola dikeledi, to wipe
off one's own tears.
IPHITLHA. To hide oneself.
IPHITLHÈLA. To hide oneself
from.
IPHOKAPHOKISA. To go out into
the fresh air, as a sick man.
IPHOKISA. Go iphokisa phehō,
to cool oneself in a wind when
in a perspiration.
IPHORA. To deceive oneself.
IPHŌRA. To dress one's hair.
IPHŌRŌLA. To smear, or wash
one's hands or face with milk,
so as to remove dirt.
IPHOTLHA. To smear one's face
with fat, so as to make it shine.
IPHUMISETSA = Ithelesetsa.
IPHUTHÈLA. To gather to, or
for oneself.
IPIDIKANYA. To roll, or turn
oneself over; to roll over and
over, as a horse.
IPIPA. To cover oneself; to hide
one's nakedness. Go ipipa
matlhō, to cover one's eyes.
IPIPOLOLA. To uncover oneself.
IPITLA. To rub one's eye.
IPOBOLA. To confess; to ac-
knowledge.
IPODISA. To corrupt oneself.
IPŌHA. To bind oneself up; to
menstruate.
IPŌHÈLA. To bind oneself up
for; to bind for oneself.
IPOKA. To fan oneself; to fan
off flies by swishing the tail
about. Ipoka dintsi, to flap
flies off oneself.
IPOKALATSA. To assume a sleepy
aspect, or posture.
IPOLAISA. Go ipolaisa tlala, to
kill oneself with hunger.
IPOLÈLA. To tell of oneself; to
acknowledge; to confess.
IPŌNA. To see oneself.
IPŌNATSA. To make oneself
visible; to show oneself; to
reveal oneself; to appear.
IPONTSHA. To make oneself
visible to; to show oneself to.
Go ipontsha kgosi, to show
oneself to the chief.
IPOPA. To form oneself.
IPOPAGANYA. To gather oneself
up into a small compass.
IPOPÈGISA. To conform oneself.
IPOPOTHA. To shake something
off one's hand.
IPOSA. See IPUSA.
IPOSETSA. See IPUSETSA.
IPŌTLA. To doze; to keep quite
still, as if asleep.
IPOTLILE. Perf. of ipōtla.
IPUDULATSA. Go ipudulatsa
matlhō, to shut one's eyes.
IPUDULOSA. To swell oneself
out; to puff oneself up.
IPUSA. To turn oneself back.
IPUSETSA. To turn oneself back
to.
IPUSHOLOSETSA. To avenge one-
self.
IRI. Go iri yañ?=Go diha yañ?
ISA. To cause to go; to take.
ISAGŌ. Next year.
ISEDIWA. Pass. of isetsa.
ISETSA. To cause to go to; to
take to; to treat a female in-
decently.
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ISITSE. Perf. of isa.
ISIWA. Pass. of isa.
ITACWA. To lick oneself.
ITAKAILA. To lick oneself.
ITALETSA=Ithapametsa. O la a
italetsa mahoko, he meddled in
a matter that did not concern
him, or that he knew nothing
about.
ITAMATSA. To accustom one-
self.
ITAPOLOSA. To rest oneself; to
cause oneself to rest.
ITATA. To confess; to relate.
ITATÈLÈLA. Go itatèlèla kwa
moragō, to go back on one's
own spoor, as when looking for
something lost in a path.
ITATLHA. To cast oneself away.
ITATOHOLOLA. To justify one-
self.
ITATOLA. To deny a fault, etc.,
of, or about oneself; to deny,
or refuse to acknowledge. O
la a itatola dilō tse, he denied
that he was guilty of these
things.
ITATSA. To lay oneself down.
ITEBA. To look upon oneself;
to look to oneself.
ITEBALEBÈLA=Itebatebèla.
ITEBATEBA. To look upon one-
self; to search on oneself for
something; to take care of
oneself; to separate oneself.
ITEBATEBÈLA. To be careful of
anything; to seek out, or
separate, or choose for oneself.
ITEKA. To try oneself.
ITEKANÈLA. To be self-suffi-
cient; to be perfect.
ITEKANYA LE. To make one-
self equal with; to compare
oneself with.
ITELÈGA. To lay oneself down.
ITÈMA. To be accustomed to;
to be given to do.
ITEMOGA. To perceive of one-
self.
ITEMOLOLA. To separate one-
self; to keep oneself aloof
from.
ITERE. To bring oneself.
ITERETSE. To bring for, or upon
oneself.
ITESA. To allow oneself.
ITESELETSA. To allow oneself.
ITETLÈLA. To reconcile for, or
to oneself.
ITHABUETSA. To plunge into
water; to dive.
ITHAEA. To say to oneself.
Perf. itheile.
ITHAKATLÈLA. To cry aloud; to
roar, as a large fire.
ITHALA. To draw a line, or
make a mark across oneself.
Ithala momeco, to draw a line
across one's throat.
ITHALÈGA. To menstruate for
the first time.
ITHAMAKA. To be vain; to
make vain; to talk much and
with no regard to truth.
ITHAMAKISA. To ask very many
questions.
ITHAPAMETSA. To concern one-
self with other people's busi-
ness; to take part in a con-
versation which does not con-
cern one; to act as a busybody.
ITHAPOLOLETSA. To unwrap for
oneself.
ITHATA. To love oneself.
ITHATHATHA. To babble; to
chatter; to talk much.
ITHATHÈLÈLA=Ichōphèlèla.
ITHAUPA. To tell news, etc.,
without being first questioned.
ITHEILE. Perf. of ithaea.
ITHÈKÈLA. To buy for oneself.
ITHELESETSA. To supply one-
self with food.
ITHEROLOLA. To forsake, or
turn from former customs, or
habits.
ITHETOLOLA. To turn oneself
round; to look back.
ITHIBA. To restrain oneself.
Go ithiba mo diyoñ, to fast.
Ba le ba ithiba ditsèbè, they
stopped their ears.
ITHIBŌ. Self-restraint.
ITHOBUETSA=Ithabuetsa.
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ITHOGA. To curse oneself.
ITHOKOTSA. To tell the news
before being asked to do so; to
speak before being spoken to.
ITHOLA. Reflec. of rola.
ITHOLODISA. Reflec. of tholodisa.
ITHOMA. To have a motion; to
make water. Used of grown-
up people.
ITHONKGA. To hurt oneself in
the estimation of others by
one's own conduct.
ITHONKGÈLA. Go ithonkgèla
dinthō, to lick its sores, as a
dog.
ITHUHULA. To turn, or jerk
away one's head, or face; to
turn away quickly; to jerk
oneself out of the grasp of
another.
ITHUKHUTHA. To shake oneself,
as an animal.
ITHULÈLA. To do smith work
for oneself.
ITHULÈLÈLA. To thatch for one-
self.
ITHUTA. To teach oneself; to
learn.
ITHWADISA. To cause to con-
ceive. Always used in con-
nection with evil.
ITHWALA. To conceive; to be-
come pregnant. Not used of
animals. Go ithwala megono,
to put the hands at the back of
the head as a token of sorrow.
ITHWALÈLA. To bear for one-
self. From rwala.
ITHWALÔ. The act of conceiving.
ITHWALWA. Pass. of ithwala.
ITHWELE. Perf. of ithwala.
ITIBOLA. Reflec. of dibola. To
bring forth a first-born child.
O la a itibola ka èna, he was
her first-born.
ITIDISA. To hold oneself back,
or shrink back, so as to avoid
something.
ITIGÈLA. To cast oneself down.
ITIHA. To make oneself.
ITIHÈLA. To serve oneself.
ITIKETSA=Icoketsa.
ITIMA. To deny oneself.
ITIMETSA. To see, but take no
notice of. Ke le ka ba itime-
tsa, I saw them, but took no
notice of them.
ITIMISETSA. To earn.
ITIMOKANYA. To dissemble; to
stop short of telling the whole
truth.
ITISA. To take care of oneself;
to take heed; to take care; to
have a friendly conversation or
chat.
ITISISA. To deprive oneself of,
as by refusing to buy some-
thing that is afterwards bought
by another.
ITISIWA. Pass. of itisa. To be
taken care of, or watched, or
guarded against.
ITITAEA. To strike oneself; to
pat oneself. Ititaea sehuba,
to pat oneself on the breast.
ITITÈÔ. A patting, or striking
of oneself.
ITLADIKA. To dirty oneself with
milk, fat, etc.
ITLAMA. To gird oneself.
ITLEA. To be lazy in doing any-
thing.
ITLEÑWE=itlepe.
ITLEPE. Wait a bit; pause for
a while. Sing. and pl.
ITLHABETSA. To lean upon a
staff, either with hand, or sto-
mach, or side.
ITLHACWA. To wash oneself; to
attempt to vindicate oneself by
lies.
ITLHAGANEDISA. To cause to
hasten.
ITLHAGANÈLA. To hasten; to
make haste.
ITLHAPA. To wash oneself.
ITLHAPEDISA. To live in luxury;
to be luxurious; to make one-
self merry.
ITLHÔA. To hate oneself; to be
reckless; to be careless of
life.
ITLHODIA. To trouble oneself.
ITLHOMA. To think; to purpose
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to do; to propose to do; to
reckon upon doing.
ITLHŌMA. To set oneself to do,
with a fixed purpose; to re-
solve; to determine.
ITLHOMANE. Ke itlhomane go
ntse yalo, I think it is so.
ITLHŌMISA. Caus. of itlhōma.
ITLHOMOLA. To pull oneself
out; to take a thorn out of
oneself.
ITLHONTSHA. Go itlhontsha se-
hatlhōgō, to make oneself of a
sad countenance.
ITLHŌPHA. To select for one-
self.
ITLHOTLHORA. To brush, shake,
or cast something off oneself.
ITLHWAEA. To be on the watch
at night; to rise early in the
morning, and do what one pur-
posed to do; to return a
present, being offended with
the giver.
ITLHWE. A song of returning
warriors.
ITLŌBA. To cast its skin, as a
snake.
ITLOTLA. To honour oneself.
ITLOTSA. To anoint oneself.
ITLWAETSA. To accustom one-
self to; to exercise oneself.
ITŌBA. To deny an accusation;
to keep one's thoughts secret.
Eo o itōbañ, he who keeps him-
self secret.
ITOGA. To curse oneself.
ITOGETSA. To drop in oil, or
medicine for oneself.
ITŌKA. To complain; to com-
plain of.
ITOKÈLA. To complain to.
ITOKOTSA. To sweeten one's
mouth; to correct a too abun-
dant flow of saliva.
ITOMA. To bite oneself.
ITOMOLOGANYA. To separate
oneself from for a time.
ITOMOLOLA. To separate one-
self.
ITOMOLOTSA. To separate one-
self.
ITŌPA. To ask a favour for one-
self. Kea itōpa go ea, I ask
to go.
ITSA. To refuse; to forbid.
Perf. iditse; Pass. idiwa.
ITSADISETSA. To reserve for
oneself; to gain for oneself.
ITSAMAÈLA. To go away for
oneself; to go on one's way.
ITSAMETSA. To lie with the
head resting on arm or hand.
ITSANKULA. To be excited, or
violent.
ITSANYA. To know each other.
ITSE. To know. Perf. itsile.
ITSÈÈLA. To take to or for one-
self.
ITSEGE. To become known.
ITSEHALA. To become known.
ITSEISA. Go itseisa kgañ, to de-
bate in one's own mind.
ILSEKELETSA. To shave, or cut
off a strip from the lower part
of one's own head all round.
ITSEKOLA. Reflec. of sekola.
ITSEMELETSA. To be negligent;
to be slow, or loth to do any-
thing; to shrink, or abstain
from doing; to shirk. Ba go
itsemeletsa, they shrink from
doing it.
ITSETLAGANYA. Reflec. of setla-
ganya.
ITSETSE. Go itsetse rure, to
know assuredly; to know once
for all.
ITSETSEPÈLA. To stand firm;
to set oneself to stand firm;
to stand firm and pull, as in
holding a wild ox with a
rhiem.
ITSHADISA. To leave for one-
self.
ITSHASA. To smear oneself.
ITSHEDILA. To rub oneself with
fat; to stretch out the arms
from weariness.
ITSHEGAKA. To cut oneself very
much.
ITSHÈKA. To become pure, or
clear, or clean.
ITSHEKA. Go itsheka segano, to
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shade the eyes with a hand so
as to see distant objects bet-
ter.
ITSHEKELETSA. To shave off the
hair from the lower part of
one's own head.
ITSHEKILE. Perf. of itshèka. O
itshekile dikeledi, he has shed
tears. From sèka. Lehatshe
le itshekile ntsana, the coun-
try is peaceable and safe.
ITSHEKISA. Caus. of itshèka.
ITSHÈKŌ. A cleansing; a puri-
fying.
ITSHEKOLOGA. To become un-
clean.
ITSHEKOLOGŌ. Uncleanness;
pollution. Mōea oa itsheko-
logō, an unclean spirit.
ITSHEKOLOLA. To pollute; to
make unclean.
ITSHEMA. To appear of itself,
and without a known cause, as
a boil, etc.; to cry without
cause, as a naughty child; to
pretend, or feign, Int.
ITSHEMELÈLA. To make ready;
to prepare things for starting;
to gather up one's garments,
as in crossing a stream; to put
on a sword, etc.
ITSHEMILE. Perf. of itshema.
ITSHENKÈLA. To choose for one-
self.
ITSHENKETSE. Perf. of itshe-
nkèla.
ITSHÈPA. To become pure, or
clear, or clean.
ITSHEPISA. To make pure, or
clear, or clean.
ITSHEPOLOLA. To defile; to
profane.
ITSHIRA. To shade oneself.
ITSHIRETSA. To shade oneself
from.
ITSHITISA. To cause oneself to
become cold. From sita.
ITSIBA. Go itsiba ditsèbè, to
disregard warnings; to venture
into danger though warned.
ITSIÈLA. To reserve for one-
self.
ITSIETSA. To deceive oneself.
ITSILE. Perf. of itse.
ITSISE. To cause to know.
ITSISICWE. Perf. pass. of itse.
ITSISIWE. Go itsisiwe ke, to be
caused to know by.
ITSIWE. Pass. of itse.
ITUKULA. To pick one's teeth.
ITULE. Perf. of icwa.
ITULÈLA. To sit down for one-
self, as a lazy person when
work is being done, or as people
in a time of peace.
ITUMEDISA. To cause to re-
joice.
ITUMÈLA. To rejoice.
ITUMÈLÈLA. To rejoice for, or
over; to be thankful for; to
thank another for.
ITUMELETSE. Perf. of itumè-
lèla.
ITUMISA. To make oneself a
name.
ITUMISHŌ. Self-glorification.
ITUMOLOGA. To cease to rejoice;
to be sorry.
ITWÈLA. To fight one's own
battles; to defend oneself.
From lwa.
IWA. Pass. of ea.
IYA. To eat oneself; an excla-
mation; why! what!
IYALA. To sow oneself.
IYESA. To feed oneself.
K.
KA. At; with; as; when; by
means of; to be able; can.
KABA. To plug up; to stop a
hole; to carry on the back be-
hind the neck; to carry across
the shoulders; a fan made of a
fox's tail or an ox's tail; the
flower on a mealie stalk or
grass.
KABAKANA. Go kabakana ka
moshwañ, to make a treaty by
throwing at, or rubbing each
other with the contents of a
slaughtered animal's stomach.
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KABAKANYA. To conjecture; to
be suspicious.
KABAKANYŌ. Conjecturing; sus-
picion.
KABAKAYEWE. A kind of small
ground bird.
KABALA. To become closed up,
or plugged up.
KABALANŌ. Fellowship.
KABAMA. To go by a short
route; to make a short cut
across the country.
KABAMÈLA. Go kabamèla tsela,
to make a short cut across, and
enter the path again.
KABEDIWA. Pass. of kabetsa.
KABÈGA. To become closed up;
to become placed across the
shoulders. From kaba.
KABÈLA. To dibble in grain
when sowing.
KABÈLŌ. A portion; a part.
KABETLA. A fragment of a
broken thing.
KABETLANA. A small piece of a
broken thing.
KABETSA. To milk a second
time; to drain a cow after its
calf has sucked; to milk out
the last drop.
KABETSE. Perf. of kabala. Ba
kabetse ditsèbè, their ears are
stopped, they are dull of hear-
ing.
KABISA. Caus. of kaba.
KABO or KA BO. Ke kabo ke
dihile yalo, had I done so;
nkabo ke utlwile, had I heard.
KABŌ. A part; a portion. From
aba.
KABOCWÈ. Perf. pass. of kabola.
KABOGA. To fall out, or off, as
a piece of a broken pitcher;
to become notched, as a dish
or knife.
KABOLA. To break off a piece,
as a mason a stone.
KABOLOGA. To be open; to be
uncorked; to be opened.
KABOLOLA. To open; to un-
cork; to unplug.
KA BONAKŌ. Quickly; swiftly.
KA BONŌLŌ. Softly; gently.
KA BONYA. Slowly.
KA BOMO. Purposely; on pur-
pose.
KACŌ. Alms. Pl. dikacō.
KACOLOLA. To stretch out a
piece of wet skin.
KADILE. Lehatshe le kadile,
the country is impassable.
KAE? Where? whither? how
many? O kae? where is he?
Batho ba kae? how many
people are there?
KAEA. To describe; to point
out; to distinguish; to men-
tion; to count as; to regard
as; to esteem as; to know as;
to mean; to aim with a gun.
Ba mo kaea ha e le kgosi, they
regarded him, or counted him
as a chief. Also katloa.
KAECWE. Perf. pass. of kaèla.
O la a kaecwe, he was in-
structed.
KAÈGA. To become known as,
etc. From kaea.
KAÈLA. To instruct; to guide;
to direct; to show; to instruct
in regard to; to direct in; to
aim at with a gun.
KAÈLÈLA. To talk without
effect; to purpose doing, but
be unable to perform; to com-
mend without good cause: to
speak of a person better than
he deserves.
KAÈLŌ. Guidance; counsel.
KAETSE. Perf. of kaèla.
KAGA. Of; concerning; about.
KA GALÈ. Always.
KA GANTSI. Frequently; often.
KAGÈLÈLŌ. Edification.
KAGISHŌ. Peace.
KAGŌ. A building.
KA GO DIHA. By doing.
KA GOPÈ. Never at all. Eseñ
ka gopè, not at all.
KAHA. According to; how.
Followed by verbs ending in
ñ. Kaha ba dihañ ka gōna,
how they act. Kaha ba yeleñ
ka gōna, how they have eaten.
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KAIDISA. Caus. of kaila.
KAILA. To be hemmed in; to be
unable to find a path. O la a
kaila hèla mo tseleñ, he was
unable to find a path; he
wandered about hopelessly.
KAILE. Perf. of kaea.
KAITSANE. Surely; verily; of
a truth.
KAIWA. Pass. of kaea.
KAKA. To be engrossed, or
hindered, or overcome by
work; to be without leisure.
Go kaka lekoto, to stretch out
a leg sideways; to overcome a
female for an evil purpose.
KAKABALA. To lie with arms
and legs stretched out.
KAKABALÔ. Doubt; perplexity;
bewilderment; distraction.
KAKABOLOGA. To become rent
asunder.
KAKABOLOLA, To rend asunder;
to make to part asunder, as
water; to bend back so as to
open, as a book.
KAKABOLOSA=Kakabolola.
KAKAHALA. To become stub-
born, or obstinate.
KAKGAAKGÈGÔ. Doubtfulness;
instability.
KAKAMALA. To pause in speech
through failure of memory.
KAKAMARA. To support in the
arms; to lift up, carry, or
hold a thing in the arms or
between both hands.
KAKAMERE. Perf. of kakamara.
KAKAMOLOGA. To become rent,
or split asunder; to stand aloof
from.
KAKAMOLOLA. To pull on one
side, as a badly trained ox.
KAKANYA. To tell news; to re-
late; to inform; to declare.
KAKANYETSA. To relate to.
KAKANYÔ. A reasoning. From
akanya, a relating. From ka-
kanya.
KAKAÑWA. Pass. of kakanya.
KAKAPA. At the present time.
KAKARA. To take much, or
more than one has permission
to take.
KAKATLÈLA. To hold very fast.
KAKATLOLOLA. To raise up; to
help a person to rise; to take
hold of in order to lift up.
KAKE. Neg. form of cannot. A
ringhalls snake.
KAKÈGA. To become overcome,
or held by, or hindered by
work; to be very busy.
KAKÈLÔ. Obedience.
KAKEOLOGA. Disobedience. A
word found only in books.
KAKILE. Perf. of kaka. Tihō e e
mo kakile, this work takes up
all his time.
KAKILWE. Perf. pass. of kaka.
Ke kakilwe ke tihō, I am en-
grossed by the work; I am
very busy.
KAKISA. Caus. of kaka.
KAKÔ. A lie.
KAKOBA. To keep at a distance
through fear; to fear to ap-
proach; to turn aside through
fear.
KAKOHÔ. Haste. A word found
only in books.
KAKOLOGA. To avoid; to pass
at a distance; to keep at a
distance from.
KALA. A confidential servant;
a branch of a tree; to hover
over, as a hawk.
KALABUA. A seed pod of a thorn
tree.
KALAHI. A doctoring.
KALAHÔ. A doctoring.
KALAKATLÈGA. To run about
hither and thither; to seek a
thing here and there at a dis-
tance.
KALAMETSA. To drink quickly;
to swallow a liquid quickly.
KALANA. A little branch.
KALANYANA. A twig.
KALAOTÈGA. To go about alone,
either from preference or
through wandering.
KALAPA. To skip, or jump with
joy.
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KALÈGA. To be tired of look-
ing. Used of the eyes. Ke
kalegile matlhō, I am blind.
KALÈLA. To look upon. Ba
mo kalèla matlhō, they look
earnestly on him. Lehatshe le
tla mo kalèla, he will be unable
to find his way. Used also
when any hindrance is met
with.
KALÈLWA. Ke kalèlwa ke le-
hatshe, I am at a loss which
way to take.
KALO. So great; so much. Go
kalo, thus much; so much.
Mahumō a a kalo, so great
riches. Go le kalo, so much.
E e kalo kalo, that which is so
great. A milk horn, Int.
KAM. A comb (hybrid).
KAMA. To perplex; to hinder
from making a choice. Pass.
kañwa. A conical piece of
clay with hollowed ends, made
to play with by throwing it in-
to water with a noise like ta!
Go kama moriri, to comb the
hair (hybrid). Lo tantsè yaka
kama, you have hit the mark,
or spoken truly.
KAMAGANYO. Noun from ama-
ganya.
KAMAKAMA. To fill one's arms
full of things; to have one's
arms full; to hug.
KAMAKAMILE. Perf. of kamaka-
ma.
KAMÈGA. To be at a loss what
to do; to be perplexed.
KA MMANETE, verily; truly; of a
truth.
KAMOGANŌ. Noun from amo-
gana.
KAMOGÈLÒ. A receiving. From
amogèla.
KAMORE. A chamber; a room
(hybrid).
KA MOSHŌ. To-morrow; in the
morning.
KAMPA. To embrace with the
arms; to spread the arms
around.
KAMPETSA. To drink quickly;
to swallow a liquid quickly.
KAMUGA. To swell.
KANA. To seal; to cement; to
stop holes with cement. Pass.
kanwa. Perf. kanne. So large,
the size being shown; what!
perhaps. Bontsi yo bo kanañ
ka dinaledi, a multitude as
numerous as the stars. Kana
go dihile yañ? Oh! what has
happened? O kana ka èna, he is
about his size; he is like him.
KANAKANA. So very much; so
very great.
KANAMA. To lie on one's back.
Go kanama ka motlhana, to lie
on one's back.
KANAMŌ. A spreading.
KANAMOLOGA. To rise from
lying on one's back; to fail in
keeping one's word.
KANANYŌ. Noun from ananya.
KANÈGŌ. Noun from anèga.
KANKABETSA. To lay hold of a
thing and lift it between both
hands with fingers stretched
out.
KANNE. Perf. of kana.
KANNWE. Perf. pass. of kana.
KANŌ. Cement; stopping for a
hole.
KANOLOLA. To unstop; to un-
seal.
KANTSÈ. Perf. of kanya. E
kantsè, it no longer leaks.
KANTSÈGA. To die suddenly
without previous illness.
KANYA. To beat, or strike with
one hard blow; to kill with
one stroke; to overcome with
one word; to become tight, as
a barrel put into water. Go
kanya puō, to restrain speech.
KANWA. Pass. of kana.
KAÑ=Ka eñ? By what?
KAÑWA. Pass. of kama.
KAO. A rhiem used for fasten-
ing an animal's legs.
KAOA. To fasten an animal's
legs, as in milking.
KAOLOGA. To separate, as a
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crowd, etc.; to become broken
up, as clouds; to become un-
fastened, as an animal's legs
when tied.
KA OMO. Purposely; on pur-
pose.
KAOWA. See KAOA.
KAPA. To catch in the hand a
thing thrown.
KAPÈO. Cookery.
KAPETLA = Kabetla. A fragment
of a broken thing.
KAPETLANA. A small piece; a
thin slice, or cake.
KAPETSA. To drink by throwing
water into the mouth.
KAPÔKWE. Snow; sleet (hy-
brid).
KARA. A carriage; a gig (hy-
brid).
KARABŌ. An answer.
KARAGANA. To make a clack-
ing noise, as the hoofs of ani-
mals when running.
KARALALA. To be in a fit with
limbs stiff.
KARALALÔ. A fit with limbs
stiff; epilepsy.
KARETLA. To roar; to growl;
to make a rumbling noise.
KAROLÔ. An open, gaping
wound. From Arola.
KA ROSI. We alone.
KASE. Cheese (hybrid).
KATA. To kill vermin against
the head with thumb nail; to
tramp, or tramp down, as loose
soil; to become broken in, or
trained. Ga e e se e kate, it is
not yet broken in, it is not yet
trained. Go kata ka moragō,
to step backwards.
KATAKA. To tramp much; to
trample on; to tread down
under foot.
KATAKALANA. To tread or
trample on each other.
KATAKÈLA. To trample on, as a
crowd a person on the ground.
KATAKILE. Perf. of kataka.
KATAMÈLÔ. An approaching;
an approach.
KATE. A wild water-melon.
KATEGÈLA. To become filled up,
as a well with mud.
KATÈLA. To fill up a pool or
hollow with earth; to tread
down, or tramp down, as cattle
a furrow. Ke tla se katèla ka
mbu, I will throw earth on it,
and thus press it down.
KATÈLWA. Pass. of katèla.
KATESETSA. To fill up a pool,
etc., with earth. Used of cattle.
KA THANOLÔ. With truth; with
preciseness; plainly.
KATHELÈLÔ. Ambiguously; in
a roundabout manner; not
plainly.
KATI. A sleeping place, or hol-
low of wild animals.
KATILE. Perf. of kata. E
katile, it is broken in; it is
trained.
KATISA. To train, or break in;
to humble; to abase.
KATISÈGA. To be broken in.
KATLA. To stretch a skin, etc.,
so as to widen it; to stretch a
thing out sideways.
KATLABALÔ. Breadth.
KATLANÔ. A kissing.
KATLHAMÔ. Width.
KATLHAMOLOSHÔ. Noun from
atlhamolosa.
KATLHOLÔ. A decision; a judg-
ment.
KATLÔ. A kiss.
KATLOA. To tie a cow's legs
together.
KATLOKU. Go botsa katloku, to
cross-examine. Go bua katloku,
to cross-examine.
KATLOLOLA. To untie a cow's
legs.
KATOA = Katloa.
KATOGA. To move back; to re-
tire to a distance.
KATOGANA. To move to a dis-
tance from each other.
KATOGANYA. O tla katoganya
nabō, he will separate himself
from them.
KATOGANYE. Perf. of katogana.
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O la a katoganye naè, he was
separated some distance from
him; o la a katoganye nabō,
he retired to a distance from
them.
KATOGÈLA. To retire to a dis-
tance from; to move back
from.
KATOLOGA. To forget training;
to become as if untrained; to
degenerate.
KATOLOGANA. To become es-
tranged from each other; to be
apart; to be at a distance from
each other.
KATOLOGANŌ. Noun from kato-
logana.
KATOLOLA. Revers. of kata. To
take soil out of a hole.
KATOSA. To remove a thing
back.
KATWA. Pass. of kata.
KAWA. A bag or other recep-
tacle for bulbs and fruit.
KA YENO. To-day; now.
KE. I. By. Ke gōna, there-
fore. Ke go re, that is to say.
Ke èna, it is he. Ke hano, I
am here. Bolaō ke yo, this is
the sleeping place.
KÈBA. To be weak, as thickly
growing corn, a cow unable to
calve well, etc.
KÈBÈ. A babble. Go cogile
kèbèkèbè, there is a confused
babble, as of several people
talking at the same time.
KEBETSA = Kabetsa.
KECO. Imitation.
KÈKÈLA. To smoulder; to
spread, as a sore, or a fire
without flame.
KEKETSA. To make worse, as a
rent, etc.
KEKETSÈGA. To become worse,
as a sickness, rent, etc.
KÈKÈTSÈGA = Keketsèga.
KÈLAMÈLŌ. Noun from èla-
mèla.
KELAMŌ. Noun from elama. A
lying in after childbirth.
KÈLÈBÈLA = Bopèlèla.
KELECO. A desire.
KELEDI. A tear from the eye.
KÈLÈKA. To examine carefully,
either by touch, or by looking
into; to search into with at-
tention.
KELEKETLA. To run out or over
continually.
KELEKETLŌ. An overflow; an
issue.
KÈLÈLŌ. A small stream; a
water furrow.
KELERA. To wave to and fro,
Int.
KELŌTLŌKŌ. Attention.
KÈMA. A patch, or strip cut or
shaved off from the forehead
to the middle of head.
KÈMALANŌ. Noun from èma-
lana.
KÈMÈLÈLŌ. Importunity.
KEMPONYEKETLAKAKAE. A
dwarf; a pigmy.
KENENYANE. A short-horned
rhinoceros.
KENOGA. To be changeable, or
inconstant.
KENTA. To innoculate (hybrid).
KENTWA. Pass. of kenta.
KEÑ. A stranger. Strange.
Used of animals.
KEOLOLA. To take out, or push
out sand when digging a hole.
KÈPŌ. A digging.
KEPU. A pointed stick for dig-
ging.
KÈTAPELE. A forerunner; the
foremost. Pl. dikètapele.
KETANE. A chain (hybrid).
KÈTÈGA. To be blamable, as a
man who neglects relations
dependent on him.
KETEHALA. To become heavy.
KETEHATSA. To make heavy.
KETEKA. To bruise very severe-
ly; to wound by bruising badly.
KETEKILWE. Perf. pass. of
keteka. O ketekilwe, he is
much bruised.
KETEKWA. Pass. of keteka.
KÈTÈLÈLŌPELE. Precedence. A
word found only in books.
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KETLA. A fragment of a broken
thing. Ga ba ketla ba diha
yalo, they will not do so.
KETLECO. A preparation.
KETOGA = Kwetoga.
KETOLA = Kwetola.
KGA. To ooze out, as blood from
a wound; to exude. Madi a
kga, the blood oozes out. Oa
kga madi, the blood oozes out
from him.
KGAA = Aba.
KGABA. To be ornamented; to
be adorned; to become arrayed;
to pierce, as a branch; to
thrust at, as in killing with a
spade. Edible fruit of the
mogaba plant. Used of the
feelings of a person who has
bewitched another. Bola bo
shupa kgaba, the dice reveals
the author of the curse. Na-
mane ea kgaba mashi, the calf
refuses the milk.
KGABAGANTSHA. Caus. of kga-
baganya.
KGABAGANYA. To ford a river;
to cross a path.
KGABAGARE. Afterwards.
KGABALA. The fruit of the
Mogaba plant.
KGABATLOLÈGA. To gad about;
to be always on the move.
KGABÈLA. To adorn for; to
show respect to by adorning,
or putting on the best clothes.
KGABETLA. To cut meat into
large pieces; to break up news,
or tell it in disconnected frag-
ments.
KGABETLÈLA. To chop meat,
etc., very fine; to mince meat.
KGABISA. Caus. of kgaba. To
adorn; to ornament; to cause
to be arrayed.
KGABISHŌ. An ornament; a
fine garment.
KGABO. A flame; a small
yellowish monkey.
KGABUÑ. Mo kgabuñ, in a
flame.
KGACНŌ. A sprinkling.
KGADI. Beer made from honey
(a Bushman word).
KGADILE. Perf. of kgala.
KGADIKÈGO. Stomach-ache.
KGADISA. Caus. of kgala.
KGADUBANE. A kind of water
tortoise.
KGAEA = Aba.
KGAGA. An armadillo.
KGAGABI. A reptile resembling
a crocodile.
KGAGABŌ. A crawling.
KGAGAMALŌ. Importunity.
KGAGAUTLHŌ. A tearing in
pieces.
KGAGETLA = Kgapetla.
KGAGOGŌ. A rent; a tear; a
breach.
KGAI = Khai.
KGAILŌ. Noun from gaila.
KGAKA. A guinea-fowl. [ing.
KGAKACŌ. Provocation; anger-
KGAKAHALA. To become far.
KGAKALA. Far. Kgakala le,
far from.
KGAKALANYANA. A short dis-
tance.
KGAKALŌ. Indignation. Ka
kgakalō, vehemently; with
zeal; earnestly.
KGAKAYANA. A short distance.
KGAKETLA. A large piece of a
broken plate, etc.; a large
platter; a piece of thin ice.
KGAKGABALA. To become dried
up, as a stream; to become
parched, as a throat.
KGAKGABALŌ. Noun from kga-
kgabala.
KGAKGABATSA. To cause to dry
up; to parch.
KGAKGABUÈLA = Khakhabuèla.
KGAKGABUÈGA = Khakhabuèga.
KGAKGABUÈGŌ = Khakhabuègō.
KGAKGAHALA. To become im-
pudent.
KGAKGAMACŌ. A surprising
event; a wonder.
KGAKGAMALA. To wonder.
KGAKGAMALŌ. A wondering.
KGAKGAMATSA. To cause to
wonder; to astonish.
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KGAKGAMOLOGANA. To be at
variance, or strife among each
other.
KGAKGAMOLOGANŌ. Variance;
strife.
KGAKGAMOLOGANYA. To cause
a division among people.
KGAKGAMOLOGANYŌ. Strife;
division.
KGAKGANA. A small kind of
tortoise.
KGAKGATHA. To boil and bubble
up.
KGAKGATHÈGÈLA. To stick to;
to adhere to, as dirt to clothes.
KGAKOLA. To put something
to cook in a new pot.
KGAKOLOGÈLŌ. A thought.
KGAKOLOLŌ. Advice; counsel.
KGALA. To blaspheme; to use
blasphemous language; to
abuse; to revile; to slander;
to deny. Kea kgala, I deny
what you say. To dry up, as
a fountain, or river; to cease
dripping, as blood=sekgala;
a long distance. Ke le ka
mmōna ha kgaleñ, I saw him
a long way off; I saw him in
the distance and almost out of
sight.
KGALADUA. A large coloured
beetle.
KGALAGADI. The desert.
KGALAKISHŌ. Provocation.
KGALALAPŌ. Something appear-
ing on the other side of a river,
as a tree, a house, etc.
KGALALÈLŌ. A shining; a
glare; glory.
KGALALETSA=Galaletsa.
KGALE. A large pot for refining.
KGALÈ=Galè.
KGALEÑ. See KGALA.
KGALÈGA. To become dried up;
to become cursed.
KGALEHŌ. Anger; wrath.
KGALEMA. To speak angrily;
to talk, or scold, as a baboon.
KGALEMÈLA. To speak angrily
to; to rebuke; to scold; to
scold in inarticulate language.
KGALŌ. Blasphemy; abuse.
KGALOLA. Medicine used to
make a dog fierce.
KGAMA. A hartebeest.
KGAMATHA. To become smeared,
or bleared, or smudged, as
face, or eyes by weeping.
KGAMATHALA. To become dirty
or smudged.
KGAMATHETSE. Perf. of kga-
mathala. O kgamathetse, he
is smudged. U kgamathetse
yañ! how dirty you are!
KGAMATHILE. Perf. of kgamatha.
O kgamathile mo matlhoñ, his
eyes are bleared with weeping.
KGAMÈLŌ. A milking vessel.
KGAMŌ. A milking.
KGAMOLOLA. To pull, or tear
asunder, as a rotten rag, etc.
KGAMPELA=Kganteye.
KGAMPO. Perhaps.
KGAMPU. Deep, as of a vessel,
or a sore from which the matter
has escaped.
KGANA = Natetsa. To cry, as a
jackal; perhaps. Go kgana
ka Modimo, to rely upon God.
KGANATHA=Kgamatha.
KGANCHŌ. Confidence; trust.
KGANECWE. Perf. pass. of kga-
nèla. O kganecwe ke bōna,
he is stopped by them. O
kganecwe tsela, he is debarred
the way.
KGANÈLA. To stop; to cause to
stand; to restrain; to bridle.
KGANÈLŌ. Strife; gainsaying;
a stop in punctuation.
KGANTELE. Shortly; in a little
while; by-and-by.
KGANTELÈ = Kgantele.
KGANTEYÈ= Kgantele.
KGANTLAPANE. A small kgan-
tlape.
KGANTLAPE. A fat, rough lizard,
blue under chin.
KGANTSADI. A man's sister; a
woman's brother. Not used of
a sister by a sister, nor of a
brother by a brother.
KGANTSADIA. Kgantsadia Tau,
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Tau's sister. Kgantsadia rona,
our sister.
KGANTSADIAKÈ. My sister.
KGANTSADIÈ. His sister.
KGANTSHA. To have confidence
in a person; to trust in; to
rely upon; to think a lot of; to
praise the good qualities of.
KGANWE. A kind of cat.
KGAÑ. Strife; a quarrel; a dis-
puted question; a discussion;
a debate; an argument. Go
tsaea kgañ, to discuss.
KGAÑYEÑ. Mo kgañyeñ, in a
strife, etc.
KGAOCWÈ. Perf. pass. of kgaola.
KGAODISA. Caus. of kgaotsa.
KGAODITSE. Perf. of kgaotsa.
KGAOGA. To be divided; to be
broken through.
KGAOGANA. To separate mutu-
ally. Go kgaogana le, to sepa-
rate from.
KGAOGANŌ. A separation; strife.
KGAOGAÑWA. Pass. of kgaoga-
na.
KGAOGANYA. To cause to sepa-
rate; to divide.
KGAOGANYE. Perf. of kgaogana.
KGAOGANYETSA. To divide for.
KGAOLA. To divide; to cut
through; to cut off.
KGAOLAKA. To divide com-
pletely.
KGAOLŌ. A division; a chapter.
KGAOTSA. To become silent.
Used chiefly of crying. Kgao-
tsa! be silent! hold your peace!
KGAOTSÈ. Perf. of kgaola.
KGAPA. The bone over and
round the eye; the hollow
space where an eye is lost.
KGAPETLA. A large piece of
broken ice; a large piece of
wood chopped off.
KGAPETSA. To do a thing often;
to do a thing again and again;
to be fine at an act.
KGABO. To force back; to re-
yellowish in doing; to push out
KGABUÑ. and, as grain from a
flame. smooth out wet clay
KGACHÔ. A s
with the hand; to smear a floor
with wet dung only.
KGAPHAHATSA. To abhor. A
word found only in books.
KGAPHASÈLA=Tètèsèla, to shiver
from cold; to vibrate, as water
after being dashed against a
rock; to shake, as a trippling
horse.
KGAPHEA. To shake about and
run over, as water while being
carried.
KGAPHÈGA. To become forced
back, as waves dashing against
a rock; to become pushed out,
as grain from a vessel.
KGAPHÈGÈLA. Metse a kga-
phègèla mo hikiñ, the water is
beaten back against the rock;
the water is forced back by the
rock.
KGAPHEISA. Caus. of kgaphea.
U se ka ua kgapheisa metse,
don't shake and spill the water.
Kgamèlō ea kgapheisa mashi,
the milking vessel shakes and
spills the milk.
KGAPHÈLA. To force, or push
out to. Go kgaphèla metse,
to pour water on, either from a
bucket, or by lading and pour-
ing.
KGAPÒ. Plunder; spoil; things
seized.
KGAPU. E kgapu, it is hollow,
as a sore from which the matter
has come out.
KGARACÔ. Noun from kgaratsa.
KGARAKGATSHA. To drive to
and fro.
KGARAKGATSHÈGA. To wander
hither and thither; to lead a
vagabond life.
KGARAKGATSHIWA. Pass. of
kgarakgatsha.
KGARAMATSÈGA. To become
parted asunder; to move, or
make an opening, as people
sitting together and making
room for another to sit between
them; to move apart; to be-
come broken up, as clouds.
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Kgaramatsègèla kwa=Shutèla
kwa.
KGARAMETSA. To push, or throw
a thing along the ground; to
drive away, as locusts; to re-
sist.
KGARAMETSÈGA=Kgaramatsèga.
KGARATLHA. To run hither and
thither, as cattle shut up in a
kraal; to turn from side to side,
as a sick person.
KGARATSA. To cause to doubt;
to mislead, as a path not known,
or a speech misunderstood.
KGARATSÈGA. To be in doubt;
to hesitate as to what to do; to
misunderstand.
KGARE. A ring used as a cushion
on the head; a crown of por-
cupine quills.
KGAREBANA. Dimin. of kgarebè.
KGAREBÈ. An unmarried man
or woman.
KGARÈLÔ. Noun from garèla.
KGARITSA. To scratch with the
nails.
KGARUMÔ. Noun from garuma.
KGATAKÔ. Noun from gataka.
KGATAMPI. A hole, or hollow
from which soil has been taken;
a rubbish hole.
KGATHA. To plough new ground;
to break up new soil.
KGATHÈLA. To be out of breath;
to be tired out, Int.
KGATHOLÈLA. To swallow liquid
greedily; to gulp down in
drinking.
KGATHWA. Pass. of kgatha.
Mbu o o kgathwañ, newly
ploughed ground.
KGATIKANYA. To brandish, or
wave from side to side, as a
sword; to slash, or cut side-
ways with stick, sword, etc.
KGATLA. A sheath; a case for a
Secwana needle; the handle of
a knife; a yellowish monkey.
KGATLANA. A small edible bulb.
KGATLHA. To please; to delight;
to interest.
KGATLHANA. To meet each other.
KGATLHANETSA=Kgatlhantsha.
KGATLHANÔ. A meeting; a
meeting place.
KGATLHANOÑ. Against. A word
found only in books.
KGATLHANTSHA. To meet with.
KGATLHANYA. To cause to meet;
to draw together; to unite to-
gether.
KGATLHÈGA. To be pleasing to;
to be pleased with. Go kga-
tlhèga mo go èna, to become
pleasing to him.
KGATLHÈGÔ. A pleasure; a de-
light.
KGATLHIWA. Pass. of kgatlha.
KGATLHOGA. To be killed sud-
denly; to die suddenly.
KGATLHOLA. To kill an animal
quickly, as by a deadly stab;
to kill suddenly, as by deadly
poison.
KGATLHWA. Pass. of kgatlha.
KGATÔ. A footprint of man, or
animal; the part of an ox's hoof
that presses on the ground.
KGATSANE. Setlharo for ga-
tshane.
KGATSELE. The first milk after
calving; beest.
KGATSHA. To sprinkle.
KGATSHANE. A small, or female
dice.
KGATSIMOLA. To blow upon, as
wind a hot person; to cool; to
sprinkle water on.
KGATWANE. A kind of lizard.
Pl. bokgatwane.
KGAYANE. A helper, or guard
of the boys in the bogwèra.
KGAYAYÈGA. To rage; to be
furious with rage; to speak
loudly in anger; to trumpet,
as an elephant in a rage.
KGAYE. The headman among
the bogwèra helpers.
KGÈBA. To chop out the back-
bone; to chop in a slanting
direction; to cut up growing
grass with a spade.
KGEKGEISA. To tease; to vex;
to persecute; to stir up strife.
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KGÈKGÈLE. A small lump of
flesh on the side of a tongue,
not generally eaten.
KGÈKGÈTHA. To cut a carcase
down by the backbone, remov-
ing the leg, ribs, and shoulder.
KGÈLÈDISA. To graze the skin,
as a bullet, etc.; to make a
superficial wound.
KGELEDISICWE. O kgeledisicwe
mpa, he is grazed on the
stomach.
KGÈLÈKA. To scratch much, or
deeply; to poke so as to make
deep scratches.
KGÈLÈKANA. To scratch each
other deeply.
KGÈLESHWA. A lump, or swell-
ing in the groin or armpit.
KGÈMÈTHA. To smite; to cut off.
KGÈMÈTHWA. Pass. of kgèmètha.
KGÈNWÈ. A wild water melon.
Part. eo.
KGÈRA. To plough before rain
falls; to plough dry, hard
land. Perf. kgerile.
KGÈRÈGA. To be always talking,
or crying; to be troubled with
a ceaseless cough.
KGÈRUGA. To cough much with-
out expectoration.
KGÈTHA. To pay taxes, or
tribute.
KGÈTHÈLA. To pay tribute to;
to give a present to a chief.
KGÈTHÈLO. Tax; tribute.
KGETHISA. To tax; to impose
tribute.
KGETLA. A cockle; a mussel;
a cockle shell; a mussel shell;
an oyster shell. To pass by at
a distance; to avoid by pass-
ing; to break, or cut a twig
from a stump, or a sucker out
of the ground; to pull up grass
or rushes.
KGÈTLÈGA. To be weak, or
flimsy, as clothing; to be weak
and inflamed, as chronic sore
eyes.
KGETLWA. A large, very long-
horned rhinoceros.
KGETSANA. A little bag.
KGETSE. A bag; a sack.
KGOA. A kind of tick, found
chiefly on the hinder parts of
cattle.
KGŌBA. To upbraid; to re-
proach; to rail at. Pass.
kgōywa. To agitate, as water,
go kgōba nama; to chop meat
in a mortar with a straight-
handled axe. The difference
in sound in this word can be
distinguished by a native, but
not written.
KGOBAKGOBA = Khobakhoba.
KGŌBALALA. To be humble; to
become tame.
KGŌBALALO. Humility; humi-
liation; tameness.
KGŌBALATSA. To make tame;
to humiliate.
KGOBATA. A strip of inner bark
used as rope.
KGOBE=Ledibèla, Int.
KGOBEA. To move, or run about
in an excited manner, as a
crowd or an army in confusion.
KGOBECWE. Perf. Pass. of kgo-
bèla; shut up.
KGŌBÈGA. To become weary;
to languish; to become meek;
to become stirred up. From
kgōba.
KGOBEGILE. Perf. of kgōbèga.
Ke kgobegile marapō, I am
weak in my bones.
KGOBEILWE=Kgoberegilwe.
KGŌBÈLA. To shut up securely,
as a house door with bushes
and stones.
KGŌBÈLÈLA. Go e kgōbèlèla
mo tluñ, to shut it up in a
house.
KGOBELŌ. A hollow at the side
of a cow's tail indicating a
nearness to calving time.
KGOBERA. To stir up; to agi-
tate.
KGOBERÈGA. To be stirred up;
to become agitated.
KGOBERÈGŌ. A being stirred
up.
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KGOBERŌ. A stirring up.
KGOBILE. Perf. of kgōba.
KGŌBŌ. A reproach; railing.
KGOBODISA. To drag; to draw.
KGOBOGA. To become frayed;
to be rubbed off; to fall off, as
a scab.
KGOBOKANA. To crowd to-
gether.
KGOBOKANÈLA. To crowd to-
gether to, or at; to press upon.
KGOBOKANETSE. Perf. of kgo-
bokanèla.
KGOBOKANYA. To bring to-
gether a crowd.
KGOBOLA. To belch; to rub off,
as paint; to pull, or pluck off,
as a scab, hair off a skin, etc.;
to trample down, as a large
number of people; to drag
bushes along the ground.
Used of oxen.
KGOBOLOLA. A reproaching.
From gobolola.
KGŌBŌTLA. To despise as being
of no use; to speak disparag-
ingly to; to hurt the feelings
by speaking.
KGOBOTLANA. To crowd to-
gether.
KGOBOTLANYA. To gather to-
gether, as stones, etc.; to
gather a crowd together.
KGOBOTLETSA. To stone; to
assail with stones at close
quarters; to stone with many
stones.
KGOCWA. To be vexed; to be
offended; to be tripped up by
something on the ground; to
be enticed.
KGODU. Water from boiled
pumpkin, etc.
KGODUGOCHWANE. The hollow
under a knee; sometimes used
of the hollow under an elbow.
KGODUKŌMA. Adam's apple.
KGODUMŌ. A rebound, Int.
KGOGE. A hook, as of a stick,
etc.; hooked.
KGOGO. Edible root of the
cwaicwai, or nkwai plant.
KGOGOCHWANE. Hoar frost.
KGOGODI. Rubbish floating on
water; rubbish left by receding
water.
KGOGOGA. To snap, as a dog.
KGOGOGÈLA = Kgomogèla.
KGOGOLA. To remove a stump,
etc., from the ground, either
by pulling up roots or breaking
off.
KGOGOLAMOKO. Pula ea kgogo-
lamoko, winter rain, rain after
harvest.
KGÔGÔMELÔ. A strait; a nar-
row strip of water between
two countries; a channel.
KGOGONOKA. A black water
fowl; a coot.
KGÖGÖROPÖ. Curved, as a
sickle.
KGÔGÔYA. Adam's apple.
KGOHA = Kgoa. The unbeaten-
out corn removed in winnow-
ing, and stamped.
KGOKA. To put the thongs on
sandals.
KGOKAHALÔ. Fornication; adul-
tery.
KGOKÈLÔ. A hinge.
KGOKGOA. To gather a number
of different things together at
the same time.
KGÖKGŌCHŌ. A corner of a
house, inside or outside.
KGOKGOILE. Perf. of kgokgoa.
KGOKGOLÈLA. To labour. A
word found only in books.
KGOKGOMETSA. To take inde-
cent liberties with a female.
KGOKGOMISA. To drag some-
thing along the ground.
KGOKGONTSHA = Rumola.
KGOKGOTHA. To trail on the
ground, as a long garment; to
knock, as a marrow-bone on
the hand.
KGOKGOTHISA. To cause to trail;
to drag a person along the
ground.
KGOKGWANE. Go ntaea kgo-
kgwane, to leak, as a milksack
through a badly-fitting plug.
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KGOKGWEELETSA. Go kgokgwee-
letsa kwa, to drive to.
KGOKGWEETSA. To cause to
stumble; to trip up; to com-
pel to go; to compel to accom-
pany others; to force along;
to drive along with others.
KGOKGWEETSÈGA. To stumble,
and nearly fall; to be driven.
KGOKGWEETSÈGÔ. A stumbling.
KGOKOLOGA. To fall off a high
place; to fall down; to descend
abruptly.
KGOKOLOGÈLA. Go kgokologèla
mo, to descend from. Go kgo-
kologèla kwa, to descend to.
KGOKOLOSA. Caus. of kgoko-
loga.
KGOKOLOSETSA. Go kgokolo-
setsa kwa tlhatshe, to cause to
fall down from a height; to
cause to descend.
KGOKONYANA. A kind of small
bird, destructive to corn.
KGOKOÑ. A wildebeest; a gnu.
KGOLA. To force; to compel;
to pull out; to pull off, or
knock off, as an axe out of a
sheath, or an axe head off a
handle; a small bone in an
animal's leg, used by children
to play with.
KGOLAGANÈLO. A conspiracy.
KGOLAGANŌ. A covenant; a
treaty.
KGÔLAGANÔ = Kgolaganō.
KGOLAGANYŌ. A binding to-
gether; a conspiracy.
KGOLÈ. A rhiem; a thong.
KGOLÈGÈLŌ. Ntlo ea kgolègèlō,
a prison.
KGOLÈGÔ. An imprisonment; a
binding. From golèga.
KGOLÈLA. To compel for; to
compel to.
KGOLEÑ. Mo kgoleñ, in a rhiem;
in a state of bondage.
KGOLO. Great.
KGOLÔ. Force; compulsion.
KGOLOEAMARALE. Kgwedi e
cwa kgoloeamarale. Used of
a full moon just rising.
KGOLOGOLO. Old.
KGOLOGOLOLÔ. A deliverance;
a release.
KGOLOKWANE. A small ball; a
small round thing.
KGOLOKWE. A round thing; a
ball; a globe.
KGOLOLÈGÔ. Liberty.
KGOLOLÔ. A deliverance; a
release.
KGOLOLOGA. To become un-
bound, or loose, as the rhiem
of a pack-ox burden; to be
set free, as a tongue-tied child
when relieved.
KGOLOLOLA. To unfasten, as
the rhiem of a pack-ox bur-
den; to resolve, or find out
a puzzle, or riddle; to make
straight, or unravel.
KGOLU. A woman's placenta.
KGOMA. To rub with much fat;
to smear with much dung.
KGOMARÈLA. To adhere to, as
dust, evil, etc.; to hang on to;
to stick fast to; to lay hold of,
and refuse to let go.
KGOMARÈLWA. Pass. of kgo-
marèla.
KGOMETHA. To do anything
imperfectly; to bungle; to
work badly.
KGOMMA. A mark made on the
arm by burning purposely.
Chiefly found on young girls.
KGOMO. An ox; a bullock.
Kgomo e namagadi, a cow.
KGOMOCÔ. Comfort.
KGOMOGÈLA. To dart out upon,
or jump upon, as a lion; to
snap at, as a dog.
KGOMOLA. To pull, or pluck off
a pumpkin, bunch of fruit,
etc.
KGONA. A joint in a shoulder-
blade.
KGÔNA. To persuade; to in-
duce; to overcome by persua-
sion. Perf. kgonne; Pass.
kgōnwa. To become tarnished,
or rusty; to corrode; to be-
come dirty, or dusty.
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KGONATHA. To do anything
with vigour, or determination.
KGONATHÈLA. To press hard
after.
KGÔNKGÔNYANE. Liquid black
gum.
KGONNE. Perf. of kgōna.
KGONNWE. Perf. pass. of kgōna.
KGONÔ. Influence.
KGONOCWE. See KGWENECHE.
KGONOGÈLA. To become broken
off, as a thorn, or any soft
thing.
KGONOGÔ. Noun from gonoga.
KGONOSETSA. To break off a
thorn, or any soft thing, leav-
ing a part remaining.
KGÔNWA. Pass. of kgōna.
KGONYAITLHÔ = Kgonyaitlhwe.
KGONYAITLHWE. A kind of car-
rion bird.
KGOÑWA. Pass. of kgoma.
KGÔÑWANA. A young ox with
horns just budding.
KGOÔ. A loud cry. From goa.
KGOPA. To trip up; to stumble
against; to offend; to vex; to
displease. Pass. kgopiwa.
KGOPAMA. To become bent; to
become curved; to become
crooked; to become warped.
KGOPAME. Perf. of kgopama,
bent, etc.
KGOPAMISA. To cause to be
bent, etc.
KGOPE. A kind of large yellow
locust; an unmarried person
of either sex.
KGÔPE=Kgope.
KGOPÈGA. To become offended;
to be caused to stumble. Ba
le ba kgopèga mo go èna, they
were offended in him. Gore lo
se kgopege, that you may not
be offended.
KGOPHA. To gather all together,
or entirely; to rub a skin or
rhiem between the hands in
braying; to tramp in braying;
to hook, or pull down, as the
branch of a tree. Go kgopha
ntwa, to cause war.
KGOPHÈGA. To be gathered to-
gether, or taken out, as all the
things out of a house, or cattle
out of a krall.
KGOPHÔ. A small bush with
edible fruit.
KGOPHOGA. To be thrown over,
or upset.
KGOPHOLA. To throw over, or
upset; to carry away, as a
flood; to snatch away; to pull
suddenly towards.
KGOPILWE. Perf. pass. of kgopa.
KGOPISA. To offend; to dis-
please; to vex; to cause to
stumble.
KGOPISHÔ. A stumbling-block;
a cause of stumbling; an
offence; a scandal.
KGOPISIWA. Pass. of kgopisa.
KGOPIWA. Pass. of kgopa.
KGOPÔ. A stumbling; an of-
fence.
KGÔPÔ. Crooked. Pelo e kgōpō,
a crooked heart. Stubborn, per-
verse. O kgōpō, he is stubborn,
he is froward, he is perverse.
KGOPODISHÔ. A remembrance.
KGOPOGA. To walk quickly; to
journey quickly.
KGOPOLÔ. A thought.
KGOPOLOLA. To remove a mis-
taken impression; to set right;
to rectify; to straighten, as a
bent stick, etc.
KGOPU. The root of a reed; the
stalk of a pumpkin leaf.
KGORA. To become satisfied
when eating; to be filled with.
Perf. kgotshe.
KGORÈGÔ. Noun from gorègō.
KGORELECO. A hindrance.
KGORELEDIWA. Pass. of kgore-
letsa.
KGORELETSA. To hinder.
KGORELETSÈGA. To become hin-
dered.
KGORI. A wild turkey; a bus-
tard; a paauw.
KGORISA. To satisfy.
KGORISIWA. Pass. of kgorisa.
KGÔRÔ. A gateway; a passage;
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an entrance; an opening be-
tween two hills.
KGOROBELÈLA. To press upon,
or push back, as a strong bull
a weaker one; to press upon,
or overcome in speech.
KGŌRŌGŌ. An arrival.
KGOROGOBA. An isolated swell-
ing; a small scarlet bird found
in reeds.
KGOROKGOTSA. To try and keep
a person to his appointment or
duty; to shake up and down,
or from side to side, so as to
mix.
KGOROLA. A grain, or tuft of
native corn still fast to the
husk.
KGŌRŌMANA. To press upon
each other, as persons from
want of room, or things through
being badly arranged.
KGŌRŌMANYA. To cause things
to press upon or knock against
each other by heaping them up
or overcrowding them.
KGOROMELETSA. Go kgorome-
letsa ntlè, to cast out violently;
to push out.
KGOROMETSA. To push forward;
to thrust away; to spurn; to
shove; to reject.
KGOROMETSANYA. To push, or
jostle each other.
KGŌRŌNYANA. A little kgōrō.
KGŌRŌPANA. To become bent
up, or doubled up, as fingers in
sickness.
KGŌRŌPANYE. Perf. of kgōrō-
pana.
KGŌRŌSANE. A worm living in
a grass-woven case; a grass-
slang.
KGORWA. Pass. of kgora.
KGŌRWANA. A little kgōrō.
KGŌSANA. A prince; a chief-
tain.
KGOSETSA. To shut a door by
lifting or hooking; to hook out.
KGŌSHŌBA. To be feeble; to
walk feebly; to go about just
after sickness.
KGOSHOLA. To carry away, or
clear away rubbish and refuse,
as a heavy rain or a flood.
KGOSHŌMŌ. Noun from goshō-
ma.
KGOSI. A chief; a king.
KGOTÈLŌ. Noun from gotèla.
KGOTHA. To pull back forcibly;
to restrain.
KGOTHÈLA. To pull back, or
drag back; to jerk a plant out
of the ground.
KGOTHI. The stem or stalk con-
necting a pumpkin with the
tendril.
KGOTLA. The enclosure in which
men sit; a place of meeting for
chiefs and headmen. = Lekgo-
tla.
KGŌTLA. To push a thing off
with a stick. O la a e kgōtla
ka logoñ, he pushed it off with
a piece of wood. To push into,
or poke with the point of a
finger; to dinge in with the
point or end of a finger.
KGOTLETSA. To wet a finger and
point it at in anger, the arm
being stretched out; to stir a
fire; to push the ends of burn-
ing sticks into a fire.
KGOTLHAGANA. To be close
together; to be crowded to-
gether; to touch or press upon
each other in a crowd; to be
at loggerheads with each other.
KGOTLHAGANYA. To throng; to
press upon. Ke èna eo o kgo-
tlhaganyañ ñwana le ragwè, it
is he who sets father and child
at loggerheads. Go kgotlha-
ganya marudi, to shrug, or
draw up the arms and shoul-
ders.
KGOTLHAGANYETSA. Ba le ba
mo kgotlhaganyetsa, they
pressed upon him.
KGOTLHAKGOTLHA. To be over-
driven; to be done up.
KGOTLHAÑ. Mischief. Oa diha
kgotlhañ, he makes mischief.
KGŌTLHŌ. Brass; copper.
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KGOTLHŌLŌ. A cough.
KGOTLOKGOTSA. To shake up
and down, as a marrow-bone.
KGŌTLŌKŌ. A bull.
KGŌTLWANE. An upright pole,
or stick, or reed, in the wall of
a house.
KGŌTOBŌLWE. A large black
carrion bird.
KGOTODUA. A shrub with yellow
flowers, found in deserted gar-
dens.
KGOTSA. Either; or; perhaps.
E se re kgotsa, lest perchance.
E se be kgotsa, whether. E tla
re kgotsa ke dièga, it may be
that I shall delay.
KGOTSHE. Perf. of kgora. Ke
kgotshe, I am full; I am satis-
fied. Ba kgotshe nama, they
are satisfied with meat.
KGOULA. To go in a drove or
crowd, as cattle or many
people.
KGŌYANA. A little kgōlè.
KGŌYWA. Pass. of kgōba.
KGWA. To spit; to spit out; to
expectorate. Perf. kgwele;
pass. kgwiwa.
KGWABANA = Kgwèbana.
KGWABOHADIWA. Pass. of kgwa-
bohatsa.
KGWABOHALA. To become tame.
KGWABOHATSA. To make tame.
KGWABOTSA. To tread, or
trample down, as a crowd.
KGWADI. Cleverness, Int.
Mosadi oa kgwadi, a clever
woman.
KGWADIRE. A kind of eagle, or
vulture.
KGWALALŌ. Noun from gwa-
lala.
KGWALECHWÈGA. To take
breath.
KGWANA. White-backed. Used
of a cow. Feminine of nkgwè.
KGWANYA = Khwanya.
KGWANYAKGWANYA = Khwanya-
khwanya.
KGWANYAKGWANTSÈ = Khwanya-
khwantsè.
KGWAÑKGWANYÈGA. To neigh.
KGWAÑKGWANYETSA. To neigh.
KGWARA. To scrape with a
knife; to strike a match.
KGWARALALA. To become stiff,
as a skin that had been wet.
KGWARALATSA. To make stiff,
or rigid.
KGWARALETSE. Perf. of kgwa-
ralala.
KGWARIPA. To scratch, or
claw with the nails; dirty red
and white, the colours running
into each other. Used of an
ox.
KGWARIPANA. Feminine of
kgwaripa.
KGWASA. To make a noise, as
the feet of an approaching per-
son.
KGWASHŌ. Noun from gwasa.
KGWATE. An iguana. Pl. bo-
kgwate.
KGWATHA. To be beaten while
lying down; to lie down to be
beaten.
KGWATHACHŌ. Encouragement.
KGWATHALALA. To be weak;
to be submissive; to lie sick
and silent.
KGWATHATSA. To encourage; to
strengthen.
KGWATHISA. To beat when lying
down; to scourge.
KGWATHISHŌ. A beating; a
scourging.
KGWATHOGA. To break out, as
an eruption.
KGWATIALALA. To listen to re-
proof humbly and without
answering.
KGWATSE. A kind of root. Pl.
bokgwatse.
KGWÈBA. Spotted; speckled;
black, or red with mixture of
white; red and white about
the belly. Used of an ox.
KGWÈBANA. Feminine of kgwè-
ba. Used of a cow.
KGWEDI. A moon; a month.
KGWEECŌ. A driving.
KGWEECWA. Pass. of kgweetsa.
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KGWEEDIWA. Pass. of kgweetsa.
KGWEELETSA. To drive for.
KGWEETSA. To drive. Go
kgweetsa kgweetsa, to drive a
little.
KGWÈLA. To spit upon; to spit
to.
KGWÈLÈ. A rhiem, Int.
KGWELEA. To put things into a
net for carrying. Dilō tse dia
mo kgwelea, these things have
a strong hold on him.
KGWELEAGANA. To be tongue-
tied; to become entangled, as
a bunch of wool on a bush.
KGWELEAGANYA. To entangle.
Go kgweleaganya puō, to con-
fuse speech.
KGWELEAGANYE. Perf. of kgwe-
leagana.
KGWENECHE. Monwana oa
kgweneche, a thumb; a little
finger.
KGWEREANA. To be unable to
see one's way clear to a course
of action.
KGWEREANŌ. A purposeless
speech.
KGWEREANYA. To confuse.
KGWEREME. A small wild ani-
mal, in colour like a wolf.
KGWÈTLHA. To shake, or be
shaky, as a door; to be shaky,
as feeble knees, or one thing
under another.
KGWETLHISA. To cause to shake;
to shake actively, as a pole in
the ground.
KGWILE. Perf. of kgwa.
KGWISA. To wean a child.
KGWIWA. Pass. of kgwa.
KHABUÈLA. To fall suddenly, as
into an unseen hole.
KHAÈGA. To be torn up, as a
flimsy thing; to be carved or
cut up.
KHAÈGANA. To be torn in pieces,
as a flimsy thing.
KHAI. Cloth; flannel.
KHAKHABUÈLA. To be rash; to
act, or speak rashly.
KHAKHABUÈGA. To become rash.
KHAKHABUÈGŌ. Rashness.
KHAMOLOGA. To be open, as
the planks of a box, sole of a
shoe, etc.
KHAMOLOGANA. To become
separated, as two planks; to
be divided into two parties.
KHAMOLOGANYA. To divide into
parties; to cause divisions.
KHAMOLOGANŌ. A division
among friends; a breach.
KHAMOLOLA. To pull open, as a
seam, etc.
KHANKHU. Intense heat, causing
great perspiration.
KHAONYA. To pour a little.
KHEKHELE. Shallow, as a ford.
KHÈLA. To search for in earth
or ashes; to remove earth,
etc., by a side movement of the
hand; to scratch on the sur-
face, as a fowl.
KHELEISA. To turn over earth,
etc., in seeking; to search
into.
KHIBA. A skin worn in front by
women; an apron made of
skin.
KHIBIDU. Red.
KHIDIA. To make wakeful; to
hinder from sleeping; to haunt.
KHIDIÈGA. To be wakeful; to
be haunted by the memory of
evil deeds.
KHIÈLA. To kill secretly; to
assassinate; to murder.
KHIKHIA. To run slowly.
KHITLA. To root up, as a pig
grass; to dig superficially; to
kick about and be unable to
rise, as a weak animal.
KHOBAKHOBA. To trot.
KHOBAKHOBISA. To cause to
trot; to overdrive.
KHODI. An ostrich's nest; a
hen's nest.
KHOHE. A bird like a pheasant
which makes a booming sound.
KHONKHABE. A kind of low
shoe. A Sekotu word.
KHONŌN. A pillar or cloud of
smoke or dust.
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KHUAGANA. To become puckered
up, or shrivelled, as a dry skin.
KHUAGANYA. To pucker up in
sewing; to pucker up the skin
on forehead, as in anger.
KHUAGANYE. Perf. of khuagana.
KHUAKANYA. To gather in quan-
tities, as by extensive trading;
to overcome by talking; to
overspread, as clouds the whole
sky.
KHUANÈGŌ. A disturbance, Int.
KHUANŌ. A wrinkle, Int.
KHUANYA=Khuakanya.
KHUBAMA. To kneel; to be in
labour. Used of a woman.
KHUBAME. Perf. of khubama.
KHUBAMÈLA. To kneel to.
KHUBÈGA. To plant a shield on
the ground so as to resist an
attack.
KHUBIDU. Red.
KHUBITLA. To do a great work;
to work very hard.
KHUBU. A navel.
KHUBULOGA. To rise from the
knees; to rise from stooping
forward.
KHUCHAMA. To fall down on
the knees; to kneel. Go khu-
chama ka leñōlè, to kneel on
one knee.
KHUCHAMISA. Caus. of khu-
chama. Go khuchamisa ka
mañōlè, to fall down on the
knees.
KHUCHWANE=Khutshane.
KHUDU. A tortoise.
KHUDUÈGŌ. A bustle; an agita-
tion.
KHUDUGŌ. A change of resi-
dence.
KHUDUTHAMAGA. Ba ile khudu-
thamaga, or ba dutsè khudu-
thamaga, they are having a
hole and corner meeting; they
are gone away to have a secret
talk.
KHUÈLA. To fill up again and
swell, as an opened abscess.
KHUELETSA. Go khueletsa kwa,
to throw yonder, far away.
KHUETSA. To throw a long way;
to carry a long distance,as a gun.
KHUHANŌ. Jealousy.
KHUKHÈLA. To continue to run
for a long time; to follow up a
track; to chase game; to pur-
sue perseveringly; to track or
trail; to remind one of a fault
often or continually.
KHUKHU. A scavenger beetle; a
a large black beetle with horny
wings.
KHUKHUNA. To pick out, as ripe
fruit from among the unripe;
to pick sticks for a fire out of
the hedge.
KHUKHUTHA=Kukuta.
KHUKHWANE. A beetle, the
generic term for a beetle; a
small scavenger beetle.
KHUKHWISA. To make a wry
face as if about to cry.
KHUMAGADI. A queen, Int.
KHUMANÈGŌ. Poverty.
KHUMARÈLA=Kgomarèla.
KHUMÈLA. The fibrous part of
the pith of an ox's horn; a
tapeworm.
KHUMISHŌ. A making rich.
KHUMŌ. Riches. Pl. mahumō.
KHUMOGA. To become pulled
up; to become rooted up.
KHUMOKÈLA. To be closed up,
as the opening of an abscess.
KHUMOLA. To root out; to pull
out; to pull out by the roots;
to pull up by the arms.
KHUMPOGA. To swell out; to
swell up.
KHUMPOLOGA. To swell up, as
an abscess; to spring up, or
swell out, as a mushroom.
KHUMPOLOLA. To remove, as an
ox-hide off meat; to remove
meat covered by an ox-hide.
KHUNAGANYŌ. A bond.
KHUNÈLŌ. A tying.
KHUNOU. Red. Used of an ox.
KHUNWANA. Fem. of khunou.
Used of a cow.
KHUPA. A man's wife's sister's
husband.
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KHURANYŌ. A gnashing, as of
teeth.
KHURU. An expression used to
denote utter darkness. Lehihi
ya re hèla ya re khuru, the
darkness is intense.
KHURUMANYA. To put the food
together that is in two dishes;
to put the food of one dish on
the top of that in another dish.
KHURUMÈLA. To put a cover or
lid on.
KHURUMETSA. To cover up; to
overshadow.
KHURUMOLA. To uncover.
KHURUMOLOLA. To uncover.
KHURUTLA = Kurutla.
KHUTI. A hollow; below the
horizon.
KHUTLA. To finish; to cease; to
knock against a thing in space
with foot, elbow, etc.
KHUTLANA. To knock against
each other.
KHUTLANYA. To knock one
thing against another.
KHUTLÈLA. To knock, or strike
against; to conclude at, or
with.
KHUTLISA. To cause to end; to
cause to finish.
KHUTLISIWA. Pass. of khutlisa.
KHUTLŌ. An end.
KHUTLOGA. To be sulky; to be
dogged; to refuse to speak;
to be in a bad temper; to be
vexed.
KHUTLOGÈLA. To be sulky with,
or to. Ba le ba mo khutlogèla
hèla, they refused to speak to
him. Re se khutlogele pocō,
don't let us refuse to answer
the question.
KHUTLOLA. To project; to stick
out; to shrug up the shoulders.
KHUTLOLOLA. To enlarge, as a
house; to make more room.
KHUTLWA. Pass. of khutla; to
be tripped up by a thing in
space. Used of a thing carried.
O la a khutlwa ke moyakō, he
knocked against the door. Se
le sa khutlwa ke lencwè, it
knocked against a stone. Se le
sa khutlwa, it was struck.
KHUTSA! Cease!
KHUTSAHALÈLŌ. Mourning.
KHUTSAHALŌ. Grief; sorrow.
KHUTSHAHALA. To become
short.
KHUTSHAHATSA. To make short;
to shorten. Used of time.
KHUTSANA. An orphan; a
fatherless, or motherless child,
or both; one who has grief;
one of low degree; a little
hollow.
KHUTSANYŌ. A cursing of each
other.
KHUTSHANE. Short.
KHUYANE. A sore, swelled, or
unhealed navel of an infant; a
complaint of the bowels sup-
posed to be caused by a sore
navel.
KHWAAN. Khwaan ea letsae,
the white of an egg.
KHWANYA. To run gently; to
trot; to knock, tap, or rap
once.
KHWANYAKHWANTSÈ. Perf. of
khwanyakhwanya.
KHWANYAKHWANYA. To knock,
tap, or rap again and again.
KHWATA. To alter in appear-
ance, as from sickness, anger,
etc.; to be pale or pallid.
KHWATLAHALA. To become
dwarfed, Int.
KHWATLAHETSE. Perf. of khwa-
tlahala, Int.
KHWEBA. A game in which bo-
kwatse, or bolatsi, or bokudun-
kō are pierced and taken up
with a thorn, or a pointed bit
of wood.
KHWENA. The worm of a cater-
pillar in cell sticking on a
branch.
KHWIBICHWANYANA. Dim. of
khwibidu.
KHWIBIDU. Red.
KHWICWE. E khwicwe, it is
sprained. O khwicwe ke kgo-
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mo, he has been sprained or
dislocated by an ox.
KHWIGA. To become sprained,
or out of joint; to become
dislocated.
KIBA=Tsiba.
KICŌ. Knowledge.
KICŌNYANA. A little knowledge.
KIDIBALŌ. A fainting fit; a
faint.
KIDIBI. A game in which a
kgèñwè is rolled along the
ground and pierced with a
pointed stick.
KIDIKIDI. The bone at the back
of a neck.
KIKA. A mortar; a stamping
block.
KIKITLA=Retela. Se kikitla
hèla=Se retetse.
KILE. A word expressive of an
act done and passed, and also
of an act done only a short
time ago. O kile a tla, he came
some time ago. A kile a tsa-
maea, he went away.
KILÈGŌ. Contempt; hatred.
KILÈLŌ. Noun from ilèla.
KILŌ. Hatred.
KIMA. Thick.
KIMÈLŌ. Noun from imèla.
KINA. To tie a horse's legs; to
knee-halter a horse. A Sesuto
word.
KIRIETSA. To pacify an infant.
KITLA=Tlhanya. See also KE-
TLA.
KITLANA. To be united; to
agree together.
KITLANCWE. Framed, or joined
together.
KITLANYA. To join tightly to-
gether.
KITLAÑWA. Pass. of kitlana.
KITSECŌPELE. Foreknowledge.
Ko. An expression of appeal.
A ko u tlè le nna, please come
with me. Sometimes=Kabo.
KOA. To gather; to heap up.
KOAHALA. To become weak.
KŌAHALA=Koahala.
KOAHATSA. To make weak.
KŌAHATSA=Koahatsa.
KOAKOETSA=Kwakwetsa.
KOAMA. To sit down helpless;
to sink down exhausted; to lie
down, as a helpless animal; to
assemble in crowds.
KOAME. Perf. of koama.
KOBA. To drive away with con-
tempt; to despise; to become
mouldy, or mildewed.
KŌBA. To look round, or about,
or over the shoulder expecting
to see something. O la a ba
kōba, he looked round about
upon them; he looked at them.
Go koba pelo, to expect; to
hope in a promise; to trust in
a person's word.
KOBAKOBA. To be restless; to
go about from house to house.
KŌBAKŌBA. To look about on
all sides.
KŌBAMÈLŌ. A bowing down to;
worship.
KŌBANA. To look at each other.
KŌBAŌBA. A large, very long-
horned rhinoceros.
KOBE. A barb on a spear. Le-
rumō ya kobe, a barbed spear.
KOBÈLA. To work with wire;
to weave wire on a stick, etc.
KOBISA. Go kobisa pelo, to
cause to hope.
KOBISHŌ. Kobishō pelo, ex-
pectation, hope.
KOBŌ. A skin cloak, or mantle;
a kaross.
KŌBŌTA. To pound=Thuga.
KOBŌTLŌ. A shelf.
KOCŌ. Noun from otsa.
KŌCWANA. Fem. of kwebu.
Used of a cow.
KODU. A voice; the part under
a chin.
KODUAHALA. To become poor
in flesh.
KODUKOMA. Adam's apple.
KODUMÈLA. To descend by a
sudden fall off in a path.
KODUMETSA. Caus. of kodumè-
la. To swallow; to cause to
descend. Tsela ea kodumetsa
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motho, the path causes the
person to descend abruptly.
KODUÔLÔ. The small hollow at
the back of the neck and base
of skull.
KOÈGA. To become gathered;
to be heaped up.
KOÈLA. To gather to, or for.
Go koèla mayè, to gather
stones for some work.
KOKECO. An adding; addition.
KOKÈGÔ. Noun from okèga.
KOKELECO. An addition.
KŌKŌ. A betrayal.
KOKO. A fowl (hybrid). Koko
e tona, a cock (hybrid).
KŌKŌBA. To walk with sore feet.
KOKOBALA. To press, or lie
lightly upon; to be buoyant;
to float.
KOKOBATSA. To press lightly
upon, as a pen in writing; to
cause to float.
KŌKŌBÈLA. To become pacified,
or quieted; to settle down
quietly; to stoop, or settle
down; to stoop, as one wish-
ing to get out of sight, or out
of the wind.
KOKOBETSA. To pacify; to cause
to stoop, or bring low; to
abase; to strike or shoot a
near object.
KOKOBETSE. Perf. of kokobala.
KOKOLA. To harrow; to rake
together weeds, etc.
KOKOLORUTWE. A large blue
bird.
KOKOLOSA. To roll a thing along
the ground.
KŌKŌMALA. To sit up on one's
heels.
KOKOMANA. A great grandchild;
a branch of a family.
KOKOMETSE. Perf. of kōkōmala.
KOKOMOGA. To rise up, or swell
out, as food boiling.
KŌKŌPÈLA. To help a man who
has been worsted in an argu-
ment by giving him sugges-
tions; to stand firm and
overcome, as a successful dis-
putant, or an army when
attacked.
KOKORALA. To be arched.
KOKORETSA. To surround; to
encircle.
KOKORETSE. Perf. of kokorala.
Nca e kokoretse, the dog's
back is arched.
KŌKŌRŌGA. To walk with lordly
tread; to set up the back, as
a savage dog about to spring.
KOKOTHANE. A small or stunted
mealie cob with mealies on.
KŌKŌTHÈLA. To nail to; to
knock in, as a peg, or a nail.
KOKOTLA. To run, as a large
bird; to hop on one leg, as
children at play.
KŌKŌTLÈGÈLA. To increase;
to become numerous; to
abound; to multiply.
KŌKÖTLÈLA. To beg eagerly;
to supplicate for; to crave; to
importune.
KOKOTLETSA. To support; to
hold up; to supply with food;
to accumulate.
KŌKWAÈLA = Kwakwaèla.
KŌKWANA. To crowd together.
Go kōkwana seima, to crowd
thickly together.
KŌKWANÈLA. To crowd upon;
to press upon, as a crowd. Ba
kōkwanèla gōna, they assemble
there in numbers.
KŌKWANŌ. A crowding; a large
crowd.
KŌKWANYA. To gather together
things, or animals; to gather
up with the hands.
KŌKWANYE. Perf. of kōkwana.
KŌKWANYETSA. To crowd to-
gether at.
KŌKWAÑWA. Pass. of kōkwana.
KŌKWATA. Turned-down horned,
the horns being fast.
KOLA. A head-dress, or ornament
of a feather, hare's tail, etc.
KÔLEKT. A collection (hybrid).
KOLO. A little ball; a small
white spot on an animal's fore-
head.
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KÔLŌAGANA. To make an agree-
ment.
KÔLŌAGANŌ. An agreement.
KOLOANA. A small kolo.
KÔLŌBA. To become wet.
KOLOBÈ. A pig.
KOLOBECO. A making wet.
KOLOBEDIWA. Pass. of kolobet-
sa.
KOLOBETSA. To make wet.
KOLOBILE. Perf. of kōlōba. Se
kolobile, it is wet.
KOLOI. A wagon. Pl. dikoloi.
Many wagons, makoloi.
KOLOKWE = Kgolokwe.
KOLOLŌ. An animal found in
hills, Int.
KÔLÔMÈLA. To disappear beneath
the horizon; to disappear over
the brow of a hill; to fall off
suddenly, as a path.
KOLOYANA. A sucking pig.
KOMA. An edible root, Int.
KŌMA = Meepelwane. Go ya
kōma, to rejoice over a victory.
KOMAKOMA. To rain gently; to
rain in gentle showers.
KŌMAKŌMÈLA. To glory over
another; to boast over an-
other; to tease by boasting
over.
KOMAKOMETSA. To tantalize by
offering something and then
refusing it.
KOMAKOMILE. Perf. of koma-
koma.
KŌMANŌ. Contention.
KŌMANYŌ. A scolding.
KOMAÑ. Railing; a noisy row;
a clamour; a quarrel.
KOMAO. A stone, Int.
KOMÈLÈLÔ. Dryness.
KOMETSA. To swallow a small
thing.
KOMOGA. To be broken, as
wood; to be smashed.
KOMOGANYA. To break, as wood;
to burst.
KOMOKI. A basin; a cup
(hybrid).
KOMOLA. To break, or smash a
bone, as in firing at an animal.
KŌNA. Go kōna tlhōgō, to bow
down the head.
KŌNALÔ. An old, worn-out
thing, as a shoe, kaross, etc.
KŌNAMA. To bow down; to be
bent down.
KŌNAME. Perf. of kōnama.
KŌNAMISA. To cause to bow
down.
KÔNATÈLÈLA. To pursue; to
follow after perseveringly; to
do anything with a will.
KŌNÈLA. To make a knot, or
loop when fastening off in
sewing.
KŌNÈLÔ. Noun from ōnèla.
KONKOMETSA = Komakometsa.
KŌNŌ. A moan.
KONOLOLA. To unfasten a knot
made in sewing.
KONOPA. To throw at; to hit
by throwing; to throw at a
mark.
KONOPÈLA. To throw to.
KÔNOTÈLÈLA = Kōnatèlèla.
KONU. Tinder; touchwood.
KONYA = Khwanya.
KONYAKONYA = Khwanya-
khwanya.
KOÑ. Yonder. Ea koñ! go
away with you!
KŌNGWANE. A bushy plant
with clusters of yellowish
flowers.
KOÑWAKOÑWANE. A separate
group, or portion.
Koo = Koñ.
Koō. A falling.
KOOTEÑ = Ekete.
KOPA. To beg.
KOPAKOPA. To jump when sit-
ting on the haunches; to jump,
as young locusts.
KŌPANA. To meet; to agree.
KOPANCWE. Perf. pass. of
kōpana.
KŌPANÈLA. To meet at, or for.
Ba kōpanèla dikgañ, they meet
together about the quarrels.
KŌPANÔ. A meeting; a joining;
an agreeing.
KÔPANTSÈ. Perf. of kōpanya
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KŌPANYA. To cause to meet;
to unite.
KŌPANYE. Perf. of kōpana.
KOPECWE. Perf. pass. of kopèla.
Locked, etc.
KOPÈLA. To lock; to button,
as a coat; to fasten, or lock,
as a door.
KŌPÈLŌ. A song; music; a
singing; a hymn-book.
KŌPŌ. A hare's tail.
KOPOLOLA. To unlock; to un-
button.
KOPOLOLÈLA. To unlock for;
to explain for.
KŌRŌ. See DIKŌRŌ.
KOROLALA. To become bent
like a bow.
KOROLATSA. To bend, or cause
to bend like a bow.
KOROLÊTSE. Perf. of korolala.
KŌRŌPANA. To shrivel up.
KOROSA. A fever (hybrid).
KORŌTA. To cut off a part
(hybrid).
KOROTLA. To talk in a low
voice; to murmur.
KOTAMA. To sit on the haunches.
KOTAME. Perf. of kotama.
KŌTÈLA. Go kōtèla namane, to
beat off a calf when milking.
KOTLA. To gather together at
different times, or by different
purchases.
KOTLŌ. A person's sustenance.
From otla.
KOTLOMANA. To be in fear; to
sit shrunk up through fear.
KOTLOMANŌ. Noun from kotlo-
mana.
KOTLOMANYE. Perf. of kotlo-
mana.
KŌTLOMÈLA. To disappear be-
low the horizon.
KOTŌKWE. A greyish ground-
squirrel with short tail.
KOTOSÈLA. To talk endlessly,
Int.
KŌTSÈLŌ. Noun from ōtsèla.
KOTSIALALA. To listen to re-
proof humbly and without
answering.
KOUŌ=Koñ.
KOYANA. A small kobō.
KUA. To shout out; to pro-
claim.
KUANA. A small leather sack
made of one skin.
KUANE=Kuana.
KUBA. To come out, as dust out
of a beaten skin; to rise up, as
smoke. Go kuba mosi, to send
out smoke. To strike but fail
to enter, as an arrow, or spear;
to strike with a fist, etc.; to be
blunt, or bent, as a spear
point; to cause to bend in, as
a soft hat crown. Go kuba ma-
ñōlè, to bend the legs slightly
at the knees.
KUBEDIWA. Pass. of kubetsa.
KUBÈGA. To become slightly
bent, as knees in presenting a
shield.
KUBÈLA. To force a skin off a
slaughtered animal by pressing
it with a stick. Go kubèla
kwa, to rise to. Go kubèla le-
kuka, to shake a milk sack up
and down so as to get out the
milk; to shake forcibly a milk
sack full of thick milk when
the whey has been drawn off.
KUBÈLÈLA. To hit with an
arrow, etc., without the mis-
sile penetrating.
KUBETSA. To cause smoke to
go out for doctoring; to burn
medicine for doctoring. Go di
kubèlèla mo sakeñ, to doctor
them by smoke in the kraal.
KUBILE. Perf. of kuba.
KUBITLA. To sway from side to
side, as a bad runner; to walk
with a shaky gait, as an old or
weak person.
KUBOLOLA. Revers. of kuba.
KUBU. A hippopotamus.
KUBUÈLA. To throw up to; to
scatter by throwing up; to
strew; to sprinkle on, as salt
on meat; to cast.
KUBUGA. To wake out of sleep
of onesefl.
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KUBULA. To waken a person.
KUDUBITLÈGA. To move about
quickly; to flee from place to
place.
KUDUÈGŌ. Noun from huduè-
ga.
KUDUÈLA. To throw on, as
dust.
KUDUKUTHWANE. Masturbation.
KUÈLA. To proclaim to.
KUISA. Caus. of kua.
KUIWA. Pass. of kua.
KUKA=Tsaea.
KUKAMA. A gemsbuck.
KUKAMANA. A little kukama.
KUKÈLA. To burn without blaz-
ing; to smoulder.
KUKETSA. To cause a thing to
take fire, as a piece of dry
dung to carry fire with. Go
kuketsa dikgomo, to light a
fire for doctoring cattle.
KUKONA. To pick a bone.
KUKUBALA. To crack, as a
smooth floor, or wall.
KUKUBETSE. Perf. of kukubala.
Go kukubetse bolōkō, the
smearing has cracked.
KUKUMOLOGA. To rise above
the horizon. Used of clouds.
KUKUNA. To stoop down; to
approach stealthily; to creep
in a stooping posture. Gener-
ally used in connection with
creeping for an evil purpose.
KUKUNÈLA. To creep to.
KUKUNŌ. Stealth. Go tsamaea
ka kukunō, to go away stealth-
ily.
KUKUNYA. To appear above the
surface; to peep out, as a
tree's buds.
KUKUNYETSA. To neigh, as a
distant horse.
KUKUTLA. To walk slowly, as
an old man.
KUMA. To bite off a bit; to
break up, or tear up, as a piece
of flimsy paper.
KUMAGANA. To break up, or
become broken up, into parties
or groups.
KUMAGANYA. To break up into
small pieces, as bread, etc.
KUMAGAÑWA. Pass. of kuma-
gana. To be broken up into
parties.
KUMAKŌ. Noun from umaka.
KUMÈGA. To become torn up,
or broken up, as a piece of
flimsy paper; to be notched,
as a knife.
KUNAMA. To journey down; to
journey in a descending direc-
tion; to dig downwards.
KUNAME. Perf. of kunama.
KUNAMISA. To make perpendi-
cular, as in digging a hole.
KUNYANE. A hole in a kgata-
mpi; a room in a European's
house.
KUPA. Hot ashes without cin-
ders.
KUPANE. A kind of edible bulb.
KUPE. A large quantity of
meal.
KURUPANA. To be shrivelled, or
shrunk up into a ball, or a
small compass, as a dry skin.
KURUPANYE. Perf. of kuru-
pana.
KURUSA. To rouse up a forget-
ful, or negligent person; to
rouse up, or frighten away
birds.
KURUTHU. A word used as a
curse by a woman when strik-
ing the ground with her apron
and cursing somebody.
KURUTLA. To rumble, as bowels
from flatulence.
KURWANA. A calibash; a small-
mouthed vessel.
KURWECO. A lullaby; a plain-
tive tune; a doleful ditty; a
cooing. Kgwedi ea kurweco,
the second month after con-
finement.
KURWETSA. To coo, as a dove;
to sing plaintively; to make a
mournful noise; to cry, as a
baby for its mother. Ñwana
oa kurwetsa, a child in the
second month.
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KUTA. To cut hair; to cut hair
unevenly; to weed in a slovenly
manner.
KUTÈGA. To fall off, as the hair
from a head, or wool from a
skin.
KUTHUMETSA=Kutlumetsa.
KUTLA. A lion's lair, or sleeping
place; a dog's sleeping place
scratched in the ground.
KUTLŌ. Hearing; obedience.
KUTLUMETSA. To tilt up and
pour out, as thick milk, soil,
etc.
KUTLWANŌ. Mutual sympathy;
concord.
KUTLWŌ. Hearing; obedience.
KUTŌ=Thitō.
KUTUKWÈ. The inner part of the
anus; the lower bowel descend-
ing in dysentery.
KUTUMA. To shake a little, as a
stone in being moved.
KUTUMISA. To cause to shake a
little.
KUULOGA. To rise up, as a cloud
of dense smoke, or a swarm of
locusts.
KUULOLA. To drive away, as a
large number of birds; to
drive, as wind a volume of
smoke.
KWA. There; yonder; where.
Kwa re eañ gōna, where we go.
KWAA. To carry under the arm;
to discover people in ambush,
or an animal lying concealed;
a flat space on the top of a hill.
KWADI=Losiba.
KWADISA. To cause to write.
Go kwadisa bana, to teach the
children to write.
KWAEA. To take shelter from
the sun; to go into the shade.
KWAÈLA. To shelter anything
by holding it to one's side; to
gather something into one's
cloak, and hold it to one's side.
KWAISA. Caus. of kwaea.
KWAIWA. Pass. of kwaea.
KWAKWAÈLA = Shomarèla. To
lay hold of with arms or legs;
to fold arms and legs round, as
a baby.
KWAKWECO. Noun from kwa-
kwetsa.
KWAKWETSA. To have an impedi-
ment in speech; to stammer;
to stutter.
KWALA. To write.
KWALANYA. To talk confusedly,
as several people talking to-
gether.
KWALANYŌ. Noun from kwa-
lanya.
KWALARE. A solitary male wilde-
beest.
KWANA. A lamb.
KWANALŌ = Kōnalō.
KWANAMA. To hang down, as a
broken bough.
KWANATLA. Strong; energetic.
KWARAGANYA. To run; to gal-
lop.
KWATABOLOTSA. To strip off
bark.
KWATALALA. To become stiff;
to go on talking incessantly.
KWATALATSA. To make stiff; to
tug at and pull tight.
KWATLAPA. Dry and hard, as a
skin, or rhiem.
KWATLHAŌ. Chastisement; a
chastening.
KWATOBOLOTSA. To strip off
bark.
KWATSI. A carbuncle.
KWEBU. Grey; roan; light
blue. Used of an ox.
KWEDILE. Perf. of kwela.
KWELA. To rear, as a horse;
to toss up a rider, yoke, or
burden; to spurn, as a cow her
calf.
KWELE=Lekwele.
KWELEKWELE. A long ridge.
KWELETLANA. To be drawn up
in a ridge, or hump, as a bull's
neck, or a skin dry after being
wet.
KWÈLŌ. Noun from wèla.
KWENA. Thick; dense. Used
of walls, darkness, etc. Perf.
kwenne. Also = Kwèna.
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KWÈNA. A crocodile; a kind of
aromatic shrub; wild mint.
KWENESA. To wound slightly.
KWENESHŌ. A slight wound.
KWENNE. Perf. of kwena.
KWENTSICWE=Thatahadicwe.
KWETÈGA=Kwetoga.
KWETÈLA=Kwetola.
KWETOGA. To appear; to come
into sight, as a person coming
over a ridge; to be coming;
to be approaching; to rise above
the horizon, as a cloud.
KWETOGÈLA. Kwetogèla kwano,
come here into sight.
KWETOLA. To bring into sight;
to cause to come into sight.
KWETOLÈLA. E kwetolèla kwano,
bring it here.
KWIDIA. To go about to and
fro; to wander hither and
thither.
KWIDIBI = Kidibi. A kind of
plant with bulbous root.
KWIDINYA. To neigh.
KWIDINYÈGA. To neigh; to boil,
and make a bubbling noise, as
fat.
KWOCWANA=Kōcana.
KWŌTÈLA=Kōtèla.
L.
LAALANA=Laèlana.
LAANA. To instruct, or exhort
one another.
LABA. To take anything out of
an eye with a tongue.
LACWA. To lick.
LACWITSE. Perf. of lacwa.
LADICWE. Perf. pass. of latsa;
to be laid down.
LADITSE. Perf. of latsa.
LADIWA. Pass. of latsa.
LAEA. To instruct; to direct;
to charge; to exhort; to lay
down the law. Go laea ka, to
instruct with, or by.
LAÈLA. To instruct; to direct;
to give a charge; to send with
a message; to bend a bow and
fix the string; to cock a gun,
that is to say, send its charge
on its errand.
LAÈLANA. To exhort one an-
other; to hold a conference.
LAETSA. To send a message by.
O la a ba laetsa, he sent a
message by them.
LAGALÈLA=Legèlèla.
LAILA. To lick up at once some-
thing placed on palm of hand;
to sweep off, as a war, destruc-
tive fire, etc.
LAILE. Perf. of laea.
LAKAICWE. Perf. of lakaila.
LAKAILA. To lick; to lick up;
to destroy, or remove utterly.
LALA. To lie down; to lodge.
LALEDICWE. Perf. pass. of lale-
tsa. Hired.
LALEDITSE. Perf. of laletsa.
LALÈLA. To lie in wait for; to
tempt; to seek to catch in
speech; to sleep near to, or in
sight of a place; to lie at the
catch; to watch, or guard.
Go lalèla naè, to lodge with
him.
LALELETSA. To hire for.
LALÈLWA. To be laid in wait
for; to be tempted, etc.
LALETSA. To hire; to engage;
to call for any purpose; to
offer, or give anything without
being asked for it.
LALOLA. To do a thing very
well, or perfectly.
LAMADITSE. Perf. of lamatsa.
O ba lamaditse, he has spoiled
them by giving and thus leading
them to expect future gifts.
LAMALA. To be accustomed;
to look for anything as being
accustomed to receive it.
LAMALÈLA. To be accustomed
to. Go lamalèla thapèlo, to be
accustomed to prayer.
LAMATSA. To cause a person to
expect something on another
occasion by giving it to him
once. Go lamatsa ñwana, to
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spoil a child by giving, and
thus making him accustomed
to expect, or getting him into
the habit of receiving.
LAMETSE. Perf. of lamala.
LAMPA. A lamp (hybrid).
LAOCWÈ. Perf. pass. of laola.
LAODISA. To ordain; to set
over.
LAODISIWA. To be ordained; to
be set over.
LAOLA. To command; to govern.
Perf. laotsè. Go laola ka bola,
to decide by casting the dice.
Go laola ka chomolō, to decide
by drawing lots.
LAOLÈGA. To become com-
manded; to submit to law.
LAOLESÈGA=Laolèga.
LAOLOLA. To make a command
of none effect; to put down a
trigger; to unload a wagon.
LAOTSÈ. Perf. of laola.
LAPA. To be weary; to become
tired, or faint.
LAPISA. To cause to be tired;
to cause to be weary.
LAPISIWA. Pass. of lapisa.
LAPOLOGA. To become rested.
LAPOLOSA. To cause to rest; to
refresh.
LATA. To go to; to visit; to
follow. Dikgomo di tla lata
boyañ, the cattle will go to
the grass. Ke tla gu lata, I will
follow you.
LATALANA. To follow after one
another.
LATÈLA. To follow after. Gene-
rally used of an object that is
out of sight.
LATÈLÈLA. To follow after. Ba
tla mo latèlèla, they will fol-
low after him. They will fol-
low his spoor; they will
pursue him.
LATISA=Latèla.
LATLHA. To cast away; to
throw without any particular
aim.
LATLHÈGA. To become cast
away; to be lost.
LATLHEGECWE. Ke latlhegecwe
ke thipa, I have lost my
knife.
LATLHÈGÈLA. Thipa e tla mo
latlhègèla, he will lose his
knife.
LATLHEGILE. Perf. of latlhèga.
Thipa ea me e latlhegile, my
knife is lost.
LATLHISA. To cause to cast, or
throw away.
LATOHATSA. To accuse; to cause
to become guilty. A word
found only in books.
LATOHOLOLA. To give a person
blame; to prove a person to
be in the wrong.
LATOLA. To deny; to deny a
fault, or goodness in another
person or oneself; to give a
negative answer; to say no.
Ba tsile go latola kgosi, they
are come to tell of the chief's
death.
LATOLÈLA. To deny to. O la a
re latolèla ñwana, he told us of
the child's death. Go gu lato-
lèla motse, to deny to you the
existence of the town.
LATOTSÈ. Perf. of latola.
LATSA. To cause a person to lie
down; to lay a person down.
LE. And; with. Particle of
nouns beginning with le.
LEA. To tie a knot carelessly;
to sew slackly. Perf. lile.
LEACŌ. A gift; an alms.
LEADIMŌ. A borrowed thing; a
lent thing.
LEAKA. A lie.
LEAKANYANA. A little lie.
LEALETSA. To take beyond mea-
sure, or without measuring; to
take in large quantities.
LEANA. To become convales-
cent; to be able to go about
after severe sickness.
LEANŌ. A device; a plan.
LEAPARAPELO. The pericar-
dium.
LEATLHAMANA. Foolish; child-
ish; stupid.
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LEBA. To look; to look at; to
regard with attention.
LEBAGANA. To be opposite to
each other; to be over against.
Ba dutse ba lebagana le phu-
pu, they sat over against the
grave.
LEBAGANYE. Perf. of lebagana.
Ba bo ba lebaganye le phehō,
they were beating against the
wind; the wind was contrary
to them.
LEBALA. To forget.
LEBALEBA. To look from one to
another; to look over, or have
the oversight of.
LEBANA. To be worthy.
LEBANTSHA. Go lebantsha di-
hatlhōgō, to look at each other
face to face.
LEBANYA. Go lebanya dihatlhō-
gō, to look face to face.
LEBAÑWA. Pass. of lebana.
LEBATLA. An open space in the
kgotla. O mpeile mo lebatleñ,
he has taken me before the
chief.
LEBATSA. To cause to forget.
LEBÈGA. To be chosen, as one
thing out of others; to be pre-
ferred.
LEBEKO=Segwadi.
LEBÈLA. To watch; to guard;
to have oversight.
LEBÈLÈLA. To look out for; to
expect.
LEBELETSE. Perf. of lebèlèla.
LEBELŌ=Lobelō.
LEBÈLWA. To be watched.
LEBETSE. Perf. of lebala.
LEBIANA. A frying-pan, Int.
LEBICHŌ. A name.
LEBILE. Perf. of leba.
LEBISA. Caus. of leba.
LEBITLA=Lecwe.
LEBOA. A kind of edible fun-
gus, or mushroom.
LEBODI. A kind of rat living on
or near a river's banks.
LEBODU=Lobodu.
LEBOGA. To thank; to be
thankful; to thank for.
LEBOGANA. To thank mutu-
ally.
LEBOGÈLA. To thank some one
for.
LEBOGO=Legoka, Int.
LEBŌGŌ=Lecōgō, Int.
LEBOGWA. Pass. of leboga.
LEBOLOBOLO. A short thick
snake, yellowish, with black
spots; a puff adder.
LEBOSÈGA. To be acceptable.
LEBUCWAPELE. A fruit first ripe
among other fruits.
LEBUDUDU. Dry hard ground,
Int.
LECHA=Letsha.
LECHATLA=Lodule, Int.
LECHOBA=Lechoha, Int.
LECHOCHA. Ka lechocha, by
chance; unexpectedly; acci-
dentally; by misadventure.
LECHOCHO. A kind of wingless
insect.
LECHOHANA. A small hole.
LECHOKO. A troublesome per-
son, or animal.
LECHOKU. A red ochre used
for smearing the body.
LECHOLŌ. A hunting; a hunt.
LECHOO. A paw, or footprint of
a dog, or ravenous animal. Pl.
maroo.
LECHOTÈLŌ. Dry, dusty cattle
dung.
LECHUTI. A shadow made by a
cloud.
LECHWAGŌ. Hollow, as a tree;
a hole, or hollow in a tree.
LECHWAHO. A lung.
LECHWARWA. A captive; a bond-
servant.
LECHWENYŌ. A troubler.
LECŌGŌ. An arm from the wrist
to the shoulder. Pl. mabōgō.
A shoulder of meat. Lecōgō ya
noka, a side stream in a river.
Lecōgō ya lewatla, an arm of
the sea. Go mo chwara lecōgō,
to help him; to defend him.
LECOLO. A small pipe of an ant
heap.
LECOMANA=Lecomane.
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LECOMANE. A flock of sheep.
LECOMÔ=Lecolō. A picō held
in the veldt.
LECOÑWANE. A small flock.
LECOPA. Clay for making pots.
LECOPETLA. Very muddy water;
water in which there is much
mud.
LECÔRWANE. The end of a
bowel eaten by a servant; a
servant's portion.
LECWABUDU. A shoot from last
year's corn stalk, or root.
LECWAI. Salt.
LECWALA. A small fish.
LECWALANÕGA=Leherehere.
LECWE. An open grave.
LECWELA. A young branch, or
sprout; a young person; off-
spring.
LECWELE. A fist; a small com-
pact group of people.
LECWELECWELE=Leherehere.
LECWEÑ. Mo lecweñ, in the
grave.
LEDI. A piece of money; a
coin.
LEDIBA. A deep hole in a
stream; a pool in a river's bed.
LEDIBÈLA. A hole, or dam into
which water is poured; a hole
in the ground from which ani-
mals drink.
LEDILE. Perf. of lela.
LEDIMÔ. A strong, rushing
wind; a hurricane.
LEDINYANA. A little coin.
LEDISA. Caus. of lela, to cause
to weep.
LEDIWA. Pass. of letsa.
LEDUMEDI. A young lion.
LEDUTÈLÔ=Lekgèlebe.
LEE. An egg. Pl. mae.
LEEBA. A rock pigeon.
LEEBANA. A sudden, gushing
shower.
LEEBAROPE. A rock pigeon.
LEEO. Se le se leeo, it was; ga
se tlhole e leeo, it is not any
longer.
LEGAE. A home; a dwelling
place.
LEGAEÑ. Mo legaeñ, in a home.
LEGAGU=Logagu.
LEGAKABE=Mogakabe.
LEGAKGALA. See MAGAKGALA.
LEGAKWA=Legwaka.
LEGALA. A burning coal; a live
coal.
LEGALAPA. The palate; the
roof of a mouth. Generally
used in the plural-magalapa.
LE GALÈ. Just so; of course.
LEGALÈGA. To go about beg-
ging; to be greedy.
LEGANÔ. The inside of a mouth.
LEGAPU. A water melon.
LEGARE. In the middle; the
centre. E kgaoganye ka legare,
it is split in two.
LEGATLAPA. Cowardly. O le-
gatlapa, he is cowardly; he is a
deserter from a regiment, or a
skulker from the fight.
LÈGÈLÈLA. To stretch out both
hands placed so as to receive
something; to carry anything
on both hands spread out.
LEGETLA. A shoulder-blade.
LEGOANA. A young wild goose;
a wild gosling.
LEGODIMO. The sky; heaven.
LEGODU. A thief.
LEGOKA. Not a bit of it! never!
LEGOLA. A garden that has
failed to give fruit, but has
things eatable for cattle in it.
LEGOLO. Great. Used with
nouns in le. A hundred. Le-
shomè ye legolo, a hundred.
LEGOLOLÔ. An outspan place
for a waggon.
LE GÔNA. So; also; in like
manner.
LEGOPÈLÔ. A beef steak; the
fleshy part cut out of a joint.
LEGORWE=Logwere, Int.
LEGOTLHÔ. A knot in a branch,
or piece of wood.
LEGOTO. An unripe fruit.
LEGOTUTUA. A large bright-
coloured locust found often on
milk bushes.
LEGOU. A wild goose.
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LEGWAGWA. A hair of a whisker;
hair on cheek.
LEGWAHA. The armpit. Leg-
waha ya moragō, the groin.
LEGWAKA. A crystal; a piece
of quartz.
LEGWATANE. A stone, tooth,
etc., for rubbing skins with.
LEGWÈGWÈ. Impatience. O
legwègwè, he is impatient.
LEGWÈKA = Legwaka.
LEGWELE. An ankle.
LEGWELETLHA. Very crooked;
much twisted; gnarled; that
which is not right.
LEGWEYANA. An ankle; an
ankle bone; a wrist.
LEHA. Although. Leha go ntse
yalo, although it is so; never-
theless. To pay.
LEHAKA. Crooked; hooked, Int.
LEHARATLHATLHA. A state of
confusion; ccnfusion; a con-
fused state of things.
LEHATLA. One of twins.
LEHATLHA = Lehatla. The up-
per part of the body; the chest;
the breast.
LEHATSHE. A country; a land;
the world; the earth.
LEHATWANA. A kind of snake,
Int.
LEHÈLA. To pay for; to atone
for. In vain; a thing of nought.
Preceded by verbs in èla. Ba
dumèlèla lehèla, they believe
in vain. Ke lehèla go diha yalo,
it is vain to do so.
LEHELE. A white-tailed bluish
buck found in hills. Pl. di-
phele.
LEHELEPA = Leherehere.
LEHELEPE. Childish.
LEHERECOKŌ = Leherehere.
LEHEREHERE. A fraud; a de-
ceiver; a false one; a juggler.
LEHETLA = Legetla.
LEHETSA. To render to, or for;
to recompense.
LEHICWANA. Slight darkness.
LEHICWANYANA. Obscurity. Ka
lehicwanyana, obscurely.
LEHIHI. Darkness. Go lehihi,
it is dark. Ntlo e e lehihi, a
dark house.
LEHIKA. A rock; a massive
rock.
LEHININI. A gum; a place in a
gum where a tooth is out.
LEHISA. To cause to pay; an
animal lent with a view to in-
crease.
LEHOKO. A word.
LEHOHORA. A little that re-
mains; a remnant. Used of
grain, etc., but not of liquids.
LEHOTLHŌ. A leaf stripped off
a tree or branch.
LEHUBA = Lohuba.
LEHUBIDU. Red.
LEHUHA. Jealousy; jealousy
between wives; bigamy; poly-
gamy. O tla nyala lehuha, he
will commit bigamy; he will
take more wives than one. O
nyecwe lehuha, she has been
married to a man with a wife
or wives. Ba le ba nna lehuha
naè, they were jealous of him.
LEHUKUBU. A raven; a crow.
LEHULA = Leshulō.
LEHULŌ = Leshulō.
LEHUMA. Loss; damage; great
sorrow; poverty; hunger.
Dilō tsa lehuma, poverty-
stricken, or beggarly things.
Go ichwara lehuma, to rest the
head upon the palm of one's
hand in token of great sorrow.
LEHUMANYANA. A little lehu-
ma.
LEHUMŌ. A place for sucking
up water, Int.
LEHUPU. A swelling caused by
a blow, etc.; a prominence
made by things covered with
a kaross, etc.; a large edible
fungus.
LEHUTI. A hole, or hollow in
the ground.
LEHUTŌ. A knot in a string,
etc.
LEHUTSANA. A little lehuti.
LEILWE. Perf. pass. of lea.
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LEINA. A name.
LEINANE = Tlhamane.
LEINÔ. A tooth. Pl. mènō.
LEIÔ. A crabfish; a crab.
LEIPEI. A free and independent
one.
LEISHÔ. A hearth; a cooking
place.
LEITLHAPÈLŌ = Letlhapèlō.
LEITLHÔ. An eye. Pl. maitlhō
and matlhō.
LEITLHWANA. A temple—of a
head.
LEIWA. Pass. of lea.
LEIYADI. A shoot springing up
from last year's seed.
LEKA. To try; to attempt; to
test; to tempt. A sore made
by carrying a burden, etc.
LEKABA. A pack-ox.
LEKADIBA. A deep hole in a
stream; a pool in a river bed;
a pool.
LEKAKABA. A leaf.
LEKALEKANA. To be equal; to
be equal-sided.
LEKALEKANE. Square. Se le-
kalekane, it is equal-sided; it
is square.
LEKAMPHANE. A bow, Int.
LEKANA. To be equal; to be
alike. To be able to do a
work; to be equal to a work.
LEKANÈLA. To be sufficient for;
to be equal for.
LEKANTSA = Lekantsana.
LEKANTSANA. An ornament, or
fringe on a man's girdle; a
fringe.
LEKANTSÈ. Perf. of lekanya.
LEKAÑWA. Pass. of lekana.
LEKANYA. To make equal; to
measure.
LEKANYANA. A wild dog.
LEKANYE. Perf. of lekana. Go
lekanye, it is enough.
LEKANYETSA. To measure for;
to divide.
LEKAPANA. A wild cucumber,
Int.
LEKAPE. Husk; rind; peel;
pod; shell; scale of fish.
LEKATANE. A kind of small
green pumpkin.
LEKATANYANE. A little lekatane.
LEKATLA. One who has not yet
been to circumcision.
LEKAU. A youth. A cow's
womb; a wild animal's womb.
LEKAUANA. A big boy.
LEKAUDI. A straggling lock of
hair; a lock of hair.
LEKAWA. A wild cucumber.
LEKEDI. A nursery bed for
tobacco plants; a seed-bed.
LEKÈLA. Go lekèla kwa pele,
to try to go forward; to go
ahead.
LEKELÈLA. To try the depth;
to sound water.
LEKELETSA = Lekelèla.
LEKETE. Heavy; a weight. A
pit dug in the ground for a
grave, or game trap.
LEKETLA. To shake, as a loose
pole, or a disjointed limb or
thing.
LEKGABE. Chiefly used in the
plural: makgabe. Strings
dangling in front of women
and girls to hide their naked-
ness.
LEKGABI. Half of an edible
bulb split in digging.
LEKGADI. A Mantatee.
LEKGAREBÈ = Kgarebè.
LEKGASA. A strip of a tattered
garment.
LEKGATHI. A division; a part;
a clump; a group; a parcel.
LEKGÈLE. A fruit nearly ripe.
LEKGÈLEBE. A bank, or dam
for holding a small quantity of
water.
LEKGÈTHÔ. A tax; tribute.
LEKGETHU. A sharp stone for
cutting; a flint.
LEKGÔA = Lekhōa.
LEKGÔBA. A negro; an old
colonial slave.
LEKGOLA. One who has not
been to circumcision, or bo-
yale. Used as a term of re-
proach.
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LEKGOTLA = Kgotla. Ba lekgo-
tla, the councillors of a chief.
LEKGWAHO. A lung.
LEKGWAKGWA. The cartilage of
a nose.
LEKHAHA. Anything very light,
as a piece of empty honey-
comb.
LEKHŌA. A white man; an
Englishman.
LEKHONKHOBE. A colonial
Kaffir.
LEKHUBU. A ridge; a wave.
LEKHUE. An egg remaining
after the rest are hatched; an
egg dropped outside a nest.
LEKHUYANA. Dimin. of lekhubu.
LEKHWAHO. A lung.
LEKINETANA. A deserter from
a working party.
LEKITLANŌ. A joining; a joint.
LEKOBO. A wild animal re-
sembling a tiger.
LEKODISA. Caus. of lekola. Go
mo lekodisa, to give informa-
tion about him. Go lekodisa
dikgomo, to tell about the
cattle.
LEKŌKŌ = Leshomō.
LEKŌKŌMA. A side burden on
a pack-ox.
LEKOLA. To visit; to call upon
in sickness.
LEKOLŌ. A sand shovel, Int.
LEKOLOANE. A young man;
one verging on manhood.
LEKOLOANYANE. A boy just out
of the circumcision.
LEKŌLŌLWANA. A large white
locust bird.
LEKOLONKWANE. A small kind
of elephant, Int.
LEKŌTÈ. A kind of large mouse;
a small rat, living among
stones; a lump of earth turned
up by plough, or spade; a
lump of dry clay.
LEKOTO. A leg; a waggon
wheel. Pl. maoto.
LEKOTWANA. A little lekoto.
The centre pole in a hut; a
verandah post.
LEKUCHWANA. A boy big enough
to herd goats.
LEKUKA. A milk sack; used
for a wine skin.
LEKUKUNOPU. See Makukuno-
pu.
LEKURU. A boy big enough to
herd goats; a kind of small
ground bird.
LEKWA. Pass. of leka.
LEKWAKWA. A stone with sharp
edges; a rough stone of vol-
canic formation.
LEKWALŌ. A notch cut in a
stick for keeping count.
LEKWATI. The outer bark of a
tree.
LEKWELE. An edible tuber;
used for a potato.
LEKWÈTÈ = Lekōtè. A lump of
clay, etc.
LEKWETEFWIŌ. A Namaqua
partridge.
LELA. To weep. Perf. ledile.
To be very hot, of the sun. A
bowel. Pl. mala.
LELAHALA. To become very
hot; to become very long.
LELAHATSA. To lengthen. Used
of speech.
LELAHETSE. Perf. of lelahala.
LELALA. To look upwards; to
lean back so as to look up.
LELALÈLA. To look up to.
LELALETSA. Caus. of lelalèla.
LELATA. A servant-maid; a
woman-servant.
LELATSA. To cause to look up.
Go lelatsa tlhögō, to lean the
head back so as to look up.
LELE. Long.
LELEDITSE. Perf. of leletsa.
LELEHALA. To become long.
LELEHATSA. To make long.
LELEHU. A tonsil; a uvula.
LÈLÈKA. To drive away; to
pursue so as to turn and bring
back; to chase. A word of
two distinctly different mean-
ings.
LELEKILE. Perf. of lèlèka.
LELÈLA. To weep for. Go le-
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lèla godimo, to weep loudly ; to
wail.
LELELELE. Very long.
LÈLÈMÈLA. To creep, or crawl,
as a snake in grass, or a man
hiding for an evil purpose.
Used also of a person seeking
his way along an unknown
road.
LELENYA. To clamour ; to talk
very loudly.
LELEPA. A difficult, or intricate
knot ; a puzzle ; a riddle ; a
mystery.
LELETSA. To play for. From
letsa.
LELOBA. A kind of interior
tree.
LELOBU. A chameleon.
LELOKOLOLŌ. A joint, as of
finger, wrist, or ankle.
LELWALA=Lolwala.
LEMA. To pick, as for corn ; to
plough ; to dig.
LÈMA. A word referring to the
shape of an animal's horns.
E lemile yañ ? how do its
horns stand ? what sha e horns
has it ? Di lemetse kwa godimo,
they point upwards.
LEMALA=Lamala.
LEMATSA=Lamatsa. Caus. of
lemala.
LEMÈGA. To become ploughed,
as ground ; to be arriving in
parties, as men at a picō.
LEMÈLA. To plough for ; to till
for.
LEMÈNA. A pitfall with spikes
in the bottom ; a trap for
game ; a trap.
LEMESETSA. To cause to gush
out.
LEMETSAPHALLA. A large ser-
pent, Int.
LEMETSE. Perf. of lemèla and
lemala. Dinaka di lemetse
kwa godimo, the horns point
upwards.
LEMI. The fibrous part of a
pumpkin.
LEMILE. Perf. of lema and
lèma. Dinaka di lemile yañ ?
how do the horns stand ?
LEMISA. To plough one day
without payment. From lema.
LEMISITSE. O lemisitse diuaka,
he is standing with arms
stretched out, and hands point-
ing upwards. From lèma.
LEMME. A little ; a small quan-
tity. O nneile lemme hèla, he
has only given me a little.
LEMOGA. To observe ; to per-
ceive ; to know.
LEMOHALA. To become good ;
to be profitable.
LEMOHATSA. Caus. of lemohala.
LEMOLOLA. To sow a second
time, one sowing having failed ;
to turn people from former
customs ; to set right. A tla
ba lemolola mo mekgweñ ea
boshula, he will turn them
from evil habits.
LEMOSÈGA. To become notice-
able, or evident.
LEMOTSHA. Caus. of lemoga.
LEMPHORO. A young bird.
LEMPHORWANA. A chicken ; a
nestling.
LENCHO. Black.
LENCHORWANA. A young bird ;
a nestling.
LENCWE. A voice ; the sound
of a voice.
LENCWÈ. A stone; a hill; a
mountain. Pl. mayè.
LENE. Linen (hybrid).
LENIBI=Lenyedi, Int.
LENOÑ. A vulture.
LENŌTŌ. A stray locust ; a locust
left behind by a swarm ; a
locust's leg.
LENTAACHWENE. One who has
slain a man in battle ; one who
has killed a ravenous beast ; a
feast made in honour of such a
man.
LENTSÈTSÈ. A nit of a louse.
LENYA. A scallop cut out in a
kaross; an ornamental desigu
on a wall.
LENYAPHIRI. A block of lime-
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stone with holes and depres-
sions in it.
LENYEDI. A small light brown
animal found in reeds, and
living on crabs, etc.; a badger.
LENYEDIANA. A painful swell-
ing of the glands of face and
throat; the mumps.
LENYEKETSHANE. Scallops cut
out on two pieces and fitted to-
gether.
LENYÈLÔ. Dross of iron; refuse
from iron smelting.
LENYENA. An earring.
LENYENYANA=Legwèyana.
LENYÔRA. Thirst. Ba ba le-
nyôra, the thirsty.
LEÑ. When?
LEÑA. A furrow, or crack on
a heel; a deep chap; a chil-
blain. Go kgwa leña, to make
a clicking sound, as when in
sorrow or anger.
LEÑANA. A protuberance under
the ear of a fat person.
LEÑAU. A leopard.
LEÑODU. A puffy kind of insect
found on dogs and cattle; a
dog fly.
LEÑÔLÈ. A knee; a front leg
knee of an animal.
LEÑOÑOBAḌI. A silent person.
LEÑOÑOBI. A morose, or sullen
person; a thief.
LEÑWA. Pass. of lema.
LEÑWAÈLÔ. A stone, tooth, etc.,
for rubbing skins with.
LEÑWE. One. Used with
nouns in le.
LEO. See LEEO.
LEODI. A tuft of long hair.
LEOHA. To sin; to err; to make
a mistake.
LEOHALA. To become wicked.
LEOHÈLA. To sin against.
LEOHILE. Perf. of leoha.
LEOMA. A secret, Int.
LEOTA. A group of gardens.
Used chiefly in the plural
Maōta.
LEÔTLANA. A chief's officer; a
village policeman, Int.
LEÔTLHÔ. A wrinkle.
LEOTO=Lekoto.
LEOTWANA. A thick pole in a
wall; a central pole in a hut.
LEOWAÑ. A large red and white
bird.
LEPA. To observe; to notice;
to take notice of; to watch
carefully; to tie in an intricate
and difficult knot.
LEPAI. A smooth cotton blan-
ket.
LEPÈ. Neg. part. with nouns in
le. Ga go na lepè, there is
no one.
LEPELE. The external organs
of generation as a whole, of
man or woman. Can be used
with propriety.
LÈPÈLÈGÈLA. Go lèpèlègèla ha
hatshe, to hang down to the
ground.
LÈPÈLÈLA. To hang down; to
dangle; to be suspended.
LEPELETSA. To let down; to
suspend.
LEPELETSE. Perf. of lèpèlèla.
LEPEMPETLHWANE. A boy just
big enough to herd kids.
LEPERO. Leprosy (hybrid).
LEPILE. Perf. of lepa.
LEPIÑ. A small black and white
bird found near ant heaps.
LEPITLHWA. An interior wild
animal.
LEPACÈLA. A fool; a wilfully
foolish person.
LEPHOTO. A knot in a stick; a
knot in a piece of timber; a
place in a branch or reed where
a twig has been cut off.
LEPHOTOPHOTO. A waterfall; a
cascade; a cataract.
LEPHURWANA. A quail.
LEPHUTSE. A pumpkin.
LEPOLOGA. To be thick, or vis-
cous, as tar when poured out.
LEPOLOLA. To untie a difficult
or intricate knot.
LEPÔTÔKWANE. A kind of wild
animal, Int.
LERABARABA. Many coloured.
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LERADU. A cow for home milk-
ing.
LERAGŌ=Lesagō.
LERAKANCHANE. Edible fruit
of the loshe creeper.
LERAKŌ=Lorakō.
LERAMA=Lesama.
LERE. To bring. Pass. leriwe;
perf. lerile.
LEREDITSE. Perf. of leretse.
LERÈTÈ. A testicle of man or
animal. Used as a curse.
LERETSE. To listen for, or to.
LERIBI. A lump of wet clay, or
dough; a ball of prepared
dung for smearing.
LERILE. Perf. of lere.
LERININI=Lehinini.
LERISHŌ. A kind of large
watery edible root or bulb.
LERISHWA=Lerishō.
LERIWE. Pass. of lere.
LERÔLÔ. Silly; of weak under-
standing.
LERÔNÔPÔ. Gleanings.
LEROO=Lechoo. Pl. maroo.
LERÔPÔ. A range of hills; a
mountain range; the ridge of a
long hill.
LERÔSE. A cluster, Int.
LEROTHODI. A large drop of
rain.
'LEROTOBOLO. A sand hill; a
sandy slope.
LERU. A cloud.
LERUARUA. A great fish; a
whale.
LERUBISI. An owl.
LERUBISANA. A young owl.
LERUDI. A shoulder of a person.
LERUMÔ. A spear; a bullet.
LESA. To let alone; to leave
alone.
LESAGŌ. One side of a funda-
ment. Pl. maragō.
LESAHA. A squanderer; a
spendthrift.
LESAI. A flea.
LESAKA. A kraal; a fold; a
cattle pen.
LESALÈLA. A solitary one left;
a surviving person.
LESAMA. A cheek.
LESAPÔ. A bone.
LESEDI. A light.
LESEDINYANA. A little light.
LESEGÔ. A blessing.
LESÈKA. A twisted metal ring
worn on the arm and below the
knee.
LESÈLAMOTLHAKA. A small
fowl-stealing animal living in
reeds.
LESELEDIWA. Pass. of leseletsa.
LESELETSA. To allow; to per-
mit.
LESENAMELÔ. See MASENAME-
LO.
LESETEDI. A Griqua.
LESÈTLHA. A confirmed thief;
the liquor amnii.
LESETLHAŌKA. A large white
ant that eats grass.
LESHAHÈ=Leshwahè.
LESHALA. A large white stone;
a white rock.
LESHALABA=Leshalaō.
LESHALAŌ. A loud shouting
from a crowd.
LESHAMA=Lesama.
LESHAŌ=Leshalaō.
LESHETLA. The edible parts of
the head of a bone.
LESHÔBÈLÈLÔ. Dissatisfaction.
LESHOGO. A partridge.
LESHOGODI. A thick swarm of
locusts; a heavy shower of rain.
LESHOKGOLA. A child just able
to run about.
LESHÔKÔLÈLA. Water brash;
heartburn; acid eructations.
LESHÔLÈ. A cow still suckling
a large calf; a large unweaned
kid, or calf.
LESHOLOGA. To become weary,
or numbed, as arms by a heavy
weight; to be swelled. Used
only of the private parts of man
or woman.
LESHOLOLA. To let down, as a
bird its wings. To reach, or
pull down anything.
LESHÔMA. A large bulb with
stringy leaves.
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LESHOMÈ. Ten.
LESHOMŌ. A party of people.
LESHOMPU. The rounded part
of a garden or kraal hedge.
LESHŌNYA. A large jet black
ant, Int.
LESHONWANE. A small leshomō.
LESHOPE. A ruin; a deserted
house or kraal with no part of
it still standing.
LESHOPHI. A blister.
LESHORI. A gift to a mother’s
brother.
LESHOTLHŌ. The scrotum; the
scrotum of a castrated animal.
LESHOTLŌ. Contempt; con-
temptuousness.
LESHŌTSE=Lekatane.
LESHŌTSANA=Lekatanyane.
LESHOWA. A shout, as of a
number of people. Go tshèla
leshowa, to shout with a loud
voice, as a crowd crying hurrah.
LESHUBU. A thigh bone, or
upper arm bone in a human
being; the upper leg bone of
an animal.
LESHUDI. A small excavation
made to beat out corn in.
LESHULŌ. Foam from mouth,
or on water; white scum.
LESHURU. A gift, Int.
LESHUSHU. An animal with a
small part of an ear cut off.
LESHWABI. A wrinkle on the
face.
LESHWAHE. A light-coloured
mocwana; an albino.
LESHWAKGÈ. The flesh at the
junction of an animal's large
and small stomach.
LESHWALAŌ. A careless work-
man; a bad worker.
LESHWALŌ. Medicine used to
insure prosperity or success.
Go di chubèla leshwalō, to
fumigate them with the smoke
of medicine.
LESHWARE. Foot soreness, either
in persons or animals.
LESHWASHUPA. Empty. Used
of a sack.
LESHWASHWA. See MASHWASH-
WA.
LESHWÈ. Filthy; evil; nasty;
bad; anything that is not
liked, or disagreeable. Used
sometimes of a dangerous po-
sition.
LESHWEBELÈGA. A hired volun-
teer; a paid mercenary.
LESHWÈHADIWA. Pass. of lesh-
wèhala.
LESHWÈHATSA. To make filthy;
to defile.
LESHWELE. A lump of clotted
blood; a clot.
LESHWÈLÈ=Leshwele.
LESIBA=Losiba.
LESIBI. An animal with one ear,
or both ears, cut off in the
middle, or cut a good deal.
LESIÈLA. An orphan.
LESILO. A silly person; a fool.
LESITLHA. A bunch, or cluster
of berries or fruit.
LETA. To wait; to wait for; to
watch corn, etc.
LÈTA. To grind very fine.
LETAGWA. A drunkard.
LETEANE. A wild dog.
LETEGÈLE. An individual of a
kind of mixed race, coloured,
and having long hair.
LETHACANE. A long-legged
ground bird; a kind of lap-
wing.
LETHUDI=Mokatakō.
LETIMÈLA. A wandering animal.
LETIÑ. A kind of weak beer.
Sesutō.
LETISA. Ba letisa ba bañwe,
they help the others to watch
corn.
LETLA. To love, or honour one
above another; to favour; to
honour; to reconcile; to make
peace.
LETLABULA=Lotlabula.
LETLADIKA. See MATLADIKA.
LETLAKA. An eagle.
LETLALŌ. A hide; a skin.
LETLAMETLO. A bull-frog.
LETLANA. To love each other
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very much; to become friends;
to be fond of each other.
LETLANCWE. Perf. pass. of
letlana; reconciled.
LETLANYA. To cause to love;
to reconcile. A word not used
much in the South. Go le-
tlanya batho le Modimo, to
reconcile God and man. Ba ba
letlanyañ, the peacemakers.
LETLANWA. Pass. of letlanya.
Re tla letlanwa le Modimo, we
shall be reconciled to God.
LETLAPA. A flat stone; a stone
for grinding on.
LETLAPANA. A little letlapa.
LETLAPARAPELO = Leaparapelo.
LETLAWA = Lotlawa.
LETLAWANA = Lotlawana.
LETLATLA. An iron ornament
for the ear.
LETLATLANA = Lotlatlana.
LETLÈKE. Rich; one who is
abundantly supplied.
LETLÈLA. A little of anything.
LETLÈLANYANA. A very little
of anything.
LETLHABÈGŌ = Sebedishō.
LETLHADIO. The fleshy part of
a knuckle of meat.
LETLHAHU. The muscle or lump
of flesh in the calf of a person's
leg, and in the arm between
elbow and wrist.
LETLHAGA. See MATLHAGA.
LETLHAKAMANE. Grass for
thatching.
LETLHAKÈLA. A kind of blue
bird, Int.
LETLHAKU. A bush cut for
making a hedge.
LETLHAKWANA. A stick placed
by a doctor to keep visitors from
a house where there is sickness.
LETLHALE. A wise person; a
slim one. Not a word of com-
mendation.
LETLHALAGADI. A kind of
ground creeping plant.
LETLHALERWA = Leteane.
LETLHANAMA. The fat round a
kidney.
LETLHAO. The nest, or cell of
the khwena worm, used by
women as a jingling bead in
bogwèra dance.
LETLHAPA. A curse.
LETLHAPAGADI. A certain posi-
tion of the dice.
LETLHAPE. A herd of wild
animals. Used of zebras and
some other animals. Of cattle
it is only used in the plural,
Matlhape.
LETLHAPELAPULA. A small lo-
cust bird.
LETLHAPÈLŌ. Mirth; merry
making.
LETLHARE. A branch having
smaller branches on it; a leaf,
Int.
LETLHATSHE. The bottom of a
deep pool.
LETLHAU. A horse's leg just
above the hoof.
LETLHOGÈLA. A shoot springing
after a tree is cut down.
LETLHŌGŌNŌLŌ. Blessed; a
blessing; favour.
LETLHOKOTLO. A knot in a
stick or branch where a shoot
or twig has been cut off.
LETLHŌMAGANYANE. A little
joining in a kaross.
LETLHŌTLHŌLŌ. A piece of the
backbone of a slaughtered
animal chopped off for cooking.
LETLISA. Caus. of letla.
LETLODIÑ. Mo letlodiñ, in a
box. From letlole.
LETLÖLÖLÖ. Cold, dark, wintry
weather.
LETLONKANA. A black wolf or
hyena.
LETLŌTLA. A house in bad re-
pair; a standing ruin; a recent
ruin; a deserted house.
LETLOLE. A box. Mo letlodiñ,
in a box.
LETLÖTLÖ. Abundance. A
butcher bird.
LETLOTLOBO. A snake skin; the
scale of a fish; a piece of skin
pulled off after a scald, etc.
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LETLOYANA. A little box.
LETSA. To play on an instru-
ment with hands or mouth;
to cause to sound. Go letsa
melodi, to make a whistling
noise. Go letsa tshipi, to ring
a bell.
LETSABATSABA. Many-coloured.
LETSADI. A blood-bruise in the
flesh of a slaughtered animal;
a clot of blood in flesh, caused
by a bruise.
LETSAE. An egg. Used chiefly
of a large egg, as of an ostrich.
LETSAPA. Weariness.
LETSATSA. A hole of a ground-
squirrel. = Lotsatsa, Int.
LETSATSI. The sun; a day.
LETSE. Perf. of lala, to lie
down. O letse a tsile, he
came yesterday. O la a letse
go shwa, he was about to die;
he had lain down in prospect
of death. E re letseñ re e
bonye maabane, that which we
saw yesterday.
LETSEBA. A rock pigeon.
LETSEBANA. A young rock
pigeon.
LETSELA. Cloth of European
make.
LETSÈLÈ. A grain of corn; a
woman's breast. Pl. mabèlè.
No difference between the
words except one of accent.
LETSEMA. A picking, or plough-
ing. Go ntshiwa letsema,
picking is ordered by the
chief.
LETSETO. A group of gardens.
LETSÈTSÈ. The nit of a louse.
LETSHA. A lake; a vley; a
saltpan.
LETSHEGȮ. A blessing; a three-
foot; a stone, etc., for a pot
to stand on.
LETSHÈRÈ. See MATSHÈRÈ.
LETSHETSE. A bubble.
LETSIBOGȮ. A ford.
LETSIDIDI. Cold; coldness.
LETULADI. A silent person.
LEUBA. Drought.
LEUE = Letobo.
LEUTSANA. Used chiefly, if not
entirely, in the pl. mautsana.
LEWATLA. A sea.
LEWATLÈ. A sea.
LEYÈ. A stone (Bushman word).
LEYÈLȮ. A spring-hare's hole.
LEYWA. Pass. of leba.
LILE. Perf. of lea.
Lo. You. Pers. pron. pl. Part.
of nouns beginning with lo.
LOA. Poss. pron. Used with
nouns in lo.
LȮA. To bewitch; to poison; to
become thick, as porridge, etc.
A difference only in accent.
LOAGȮ. A building.
LOALA. See LWALA.
LOAPI. The sky; the firma-
ment; the space below the
clouds. Maru a a mo loapiñ,
the clouds which are in the
sky.
LOARȮ. An opening in a sore.
LOATȮ. Increase.
LȮBA. To deny falsely that one
has something; to conceal by
lying; to hide by deceit; to
cut off a piece of the lower
bowel of a slaughtered animal
to be cooked for the head man
of the family.
LOBADI. A scar.
LOBAKA. A time; a while; an
opportunity; a space; room.
Ke bonye lobaka, I am better.
LOBAKANYANA. A little Lobaka.
LOBALA. That part of a belly
between navel and breast-bone.
= Motlhaba.
LOBALÈLȮ. The binding along
the top of a lolwapa hedge, and
the bottom of a house-thatch.
LOBEANA = Lophègwana.
LOBEBE. Cream. Pl. dipebe.
LOBÈKȮ. Contempt = Segwadi.
LOBÈLA. To deny of falsely to
a person. O la a e ba lobèla,
he denied it to them; he hid
it from them.
LOBELÈLA. A sting.
LOBELȮ. Speed; rapid pace.
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O la a thuba lobelō, he ran
fast.
LOBESE. Mashi a lobese, new
milk; sweet milk; milk not
yet turned thick.
LOBÈTÈ. A spleen.
LOBIANA. A frying-pan, Int.
LOBILA = Mmila.
LOBILANYANA = Mmilanyana.
LOBILWE. Perf. pass. of lōba.
Concealed; hidden. Di lobilwe
go bōna, they are hidden from
them. Dilō tse di lobilweñ,
hidden things.
LOBOA. A bare, treeless plain,
or plot of land.
LOBODU. A chameleon; an ox's
dewlap.
LOBOGŌ. Anything put into
water to prevent it spilling
when carried.
LOBOLÈLA. A small bone be-
tween the eyes.
LOBÒLÈLA. A sting.
LOBONÈ. A candle; a lighted
stick, or torch; a lamp.
LOBONÈLA. A sting.
LOBOPŌ. A habit or formation
natural to a person; a crea-
tion; a creature. Pl. dipopō.
LOBŌPŌ. O lobōpō, he has a
high-ridged nose; his nose has
a high ridge.
LOBŌTA = Lomōta.
LOBOTSANE. A flock of kids.
LOBOTSARE. A swelling, chiefly
found in the groin of a child;
a large boil.
LOBU. Brack ground; a brack
hollow where cattle lick; a
chameleon.
LOCHÈGA. A purging; diarrhœa.
LOCHO. Fat for smearing
LOCHWAŌ. A mark on an animal
denoting ownership; a brand.
LOCŌ. A tribe. Pl. dicō. A
custom; a habit of an indi-
vidual or a people.
LOCOPOTLA. Mud.
LOCWA. Pass. of lōpa.
LOCWALŌ. The diaphragm.
LODI. The innermost bark of a
thorn tree, used for making
twine; a cord. Pl. dinti.
LODIWA. Pass. of lotsa.
LODULE. Peace; contentment;
state of quiet living.
LOÈLÈLA. To be nice, or tasty
(used of food and drink); to
taste (generally used of a nice
taste).
LOELETSA. To make nice, tasty,
or palatable.
LOESÈGA. To be bewitched, or
possessed; to be possessed
with a strong desire to do
something.
LOÈTŌ. A journey. Pl. dinyètō
and dikètō.
LOETSE. See LWETSE.
LOÈTSÈ. A bob of hair; hair in
a plait or bob.
LOGA. To plait; to weave. Go
loga maanō, to plan, to devise
plans.
LOGABA. Empty or hollow from
hunger; emptiness from hun-
ger.
LOGADIGADI. Wide - spreading
and glittering, as a large lake.
LOGADIMA. Lightning.
LOGAGA. A cliff; a hole or cave
in a cliff.
LOGAGANA. A small logaga; to
become twisted or intertwined.
LOGAGANYA. To twist or inter-
twine.
LOGAGANYE. Perf. of logagana.
LOGAGU. A rut or furrow made
by rain; a shallow gully; a
crack in a wall, etc.; a fissure.
LOGALA. Wild-looking. Por-
ridge made with sweet milk.
LOGAMŌ. Milch. Used of cows
and goats.
LOGAPA. Logapa loa khudu, the
shell of an ostrich.
LOGARE. A razor.
LOGATA. A skull. Pl. dikgata.
LOGAU. A deafening noise; a
loud scream; a lion's roar. O
logau, he makes a startling
noise.
LOGECWE. Perf. pass. of logèla.
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LOGEDIWA. Pass. of logetsa.
LOGETLA. A despised portion of
food; a mussel - shell, Int.;
wide-spreading, as a sheet of
water, Int.
LOGETSA. To drop in, as oil,
medicine, etc.
LOGILE. Perf. of loga.
LOGODU. Vegetable food, cooked
and mashed.
LOGŌGŌ. The skin or crust on
cold porridge; bread crust; a
scab. Pl. dikgōgō.
LOGOHE. The flat part of an
open hand, including the
fingers; the palm of a hand.
LOGOKO. A black patch of burnt
grass having new grass in it.
LOGÔLÔ. A shrub with daisy-
like flowers; an evergreen shrub
having yellow flowers.
LOGONYANA. A small piece of
wood; a small snake resem-
bling a bit of dry wood, Int.
LOGONYEÑ. Mo logonyeñ, on or
in the wood.
LOGOÑ. A piece of wood. Pl.
dikgoñ.
LOGŌPŌ. A rib. Pl. dikgōpō.
Logōpō loa go hèla, the short
rib.
LOGORA. A hedge made with
bushes.
LOGWA. Pass. of loga.
LOGWADI. A kind of large hawk
which makes a screeching
noise. Pl. mankgwedi.
LOGWERE. A green tree-snake,
not very poisonous.
LOGWETE. Any part with hair
or wool removed; a skin
having no hair or wool.
LOHAHA. A feather. Pl. dipha-
ha.
LOHAKA. The part remaining
of a broken thing.
LOHARE. A bone in the lower
part of an arm; the bone in
the front leg of animal above
the momo; a bone used for a
trumpet. Pl. diphare.
LOHARŌ. A cleft in a rock, or
between two flat stones, or two
fingers; a gorge between two
mountains; an opening in a
river's bank where cattle can
go down to drink. Pl. dipharō.
LOHATA. Dikgōbè tsa lohata,
boiled corn.
LOHATSA. A splinter; a chip;
a mote.
LOHATSANA. A little lohatsa.
LOHE. Which? Used with
nouns in lo.
LOHÈLÔ. A broom; a besom.
LOHÈTLHŌ. A pronged stick for
stirring food; a herb which is
supposed to cause cattle to
thrive; the flower on a mealie
stalk. Pl. diphètlhō.
LOHIHIRI. Cartilage; the navel-
cord of an animal.
LOHOKA. The scent of rain.
LOHOKO. Ua lohoko = Ua tsè-
nwa, Int.
LOHOROTLO. Bare, as a tree
without leaves; stripped, as a
person; deprived of, as a per-
son who has had losses; bereft,
as of children.
LOHUBA. Severe chest com-
plaint; consumption.
LOHUKA. A wing. Pl. diphuka.
LOHUMA. Poverty; want.
LOHUMŌ. Wealth; riches; trea-
sure.
LOHUREDI. The soft part on the
edge of a blade-bone.
LOILE. Perf. of lōa. Diyō tse
di loileñ, thick, or substantial
food.
LOILWE. Perf. pass. of lōa.
Diyō tse di loilweñ, food con-
nected with heathen rites.
LOISA. Caus. of lōa. To cook
food until it is thick.
LOKA. To flavour; to season
with salt.
LOKABŌ. A notch in a knife,
plate, etc.
LOKADU. A space under an
overhanging rock.
LOKALA. A number of camel-
thorn trees.
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LOKASIE. A location, Int.
LOKÈLELA. To fill up, as a pot
in which soft food is boiling
and sinks down; to cram with
words and go on talking.
LOKGABA. A small hill.
LOKGABANA. A small stone; a
pebble. Pl. makgabana.
LOKGÈRÈ. A dry, waterless
country.
LOKGOBE. A pool of trampled
water; a muddy pool.
LOKGŌPŌ. Crooked.
LOKGWARAPANA = Lokgarapana.
LOKGWARÈ. A male springbuck.
LOKHADU. An egg-shell, or
piece of egg-shell of fowl or
bird.
LOKHÈHÈ. Light in texture;
brittle.
LOKHIBE. A group of mokhibe
trees, Int.
LOKHUKHWA. Lokhukhwa loa
bonche, a drove of ostriches.
LOKHUTLO. Hump-backed;
having a stooping gait; going
along with head bent down.
LOKŌCWANA = Lomōtana.
LOKOLOLA. To break, or cut off
at a joint; to alter the position
of meat in pot by putting that
at the top which was at the
bottom.
LOKŌPŌ. A sickness in goats
which makes them as if mad.
LOKORO. A piece of wood bent
like a bow.
LOKOTLA. To break to pieces or
splinters.
LOKOTLÈGA. To become broken
to pieces, or splintered. Used
of meat when thoroughly ten-
der. Used of a person when
utterly exhausted, or fatigued.
LOKOTSA. To sweeten the mouth;
to remove a bad taste from the
mouth; to dry up saliva when
too abundant.
LOKOYE. The collar of a kaross;
the hem of a moses.
LOKU. A number of moku thorn
trees.
LOKURWANA. A stony country.
LOKWABO. A skin bag.
LOKWALÔ. A writing; a book;
a letter.
LOLAMA. To go straight to a
place.
LOLAMISA. Caus. of lolama =
Siamisa.
LOLÈ. Perf. of lwa.
LOLEA. Empty.
LOLEME. A tongue. Pl. diteme.
LOLEÑWANA. A tonsil; a uvula.
LOLÈSE. Smallness of stomach
or chest, as from hunger, or
rapid growth.
LOLOLA. To speak nicely.
LOLORA. To make away with a
person's things by wasting or
eating; to take things from a
person and give them away.
LOLWALA. A stone for grinding
on; a nether millstone; a
mill.
LOLWAPA. The front court, or
yard of a house; the hedge of
a front yard.
LOMA. To bite; to sting; to
cup; to eat the firstfruits.
Pass. loñwa. Go loma ñwaga,
to begin a new year. Go loma
tsèbè, to speak secretly to, to
give information to, as of an
intended theft.
LOMAGANA. To be united; to
be joined together.
LOMAGANYA. To unite; to join
together.
LOMAMA. Withered berries that
have died on the tree.
LOMANA. To bite each other;
to fit together nicely, as two
pieces of wood.
LOMANYA. To fix two pieces of
wood, etc., nicely together.
LŌMAÔ. A needle, or long awl
for sewing skins; a needle.
LOMAPŌ. A peg; a nail.
LOMATI. A board; a plank; a
table; a desk. Lomati lo lo
kwalèlañ, a writing desk, or
tablet.
LOMATSANA. A small lomati.
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LOMATSANYANA. A very small
lomati.
LOMÈGA. To become bitten; to
have blood drawn by cupping;
to cup.
LOMÈGÈLÈLA. Go lomègèlèla
mahoko, to make a false ac-
cusation against.
LOMÈGÈLÈLWA. To be falsely
accused. Used also of a cow
which takes another cow's calf
after her own has died, and
also of the calf so taken. Kgo-
mo e lomègèlèlwa namane, the
cow suckles a calf not her own.
Namane e lomègèlèlwa kgomo,
the calf sucks a cow not its
own mother.
LOMÈGWA = Lomègèlèlwa.
Kgomo e tla lomègwa namane,
the cow will give suck to a calf
not its own. Namane e tla
lomègwa kgomo, the calf will
be brought up by a cow not its
own mother.
LOMEKU. A piece of the rind of
sweet reed. Pl. dimeku.
LOMÈLA. To fix or let in, as one
piece of wood into another; to
mortise; to bore a hole in an
axe handle for the axe.
LOMELETSA. To deprive a person
of an animal by letting it wan-
der on unchecked when one
might have turned it back; to
leave cattle alone and suffer
them to wander.
LOMÈPA. A piece of honey-
comb with honey in it.
LOMIPI. Fatty membrane en-
closing the bowels; a peri-
toneum; a caul.
LOMŌCANA. A little wall.
LOMOLOGA. To become separate.
LOMOLOGANA. To separate mu-
tually.
LOMOLOGANYA. To cause to
separate.
LOMOLOGANYE. Perf. of lomo-
logana.
LOMOLOLA. To separate; to be-
come separate.
LOMOLÈLA. To separate for.
LOMOLÈLWA. To be separated
for.
LOMOLOTSA. To cause to sepa-
rate.
LOMONOKO. A difficult or steep
place in a hill or cliff.
LOMŌTA. A wall; the wall of a
house.
LOMŌTANA. A little wall.
LONA. Ye; you. Personal pro-
noun, third person plural.
LONAKA. A horn; a tusk.
LONAKANA. A little horn.
LONALA. A nail of a finger or
toe; a spur of a cock.
LONAMAGADI. A number of
females.
LONAO. A foot.
LONAŌ. See LONAO.
LONKŌ. A pleasant smell; a
taste; a flavour.
LONOKGŌ. The thin end of a
tsambok, Int.
LONONA. A number of males.
LONYACŌ. A byword; contempt;
contemptuousness; dishonour.
LONYALŌ = Dinyalō.
LONYANA. Many children.
LOÑANA. Wormwood.
LOÑAÑALE. Dry makatane;
dried fruit.
LOÑOCWANA. Dim. of lomōta.
LOÑŌLA. Moisture; dampness;
wetness; damp ground after
rain.
LOÑOPE. A channel; a gully; a
deep ditch.
LOÑWA. Pass. of loma.
LOŌBŌ. A shed at a chief's
kgotla; a shelter made of poles.
LOOBU. See LOBU.
LOODITSE. Perf. of lootsa.
LOOKA. A grove of white-thorn
trees.
LOOKWANE. Oil; the oil of fat.
LOŌNYANA. A flock of lambs.
LOOTO. Dimness. Letsatsi le
looto, the sun is dim. Looto loa
mosi, the dimness caused by a
cloud of smoke.
LOOTSA. To sharpen; to grind
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on a grindstone. Perf. looditse.
Pass. loodiwa.
LOOTWANA. A little looto.
LŌPA. To ask; to ask for; to
beg; to beg from; to ask a
favour. Perf. lopile; pass.
locwa and lopiwa.
LOPALALA. To stand or be up-
right.
LOPALŌ. A scabby disease in
sheep and goats.
LOPANE. A large edible cater-
pillar, Int. Lobaka lo se lo-
pane, a very short time or
distance.
LOPAPA. A shallow pool of rain
water.
LOPARA. The upper and inner
part of the thigh of a man and
male animal. Not used of a
female.
LOPARWANA. Diarrhœa in sheep.
LOPÈ. Negative particles of
nouns in lo. Ga go na lopè,
there is not one.
LOPÈTLÈKÈ. Wide-spreading
and shallow, as a pool or large
vessel.
LOPHATLŌ. Half of a stone di-
vided so as to have sharp
edges; half of a lekatane, etc.;
a piece cut off lengthwise.
LOPHĒGŌ. A large piece of a
broken platter, etc., still of
some use.
LOPHÈGWANA. A little lophègō.
LOPILE. Perf. of lōpa.
LOPIWA. Pass. of lōpa.
LOPO. Lopo ea tlhobōlō, a gun
barrel (hybrid).
LŌRA. To dream; to dream
about.
LORAGA. Mud. The edible part
inside game bones.
LORAGŌ. A large hinder part or
fundament of a person.
LORAKŌ. A wall, as of stones;
a stone dyke.
LORAPŌ = Thapō.
LORATA. A loud or startling
noise or shout.
LORATLA = Lorata.
LORATŌ. Love.
LORE. A spear handle; a long
staff. Pl. dinthe. Lore loa
gatwa, the crooked is made, or
can be made, straight. Pula
ga e gate lore lokgōpō, the rain
is very gentle.
LORÈME. Young grass; unripe
or watery. Used of pus, etc.
LORÈPÈ. Too wet, as clay with
too much water in it.
LORIBA. An overhanging fore-
head, as of a baboon. Used of
a bow on wagon tent to give
shade.
LORILE. Perf. of Lōra.
LORITŌ. Stewed meat well
stirred up.
LOROLE. Dust. Pl. dithole.
LOROLENYANA. Fine dust.
LORŌPŌ = Lerōpō, Int.
LORŌRWANA. An infant.
LOROTHO. Dimness; a dim light;
twilight. Oa bōna ka lorotho,
he sees indistinctly.
LOROTHWANA. A little lorotho.
LOROYANA. Fine dust.
LORUŌ. Things inherited; pos-
sessions.
LORUTLÈLA. Old bushes in a
hedge when it is renewed; old
rafters in a house when it is
re-roofed. Sing. and pl.
LORWE. Small red ants. Sing.
and pl.
LOSA. To kill ravenous beasts
or wild animals.
LOSAGARANA. Small stones;
gravel; fine beads; small. Of
teeth.
LOSAISAI. A swarm of young
things.
LOSASE. A treeless country.
LOSEA. An infant; a baby.
Ñwana oa losea, a baby.
LOSÈLŌ. A flat basket used for
cleaning corn.
LOSI. The brink of a river; the
edge of a bank; the brim of a
cup; an eyebrow; an eyelash;
an eyelid. Pl. dintshi.
LOSIBA. The outer skin of a
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goat's bowel, and a musical
instrument made from it.
Mathe a losiba, the expectora-
tiou of pneumonia. Madi a
losiba, blood flowing out in a
jet.
LOSIKA. A vein; an artery; a
sinew; a family; a generation.
Pl. ditshika.
LOSIRE. A poke, or screen for
the eyes, used by boyale girls;
a poke, or shade for sore eyes.
LOSH=Loshe.
LOSHA. New. With nouns in
lo. Lo le losha, new.
LOSHABA. A people; a tribe.
LOSHAI. Naked; destitute.
LOSHALABA=Moduduetsa.
LOSHANE. A pointed stick; a
stick used to stab dikgèñwè in
a game. Pl. dinchane.
LOSHE. A bush creeping plant
having edible bulb-like fruit
called lerakanchane.
LOSHEKEDI. A famine.
LOSHO. Death.
LOSHŌKŌ. Perversity. O loshō-
kō, he is perverse.
LOSHULŌ=Leshulō.
LOSHWABŌ. Dried meat. Some-
times used of dried grass and
dried fruit.
LOSHWAÈLA. A skeleton of ani-
mal or person.
LOSHWAŌ. Stewed meat well
stirred up.
LŌTA. To grind, or pound to
powder; to walk or run grace-
fully or proudly.
LOTEDE. Very red blood in
dysentery.
LOTÈRÈ=Chuchwa.
LOTHA. Sinew or muscle of a
lean animal; thin membrane;
a temporary house or tent.
LOTHÈKA. The loins; the lower
part of body all round.
LŌTLA. To destroy; to kill.
LOTLATLANA. Dusk; even;
early evening; evening twi-
light.
LOTLAWA. A long string of
beads; a string of beads round
the loins.
LOTLAWANA. A little lotlawa;
a necklace of hanging beads.
LOTLÈGA. To become destroyed;
to tell secret news; to give au
iukling of a thing.
LOTLÈGÈLA. To tell secret news
to.
LOTLHAA=Lotlhaea.
LOTLHABŌ. A thing to pierce
with; a fork for taking meat
out of a pot.
LOTLHABULA. The rainy season;
the time when grass is aban-
dant.
LOTLHAEA. A jaw; a jawbone
of animals and human beings.
LOTLHAGARE. A reaped garden;
picking ground in winter.
LOTLHAKA. A reed; a corn
stalk. O dule lotlhaka, his
bowel has come down, as in
dysentery. Lotlhaka loa dı-
kgama, a troop of hartebeests.
LOTLHAKORE. A person's side;
the side of a thing.
LOTLHALE. A place for drying
makatane.
LOTLHANA. To quarrel with each
other.
LOTLHANÈLA. Ba le ba mo lo-
tlhanèla, they helped him in
the quarrel.
LOTLHANYA. To cause to quar-
rel; to stir up strife; to cause
dissension by circulating false
stories; to be a busybody.
LOTLHANYE. Perf. of lotlhana.
LOTLHARAPA. A dead tree still
standing and having branches;
a thick dry stump.
LOTLHARAPANA. A little lotlha-
rapa.
LOTLHŌKWA. Lotlhōkwa loa
boyañ, a tall stalk or stem of
grass.
LOTLHONO. A piece of meat cut
off the side of an animal before
it is disembowelled; a woolly
tuft underneath a well brayed
skin.
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LOTLHÔTLHÔ. O lotlhôtlhô.
Used of a person who takes
back what he has lent before
the time fixed has expired.
LOTLHWARE. A grove of olive
trees.
LOTLOA. A net.
LOTLÔPÔ. The comb of a cock
or guinea-fowl.
LÔTLWA. Pass. of lōtla.
LOTOBÔ. Haze; haziness.
LOTOLOTSA. To make very care-
ful inquiry about; to investi-
gate carefully.
LOTONA. A number of males.
LOTSA. To play upon a wind
instrument; to sound a trum-
pet. Go lotsa molodi, to
whistle in a shrill note.
LÔTSAHALA. To become de-
ceitful, or untruthful; to pre-
varicate.
LÔTSAHALETSA. Ba mo lōtsa-
haletsa, they deceive him.
LOTSALÔ. The fruit of the
womb; offspring; that which
is born.
LOTSATSA. Light in texture, as
clothing or paper.
LOTSETSANYANA. A number of
female children.
LOTSETSE. A number of cows
which have just calved.
LOTSHITSHI. That part of a
river bed from which the water
has retired; a beach; the brink
of water; the brim of a cup.
LOUMÔ = Loun̄wō.
LOUÑÔ = Loun̄wō.
LOUN̄WÔ. Fruit.
LOUPA. Powder; dust; finely
ground, as meal; hot ashes; a
hot hearth without cinders; a
fireplace with fire just re-
moved.
LOUPI = Loupa.
LOWA. A living skeleton; a
person much emaciated from
sickness.
LÔYWA. Pass. of lōba.
LWA. To fight; to quarrel.
Perf. lolè.
LWALA = Bobola.
LWANA. To quarrel with each
other.
LWANTSHA. Caus. of lwana.
LWÈLA. To fight for; to quarrel
over.
LWETSE. Perf. of lwala.
M.
MA. See MMA.
MAABANE. Yesterday.
MAABANYANE. Evening; after
sunset; towards night. Part.
a.
MAACÔ. Pl. of leacō.
MAADIMÔ. Pl. of leadimō.
MAAGÔ. Pl. of loagō.
MAAKA. Pl. of leaka. O maaka,
he is a liar.
MAAKANYANA. Pl. of leaka-
nyana.
MAALA = Letsididi.
MAANÔ. Pl. of leanō.
MAANYAANYA. Abundance. Ka
maanyaanya, abundantly; plen-
tifully (of food); numerous (of
things).
MAAPARAPELO. Pl. of leapara-
pelo.
MAAPÈLÔ. Cookings for; Satur-
day.
MAATLA. The palms of both
hands held out together. No
sing.
MAATLAMETLO. Ingenious; cle-
ver.
MAATLHAMANA. Pl. of leatlha-
mana.
MABA. See MMABA.
MABANE. See MAABANE.
MABANYANE. See MAABANYANE.
MABAPA. Matlo a sha mabapa,
the neighbouring or contigu-
ous houses are burning.
MABE. Pl. of bobe.
MABEBE. Rubbish; sweepings.
MABELA. A swaggering gait; a
proud manner; pride; proud;
stuck up.
MABÈLÈ. Corn; a woman's
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breasts. Difference only in
accent.
MABELEBELE. Clothed in all
sorts of things, as a madman,
or heathen doctor.
MABI. Pl. of bobi.
MABOA. Pl. of leboa.
MABOANE. A little maboè.
MABODI. Pl. of lebodi.
MABOÈ. A kind of small hare.
MABŌGŌ. Pl. of lecōgō.
MABOGISHŌ. Sufferings; afflic-
tions.
MABŌKŌ. Pl. of bobōkō.
MABOLE = Macwele.
MABOLÈLA. Pl. of lobolèla.
Mabolèla hèla, idle talk.
MABOLÈLÈLA. Mabolèlèla rure,
true statements.
MABOLOBOLO. Pl. of lebolo-
bolo.
MABORWANA = Mamphorwana.
MABŌTE. Internal wounds, or
bruises, or soreness.
MABOTSA. A marriage feast.
MABOTSANE. A flock of kids.
MABU. Ñwana oa mabu, the sole
surviving child.
MABUCWAPELE. Firstfruits.
MABUDUCHŌ. Gleanings.
MACHE. Pl. of leche.
MACHEÑ = Matsheñ.
MACHOBANE. A fast pace; a
quick race.
MACHOCHO. Pl. of lechocho.
MACHOO. Pl. of leroo.
MACHWAGŌ. Pl. of lechwagō.
MACHWAHO. Pl. of lechwaho.
MACHWARWA. Pl. of lechwa-
rwa.
MACHWE. Pl. of lechwe.
MACOLO. Pl. of lecolo.
MACOPETLA. Pl. of lecopetla.
MACŌRWANE. Pl. of lecōrwane.
MACWABUDU. Pl. of lecwabudu.
MACWAKACWAKE. A jumble; a
confused mess; a hodgepodge
(of food).
MACWECWENŌ. Sap. Fat oozing
from an unused cooking vessel.
MACWELA. Pl. of lecwela. Off-
spring.
MACWELE. Pl. of lecwele.
MACWELECŌKŌ. Fraud, Int.
MACWELECWELE. Pl. of lecwe-
lecwele. Immense numbers;
crowds of people.
MADAAGOTLHE = Thukgwi, Int.
MADI. Blood. Money.
MADIBA. Pl. of lediba.
MADILA. Pl. of bodila.
MADILOTSANA. A number of
animals of tilotsana colour.
MADILOTSANE. A certain hill in
the interior. Ba ea madilotsane,
they go away with no hope of
returning.
MADIKWEÑ. A solitary male
giraffe.
MADINYANA. Pl. of ledinyana.
MADISHŌ. Herding or grazing
places.
MADULŌ. Sitting places.
MADUMEDI. Pl. of ledumedi.
MADUŌ. Wages; payment.
Used only in plural.
MAE. Pl. of lee.
MAEBA. Pl. of leeba.
MAEBANA. Pl. of leebana.
MAÈBÈBÈ. Outspreading, and
hanging down, as the branches
of an overhanging tree, Int.
MAÈMŌ. Pl. of boèmō.
MAERÈGŌ. An easy-going one;
one easily imposed upon; a
believer in everybody.
MAERÈGWANE = Maerègō.
MAGAALA. Reckless, Int.
MAGABADITSANE. Pl. of moga-
baditsane.
MAGABŌNA. Their homes.
MAGADI. Pl. of bogadi.
MAGAGU. Pl. of logagu.
MAGAGUGAGU. Many cracks, etc.
MAGAKABE. Pl. of mogakabe.
MAGAKGALA. Stars coming out
at daybreak; very early dawn;
sharp edged clouds. Mahube
a magakgala, the very first
rays of daylight.
MAGAKWA. Pl. of legakwa.
MAGALA. Pl. of legala.
MAGALANE. A yellowish snake,
black under the mouth.
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MAGALAPA. The roof of a
mouth.
MAGALAPANYANA = Magalapa.
MAGALE. Pl. of bogale. Maga-
le mabedi, two-edged.
MAGAMUGAMU. A watery swell-
ing.
MAGANŌ. The words spoken, or
the talking of those at a dis-
tance, and heard indistinctly.
Go atsanya maganō, to speak
at cross purposes.
MAGAPU. Pl. of legapu.
MAGARIPA. Mayè a magaripa,
stones with sharp cutting
edges.
MAGARE. Pl. of legare.
MAGETLA. Pl. of legetla.
MAGOANA. Pl. of legoana.
MAGŌBÈ. Pl. of mogōbè.
MAGODU. Pl. of legodu.
MAGŌGŌ. Pl. of bogōgō.
MAGŌGWE. A kind of small vi-
cious wild animal.
MAGOKO. Pl. of logoko.
MAGOKOÑ. Young locusts nearly
ready to fly.
MAGOLA. Pl. of legola.
MAGOLÈ. Pl. of bogolè.
MAGOLOLŌ. Pl. of legololō.
MAGOMÈ = Mashomè.
MAGOMÈAGOMÈ = Mashomèasbo-
mè, numberless.
MAGOPA. Pl. of legopa.
MAGOPÈLŌ. Pl. of legopèlō.
MAGŌRŌGŌ. Pl. of bogōrōgō.
MAGOROMECHO. Medicine used,
as ergot of rye.
MAGŌSANA. Pl. of kgōsana.
MAGŌTÈ. Botlhoko yoa magōtè,
fever.
MAGOTLHŌ. Pl. of legotlhō.
MAGOLŌ. Pl. of legolō.
MAGOTUTUA. Pl. of legotutua.
MAGOU. Pl. of legou.
MAGWAGWA. Pl. of legwagwa.
MAGWAKA. Pl. of legwaka.
MAGWARA = Magwata, Int.
MAGWATA. Rough; uneven;
untutored; ignorant.
MAGWATLAPA. Pl. of legwa-
tlapa.
MAGWÈ. See MMAGWÈ.
MAGWELETLHA. Pl. of legwele-
tlha. O dihile magweletlha,
he has done crooked things, or
things which are not right.
MAGWEYANA. Pl. of legweyana.
MAHALŌ. Scrapings.
MAHARATLHATLHA. In a con-
fused or disorderly state.
MAHATLA. Pl. of lehatla. O
mahatla, he is bald.
MAHATLHA. Pl. of mohatlha,
and lehatlha.
MAHATSHE. Pl. of lehatshe.
MAHELE. A number of lehele
bucks.
MAHELEPE. Swelled.
MAHÈLŌ. Pl. of hèlō.
MAHERECOKŌ. A jumble or
confusion.
MAHEREHERE. Pl. of lehere-
here.
MAHETLA. Pl. of lehetla.
MAHIKA. Pl. of lehika.
MAHIRIRI. Cartilage; cartilage
of ribs. No sing.
MAHISA. Pl. of lehisa. Increase
of lent cattle.
MAHODILE. Indistinctly; not
clearly (of hearing). Ba utlwa
mahodile, they hear indis-
tinctly.
MAHOHORA. Pl. of lehohora.
MAHŌRWANA = Mamphorwana.
MAHOKO. Pl. of lehoko. News.
MAHŌKWANA. A number of he-
goats.
MAHOTLHŌ. Pl. of lehotlhō.
MAHUBA. The whole of the
chest; the upper part of the
body.
MAHUBE. Red sky; red tinge
in the sky; joints of meat.
MAHUBEHUBE. Very red. Ma-
hubehube a dinama, many
joints of meat; much meat.
MAHUMŌ. Pl. of lohumō.
MAHUPU. Pl. of lehupu.
MAHUPUHUPU. Swelled and
bruised through being beaten.
MAHURA. Fat.
MAHURE = Segōtlō, Int.
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MAHUTI. Pl. of lehuti.
MAHUTO. Pl. of lehuto.
MAHUTSANA. Pl. of bohutsana.
MAIBA. Pl. of leiba.
MAIBI. A swoon.
MAIDI. A superior kind of Kafir
corn; millet.
MAIKAÈLÈLŌ. Pl. of boikaèlèlō.
MAIKANCHO. Pl. of boikancho.
MAIKANO. Pl. of ikanō.
MAIKEOLŌ. Diversities of
opinions; heresies.
MAIKÈPŌ. Pl. of boikèpō.
MAIKUTLWŌ. Pl. of boikutlwō.
MAILA. Pl. of moila.
MAINA. Pl. of leina.
MAINANE. Pl. of leinane.
MAINANYANE. A few names.
MAIŌ. Pl. of leiō.
MAIPEI. Pl. of leipei.
MAIPELŌ. Pl. of moipelō.
MAIPHÈTLHŌ. Pl. of boiphètlhō.
MAISHŌ. Pl. of leishō.
MAITIBOLŌ. First-born of babes
and animals, but chiefly of the
latter. No singular. Ñwana
oa maitibolō, the first-born
child.
MAITISHŌ. Pleasant conversa-
tion; friendly chat.
MAITLHAPÈLŌ. Pl. of leitlha-
pèlō.
MAITLHAPEDISHŌ. Luxuries.
MAITLHŌ. Pl. of leitlhō.
MAITLHOMŌ. Pl. of boitlhomō.
MAITLHŌMŌ. Pl. of boitlhōmō.
MAITŌKŌ. Pl. of boitōkō.
MAITSEANAPE. Pl. of moitsea-
nape.
MAITSEOANAPE. Pl. of moitse-
oanape.
MAITSEBOA = Maitsiboea.
MAITSIBOEA. Evening time;
about sunset; this afternoon.
MAIYADI. Pl. of leiyadi.
MAIYANE. Pl. of boiyane.
MAKABA. Pl. of lekaba.
MAKAKA = Masetlhaōka.
MAKAKABA. Pl. of lekakaba.
MAKALABA. Large. Used of
eyes. Thick. Used of a mealie
cob. No sing.
MAKALANA. Pl. of mokalana.
MAKANṮSA. Pl. of lekanṮsa.
MAKANṮSANA. Pl. of leka-
nṮsana.
MAKANOKANO = Makenokeno.
MAKANYANA. Pl. of lekanyana.
MAKAPE. Pl. of lekape.
MAKATANA. Pl. of sekatana.
MAKATANE. Pl. of lekatane.
MAKATLA. Pl. of lekatla.
MAKAU. Pl. of lekau.
MAKAUANA. Pl. of lekauana.
MAKAUDI. Pl. of lekaudi.
MAKEDI. Pl. of lekedi.
MAKÈKÈTÈ. Rough, or with
small notches on the edge, as a
knife, etc.
MAKENOKENO. Capricious;
changeable.
MAKETE. Pl. of lekete.
MAKGABANA. Pl. of lokgabana
= Mayana.
MAKGABE. Strings covering the
nakedness of children and
heathen women.
MAKGABETLA. Thin slices, or
small pieces of meat, wood,
etc.
MAKGABETLÈLA. Minced meat;
meat chopped in very small
pieces.
MAKGABI. Pl. of lekgabi.
MAKGADI. Pl. of lekgadi.
MAKGAÈGÈ. Stones with saw-
like edges, Int.
MAKGAGOKGAGO. Rags; very
ragged garments.
MAKGAKGA. Audacious; im-
pudent; forward; impudence.
MAKGALO. Pl. of mokgalo.
MAKGAMATHA. Dirt, or dirti-
ness from being smudged with
milk, etc.; filth, or filthiness;
grease, etc., on unwashed pots;
excess.
MAKGANATHA = Makgamatha.
MAKGAPHA. An abomination;
abominable. O makgapha =
O mashwè.
MAKGARAPANA. Pl. of lekgara-
pana.
MAKGAREBÈ. Pl. of lekgarebè.
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MAKGASA. Tatters; hanging strips of old garments.
MAKGASANA. Old, tattered garments hanging in strips.
MAKGATHI. Pl. of lekgathi. Swarms of locusts.
MAKGATHIKGATHI. Ba ikgaoganya makgathikgathi, they divide themselves into parties or groups.
MAKGATLHANŌ. Pl. of kgatlhanō.
MAKGÈGA. Much torn; ragged.
MAKGÈLE. Pl. of lekgèle.
MAKGÈME. Watery; always running. Used of eyes.
MAKGÈÑWÈ. Pl. of kgèñwè.
MAKGETHÔ. Pl. of lekgèthô.
MAKGETHU. Pl. of lekgethu.
MAKGÔA. Pl. of lekgõa.
MAKGÔBA. Pl. of lekgôba.
MAKGOBOLÔ. That which is brought up by belching; the offscourings. From kgobola.
MAKGOLA=Makgatla.
MAKGÔLÈLA. A certain position of the dice.
MAKGOLO. Pl. of legolo. Hundreds.
MAKGÔMÈ = Leshwè. Filth; dirt.
MAKGOMOKO=Leshwè.
MAKGOÑWANA. Pl. of bokgoñwana.
MAKGOPÈ=Lopalō.
MAKGOTLA. Go tlhaba makgotla, to be restless; to move from place to place when lying down, as one in pain.
MAKGOWANE. A kind of eagle.
MAKGWAHO. Pl. of lekgwaho.
MAKGWAKGWA. Pl. of lekgwakgwa.
MAKGWARA. Pl. of bokgwara.
MAKGWARAPANA. Pl. of lekgwarapana.
MAKGWERE. Ke yelè makgwere, I am confused; I have forgotten it through a confused head.
MAKHAHA. Pl. of lekhaha.
MAKHAHE=Makantsana, Int.
MAKHÔA. Pl. of lekhôa.
MAKHONKHOBE. Pl. of lekhonkhobe.
MAKHUE. Pl. of lekhue.
MAKHUBU. Pl. of lekhubu.
MAKHUYANA. Pl. of lekhuyana.
MAKHWAHO. Pl. of lekhwaho.
MAKIKIANA. Pl. of mokikiana.
MAKITLANŌ. Pl. of lekitlanō.
MAKÔA. Pl. of bokôa and lekôa.
MAKOBO. Pl. of lekobo.
MAKÔKÔ. Pl. of lekôkô.
MAKOLOI. Mauy wagons.
MAKÔLÔLWANA. Pl. of lekôlôlwana.
MAKÔKÔMA. Pl. of lekôkôma.
MAKOLONKWANE. Pl. of lekolonkwane.
MAKOLWANE. Pl. of lekolwane.
MAKOLWANYANE. Pl. of lekolwanyane.
MAKÔPANÈLÔ. The meeting or joining places.
MAKÔTÈ. Pl. of lekôtè.
MAKU. Pl. of moku.
MAKUBÈLÔ. The last milk in a sack, which needs shaking to get it out.
MAKUKA. Pl. of lekuka.
MAKUKU. Just when dawn begins; before daylight; at cock crow.
MAKUKUNOPU. Ridges, or swellings with ridges between.
MAKULA. Coolies (hybrid).
MAKUMAGANYANE. Divisions; parties; isolated groups, or families.
MAKUNANTSHANE. A few people remaining after the greater part have left.
MAKHWAHO. Pl. of lekhwabo.
MAKWAKWA. Pl. of lekwakwa.
MAKWALÔ. Pl. of lekwalō.
MAKWATI. Pl. of lekwati.
MAKWELE. Pl. of lekwele.
MAKWÈTÈ. Pl. of lekwètè.
MAKWETEFWIÔ. Pl. of lekwetekwiō.
MAKWIKEDITSHÈGÔ. Roughness, Int.
MALA. Pl. of lela and bola.
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MALABADI. See MMALABADI.
MALAŌ. Pl. of bolaō. Lecholō
ya malaō, a hunting party
sleeping out one night.
MALATSI. Pl. of letsatsi.
MALEA. Pl. of bolea.
MALEBAGAÑ. Similarity in ap-
pearance.
MALÈBÈLÈBÈ. Any particular
place not mentioned by name.
MALEBOGŌ. Thanks; thank-
offerings.
MALEHU. Pl. of lelehu.
MALELAKŌKWANE. Vultures.
MALELE=Mabebe.
MALÈLÈ. Pl. of bolèlè.
MALEÑWANA. Pl. of loleñwana.
MALEO. Pl. of boleo.
MALEPA. Pl. of lelepa.
MALÈPÈ. Ba ba tshèla malèpè,
they go to help others in pick-
ing, having finished their own
plots.
MALETLANYŌ. Mutual likings;
friendships.
MALŌBA. Lately; a short time
ago.
MALŌBAAMAABANE. The day be-
fore yesterday.
MALŌBŌLŌBŌ. Drenched; satu-
rated.
MALŌKŌ. Pl. of bolōkō.
MALOKOLOLŌ. Pl. of lelokololō.
MALOMA. An uncle; a mother's
brother, younger or older.
Maloma a Tau, Tau's uncle.
MALOMAAGO. Your uncle; thy
uncle.
MALOMAAGWÈ. His uncle.
MALOMAAYŌ. Your uncle.
MALOMÈ. My uncle.
MALOMMI. See MMALOMMI.
MALOÑWANE. Hard-hearted;
treacherous.
MALWAPA. Pl. of lolwapa.
MALWETSE. Pl. of bolwetse.
MAMAGWAI. A kind of lizard.
MAMAISA. To use a weak thing
carefully; to be careful of a
weak thing.
MAMALALA. To go quickly; to
go without stopping.
MAMALALÈLA. To go to without
stopping.
MAMARÈLA. To stick to; to
cleave to.
MAMATHWANE. A bat. Pl. bo-
mamathwane.
MAMATLÈLÈLA. To repair, or
bind up a weak or broken
thing.
MAMÈNA. Pl. of lemèna.
MAMINA. Mucus from the nose.
MAMISI. A solitary male giraffe.
MAMMPA. Meruti e le mammpa,
the shadows lengthen towards
the east; it is getting evening-
time.
MAMOGOLO. An aunt; mother's
elder sister.
MAMOSHŌ. After dawn, and be-
fore sunrise.
MAMPAMOSIDI. A diviner, Int.
MAMPAMOTHO. A diviner, Int.
MAMPHORO. Pl. of lemphoro.
MAMPHORWANA. Pl. of lempho-
rwana.
MANA. To dry. Mana a di-
nose, honeycomb with larvæ in
it.
MANAKE. A star near the
southern cross.
MANAMAMETSA. To help that
which fails; to supply that
which is lacking.
MANANA. Young; tender; green.
Mabèlè a manana, green, or
tender corn.
MANATHŌ. Marks in food where
some has been taken out.
MANATLA. Pl. of bonatla.
MANCHE. Pl. of bonche.
MANCHO = Ke tle ke itse, with a
view to; in order that; and
then.
MANCWE. Pl. of lencwe.
MANÈ. Four. Mashomè manè,
forty. Mashomè a le manè,
forty.
MANÈGA. To fasten or paste on;
to overlay.
MANEGILE. Perf. of manèga.
Se se manegileñ gouda, that
which is overlaid with gold.
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MANÈGWA. Pass. of manèga.
MANÈLÔ. Manèlô a dipodi le
dinku, the time for giving the
kids and lambs to their mo-
thers; afternoon. From nèla.
MANETE. See MMANETE.
MANKGWEDI. Pl. of nkgwedi
and logwèdi.
MANKGOLU. A word expressing
scorn or derision. Mankgolu
a motho, the shadow of a man;
a lazy and useless person.
MANKOPA. The loins.
MANKU. Many sheep.
MANKWITSIPI. The loins; the
back parts.
MANNE. Perf. of mana.
MANNO. Pl. of bonnō.
MANÔ. See MANNÔ.
MANOKWANE. Pl. of bonokwane.
MANOLOGA. To arise; to get up;
to become loose, or detached,
as stones from a cliff.
MANOLOLA. To raise up, as a
stone with a lever; to force up,
as a fast stone; to loosen; to
pull off, as paper from a wall.
MANOÑ. Pl. of lenoñ.
MANOÑONOÑO. Anguish; sor-
row of heart; sensations
caused by tickling = Masisi.
Manōñōnōñō a pelo, heaviness
of heart through sorrow.
MANOÑONOÑO = Manōñōnōñō.
MANÔTÔ. Pl. of lenôtō.
MANTLOPANE. Pl. of ntlopane.
MANTSABANE = Matsabane.
MANTAACHWENE. Pl. of lentaa-
chwene.
MANTSÈTSÈ. Pl. of lentsètsè.
MANTSHA. Caus. of mana.
MANTSI. Many.
MANYA. Pl. of lenya. Square.
Go ya manya, to be troubled,
or wearied out. Go ba yesa
manya, to persecute, or annoy
them.
MANYAMA. Auspicious. U mo-
lomo o manyama. Used of a
person who had wished another
well, and whose wishes had
been fulfilled.
MANYAPHIRI. Pl. of lenyaphiri.
MANYEBA. Internal soreness of
body through a burden, etc.
MANYEDI. Pl. of lenyedi.
MANYEDIANA. Pl. of lenyedi-
ana. The mumps.
MANYEDIYEDI. The lights of
many fires. No singular.
MANYEKETSHANE. Pl. of lenye-
ketsbane.
MANYÈLÔ. Pl. of lenyèlō.
MANYEMUNYEMU. Very wet;
drenched; saturated.
MANYENA. Pl. of lenyena.
MANYÈRÈ. Much cooked, as
meat; much cooked and still
watery, as boiled corn; sod-
den.
MANYÈRÈNYÈRÈ. Very wet;
drenched; saturated.
MANYETÔ. Pl. of lenyetō.
MAÑ? Who? Kgomo e ke ea
ga mañ? whose ox is this?
MAÑA. Pl. of leña.
MAÑANA. Pl. of moñana and
leñana.
MAÑATANA. Beef steaks; fleshy
pieces of meat cooked in the
kgotla.
MAÑAU. Pl. of leñau.
MAÑMAÑ. Whosoever.
MAÑODU. Pl. of leñodu.
MAÑÔLÈ. Pl. of leñōlè.
MAÑOÑOBADI. Pl. of leñoño-
badi.
MAÑWANA. An aunt; mother's
younger sister.
MAÑWANÈ. My aunt.
MAÑWATHÔ = Manatho.
MAÔ. A woman's private parts.
Used as a curse.
MAODI. Pl. of leodi.
MAOKA. Pl. of mooka.
MAOKANA. Pl. of mookana.
MAOMA. Boyale songs.
MAÔMA. Pl. of leōma.
MAÔNYANA. Pl. of loōnyana.
MAOTA. A group of gardens.
MAÔTLHÔ. Pl. of leōtlhō.
MAOTO. Pl. of lekoto.
MAOTWANA. Pl. of leotwana.
MAOWAÑ. Pl. of leowañ.
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MAPAPA. Corn withered by sun
or frost. No singular.
MAPAWA. Steep cliffs.
MAPHAGA. Much torn; tatters.
Sing. and pl.
MAPHAKÈLA = Makuku.
MAPHAKWANE. Very foolish;
not knowing what one does.
MAPHARA. Widely distended, as
nostrils.
MAPHATA. Cloven, as a hoof.
MAPHOI. Pl. of lephoi.
MAPHOKO. Froth left on the
ground by receding water, etc.
MAPHOTO. Pl. of lephoto.
MAPHURWANA. Pl. of lephur-
wana.
MAPHUTSE. Pl. of lephutse.
MAPIÑ. Pl. of lepiñ.
MAPOMŌ. Pieces cut off.
MAPONO. The Matabele.
MAPONYE. A male springbuck.
MARA. Pl. of bora. To distort,
or misrepresent words or acts.
MARABARABA. Pl. of lerabaraba.
MARADU. Pl. of leradu.
MARAGA. Pl. of moraga.
MARAGARAGA. Very muddy;
dripping wet; very abundant,
or plentiful, as provisions for a
big feast.
MARAGŌ. The hinder parts. Pl.
of leragō and lesagō. The
bottom of a pot, wooden dish,
etc.
MARAKA. Pl. of leraka. A
market (hybrid).
MARAKANCHANE. Pl. of leraka-
nchane.
MARAKANÈLŌ. Pl. of borakanè-
lō.
MARAKAÑWAGA. A number of
thakañwaga.
MARAKEÑ. Mo marakeñ, in the
market (hybrid).
MARAMA. Pl. of lerama.
MARAMARA. To be in want or
in need of something.
MARAÑ. Radiance; effulgence;
brightness, as of rising and
setting sun; a ray of light.
MARAPŌ. Pl. of lesapō.
MARARA. Mixed up; muddled
up, as much talking.
MARARO. Used with nouns in
ma.
MARATHI. Pl. of lerathi = Ma-
kgathi.
MARATŌ. Pl. of loratō.
MAREKE = Marete, Int.
MARELE. A flock of sheep and
goats mixed; a flock of goats
alone.
MARELEDI. Pl. of boreledi.
MARÈMÈ. Matter on young
animals at birth. Pelo e marè-
mè, forgetful.
MARÈRÈ. Discharge at birth of
young animal.
MARÈRÈMÈLA = Marèrè.
MAREMŌ. Maremō a dikoloi,
marks of where waggons have
had the break on.
MARÈTÈ. Pl. of lerètè. Used
as a curse.
MARETLHWA. Pl. of moretlhwa.
MARETŌ. A surname. Sing.
and pl.
MARIBÈLA = Mokatakō.
MARIBI. Pl. of leribi.
MARIGA. Winter; in winter.
MARIGEÑ. In winter.
MARINÈPÈ. The border of a gar-
den. No sing.
MARININI. Pl. of lerinini.
MARIRI = Maodi.
MARISHŌ. Pl. of lerishō.
MARŌBALŌ. Pl. of borōbalō.
MAROHA. Pl. of lechoha.
MAROHANA. Pl. of lechohana.
MAROKA = Marwaka.
MAROKOMOLOGŌ. An itching
eruption.
MAROKU. Pl. of boroku.
MARŌLÈ. Pl. of morōlè.
MARŌNŌPŌ. Pl. of lerōnōpō.
MAROO. Pl. of leroo and lechoo.
MAHOPE. Pl. of leshope.
MAROPHI. Pl. of leshophi.
MARŌPŌ. Pl. of lerōpō.
MARŌRŌ. Pl. of lerōrō. Win-
ter clouds with cold, but with-
out rain. No sing.
MARORODI = Marōrō.
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MARŌS. Tattered; many-holed;
much frayed. No sing.
MAROTA. Hump-backed; of
a stooping gait.
MAROTHO. Bread (hybrid).
MAROTHODI. Pl. of lerothodi.
MARŌTSE. Pl. of leshōtse.
MARU. Pl. of leru.
MARUDI. Pl. of lerudi.
MARUKGWE. Trousers (hybrid).
MARUMŌ. Pl. of lerumō.
MARURUSA. Pl. of borurusa.
MARUTLWA. Pl. of thutlwa.
MARWAKA. O marwaka, he is a
good shot; he is a clever marks-
man.
MASAGARANA. Pl. of losaga-
rana.
MASAHA. Pl. of lesaha.
MASAI. Pl. of lesai.
MASAITSIWEÑ. Pl. of bosaitsi-
weñ.
MASAKA. Pl. of lesaka.
MASALÈLA. Pl. of lesalèla.
MAS Ō. Pl. of lesapō.
M RI. A large kaross of
artebeest skins, Int.
MASARWA. Pl. of mosarwa.
MASÈ. Bran.
MASEDI. Pl. of lesedi.
MASEGŌ = Matshegō.
MASÈKA. Pl. of lesèka. Long,
sour grass.
MASÈLAMOTLHAKA. Pl. of lesè-
lamotlhaka.
MASELE. Measles (hybrid).
MASELESE. Measles (hybrid).
MASENAMÈLŌ. Openings on a
wall between the rafters; eaves
of a verandah where things are
kept; overhanging grass and
rafters in front of the doorway
of a hut.
MASEPA. Human dung.
MASETEDI. Pl. of lesetedi.
MASETLANA. Distress.
MASÈTLHA. Pl. of lesètlha.
MASETLHAŌKA. Pl. of lesetlha-
ōka.
MASH = Mashi.
MASHALA. Pl. of leshala.
MASHEPA = Masepa.
MASHETLHA. Pl. of leshetlha.
MASHI. Milk; sweet milk.
MASHOA. Pl. of leshoa. Used
in the plural of different crowds
shouting.
MASHOGO. Pl. of leshogo.
MASHOGODI. Pl. of le-hogodi.
MASHOKE. Reckless, Int.
MASHOKGOLA. Pl. of lesho-
kgola.
MASHŌLÈ. Pl of leshōlè.
MASHOMÈ. Pl. of leshomè. Ma-
shomè a mashomè, number-
less.
MASHOMŌ. Pl. of leshomō.
MASHONWANA. Pl. of lesho-
ñwana.
MASHULA. Pl. of boshula.
MASHULŌ. Pl. of leshulō.
MASHUSHU. Pl. of leshushu.
MASHUTÈ. A little way. Ba ea
mashutè, they go a little way;
they move forward a little.
MASHWA. Pl. of boshwa.
MASHWABI. Pl. of leshwabi.
MASHWALŌ. Pl. of leshwalō.
MASHWASHUPA. Pl. of leshwa-
shupa.
MASHWASHWA. Strips of tobacco
leaf cut up but not twisted.
Used chiefly in the plural.
MASHWATŌ. Lazy, Int.
MASHWÈ. Pl. of leshwè. Filthi-
ness; nasty. Mo mashweñ, in
a dangerous position; in fear-
ful circumstances, as in a
battle, or a burning house.
MASHWEBELÈGA. Pl. of leshwe-
belèga.
MASHWELE. Pl. of leshwele.
MASHWÈLE = Mashwele.
MASHWELWA. A widow, Int.
MASIBI. Pl. of lesibi.
MASIÈLA. Pl. of lesièla.
MASILO. Pl. of lesilo.
MASIMO. Pl. of tshimo.
MASINAGOGE. Synagogue (hy-
brid).
MASISI. Sensations caused by
tickling.
MASITE. Beeswax.
MASITLHA. Pl. of lesitlha.
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MATA. Voracious; insatiable.
O yelè mata, he has eaten up
all the food.
MATAGWA. Pl. of letagwa.
MATAMA. To stick to; to be
joined together in layers.
MATAME. Perf. of matama. Se
matame mo go se, it sticks to
this.
MATANE. A kind of wingless
locust; wages (hybrid).
MATAPETA. O matapeta, he is
covered with blood, mud, etc.
MATARÈLA. To be adhesive; to
stick to.
MATEANE. Pl. of leteane.
MATEDI. See MMATEDI.
MATEGÈLÈ. Pl. of letegèlè.
MATEÑ. Deep things; mys-
teries.
MATÈPÈTA. Very wet; poor, or
lean, of meat.
MATHA. To throw down any wet
thing, as clay, etc.
MATHACANE. Pl. of lethacane.
MATHAITHAI. Indistinctly; con-
fusedly; doubtfully; vaguely.
Go utlwa mathaithai, to hear
indistinctly.
MATHE. Spittle; saliva.
MATHÈGA. To be fallen on the
ground, as wet clay.
MATHÈKA. Disproportionate by
being small-waisted and broad-
shouldered.
MATHUDI = Makatakō.
MATIMÈLA. Pl. of letimèla.
MATLA. To run, as an ox; to
prance.
MATLABA. Thickset; dumpy;
bulky.
MATLABANYANA. A little ma-
tlaba.
MATLADIKA. Foul rubbish; filthy
refuse; dirty through milk,
fat, etc.; filthy through being
covered with blood.
MATLAKA. Pl. of letlaka.
MATLAKALA. Large-sized rub-
bish or sweepings; refuse; not
necessarily foul.
MATLALŌ. Pl. of letlalō.
MATLAMETLO. Pl. of letlametlo.
MATLAPA. Pl. of letlapa.
MATLAPUTLAPU. Very wet;
drenched; saturated.
MATLATLA. Pl. of letlatla. That
which springs up after last
year's growth.
MATLAWANA. Pl. of letlawana.
MATLÈKÈTLÈKÈ. Very full;
abundance.
MATLETSETLETSE. Very full;
abundance.
MATLHACŌ. Tsatsi ya matlhacō,
washing day; Saturday.
MATLHADIO. Pl. of letlhadio.
MATLHAGA. Useless; irrepar-
able. Used chiefly of iron
things, and in the plural form.
Lehatshe le cogile matlhaga,
the land is full of strife, or talk
of war.
MATLHAGARE. Pl. of lotlhagare.
MATLHAKAÑ. Mixed; motley.
MATLHAKU. Pl. of letlhaku.
MATLHAKWANA. Pl. of letlha-
kwana.
MATLHALE. Pl. of letlhale.
MATLHANAMA. Pl. of letlha-
nama.
MATLHANO. Five.
MATLHANOTLHANO. Capricious;
changeable.
MATLHAŌ. Pl. of letlhaō.
MATLHAPA = Dithoganō.
MATLHAPE. Pl. of letlhape. A
drove of cattle. Used in the
plural only in this sense.
MATLHAPELAPULA. Pl. of letlha-
pelapula.
MATLHARE. Pl. of letlhare.
Sticks for making a lolwapa
hedge. = Makakaba, Int.
MATLHASEDI. The marks of
milk, etc., thrown or sprinkled
on.
MATLHATLHAPOLA = Ditlhatlha-
pola.
MATLHATLHARAPA = Ditlhatlha-
rapa.
MATLHATSA. Vomit.
MATLHAU. Pl. of letlhau.
MATLHAYANA. Pl. of botlhayana.
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MATLHAYE. Pl. of motlhaye.
MATLHÔ. Pl. of leitlhô.
MATLHOGÈLA. Pl. of letlhogèla.
Offspring.
MATLHÖGÖLÈ. O matlhôgôlè,
he is awkward; he is clumsy;
he is unsuccessful, as one who
fails to shoot anything.
MATLHÔGÔNÔLÔ. Pl. of letlhô-
gônôlô.
MATLHOKOLOCO. Pl. of motlho-
koloco.
MATLHOKOTLÔ. Pl. of letlho-
kotlô.
MATLHÔLÈ. Madi a matlhôlè,
long shreds of curdling blood;
blood coming from the nose
after long bleeding.
MATLHÔMAGANYANE. Pl. of
letlhômaganyane.
MATLHÔTLHÔRA. Crumbs, or
fragments of food.
MATLHOTLHORA = Matlhôtlhôra.
MATLHWANA = Maitlhwana.
MATLHWARE. Pl. of motlhware.
MATLO. Pl. of ntlo.
MATLÔ. A prancing. From
matla.
MATLOLOGANYÔ. Places for
stepping over.
MATLOLE. Pl. of letlole.
MATLÔMÔ = Mabela.
MATLOMOLA. O matlomola pelo,
he is a pitiable object.
MATLÔTLA. Pl. of letlôtla.
MATLÔTLÔ. Pl. of letlôtlô.
MATLOTLOBO. Pl. of letlotlobo.
MATOGÔ. Pl. of letogô.
MATOKWANE. A herb used for
smoking; the dagga plant;
Indian hemp.
MATOLOGA. To fall off, as plas-
tering: to fall off, as a piece
chopped off.
MATOLOGANYA = Patologanya.
MATOLOLA = Manolola.
MATSABATSABA. Pl. of letsaba-
tsaba.
MATSABANE. Disease caused by
syphilis; gonorrhœa; gleet.
MATSADI. Internal wounds or
bruises; pains caused by fa-
tigue, etc. Ke tsenye matsadi,
I am stiff and tired.
MATSADITSADI. An intensive
form of matsadi.
MATSAGALE. Grain growing in
patches; a thicket having paths
and openings in it.
MATSAE. Pl. of letsae.
MATSALA. A woman's mother-
in-law.
MATSALAGWÈ = Matsalaagwè.
MATSALAAGWÈ. Her mother-in-
law.
MATSANKATSANKA. Many
wounds.
MATSANKÔTSANKÔ. Many
wounds.
MATSAPA. Pl. of letsapa.
MATSATSA. Pl. of letsatsa. A
group of ground squirrel holes;
a warren.
MATSEBA. Pl. of letseba. Wild-
looking; sharp.
MATSEBANA. Pl. of letsebana.
MATSELA. Pl. of letsela.
MATSETO. Pl. of letseto.
MATSÈTSÈ. Pl. of letsètsè.
MATSÈTSÈLÈKO = Matsètsèlèkwe.
MATSÈTSÈLÈKWE. Circumspect;
watchful.
MATSHA. Pl. of letsha.
MATSHEGÔ. Pl. of letshegô.
MATSHÈRÈ. The discharge in
childbirth; watery motions
mixed with blood.
MATSHÈRÈMÈLA. Foul motions.
MATSHÈTSHÈTHO. Bran from
sifted meal; husks, etc., from
sieved grain.
MATSHITSHI. Pl. of lotshitshi.
MATSIBOGÔ. Pl. of letsibogô.
MATSITLA. Pl. of motsitla.
MATUDI. A verandah; the roof
of a verandah, Int.
MAUMÔ = Mauñwô.
MAUÑÔ = Mauñwô.
MAUÑWÔ. Pl. of louñwô. Fruits.
MAUPE. Pl. of bupe.
MAUTLWÈLOBOTLHOKO. Pl. of
boutlwèlobotlhoko.
MAUTSANA. Maggots. Used
chiefly in the plural.
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MAUWANA. Pl. of mouwana.
MAWANYANA. Pl. of kwanyana.
MAWATLA. Pl. of lewatla.
MAWATLÈ. Pl. of lewatlè.
MAYABATHO. Pl. of moyabatho.
MAYAKO. A party gone to Yaka.
MAYAÑ. Pl. of boyañ.
MAYANA. Small stones; small
hills.
MAYÈ. Pl. of lencwè.
MAYETLA. Pl. of boyetla.
MAYŌ = Meyō.
MBA = Mpa, Int.
MBU. Soil; earth; ground.
MBUNYANA. A little soil.
ME. And; but.
MÈ. See MMÈ.
MEALOLÈLŌ. Pl. of moalolèlō.
MEBALA. Pl. of mmala.
MEBELÈGŌ. Pl. of mmelègō.
MEBELE. Pl. of mmele.
MEBILA. Pl. of mmila.
MEBIPŌ. Pl. of mobipō.
MEBOKO. Pl. of mmoko.
MEBŌPŌ. Pl. of mmōpō.
MEBU. Pl. of mbu.
MEBUSHŌ. Pl. of mmushō.
MEBUTLA. Pl. of mmutla.
MECHINYANE. Pl. of mochin-
yane.
MECHISA. Pl. of mochisa.
MECHŌPHE. Pl. of mochōphe.
MECŌ. Pl. of mocō.
MECOHE. Pl. of mocohe.
MECŌKŌ. Pl. of mocōkō.
MECUCU. Pl. of mocucu.
MECWACWA. Pl. of mocwacwa.
MECWAISHŌ. Pl. of mocwaishō.
MECWATEÑ. Pl. of mocwateñ.
MECWE. Pl. of mocwe.
MECWI. Pl. of mocwi.
MEDI. Pl. of modi.
MEDIBÈLA. Unclean. O medi-
bèla, she has an issue of blood;
she is unclean, as from child-
birth or menstruation. Eo o
medibèla, she who is unclean.
MEDICWE. Pl. of modicwe.
MEDIHŌ. Pl. of modihō.
MEDILE. Perf. of mela.
MEDIMO. Pl. of modimo.
MEDISA. Caus. of mela.
MEDIWA. Pass. of metsa.
MEDUCWANA. Pl. of moducwana.
MEDUŌLŌ. Pl. of moduōlō.
MEDUMŌ. Pl. of modumō.
MEDUPE. Pl. of modupe. A
long-continued, gentle rain.
MEÈNÈNÈ. Pl. of moènènè.
MEEPELETSANE. Triumphal
songs or shouts of an army re-
turning home. Ba ya meepe-
letsane, they sing songs of
triumph.
MEEPELWANE = Meepeletsane.
MEÈTSÈ. Pl. of moètsè.
MEGABALA. Pl. of mogabala.
MEGAHE. Pl. of mogahe.
MEGALA. Pl. of mogala.
MEGANO. Pl. of mogano.
MEGATÈLŌ. Pl. of mogatèlō.
MEGATLA. Pl. of mogatla.
MEGODU. Pl. of mogodu.
MEGOGORO. Pl. of mogogoro.
MEGŌGŌRŌ. Pl. of mogōgōrō.
MEGOHU. Pl. of mogohu.
MEGOLOGAÑ. Pl. of mogologañ.
MEGOLEGWI. Pl. of mogolegwi.
MEGOLOKWANE. The shouts or
songs of women when welcom-
ing a chief or a returning army.
Ba letsa megolokwane, they
sing songs of welcome.
MEGOMA. Pl. of mogoma.
MEGONO. Go ithwala megono,
to put the hands at the back of
the head when crying or sor-
rowing.
MEGOPE. Pl. of mogope.
MEGOPO. Pl. of mogopo.
MEGŌPŌ. Pl. of mogōpō.
MEGOPOLŌ. Pl. of mogopolō.
MEGOPUÑ. Mo megopuñ, in the
megopo.
MEGŌRŌGŌRŌ. Pl. of mogōrō-
gōrō.
MEGOTE. Pl. of mogote.
MEGWAÑ. Pl. of mogwañ.
MEGWASA. Pl. of mogwasa.
MEGWÈLÈGWÈLÈ. Pl. of mogwè-
lègwèlè.
MEHAGŌ. Pl. of mohagō.
MEHALŌ. Pl. of mohalō.
MEHAMA. Pl. of mohama.
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MEHAMŌ. Pl. of mohamō.
MEHAPHA. Pl. of mohapha.
MEHATSA. Pl. of mohatsa.
MEHAYANA. Pl. of mohayana.
MEHENYANA. Pl. of mohenyana.
MEHEÑ. Pl. of moheñ.
MEHÈRŌ. Pl. of mohèrō.
MEHINYANA. Pl. of mohinyana.
MEHIRI. Pl. of mohiri.
MEHITSHANA. Pl. of mohitsha-
na.
MEHOLŌ. Pl. moholō.
MEHUBU. Pl. of mohubu.
MEHUTA. Pl. of mohuta.
MEILA. Pl. of moila.
MEILOLŌ. Pl. of moilolō.
MEIPÈLŌ. Pl. of moipèlō.
MEITLAMŌ. Pl. of moitlamō.
MEITLASI. Pl. of moitlasi.
MEKADI. Pl. of mokadi. Front-
lets of shells.
MEKAKA. Pl. of mokaka.
MEKALANE. Pl. of mokalane.
MEKALOBA. Pl. of mokaloba.
MEKAOTA. Pl. of mokaota.
MEKATAKŌ. Pl. of mokatakō.
MEKAWA. Pl. of mokawa.
MEKGABŌ. Pl. of mokgabō.
MEKGÈKGÈTHŌ. Pl. of mokgè-
kgèthō.
MEKGÈLÈDI. Pl. of mokgèlèdi.
MEKGOKOLOSA. Pl. of mokgo-
kolosa.
MEKGOÑ. Pl. of mokgoñ = Di-
gwapa, Int.
MEKGŌRŌ. Pl. of mokgōrō.
MEKGWELEŌ. Pl. of mokgweleō.
MEKHASI. Pl. of mokhasi.
MEKHISA. Pl. of mokhisa.
MEKODUMETSA. Pl. of mokodu-
metsa.
MEKŌKŌTLÈLŌ. Pl. of mokōkō-
tlèlō.
MEKOLA. Pl. of mokola.
MEKOLANE. Pl. of mokolane.
MEKOLWANE. Pl. of mokolwane.
MEKONO. January, Int.
MEKŌRŌ. Pl. of mokōrō.
MEKŌTLA. Pl. of mokōtla.
MEKUKUTHŌ. Pl. of mokukuthō.
MEKUKUTLWANA. Pl. of moku-
kutlwana.
MEKWATLA=Mekōtla.
MEKWELE. Pl. of mokwele.
MEKWEPA. Pl. of mokwepa.
MELA. To sprout, as grain; to
spring up, as a sucker.
MELACWANA. Pl. of molacwana.
MELAECO. Pl. of molaeco.
MELAHADI. See mmelahadi.
MELAMU. Pl. of molamu.
MELATO. Pl. of molato.
MELEGI. See mmelegi.
MELEGISI. See mmelegisi.
MELÈGŌ. See mmelègō.
MELELE. Pl. of molele.
MEDELŌ. Pl. of molelō.
MELELWANE. Pl. of molelwane.
MELEMŌ. Medicines.
MELETE. Pl. of molete.
MELETLŌ. Pl. of moletlō.
MELETSA. Pl. of moletsa.. Go
meletsa mathe, to covet; to
long for; to wish to possess;
to want to get at, so as to
quarrel or fight.
MELŌ. Offspring. Sing. and pl.
See also mmelō.
MELODI. Pl. of molodi.
MELOME. Pl. of molome.
MELOMO. Pl. of molomo.
MELŌRA. Pl. of molōra.
MEMECO. Pl. of momeco.
MEMELA. Pl. of momela.
MÈMÈLÈLÈ. Superior; noble;
privileged.
MEMENŌ. Pl. of momenō.
MEMŌ. Pl. of momō.
MENA. To fold up; to fold
down; to fold over. Perf.
menne.
MENAGANA. To be folded.
MENAGANYA. To wrap up to-
gether; to fold up into many
folds.
MENAGANYE. Perf. of menaga-
na.
MENAGAÑWA. Pass. of mena-
gana.
MENAMŌ. Pl. of monamō.
MENAPE. Pl. of monape.
MENCHO. Black. Used with
nouns in me.
MENNE. Perf. of mena.
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MÈNŌ. Pl. of leinō.
MENOGA. To turn back, or to
one side; to turn round, or
double.
MENOGÈLA. To turn aside to.
Menogèla kwa, turn that way.
MENOGWA. Pass. of menoga.
MENOLA. To turn back, or
over, actively.
MENOLOLA. To unfold; to un-
roll.
MENOPI. Pl. of monopi.
MENÔTÔ. Pl. of monôtô. A
foot of a fowl.
MENTSANA. Pl. of montsana.
MENTSANE. Pl. of montsane.
MENWA. Pass. of mena.
MENWANA. Pl. of monwana.
MENYAMA. To become bent, or
be bent, as when the chest is
pushed forward, and the head
thrown backwards; to be like
a pole bent forwards in the
middle, and backwards at the
top.
MENYAME. Perf. of menyama.
MENYE. Few; small. Used with
nouns in me.
MEÑALA. Pl. of moñala.
MEÑANA. Pl. of moñana = ma-
ñana.
MEÑOBŌ. Pl. of moñōbō.
MEÑOBUTSA. Pl. of moñobutsa.
MEÑOLOI. Pl. of moñoloi.
MEÑÔPÔ. Pl. of moñôpô.
MEÑÔTÔ. Pl. of moñôtô.
MEÕEA. Pl. of mōea.
MEOPA. Pl. of moopa.
MEÔTLWANA. Pl. of moôtlwana.
MEÕPELANE. Pl. of moōpelane.
MEPAKÔ. Pl. of mopakô.
MEPHAKALÈGŌ. Pl. of mopha-
kalègō.
MEPHAKWANA. Pl. of mopha-
kwana.
MEPHATÔ. Pl. of mophatō.
MEPHÈKALÈGŌ. Pl. of mophè-
kalègō.
MEPHOMÔ. Pl. of mophomô.
MEPHUTLU. Pl. of mophutlu.
MEPOPOTLO. Pl. of mopopotlo.
MERABA. Pl. of moraba.
MERAHE. Pl. of morahe.
MERAHŌ. Pl. of morahō.
MERAGA. Pl. of moraga.
MERAGŌ. Pl. of moragō.
MERAKA. Pl. of moraka.
MERALADI. Pl. of moraladi.
MERAŌ. Pl. of moraō.
MERAPATSE. Pl. of morapatse.
MERAPÈLÔ. Pl. of morapèlô.
MERAPÈLÈLÔ. Pl. of morapè-
lèlô.
MERARA. Pl. of morara. To
branch out in all directions, as
veins.
MERE. Pl. of more.
MEREBA. Pl. of moreba.
MERÈŌ = Meraō.
MEREPÔ. Pl. of morepô.
MERÈTÔ. Grained, as wood;
striped, as a field-mouse; tor-
toise-shell coloured.
MERIRI. Pl. of moriri.
MERITSHANA. Pl. of moritshana.
MEROBA. Pl. of moroba.
MEROBANA. Pl. of morobana.
MERŌBÈ. Pl. of morōbè.
MERÔGÔ. Pl. of morôgô.
MEROLA. Pl. of morola.
MEROLANA. Pl. of morolana.
MEROPA. Pl. of moropa.
MEROPOLOGANE. Pl. of moro-
pologane.
MERORODI. Pl. of mororodi.
MERUBANA. Pl. of morubana.
MERUBISI. Pl. of morubisi.
MERUBISANA. Pl. of morubi-
sana.
MERUTHWANE. Pl. of moru-
thwane.
MERUTI. Shadows.
MERWALÈLA. Pl. of morwalèla.
MERWALŌ. Pl. of morwalō.
MESAKÔ. Pl. of mosakô.
MESAMÔ. Pl. of mosamô.
MESEDI. Pl. of mosedi.
MESÈLÈ. Pl. of mosèlè.
MESÈLAMOTLHAKA. Pl. of mo-
sèlamotlhaka.
MESEPELE. Pl. of mosepele.
MESES. Pl. of moses.
MESETLHA. Times, Int.
MESÈTLHŌ. Pl. of mosètlhō.
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MESHAWA. Pl. of moshawa.
MESHOPA. Pl. of moshopa.
MESHUMÔ. Pl. of moshumô.
MESHWAÑ. Pl. of moshwañ.
MESHWESHWE. Pl. of moshwe-
shwe.
MESHWESHWELE. Cries; shouts.
MESIHA. Pl. of mosiha.
MESIKIRI. Pl. of mosikiri.
MESIMA. Pl. of mosima.
MESIPORE. Pl. of mosipore.
MESITLAPHALA. Hopping lo-
custs.
MESITLWASITLWANE. Pl. of si-
tlwasitlwane.
METEÔ. Ridicule.
METHALADI. Pl. of mothaladi.
METHALE. Stripes.
METHALETHALE. Mahoko a ga-
gwè a methalethale, his words
are lacking in cohesion.
METHEKGA. Pl. of mothekga.
METHISA. Pl. of mothisa.
METHUTHWA. Pl. of mothu-
thwa.
METICWE = Medicwe.
METLAAGANA. Pl. of motlaa-
gana.
METLAÑ. Pl. of motlañ.
METLHA. Pl. of motlha. Ka
metlha le metlha, for ever and
ever.
METLHABA. Pl. of motlhaba.
METLHAKA. Pl. of motlhaka.
METLHANA. Pl. of motlhana.
METLHATLHA. Pl. of motlhatlha.
METLHÔBÔLÔKÔ. Pl. of motlhô-
bôlôkô.
METLHODI. Pl. of motlhodi.
METLHWA. Pl. of motlhwa.
METLÔBÔ. Pl. of motlôbô.
METLOKOLOCO. Pl. of motlo-
koloco.
METLOTSEDI. Pl. of motlotsedi.
METORO. Pl. of motoro.
METOUTWANE. Pl. of motou-
twane.
METSA. To swallow; to swal-
low without chewing; to de-
vour.
METSANA. Pl. of motsana. A
little water.
METSE. Water. Part. a. Metse
a le mantsi, much water. Mo-
tho eo o mmele o metse, a
loose-bodied person. Pl. of
motse, towns.
METSHÈ. Pl. of motshè.
METSHITSHI. Pl. of motshi-
tshi.
METSI. Pl. of motsi.
METSILA. Pl. of motsila.
METSIÑ. Mo metsiñ, in the
water; in the towns.
METSITLA. Pl. of motsitla.
MEUANE. Pl. of mouane.
MEUBA. Pl. of mmuba.
MEUPÔ. Pl. of moupô.
MEYA. Pl. of moya.
MEYAKÔ. Pl. of moyakô.
MEYÔ. Pl. of moyô.
MHA=Mo ha.
MHAGÔ = Mohagô.
MHAPHA=Mohapha.
MHÈRÔ = Mohèrô.
MHERU = Moheru.
MHINYANA = Mohinyana.
MHITSHANA = Mohitshana.
MHOKA=Mohoka.
MINA. To blow a nose.
MINÈLA. Go minèla mo tluñ,
to blow a nose in the house.
MINOLOGA. To run out slowly.
Used of liquid.
MINOLOSA. To pour out slowly,
so as to keep back the sedi-
ment.
MITLWA. Pl. of mutlwa. Part.
e. Mitlwa eotlhe, all the
thorns.
MITLWANA. Pl. of mutlwana.
MITLWANE. Pl. of mutlwane.
MMA. My mother. Used when
speaking to her. Mma Tau,
Tau's mother. Allow me.
Mma, ke buè, allow me to
speak; let me speak. •
MMABA. An evening. Pl. baba.
MMAGO. Thy mother.
MMAGWÈ. His mother.
MMAKA. Praise him.
MMALA. Colour. Pl. mebala.
MMALABADI. A babbler; a
chatterer.
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MMALÈLA. To count, or reckon
for, or to him.
MMALOMMI. A small kind of
dove with a long tail.
MMANETE. Ka mmanete, verily;
truly. Mahoko a mmanete,
true words.
MMAPATSA. Sell him.
MMAPATSI. A trader. From
bapatsa.
MMAPOLA. Crucify him. From
bapola.
MMATEDI. A lewd person.
MMATLI. A seeker.
MMÊ. Ugly. Motho mmê, or,
motho eo o mmê, an ugly per-
son.
MMÈ. My mother; mother.
Used when speaking of her.
Let! allow! let me!
MMEDI. Mocō o le mmedi,
two.
MMEDIÑ. Mo mmediñ, in the
body; on the body.
MMEHÈLA. Look angrily at him.
MMEHETSA. Caus. of mmehèla.
MMELA. Ke tla mmela, I will
dance with her.
MMELAHADI. A boaster; a
proud one.
MMELE. A body; the body of a
living person. Part. o. Pl.
mebele.
MMELEGI. A burden bearer;
a carrier. Pl. babelegi.
MMELEGISI. A midwife. Pl.
babelegisi.
MMÈLÈGŌ. A burden. Pl.
mebèlègō.
MMELEGOLODI. One who re-
moves a burden.
MMELÔ. A dance of two or
more dancers.
MMEODI. A shearer.
MMÈRÈKI. A worker (hybrid).
From bèrèka.
MMETA. To choke him.
MMETLIOADIKGOÑ. A worker
in wood; a carpenter.
MMETSA. To beat him.
MMIDI. Mealies; maize. Pl.
mebidi.
MMILA. A street; a way; a
broad road in a town. Pl. me-
bila.
MMILANYANA. A little mmila.
MMINI. A dancer.
MMITIEDI. A murderer; an
assassin.
MMITLI. One who rubs his
eye.
MMITSA. To call him. = Mo
bitsa.
MMITSI. A caller; one who
cries out.
MMODI. A teller of news.
MMODUHADI. A lazy one; a
sluggard.
MMŌGŌ. Together.
MMOGOLÈ = Mosipori.
MMŌHA. To bind him.
MMOKO. Chaff. Pl. meboko.
MMOLA. A kind of tree, Int.
MMOLAEA. To kill him.
MMOLAI. A murderer. Pl. ba-
bolai.
MMOLEDI. A preacher; one who
tells to.
MMOLOKI. A saviour.
MMÕNA. To see him.
MMONTSHA. To cause him to
see; to show him.
MMOPA. Clay for pottery. Di-
yana tsa mmopa, vessels made
of clay.
MMOPI. A creator; a moulder;
a potter. Pl. babopi.
MMÕPŌ. The bridge of a nose.
MMOSA = Mmusa.
MMŌTLANA. Small. Used with
nouns in mo.
MMŌTLANYANA. Very small.
MMOTLWANE = Kuyane.
MMU = Mbu, Int.
MMUBA. A pair of bellows.
Part. o. Pl. mauba.
MMUELEDI. An advocate.
MMUI. A speaker.
MMUISA. To cause him to
speak.
MMUISI. A reader.
MMUSA. To cause him to return.
MMUSETSA. To cause him to
return to.
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MMUSHŌ. A government. Part.o.
MMUSHOLOSI. An avenger.
MMUSI. A ruler.
MMUTLA. A hare. Part. o. Pl.
mebutla.
MMUTLANA. A little hare.
Mo. Him; her; in; among.
Ke tla mo thusa, I will help
him. Mo tseleñ, in the path.
Mo goa dihwa, this is done.
Mo go diheñ, in doing.
MOABERWI. A sharer; a par-
taker.
MOABI. A divider.
MOABULA. Wide. Tsela ea moa-
bula, a wide path.
MOAGI. A builder.
MOAKAHADI. An adulterer; an
adulteress.
MOAKI. A liar.
MOALAHI. A healer; a doctor.
MOALOLÈLŌ. A weaned calf
just going to graze with its
mother.
MOAMUSI. One who gives suck;
a nurse; a provider.
MŌANYŌ. A fat one. Used of
a child, calf, etc.
MOAPEI. A cook.
MOAPŌSTOLOI. An apostle (hy-
brid).
MOATLHODI. A judge; an arbi-
trator.
MOATLHOLEDI. One who decides
in favour of.
MOBIPŌ. A weal.
MOBODI. A sick person.
MOBOBODI = Mobodi.
MOCHÈGŌ. A purging; diarrhœa.
A vulgar word.
MOCHINYANE. A scar, or stripe
from a cut from the forehead
to bridge of nose.
MOCHISA = Mokhisa.
MOCHOLA. A carrier; one who
takes hold of.
MOCHOMILŌ. Water running
from the nose.
MOCHŌPHE. Spiral; twisted, as
a hide trektow.
MOCHOSA. A solitary male harte-
beest.
MOCHOTÈLŌ. Dry dung dust.
MOCHWA. An itching eruption.
MOCHWANEDI. A deserving one;
a worthy one.
MOCHWARI. A catcher; one
who takes hold of.
MOCHWARWA. A captive.
MOCHWARWI. A captive.
Mocō. A unit. Leshomè leñwe
ye le mocō moñwe, eleven.
Mocō o le mmedi, twelve. An
arrow, Int.
MOCOHE. An old one.
MOCOKODIA. Circuitous; wind-
ing.
MOCOLA. Tasteless.
MOCŌLŌ. Narrow, of a kaross,
plot of ground, etc.
MOCOMI = Mocumi.
MOCOPODIA = Mocokodia.
MOCOSA. A reed buck.
MOCŌTLŌ. A bush resembling
the mosilabele.
MOCUCU. A room, Int.
MOCUMI. A hunter.
MOCUOLODI. A rebel.
MOCWACWA. Spotless white;
snow white.
MOCWAISHŌ. A partially burnt
stump; a piece of charred
wood; a stick from yesterday's
fire.
MOCWANA. One of the Becwana.
MOCWATEÑ. A fœtus of a dead
animal.
MOCWATLHAPA. Young grass
growing among the old.
MOCWE. A root.
MOCWEDI. A fountain.
MOCWETSANA. A little foun-
tain.
MOCWI. An arrow.
MODEMONA. A demon (hybrid).
MODI. Cords forming the upper
garment of a boyale girl; a
root.
MODIAKONE. A deacon (hybrid).
MODIBONOKA. A willow tree.
MODICWE. A smooth black
lizard.
MODIHABOSHULA. A worker of
evil.
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MODIHAMERE. An apothecary.
MODIHEDI. A helper; a servant.
MODIHI. A worker; a maker.
Modihi pula, a rain-maker.
MODIHŌ. A feast; a concern;
an affair.
MODIKOLOGO. O modikologo, he
is slow.
MODILA. A snake's track, or
trail.
MODIMO. God.
MODIPA. A domineering person;
a tyrant; an upstart; one
ruling without right.
MODISA. A shepherd.
MODUBA. A small blackish ani-
mal found in reeds.
MODUBE. A causer of strife.
MODUBU. The watery discharge
from a female animal when in
heat.
MODUCWANA. A slight shower.
MODUDU. Grey. Used of hair.
Motho eo o modudu, a grey-
haired person.
MODUDUECO = Moduduetsa.
MODUDUETSA. A shrill, quaver-
ing shout of a woman or girl
in the dance, or when calling
to her companions.
MODUEDI. A rewarder.
MODUKA. A hedge, Int.
MODUMEDI. A believer; a Chris-
tian.
MODUMŌ. A noise; a sound; a
rumour.
MODUMOLOGI. One who believed
but has now ceased to believe.
MODUŌLŌ. A large blackish
hare.
MODUŌLWANA. A small moduōlō.
MODUPE. A slight shower.
MODUPI. One who dupas.
MODUTU. A tree with whitish
wood.
MŌEA. A spirit. Mōea oa metse,
steam.
MOEANTLO. The younger brother
who takes his deceased bro-
ther's widow to raise up child-
ren to him.
MOELEDI. A navel cord.
MOELEGISI. A helper in confine-
ment; a midwife.
MOÈLÈLA. Go tsala moèlèla, to
have a calf or kid every year.
MOÈNÈLÈ = Moènènè, Int.
MOENYANA. Moenyana o pele, a
friend in front.
MOENYEÑ. In, or from a
stranger.
MOEÑ. A stranger. Mo moeñ,
in the spirit. Moeñ? what sex
is it? Used of a child.
MOÈPAKHUTI. A solitary male
hartebeest
MOEPI. A digger.
MOERÈGŌ. See MAERÈGŌ.
MOÈTA. A small vessel for
cooked beer..
MOETELEDIPELE. A forerunner.
MOETI. A traveller.
MOETLO. Anxious, troubled
thought. O yewa ke moetlo,
he is very anxious.
MOÈTSÈ. Hair on a horse's neck,
and a springbuck's tail; a fin
on a fish's neck, or back.
MOETSI = Ñwetsi.
MOFARISAI. A pharisee (hybrid).
MOFINA. A vine (hybrid).
MOGABA. A creeping plant found
on bushes, bearing a finger-
like fruit red when ripe.
MOGABADITSANA. A plant having
berries which are sometimes
eaten.
MOGABALA. An edible creeping
plant, Int.
MOGACO. Thy wife; thy hus-
band.
MOGACWI. A captive.
MOGADIKANI. A rival; a trouble-
some, annoying one.
MOGADIKÈGŌ. Stomach-ache.
MOGADIKI = Mogadikani.
MOGADIÑWANA. An inferior
wife; any wife properly taken
except the first.
MOGAKABE. A black and white
crow.
MOGAKOLODI. An adviser; a
counseller.
MOGALADI. A complainer.
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MOGAMI. A milker.
MOGANETSI. An adversary.
MOGANI. A refuser.
MOGANO. Muscle at each side of
neck; gristle.
MOGAÑŌ. A breaking up, or cessa-
tion of rain; time for working
again after rain.
MOGANONYANA. Slightly warm.
Used of the sun.
MOGAÑ. At the time when;
when. Mogañ lo bōnañ, when
you see.
MOGAPA. Eyeless. Space from
which an eye has been lost.
MOGATÈLŌ. A young heifer just
taking the bull; a young ox
older than a kgōñwana.
MOGATSA. The husband, or wife
of. Mogatsa Tau, Tau's wife.
MOGATSAKA. My wife; my hus-
band.
MOGATSÈ. His wife; his hus-
band.
MOGAU. A small plant poison-
ous to animals, Int. =Mo-
kgau.
MOGEGE. White; quite white.
MOGÔ. See MMÔGÔ.
MOGOBAGOBETSI. A taskmaster.
MOGOBE. A pool of rain-water.
MOGOCANA. A small hut. From
mogope. A small wooden bowl.
From mogopo.
MOGOCWANA = Mogocana.
MOGODI. A great one; a noted
person.
MOGODIRE. A bush with small
leaves of a pungent smell and
thorn-like sprays.
MOGODITSHANE. A small mogo-
dire.
MOGODU. A stomach; a paunch.
O la a cwa ka lechoha ya
mogodu, he had a narrow es-
cape.
MOGŌGABANYANA. A tutor.
MOGŌGAIE. A very old person.
MOGOGI. A leader; a guide, as
to a blind man.
MOGŌGŌRÈLŌ. A sheath for a
spear.
MOGOGORO. An unbrayed and
shrivelled up goat-skin.
MOGŌGŌRÔ. A kloof having no
outlet.
MOGOHU. A large long-horned
rhinoceros.
MOGOKAHADI. An adulterer.
MOGŌKANE. A woman's sister-
in-law; a woman's brother's
wife.
MOGOKAU. Thy sister-in-law.
MOGOKÈLŌ. A tying.
MOGOKONYANA. Many kgoko-
nyana birds.
MOGOKOÑ. Young locusts in the
stage previous to flying; locusts
after changing from black to
red.
MOGOKOTLOU. A very tall and
stout person.
MOGOLA = Legola.
MOGOLABOSIGŌ. A stramonium
plant.
MOGOLAGAÑ. A kind of small
corn-eating beetle; a small
bush with branches much in-
tertwined.
MOGOLEDI. A woman near to
childbirth, Int.
MOGOLÈGWA. A captive.
MOGOLÈGWE. A kind of small
bird. Int.
MOGOLEGWI. A captive.
MOGOLO. Great; large; old.
Used with nouns in mo. An
elder; a parent.
MOGOLODI. A deliverer. A blue
crane.
MOGOLOKWANE = Moduduetsa.
MOGOLOLWA. A freeman.
MOGOLOÈ. See MOGOLOWÈ.
MOGOLOÔ. Thy elder brother, or
sister; thy sister-in-law, or
brother-in-law older than thy
wife.
MOGOLOWÈ. His elder brother,
or sister.
MOGOLWANE. A superior per-
son; one high in rank; a coun-
sellor of a chief; an elder.
MOGOMA. A pick; a plough.
MOGÔMA. A lordly one.
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MOGOMOTSI. A comforter.
MOGOPE. A small hut having no
outside poles.
MOGOPO. A large wooden bowl.
MOGŌPŌ. Au empty ostrich
shell.
MOGOPOLŌ. A thought.
MOGOPUÑ. Mo mogopuñ, in the
mogopo.
MOGOTE. Warmth; heat of
body; heat of sun. Pobolō ea
mogote, a fever.
MOGOTÈLŌ. Pobolō ea mogotèlō,
a fever.
MOGOTLHA. A trap; a trap
made of a falling beam.
MOGOYANA. A small rain-pool.
MOGWAGADI. A man's father-
in-law, or mother-in-law; a
man's wife's brother's wife.
MOGWAGADIA. Mogwagadia
Simon, Simon's wife's mother.
MOGWAGADIAGWÈ. His mother-
in law, etc.
MOGWAGADIÈ. His mother-in-
law, etc.
MOGWAKA. My brother-in-law.
Used of a man's wife's brother.
MOGWAÑ. A shoot, or blade
just coming out of the earth;
the hanging blade of an ear of
corn; the leaf of a reed. Mo-
gwañ oa boyañ, a grass mat,
Int.
MOGWASA. Noun from kgwasa.
MOGWE. A son-in-law; a man's
wife's brother; a sister's hus-
band.
MOGWÈLÈGWÈLÈ. A kind of jay.
MOGWEWAGAKA. My son-in-law.
MOGWEWAKA. My son-in-law.
MOHAGŌ. Food for a journey.
MOHAGŌNYANA. A little mo-
hagō.
MOHALADI. One who has es-
caped.
MOHALŌ. A small skin water-
bag.
MOHAMA. The side of a person;
the shoulder, ribs, and leg of a
slaughtered animal cut off by
the backbone. Mohama o
mogolo, the other half, includ-
ing the backbone.
MOHANA. A thick stick, or pole,
pointed, for making holes; a
crowbar.
MOHAPHA. The foot of a hill;
just below the pinnacle of a
hill; the lap of a hill.
MOHATLHA. A wild cotton bush.
MOHATSA. A spike; a pointed
stake in a game pit.
MOHAYANA = Moritshana.
MOHEITANE. A heathen (hy-
brid).
MOHELEPE. A childish person;
a traditionary foolish man, who
wished to live like a child.
MOHEMEDI. A defender.
MOHENYANA. An axe handle; a
pick handle.
MOHENYI. A conqueror.
MOHEÑ=Mohenyana.
MOHÈRŌ. A weed; a kind of
grass.
MOHERU. Wide. Tsela e mo-
heru, a wide path.
MOHETOLA. A shrub with narrow
leaves and red flowers.
MOHIHADU. Black.
MOHIKAPITSE. A creeping shrub,
the root of which, when boiled,
is a cure for headache.
MOHIKÈLA. A running at the
nose from a cold, etc.
MOHIKWANA = Letlhakwana.
MOHINYANA = Mohenyana.
MOHIÑ=Moheñ.
MOHIRI=Mohitshana.
MOHITSHANA. A plain iron ring,
worn on the wrist.
MOHOCHWA. A kind of edible
berry, Int.
MOHODISA. A healer.
MOHODISI. A healer.
MOHOHU. A troop of elands.
MOHOKA. A plant of a kind of
corn; tares.
MOHŌKŌ. A person worthy of
praise.
MOHŌKWE = Mohōkō.
MOHÒLÈHÒLÈ. A lull in the
wind; stillness; silence.
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MOHOLÔ. Poison.
MOHOLOLO. Naked; indecently
exposed.
MOHOLOKWANE. A shrill shout
in the dance.
MOHUBIDU. Red; scarlet.
MOHUBU. A large healed navel;
a kind of tree, Int.; a medicinal
root, Int.
MOHUHUCŌ. Perspiration.
MOHUKUBU. A raven; a black
crow.
MOHULA. A female servant.
MOHUMAGADI. A chief wife; a
mistress; a lady.
MOHUMANEGI. A poor one.
MOHUMI. A rich one.
MOHUPOLODI. One who gives
breathing time; a rest-giver.
MOHUTA. A heap. Pl. mehuta.
MOHUTSANYI. A curser.
MOIKAÈGÔ. A back to a form
or seat; a place, or thing for
leaning against.
MOIKAÑWI. A trusted one.
MOIKEPI. A wicked person.
MOIKGATLHŌ = Moitlamō.
MOIKGOGOMOSI. A proud one;
an upstart.
MOILA. An abomination; a
detestation; a superstitious
fear or dread; something un-
lucky, or forbidden. Se moila
= Se se ilègañ.
MOILOLO. Medicine put to the
nose to see if life is extinct,
and to cause sneezing.
MOIMA. A pregnant woman.
MOIMANA = Moina.
MOIPELÔ. Joy; gladness; plea-
sure.
MOIPOBŌDI. One who confesses;
an inquirer; a catechumen.
MOIPOLAI. One who kills him-
self. Moipolai eo o sa lelelweñ,
a suicide.
MOIPOLEDI = Moipobodi.
MOITAODI. A free one; a self-
governing person.
MOITHWADI. A pregnant woman.
MOITIBOLÔ. Ñwana oa moiti-
bolō, a first-born child.
MOITIMOKANYI. A dissembler;
a hypocrite.
MOITLAMÔ. A girdle; a belt.
MOITLESI = Moitlamō.
MOITLHÔ. A person blind in one
eye.
MOITSE. One who knows.
MOITSEANAPE. A wise person;
a prudent person.
MOITSEOANAPE = Moitseanape.
MOITSHENKEDWI. A chosen one.
MOITSHEPI. A holy one; a
saint.
MOKA = Yaka, Int.
MOKABA. Sometimes, Int.
MOKABEDI. An interpreter, Int.
MOKABI. A kind of tree, Int.
MOKADI. The fat of a bull-frog.
MOKADISIWANE. An oft-sent
messenger; a right-hand man.
MOKAE. E le mokae? what
countryman is he? of what
country is he?
MOKAEA. One who testifies.
MOKAEDI. A guide.
MOKAIKAI. A kind of bush used
by diviners. Ba mo yesitse
mokaikai, they have bewitched
him.
MOKAKA. Incorrigible; im-
pudent in answering when
scolded; untamable.
MOKALA. A red camel-thorn
tree.
MOKALABATA = Mokgalō.
MOKALANA. A young mokala.
MOKALOBA. A very strong man.
MOKANTSA = Lekantsa, Int.
MOKAOTA. One of the Makaota
people.
MOKAOTU. A very old person,
or thing.
MOKAPU. Something thrown up
and caught in the mouth by
children at play.
MOKARAGANA. Di ya mokara-
gana, they make a clacking
noise, as the hoofs of animals
running.
MOKARALALÔ. A fit.
MOKASA. A block of wood; a
thick stump of firewood.
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MOKATAKŌ. A verandah round
a native hut.
MOKATISHWANE. A young ox
just being trained.
MOKAULENWE. Used for brother.
MOKAWA. A ground creeping
plant, having a melon-like fruit
with blunt knobs.
MOKEA. Not square; crooked;
uneven.
MOKGABATLOLEGI. A gadabout.
MOKGABŌ. An ornament.
MOKGADI. A blasphemer; a
slanderer.
MOKGAKO. Pitsa ea mokgako,
a clean new pot.
MOKGALAGADI. A dweller in the
desert.
MOKGALO. A wait-a-bit thorn
tree, or bush; a hakdoorn.
MOKGALOHATSHE. A very small
thorn bush similar to the
mokgalo.
MOKGARA. A lean, starved dog.
MOKGARAKGATSHEGI. A wan-
derer; a vagabond.
MOKGAU. Di yelè mokgau, they
are poisoned by eating corn
shrivelled in the sun.
MOKGÈKGÈTHŌ. A shoulder,
ribs and leg cut off by the back-
bone.
MOKGÈLÈ = Sekgèlè.
MOKGÈLÈDI. A deep scratch;
a stripe.
MOKGÈRWA = Mokgara, Int.
MOKGETHISI. A tax gatherer.
MOKGOBI. One who reproaches.
MOKGŌBŌ. A reproach.
MOKGŌKGŌMA. A windpipe.
MOKGOKOLOSA. A slope in de-
scending; a steep bank; a
shelving off place.
MOKGOLASECO. A hook.
MOKGOMILÔ. A crow with a
white mark on neck.
MOKGONA. Dirty; filth.
MOKGOÑ. A part of the boyale
and bogwèra rites.
MOKGOPAMA. A froward per-
son.
MOKGŌPANE. A kind of tree.
MOKGOPHŌ. A braying of skins
by rubbing between hands.
MOKGORI. A glutton.
MOKGŌRŌ. A pole; a stump, or
dry trunk of tree; the side
post of a krall gateway; a
cross pole in a krall gateway;
a cross.
MOKGŌRŌNYANA. A water wag-
tail.
MOKGOSI. A loud shout. Go
ntsha mokgosi, to shout loudly.
Go ōpa mokgosi, to call to a
picō.
MOKGOTO. A Coranna.
MOKGWA. A custom; a habit;
a peculiarity; a hindrance.
MOKGWABU. The spoors of a
drove of cattle, or a crowd of
people.
MOKGWASA. A loud cry, or
noise. Go ntsha mokgwasa,
to cry aloud.
MOKGWASHO. A loud rushing
noise.
MOKGWELEŌ. A pack-ox burden
in a net.
MOKGWÈLEŌ = Mokgweleō.
MOKHASI. Rushes. Chiefly used
of the common rush.
MOKHIBE. A kind of tree, Int.
MOKHISA. A stripe running
across, as in cloth, or from a
beating.
MOKHŌHŌ. Light. Used of
wood, etc.
MOKHUCHWANE. Short.
MOKHUTLA. An imperfect set
of two tlhose skins, the third
being lacking; a hedge, Int.
MOKHUTSHANE. Short.
MOKHUTSHANYANE. A dwarf.
MOKIKÈLA. A very bad cold;
catarrh; influenza.
MOKIKIANA. A kind of tall tree,
Int.
MOKIMA. Stout; stoutness; a
stout person.
MOKŌ. Marrow.
MOKO. See MMOKO.
MŌKŌ. See Mokō.
MOKOA. A heap.
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MOKÔAHADI. A weak one.
MOKOBÔ. Mildew; mould;
mouldiness.
MOKODI. A shower, Int.
MOKODUÈ. See MOKODUWÈ.
MOKODUWÈ. Poor. Used of
animals.
MOKODUMETSA. An abrupt de-
scent; a sudden decline on a
bank.
MOKÔKÔMALÔ. A sudden and
fatal sickness in cattle.
MOKOKOTLETSI. A supporter; a
succourer.
MOKOKOTLO = Mokōtla.
MOKÔKÔTLÈLÔ. Importunity;
importunate supplication.
MOKÔKWANA. A quiver for
arrows.
MOKOKWANE. A kind of tree,
Int.
MOKÔLA. Hæmorrhage from
the nose. Go dutla mokōla,
to have bleeding from the nose.
Go ntaea mokōla, to bray an ox
hide while sitting round it.
Used also of a person who
cannot run fast.
MOKOLANE. A kind of tree, Int.
MOKOLE. A well; a dug hole.
MOKÔLÈLA. A spinal cord.
MOKOLEÑ. Mo mokoleñ, in a
mokole.
MOKOLOBETSI. The Baptist; a
baptizer.
MOKÔLÔ = Mokgokolosa.
MOKOLOTISI. A cross examiner.
MOKOME. A present of berries
or bulbs.
MOKONA. To suck out sap; to
suck marrow out of a bone.
MOKOÑ. A steep ascent; a steep
bank in ascending.
MOKÔPA. A long black snake,
very poisonous.
MOKOPI. A beggar.
MOKÔRÔ. A boat.
MOKÔRWANA. A little boat.
MOKÔTLA. A spine; a backbone.
MOKÔTÔ. A piece of backbone
with meat on it; the place in
a backbone where the tail joins
it; a short-tailed or tailless
animal.
MOKOYWI. A despised one.
MOKU. A thorn tree with long
thorns, and small hooked
thorns.
MOKUBISANA. A very slight
shower.
MOKUBÔ = Mokobô.
MOKUKUTHÔ. A bone at the
termination of the spine; a
bone at the tail of an animal.
MOKUKUTLWANA. Mokukutlwa-
na oa setlhare. A vein of a
leaf, Int.
MOKWADI. A writer.
MOKWAKWA. Trackless veldt,
Int.
MOKWAKWANA = Mokōkwana.
MOKWANE. A rash on children;
nettle rash.
MOKWATLA = Mokōtla.
MOKWELE = Mokole. An ox
slaughtered at betrothal feast
by boy's friends.
MOKWÈPA = Mokōpa.
MOLA. A kind of tree with
edible fruit, Int. The space
between two banks, things,
etc. Go lela mo peduñ, Int.
Mola oa godimo, a rainbow; the
milky way.
MOLACANA = Molacwana.
MOLACWANA. A brook; a small
stream; the dry bed of a brook.
MOLAECO. A message.
MOLALA. A poor one; one be-
longing to an inferior tribe =
Thamo, Int.
MOLALANYANA. A very poor
person.
MOLALEDI. A tempter.
MOLALEDIWA = Molalediwi.
MOLALEDIWI. A hired servant;
a guest.
MOLAMU. A stick with a large
knob.
MOLAÑWAKA. The wife of my
husband's brother.
MOLAÑWÈ, The wife of a hus-
band's brother.
MOLAÔ. A law.
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MOLAODI. A ruler.
MOLAODISIWA. A ruler.
MOLAODISIWI. A ruler.
MOLAPI. A tired one.
MOLAPÔ. A river.
MOLATEDI. A follower.
MOLATO. A fault; an error;
blame. Ba tla mo naea mola-
to, they will accuse him. Ba
tla mo pega molato, they will
blame him.
MOLATODI. A gainsayer.
MOLEBALEBI. An overseer.
MOLÈBÈ. Such a man.
MOLEBEDI. An overseer; a
steward; one left in charge; a
watcher.
MOLEBÈLA. Just after midday;
early afternoon.
MOLÈBÈLÈBÈ. Such and such
an one.
MOLEBOSÈGA = Molebosegi.
MOLEBOSEGI. An approved one.
MOLÈKA. A small speck, or
purulent sore in an eye.
MOLEKANE. A companion; a
partner; an equal in age.
MOLELE. Long. Used with
nouns in mo.
MOLELÔ. Fire. Molelō oa ba-
dimo, the will o' the wisp.
MOLÈMA. The left. Seatla sa
molèma, a left hand. O molè-
ma, he is left-handed. E mo-
lèma, it is crooked horned, one
horn pointing up and the other
down. O molèma, he is spoilt
by having something given to
him, and now expecting a repe-
tition of the gift.
MOLEMAGALÈ. Large grass in
gardens, Int.
MOLEMI. A plougher; a picker;
a husbandman.
MOLEMÔ. Good; goodness;
medicine.
MOLEOHI. A sinner.
MOLÈPA. The unbrayed thong
of a sandal.
MOLEPERWI. A leper (hybrid).
MOLEPI. A watcher; an obser-
ver.
MOLETE, A deep natural hole
or pit.
MOLETI. A garden watcher.
MOLETLÔ. A feast.
MOLETSA. A girdle made of bits
of ostrich shell, or beads.
MOLEYANA. A small molele.
MOLÔBÈ. Black mud, Int.
MOLÔBÔ. A piece of the lower
bowel of an animal, eaten by
the head man of the family.
MOLODI. A sound, as of a
musical instrument; a whist-
ling; taste; flavour; savour;
pleasant smell.
MOLODIKANE. The wife of my
husband's brother.
MOLOI. A wizard; a witch; a
diviner; a poisoner.
MOLOMATSÈBÈ. An informer;
an imformant.
MOLOME. A kind of large red
locust.
MOLOMEGI. A cupper.
MOLOMI. A biter; a cupper.
MOLOMO. A mouth outside the
lips; a beak. O la a cwa m >-
lomo, he opened his mouth in
speaking. Kgwedi ea molomo,
the month for eating firstfruits;
the first month of Secwana year.
MOLOMUÑ. Mo molomuñ, in the
mouth; on the mouth.
MOLOÑWANA. A little mouth.
Moloñwana moyadilō, a greedy
one.
MOLÔRA. Ashes; soap.
MOLORI. A dreamer.
MOLOTLHANYI. A stirrer up of
strife.
MOLÔTSANA. A villain; a rogue.
MOLÔTWE. Proud in gait or
manner; finikin in dress, etc.
MOLWETSE. A sick person.
MOMA. Go moma molomo, to
shut the mouth; to be silent.
MOMECÔ. A throat.
MOMELA. A sprout from a grain
of corn, etc.; a germ; sprouted
corn for beer.
MOMENÔ. A fold; a hem; the
white edge of a kaross.
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MOMÔ. The thin part of the calf
of a leg; the lower bone in the
leg of a person, animal, or
bird.
MOMOLOLA. Go momolola mo-
lomo, to open the mouth.
MÔMÔTLA. To give stintingly;
to speak with reserve. Go
mômôtla mahoko=Go pipitla
mahoko.
MOMUNÔ. A reed, etc., for suck-
ing up water through.
MOMYE=Monyō, Int.
MONA. To suck a thing, as a
sweatmeat, etc. Perf. monne.
Go mona ka monwana, to taste
with a finger. Dinōnyane dia
mona mabèlè, the birds eat the
unripe or milky corn.
MONAKALADI = Nakaladi.
MONAKÔ = Bonakō.
MONAMÔ. The runner, or rank
of a creeping plant.
MONANA. Young; tender.
MONAPE. The belt of a tshega.
MONATE. Pleasant; nice; easy.
MONATO. A kind of acacia tree,
Int.
MONE. Weakness of eyes in
children; a child with chronic
sore eyes.
MONEI. A giver.
MONKANA = Molekane.
MONKANE = Molekane.
MONKAU=Moñ ka wèna, thy
neighbour.
MONKGÔ. A smell; an odour.
MONNA. A man; a younger
brother or sister; a man's
sister-in-law, or brother-in-
law, younger than his wife.
Monna oa bōna, their younger
brother, etc.
MONNANA = Monnonyana.
MONNAMOCWE. A shrub resem-
bling broom.
MONNANI. A lame person; a
helplessly lame person.
MONNAU. Thy younger brother.
MONNAWÈ. His younger bro-
ther.
MONNE. Perf. o mona.
MONNI. An inhabitant.
MONNONYANA. An old man; an
old fellow; a little man.
MONNYE. Small. Used with
nouns in mo.
MONNYENNYE. Very small.
MONO. Here. A thumb. Mo-
nwana oa mono, a thumb.
MONOKÈLA. Ka monokèla, one
by one; in order, or one by
one.
MONOKETSA. Ka monoketsa,
one by one. Go monoketsa
dikgomo, to take oxen one by
one.
MONOKWANE. A kind of tree,
Int; a medicinal root, Int.
MONÔLÔ. O monōlō, he is mild,
or tender-hearted.
MONONA. A man; a husband.
MONONONYANA = Monnonyana.
MONOÑWAGA. This year.
MONÔTÔ. The claw of a bird;
the spur of a cock. Pl. me-
nōtō, which is used for a fowl's
foot.
MONOPI. A leech.
MONTÈO. A staff for beating
sandals; buttermilk.
MONTLÈ. Pretty. Used with
nouns in mo.
MONTSANA = Montsane.
MONTSANE. A mosquito; a gnat.
Sing. and pl.
MONTSHI. One who takes out.
MONWABOYALWA = Monwioabo-
yalwa.
MONWANA. A finger.
MONWI. A drinker.
MONWIOABOYALWA. A beer
drinker; a winebibber.
MONYADI. A bridegroom.
MONYADWI. A bride.
MONYALWA = Monyadwi.
MONYAÔ. A rebound, as of a
bullet.
MONYATSI. A despiser.
MONYE=Monyō, Int.
MONYÔ. Dew.
MONYORWI. A thirsty one.
MOÑ. A friend; a neighbour.
Moñ ka nna, my neighbour.
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Pl. bañ. O moñ? what sex is
it? Used of a child.
MOÑALA. A lawless one; a
headstrong one; one who de-
fies laws or customs.
MOÑANA. A kind of thorn tree,
or bush.
MOÑATÈGÔ. A swoon; a faint-
ing fit; a stun.
MOÑKANNA. My neighbour; my
partner.
MOÑÔBÔ. A cave; a cave in a
cliff; a natural hole, or pit in
a rock; a den.
MOÑOBUTSA. A bone in an ani-
mal's hind leg above the
momo.
MOÑOLOI. A lump of paste
made of locusts and berries.
MOÑOÑOREGI. A grumbler; a
murmurer.
MOÑÔPÔ. The large bowel of an
animal.
MOÑÔTÔ. A large bowel, as of
a horse, etc.
MOÑWAGO. See MUÑWAGO.
MOÑWAGWÈ. See MUÑWAGWÈ.
MOÑWE. One. Used with nouns
in mo. Moñwe ka èna, his
neighbour.
MOOBAMEDI. A worshipper.
MOOKA. A white thorn tree.
MOOKANA. A white thorn bush.
MOOKI. A betrayer; a nurse
for the sick.
MOÔKÔ. A betrayal; a plot;
treachery; subtilty; a snare.
MOOMANI. A scolder; a railer.
MOÔNYANA. A tall shrub, or
weed with long seeds, which,
when ripe, stick to clothes.
MOOPA. A barren person, man
or woman. Pl. meopa and
baopa.
MOOPEDI. A singer.
MOÔPELANE. A shout of a re-
turning army.
MOÔTLÔ. The cud of an ani-
mal.
MOÔTLWANA. A stick for thresh-
ing with; cows and goats going
out to graze before being
milked. Dia hula moōtlwana,
they graze before being milked.
Dia gōrōga moōtlwana, they
are coming back to be milked.
MOPA. See MMOPA.
MOPAGAMI. A rider.
MOPAKÔ=Mokgōrō.
MOPALÔ=Lopalō.
MOPANE. A kind of tree, Int.
MOPATELETSI. A false witness.
MOPATI. One who journeys with
another.
MOPERESETI. A priest (hybrid).
MOPEROFETI. A prophet (hy-
brid).
MOPHAKALÈGÔ. A top cross-
piece; a cross-beam.
MOPHAKWANA. A cross-pole
across the top of verandah
poles.
MOPHATÔ. A company of people.
MOPHEDI. A survivor.
MOPHEKALÈGÔ=Mophakalègō.
MOPHEKUDI. One who trusts
in charms.
MOPHEKWANA=Mophakwana.
MOPHOMEDI. A quarrelsome per-
son.
MOPHOMÔ. The flesh on the
shoulder blade of a person.
MOPHOUMEDI. A rash person.
MOPHUTHOLODI. An interpreter.
MOPHUTLU. Weak; useless.
Used of wood, etc. A weak
kind of reed or rush.
MOPI. See MMOPI.
MOPITLWE. The month of
March.
MÔPÔ. See MMÔPÔ.
MOPODO. A kind of tree with
edible fruit.
MOPOPOTLO. A weal; a mark
left by a stroke; a smooth part
of an animal's stomach.
MORA=LOBELÔ, Int.
MORABA. A sack for charms or
medicines. Pl. meraba.
MORABANA. A small moraba.
MORACANA. A small morahe.
MORAEDI. A tempter.
MORAGA. Mud. Pl. maraga.
MORAGÔ. Afterwards. Moragō
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ga, after; behind. Kwa mo-
ragō, behind. Go sala moragō,
to follow close after.
MORAGOÑ. Afterwards.
MORAGÔRAGÔ. Long after.
MORAGWANA. A little while
after.
MORAGWANYANA. A very little
while after.
MORAHE. A nation.
MORAHENYANA. A little nation.
MORAHŌ. A place where ochre
is dug; a mine.
MORAHOLŌ. First food taken
out for a head man.
MORAKA. A cattle post.
MORALA. A kind of tree, Int.
MORALADI. A stripe; a streak;
a newly married man; one who
ralalās.
MORALŌ. A straight line.
MORAMA=Thamane, Int.
MORANAÑ. The month of April.
MORAŌ. Medicine for smearing
house walls, etc.
MORAPATSE. A log of wood.
MORAPÈLÔ. A prayer; a suppli-
cation.
MORAPÈLÈLÔ. A prayer for
others; a supplication.
MORARA. A kind of tree-climb-
ing plant.
MORARANE. A small morara.
MORATEGI. A precious one. .
MORATHÔ. A dam across a
stream; a weir; a bridge.
MORATI. A lover.
MORATIWA. A loved one.
MORATIWI. A loved one.
MORATWI. A loved one.
MORE. Bewitching medicine;
poison. More o o bolaeañ,
poison.
MOREBA. A barren animal. Pl.
mereba.
MOREBOLOKI. Our Saviour.
MOREETSI. A listener.
MOREKI. A buyer.
MOREKISI. A seller.
MOREKU. Go ichwarisa more-
ku, to masturbate. Used of a
male.
MOREMI. A chopper; one who
chops.
MOREMOGOLO. A large dice,
regarded as male.
MORÈNA. A lord; a master.
MORENONOTSHI. One who makes
us able.
MORÈÔ=Moraō.
MORÈPÔ. A small kaross.
MORERI. The governor of a
feast; one appointed to dis-
tribute food. A declamatory
preacher; a warner.
MORÈRÔ. A discussion as to
marriage arrangements. Le
morèrō=le morōrō.
MORESHWEDI. One who died
for us.
MORETLHWA. A bush bearing
edible berries.
MORETÔ. A pet name; a term
of endearment.
MORIRI. Human hair. Pl. me-
riri.
MORITSHANA. A lid of a Secwa-
na pot, shaped like a basin.
MORÔ. Gravy; coffee grounds;
water in which meat has been
boiled.
MOROBA. A young woman; a
marriageable girl. Kgomo ea
moroba, a heifer.
MOROBANA. A strong person;
a clever and able man. Pl.
merobana.
MOROBANARE. A kind of grass.
MORÔBE. A bush bearing edible
berries which are quite red
when ripe.
MOROBI. A reaper; one who
harvests.
MORODI. Rust.
MORODU. Rust.
MOROGANI. A curser.
MORÔGÔ. An herb; an edible
plant, or shrub.
MORÔKA. A rainmaker.
MOROKO. Husks of grain after
stamping.
MOROKÔ. A seam in a garment.
MOROKOCO. The milk remain-
ing after calf or kid has sucked;
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milk of the second milking ;
the herd's portion of milk.
MOROKWA. A bushy country ; a
cluster of bushes; dark brown.
Used of an ox with words in
mo.
MOROLA. The belladonna plant;
the deadly nightshade.
MOROLANA. A small morola.
MORŌLE. A troop of large un-
weaned calves.
MOROÑWA. A messenger.
MOROÑWI. A messenger.
MOROPA. An earthen vessel used
as a drum; a drum; a loud
noise made by animals run-
ning.
MORŌRŌ. Although ; while ;
seeing that. Ka le morōrō,
seeing that.
MORORODI. Mixed. Used of
colours ; many coloured.
MOROROMI. A trembler.
MOROROÑWANA. A small moro-
romi.
MOROTA. Very large ; immense ;
immenseness.
MOROTÔ. Urine.
MOROTWANA. Semen.
MORÔTÔLWÈ. A passionate,
domineering person.
MORUBANE. A milking vessel.
MORUBISI. An owl.
MORUBISANA. A small owl.
MORUKUDU. A tamboote tree.
MORULE. December, Int.
MORULÔ. An edible root.
MORULWANA. A small morulō.
MORUNI. Moruni oa mahoko, a
tale bearer ; a busybody.
MORUÕ. A possession.
MORUTHWANE. A hornet ; a
wasp.
MORUTI. A teacher. Pl. baruti.
A shadow. Pl. meruti.
MORUTLATSHANA. A kind of bush.
MORUTLHAOLÔ. A giant, Int.
MORUTSHÈ. A large case for
needles and thread.
MORUTWA = Morutwi.
MORUTWANA. A student ; a
teacher.
MORUTWI. A learner; a student;
a disciple.
MORWA. A son ; a bushman.
Pl. barwa.
MORWADI. A daughter; a car-
rier ; a bearer.
MORWADIA. Morwadia Tau,
Tau's daughter.
MORWADIAKÈ. My daughter.
MORWADIÈ. His daughter ; her
daughter.
MORWADIO. Thy daughter.
MORWAKA = Morōka. My son.
Used when speaking to.
MORWAKÈ. My son. Used
when speaking of.
MORWALÈLA. A flood.
MORWALÔ. A head burden ; a
load ; a freight.
MORWAO. Thy son.
MORWAU. See Morwao.
MORWAWÈ. His son ; her son.
MORWETSANA. A big girl ; a
damsel.
MOSADI. A woman ; a wife.
MOSADINYANA. A little woman ;
an old woman.
MOSAKÔ. A large krall with
several gates ; an encampment
of wagons arranged for cattle
to sleep in the centre.
MOSALA. A very large broad-
headed fish, Int.
MOSALAGAE. A stayer at home.
MOSALE. A survivor.
MOSAMÔ. A pillow.
MOSARWA. A bushman.
MOSATA. Imperious. Used of a
woman. = Mohumagadi.
MOSEBI. A backbiter.
MOSEDI. A small edible root.
MOSEKISI. A judge; one who
condemns and punishes.
MOSÈLAMOTLHAKA. A large
black and white bird found
in vleys. Pl. mesèlamotlha-
ka.
MOSELE. A trench; a furrow
for carrying off water.
MOSÈME. Rushes. Chiefly used
of grooved rushes with tufts ; a
rush mat or screen.
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MOSENENE. A thin striped
snake.
MOSENENYANE. A little mose-
nene.
MOSENKI. A seeker.
MOSENYI. A destroyer.
MOSÊÔ. The space between the
door of a hut and its opposite
wall; the farther end of a
house inside; the hinder part
of a boat, etc.
MOSEPELE. A distance; a jour-
ney.
MOSEPETSI = Motsamaisi.
MOSES. A woman's skin cover-
ing for the loins behind; a
frock. Go bôna moses, to
menstruate.
MOSESANE. Thin; slight.
MOSESANYANE. Very thin; very
slight.
MOSÈSÈBÈ. Rich red soil.
MOSETARA. Mustard (hybrid).
MOSETI. A carver.
MOSETLA. Slow; easy going.
MOSETLHA. November, Int.
MOSÈTLHA. Yellow. Used with
nouns in mo. Mosètlha, oa
dinône, a drove of blesbucks.
MOSÈTLHÔ. A small ground
creeper with little thorny
knobs, as seed pods; the dub-
belje doorn plant.
MOSETSANA. A female child; a
little girl; a girl.
MOSETSANYANA. A girl baby.
MOSÈTSÈ. The pith, or flesh in-
side a horn.
MOSÈTÔ. A carving, or engrav-
ing tool.
MOSEYA. The opposite side of a
river, etc. Kwa moseya, on
the other side. Kwa moseya
ga, or kwa moseya oa, on, or
to the opposite side. Moseya
o moñwe, the other side. Mo-
seya ono, this side.
MOSHA. New. Used with nouns
in mo. Eo mosha, a novice;
a new one. A yellowish ground
squirrel.
MOSHAGOPA. Sandy soil.
MOSHAMPA. O moshampa, he is
stark naked.
MOSHAWA. River sand; sand
washed by water.
MOSHAWANA. Sandy soil.
MOSHÔ. Morning; a morrow.
Ka moshô, to-morrow. Ka
moshô o moñwe, the day after
to-morrow.
MOSHOANE. White. Used of a
cow with nouns in mo.
MOSHOGÔLÈ = Mosipore.
MOSHOLOHOLOGI. A hopeless
one; a despairing one; one
who has ceased to hope.
MOSHÔMASEKGWA. A kind of
bush.
MOSHOPA. A roll of cured strips
of meat.
MOSHOTLI. A scoffer; a mocker.
MOSHU. A kind of thorn tree
somewhat similar to a moñana.
MOSHUMÔ. A deep drawn breath
of a sleeper; a noise made by
wind or water; the hiss of a
snake; a kind of ground creep-
ing plant, with a small, hairy,
ball-like fruit.
MOSHUPATSELA. A guide.
MOSHUPI. A witness.
MUSHUPITSELA. A guide.
MOSHUSHU. A deaf person,
Int. A fixed handle of a pot,
etc. Pitsa e moshushu, a pot
with fixed handle sticking
out.
MOSHWABI. A guesser.
MOSHWAGADI. A widow; a
widower.
MOSHWALAI. A niggardly, stingy
person; a careless worker.
MOSHWANA. Black. Used of a
cow with nouns in mo.
MOSHWAÑ. The contents of an
animal's stomach.
MOSHWAOEMÊ. A dead tree still
standing.
MOSHWELESHWELE = Moshwele-
shwete.
MOSHWELESHWETE. A bird
found in thickets which makes
a noise like that of chopping wood.
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MOSHWESHWE. A swarm of
small ants.
MOSHWI. A dead one.
MOSHWIYANE. Go èla moshwi-
yane, to join in attacking. Ba
le ba nkwèla moshwiyane, they
attacked me together.
MOSI. Smoke.
MOSIAMI. A just person.
MOSIAMISI. A judge; one who
sets things right.
MOSIDI. Black off a pot; gun-
powder. Mosidi oa magala,
the blackness off charcoal.
MOSIHA. A thick sinew; a
muscle.
MOSII. The victor in a race; a
fugitive.
MOSIKÔ. Underneath the bank
of a river.
MOSIKIRI. A kind of long thick
grass.
MOSILABELE. A kind of ever-
green tree.
MOSIMA. A hole in the ground.
MOSIMANE. A boy.
MOSIMANYANA. A little boy; a
baby boy.
MOSIMANYANE. A little boy.
The meatus urinarius.
MOSIMEGI. An officer; a guide
possessing authority to direct.
MOSIPORI. A beam; a cross
pole in a house for hanging
karosses, etc., on; a cross-
beam.
MOSITLANOKA. A milkbush.
MOSITLANOKWANE. A small
milkbush.
MOSITLAPHATLA. A young hop-
ping locust in the second stage.
MOSITÔ. A tramp, or sound of
feet, vehicles, etc.
MOSITSANE. A kind of shrub
like a fern, bearing pods; the
bass root plant.
MOSITSÈ. Activity, Int.
MOSOTHO. A Mosuto.
MOTABOGÔ. Diarrhœa.
MOTAGWA. A drunkard.
MOTAGWI. A drunkard.
MOTATASÈLA. A palsied person.
MOTATI. A woman's cloak of
kgama skins.
MOTATSANA=Thari.
MOTAU. An old and poor dog.
MOTEBÔ. A sedge, or thick
grass by water.
MOTÈTÈSÈLÔ. A palsied person.
MOTEWA. One of the Batewa
people.
MOTHAEDI. A tempter; a trap-
per.
MOTHALADI. A strip, or stripe
in colours; a streak between
clouds; a strip of porridge left
in a pot.
MOTHALE. A straight line made
on the ground; a perpendicular
stripe.
MOTHAMA=Lerama, Int.
MOTHANTHANYANE. A small
thorny bush, like asparagus.
MOTHATA. A strong one.
MOTHATAEOTLHE. The all-
powerful one; the Almighty.
MOTHATI. A strong one.
MOTHATIEOTLHE. The all-power-
ful one; the Almighty.
MOTHATIESI. The only strong
one; the Almighty.
MOTHAÔ. A foundation.
MOTHEKGA. A Letabele girdle;
strips of skins, etc., hanging
from a man's waist.
MOTHELEDI. A living one; one
who has escaped from danger.
MOTHÈNÈKÈ. A thing large at
both ends and small in the
middle; a small-waisted person.
MOTHÈÔ. A foundation.
MOTHISA=Mokhisa.
MOTHITHÔ. Hot. Used with
nouns in mo.
MOTHO. A person.
MOTHOBOLODI. A beginner of a
new work; a pioneer.
MOTHUDI. A smith.
MOTHUGÔ. Bad-tasted. Metse
a mothugô, bad-tasted water.
MOTHUÑ. Mo mothuñ, in a per-
son.
MOTHUSI. A helper.
MOTHUTHWA. A kind of moth.
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MOTICWE. A small modicwe.
MOTIKÔ. Noun from tika.
MOTIMEDI. A wanderer.
MOTIMÈLA. A charred piece of
wood.
MOTIÑ. A solitary male kgama.
MOTLAAGANA. A badly built
house; an enclosure of bushes
round a fire.
MOTLACÔ. A filling up.
MOTLADIKI. One who speaks at
random and without thought.
MOTLAGANA. See MOTLAAGANA.
MOTLAMEDI. A provider for.
MÔTLANA. See MMÔTLANA.
MOTLAÑ. The stalk of a bulb,
etc.
MOTLAPA. Lesilo ya motlapa, a
foolish or half-witted person.
MOTLELE. Thick sowing. Re
yadile motlele, we have sown
thickly.
MOTLETSETLETSE. Fulness;
abundance.
MOTLHA. A time; a season.
Motlha moñwe, some day;
sometime. Motlha mo=Mo-
gañ, Int. Motlha opè, not at
all; not at any time. Ka
motlha opè, not at all. Luke-
warm.
MOTLHABA. A plain; a sandy
plain; a sprout in growing
grain; a shoot.
MOTLHABANA. A little motlhaba.
MOTLHABANI. A fighter; a sol-
dier.
MOTLHABELETSI. A tune setter.
MOTLHAEDI. A faulty one.
MOTLHAGALA. Mistletoe, drunk
as tea.
MOTLHAGARE. Toothache.
MOTLHAKA. A stalk, as of corn
or mealies.
MOTLHAKANE. A locust ready
for eating.
MOTLHAKWA. A man of a tribe
living in the west.
MOTLHALA. A spoor; a trail; a
track.
MOTLHALE = Letlhale, Int.
MOTLHALECHWANA. An ever-
green bush with dark, thickset
leaves and small black berries.
MOTLHANA. The back of a per-
son; the placenta of an animal.
MOTLHANKA. A servant.
MOTLHANYANA. A little time.
MOTLHAPÔ. Urine.
MOTLHATLEI. A putter on of a
pot.
MOTLHATLHA. Not nice; dis-
agreeable.
MOTLHAYE. A bush bearing
large red berries which are
eaten by foxes.
MOTLHOAHADI. A zealous one;
an earnest one.
MOTLHOBOGI. A despairer.
MOTLHÔBÔLÔKÔ. A large pipe
of an ant-heap.
MOTLHODI. A spy; a tarrier;
the eye of a fountain.
MOTLHOGO. A cupping horn.
MOTLHÔHÔ. Light; not heavy;
a weak one; an exhausted one.
MOTLHOKI. A needy one.
MOTLHOKOHATSI. A tormentor.
MOTLHOKOLOCO. A strip of
dried or preserved meat; a
piece of bultong.
MOTLHOLAGADI. A widow; a
widower.
MOTLHOMEDI. An armed per-
son.
MOTLHONU. An evergreen bush
with long thorns.
MOTLHÔSE. Mabèlè a motlhôse,
corn destroyed by birds.
MOTLHOTLHELETSI. An exciter;
a stirrer up.
MOTLHÔTLHÔ. A strainer; one
who strains.
MOTLHOTSI. A lame person.
MOTLHOUNAMÈLA. A humble
or piteous beggar.
MOTLHWA. A white ant trouble-
some in houses; a kind of
grass with long roots; quick
grass.
MOTLHWAÈLA. A set of three
tlhose skins; a set of two
thokoyè skins.
MOTLHWARE. A wild olive tree.
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MOTLŌBŌ. A place where lecopa
and sebilō are dug.
MOTLODI. A transgressor.
MOTLODIWI. An anointed per-
son.
MOTLOGOLO. A man's sister's
child.
MOTLOPA. The clitoris. Used
as a curse.
MOTLOPE=Motlopi.
MOTLOPI. A tree with edible
roots, and with leaves almost
like olive tree leaves.
MOTLHŌSHWANA. A weak one.
MOTLOTLEGI. An honoured one.
MOTLOTLIWI. An honoured one.
MOTLOTSEDI. A labour pain; a
sharp pain in the stomach.
MOTO. The part below the anus
in an ox.
MOTOLOKI. An interpreter (hy-
brid).
MOTORO. A flying moth de-
structive to hair and wool.
Pl. metoro.
MOTOUTWANE. A small worm
destructive to clothing.
MOTSADI. A parent.
MOTSAEA. Motsaea mahoko, a
bearer of news.
MOTSALAPELE. A first-born.
MOTSAMAI. A traveller.
MOTSAMAISI. One who causes
another to go away.
MOTSANA. A village.
MOTSANTSABETSI. A clever work-
man.
MOTSARARA. Very bitter; very
sour.
MOTSE. A town. Pl. metse.
MOTSÈ. Semen, Int.
MOTSEBE. A poisonous wild
fig tree, Int.
MOTSEI. Motsei mahoko, a
bearer of news.
MOTSÈGANOÑ. The month of
May.
MOTSETSENEKE. A clever work-
man.
MOTSHABI. A fugitive.
MOTSHE. Motshe oa godimo, or
motshe oa badimo, a rainbow.
MOTSHÈ. A stamping staff; a
pestle.
MOTSHEDI. A living one; one
who pours out.
MOTSHEGARE. Mid-day; noon.
Motshegare oa ka moshō, the
forenoon. Motshegare oa mai-
tsiboea, the afternoon. Mo-
tshegare le bosigō, day and
night.
MOTSHELŌ. Go tsala ka motshe-
lō, to have a calf every other
year, to go a long time without
calving.
MOTSHITSHI. A swarm of flies.
Motshitshi oa dinotse, a swarm
of bees.
MOTSI. A day.
MOTSIETSI. A deceiver.
MOTSIKIDI. A sling, Int.
MOTSILA. A dividing line; a
division between two rows; an
opening between clouds; a
stripe on an animal.
MOTSIRIGANYI. A mediator; a
go-between.
MOTSITLA. Not well cooked.
Used of porridge, etc. A kind
of sedge with edible root.
MOTSITSANA=Kuana.
MOTUULADI. A silent person.
MOUANE. See MOUWANE.
MOUCWABATHO. A man stealer.
MOUŌ. That.
MOUPI. A man who doctors
gardens, etc.
MOUPŌ. Medicine for ensuring
safety from wild beasts, keep-
ing away birds, etc. Diñaka
tsa moupō, medicine men.
MOUPUTSA. Light, sandy soil;
desert soil.
MOUTLWALŌ. A taste; a flavour.
MOUTLWI. A hearer.
MOUWE=MOUWANE.
MOUWANA. A very large kind
of tree; a baobab tree; a
cream of tartar tree.
MOUWANE. A fog.
MOWA. Soot.
MŌWA=Mōea.
MOWETSI. A finisher.
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MOYA. A long rhiem for a pack-
ox burden; a little lappet left
as fringe on a kaross.
MOYABATHO. A cannibal.
MOYAROSHWA. An heir.
MOYADI. A sower.
MOYAKI. A sojourner.
MOYAKŌ. A door-post ; a door-
way; a door.
MOYAKUBU. A kind of ground
creeping plant.
MOYÈLA. Credit, Int.
MOYI. A great eater; a glutton.
MOYINALA. A walker about the
town; a casual visitor.
MOYŌ. That which is eaten;
food.
MPA. A belly; the part above
and below the navel; the
stomach externally. Part. e.
A switch; a rod. Mpa ea le-
ncwè, the middle of a hill.
MPATA. To accompany me.
MPATLA. To seek me.
MPÈ. Filthy.
MPÈKA. To affront me.
MPETA. To choke me.
MPHA. To give me food.
MPHALA. To boast over me.
MPHAPOGÈLA. To turn aside to,
or for me.
MPHAPOSA. To turn me aside.
MPHATLOLAPELO. To break my
heart.
MPHATLOLATLHŌGŌ. To annoy
me by coming often to talk.
MPHÈ! Give me food!
MPHEA. From hea.
MPHEKEETSA. From hekeetsa.
MPHISA. From hisa.
MPHŌ. Liberality; charity; a
gift.
MPHOKA. From hoka.
MPHORA. From hora.
MPHORŌKA. From horōka. To
be of no use to me.
MPHUTSAHATSA. To cause me to
be sad.
MPIHÈLA. From biha.
MPITSA. To call me.
MPOLÈLÈLA. To tell me.
MPONTSHA. To show me.
MPONYE. Ba mponye, they have
seen me.
MPŌTE. A kind of strong honey
beer, Int.
MPOTSA. To ask me.
MPSA = Nca, Int.
MPULÈLA. To open for me.
MUBA. See MMUBA.
MUELEDI. See MMUELEDI.
MUMULA. To root up so as to
thin out; to thin out growing
grain.
MUMUGA. To become rooted up,
or thinned out.
MUNA. To trickle through, as
fluid from a strainer. Perf.
munne. Pass. munwa.
MUNNE. Perf. of muna.
MUNWA. Pass. of muna.
MUÑ. A master. Pl. beñ.
MUÑWAGO. Thy master.
MUÑWAGWÈ. His master.
MUPAPHIRI. A small-leafed,
strong-smelling evergreen bush
with flattish edible berries.
MUTLA. See MMUTLA.
MUTLANE. See MMUTLANE.
MUTLHAMUTLHA. To gather to-
gether by picking, as sticks for
a bundle, or heads of corn for
cooking.
MUTLWA. A thorn. Pl. mitlwa.
MUTLWANE = Khuyane.
MUSI. See MOSI.
N.
NA. See NNA. Ke na le thipa,
I have a knife. To rain. Perf.
nelè. Pass. newa.
NAALANA. To give to each other.
NAANA. To give to each other.
Fem. of nala.
NABŌ. With them.
NACO. With them. Used with
nouns in di.
NAÈ. With him.
NAEA. To give; to give to.
Perf. neile. Pass. nèwa.
NAGA. A field; a portion of
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land; a farm. The veldt; the
country part.
NAHE.=Ntlha, Int.
NAKA. The pipe of a dagga
smoker; a pipe.
NAKALADI. A small edible bulb.
NAKALE. = Nakale.
NAKEDI. A polecat.
NAKŌ. A time. Nakō eno, this
time. Nakō e sale eno, until
this time.
NALA. Red and white with pat-
terns distinct. Used of an ox.
Go ya nala = Go yanala.
NALANALA. To gad about, as
an idle person.
NALEDI. A star.
NALŌ. With it. Used with
nouns in lo.
NAMA. Meat; flesh. By and
by; presently; just now; in a
little while. Ke tla nama ke
bua, I will speak afterwards.
A nama a utlwa tlala, he after-
wards became hungry. To
stretch oneself, as in sleep. Go
nama mecwe, to spread out the
roots.
NAMAGADI. A female. Used of
animals. Pelo namagadi. See
PELONAMAGADI.
NAMAGATSANA. A small female
animal.
NAMALALA. To lie stretched out.
NAMALATSA. To cause to lie
stretched out; to sew with big
stitches, or stitches far apart.
NAMANE. A calf; a fœtus.
Namane e tona, a male calf.
Namane e tonna, a large
quantity.
NAMECO. Consolation.
NAMÈLA. To be encouraged;
to stretch a leg out in front of
somebody.
NAMETSA. To encourage. Go
nametsa pelo, to strengthen
the heart.
NAMETSHA = Nametsa.
NAMETSÈGA. To be encouraged;
to be made strong in purpose;
to be comforted.
NAMETSHÈGA = Nametsèga.
NAMETSÈGŌ. Courage.
NAMETSHÈGŌ. Courage.
NAMILE. Perf. of nama.
NAMOGA. To draw in after being
stretched out, as a leg.
NAMOLOGA. To get up from
lying stretched out on the
ground.
NAMOLOLA. To raise up any-
thing stretched out.
NAMPI. Perhaps.
NAMPO. Perhaps.
NANA. Young; tender.
NANANYANA. Dimin. of nana.
NANOGA. To rise up from a
sitting posture; to run fast.
NANOLA. To lift up, or help to
rise from sitting.
NANOLOGA. To rise up from
lying at full length.
NANOSA. To cause to rise up.
NANYA. To walk with difficulty,
as a sick person.
NAÑ. See NNAÑ. Se ba nañ
nashō, that which they have.
NAO = Nau.
NAŌ. With it. Used with
nouns in particle o.
NAPE. A doctor in the bogwèra
ceremony, Int.
NARE. A buffalo.
NASHŌ. With it. Used with
nouns in se.
NATEHA. To be pleasing; to be
pleasant.
NATEHÈLA. To be pleasing to.
NATEHÈLWA. Go natehèlwa ke,
to be pleased by; to have
pleasure in.
NATEHŌ. Pleasantness.
NATETSHA. To cause to be
pleasant.
NATHA. To steal or take a little
food out of a dish, etc.; to
break off a bit with a finger.
NATLAHALA. To be manly; to
be courageous.
NATLAHALŌ. Courage; manli-
ness.
NATŌ. A kind of large cater-
pillar, Int.
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NATSHANA. A young buffalo.
NAU. With thee.
NAWA. A bean; a pea.
NAYEŌ. With it. Used with
nouns in le.
NAYŌ. With it. Used with
nouns in bo.
NCA. A dog.
NCANA. A little dog.
NCH. Sweet reed. Part. e.
NCHA. New.
NCHANE. A young ostrich.
NCHE. An ostrich.
NCHO. Black.
NCHÔ. That which is taken out.
NCHOHALA. To become black.
NCHOTWANE. The small stomach
of an animal.
NCHU. A fowl's crop; a fowl's
gizzard.
NCHUPETSA. To show to me.
NCHWALAEA. From shwalaea.
NCHWATLHA. From shwatlha.
NCHWINYA. From shwinya.
NCHWISETSA. To pay me part
of the debt.
NCONO. A funeral, Int.
NCUCU=Pōlō. Used as a curse,
Int.
NCUCWANE. Dimin. of ncucu, Int.
NCWA=Ecwa. O la a ncwa, he
deserted me. From cwa.
Nthō e le ea ncwa, the sore
came out upon me.
NCWE. See NNCWE.
NCWI. A large hawk. Pl.
boncwi.
NDAEA. See NTAEA.
NDAANA. See NTAANA.
NE. Ke ne ke gōrōga=Ke le ke
gōrōga.
NÈ=Gè. Mashomè a le ma nè,
four tens. Dinku di nè, four
sheep. Gore ba nè, let them
be; that they may be.
NECWE. See NEECWE.
NÈÈ. Gore ba mo nèè, that they
may give him.
NEECWE. Ke di neecwe ke, I
have been given them by.
NÈÈLA. To give to, or for; to
pass to one.
NÈÈLÈLA. To give to, or for; to
bring evil on by cursing.
NEELETSE. Perf. of nèèlèla.
NÈGA. To be at rest. Go nèga
pelo, the heart is at rest.
NÈGILE. Perf. of nèga.
NEILE. Perf. of naea.
NEILWE. Perf. pass. of naea.
NÈLA. To rain on. See also
NÈÈLA.
NELÈ. Perf. of na, to rain.
NEMERU. Pregnant. Used of
animals only.
NENE. E tla bo e le nene, it
will be at this very time of day.
NENEBU. A very large serpent,
Int.
NENEKE. A notch on a stick,
or rhiem, Int.
NENEKETSA, To use, or carry
carefully, as anything that may
spill, or be spoilt. Go nene-
ketsa modumō, to make less
noise.
NÈÔ. A gift.
NESA. To cause to rain.
NESEDITSE. Perf. of nesetsa.
NESETSA. To rain for.
NETLA. See NNETLA. To make
right, or straight, as a little
work.
NETLANE. See NNETLANE.
NEWA. Pass. of na. Ke le ka
newa, I was rained upon.
NÈWA. Pass. of naea.
NKA=Ke ka. Ha nka, if I can.
NKABO=Ke kabo, I could; I
would. Go ya nkabo, to steal
and eat on the sly.
NKACWA. To help, or assist me.
From acwa.
NKAPESA. To clothe me.
NKÈLA. Ba le ba nkèla ma-
shwiyane, they attacked me
together; they united to attack
me.
NKÈTÈLA. To journey to me;
to visit me.
NKGA. To smell. Used also of
a person smelling in an active
sense. Go nkga monate, to
smell nicely. Go nkga boshu-
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la, to smell badly. Pass. nkgi-
wa.
NKGADIKA. To cause me pain in
the stomach.
NKGAISA. To excel me.
NKGAKA. Lea nkgaka, it escapes
my memory; I forget it.
NKGARUMÈLA. From garuma.
NKGASA. From gasa. Go
nkgasa ka metse, to sprinkle
me with water.
NKGATÈLA. To tread me down.
NKGATOSA. To move me, or
take me off.
NKGATOSHOLOLA. To move, or
take it off me, as of a thing
fallen on a person.
NKGIWA. Pass. of nkga.
NKGŌ. A water pitcher.
NKGODILE. From gola.
NKGOLOLE. My elder brother;
my sister-in-law; my brother-
in-law.
NKGONONE = Nkgolole.
NKGORILE. From gora. Tlala
e nkgorile, the hunger has
nearly killed me.
NKGOROGETSE. Batho ba nkgo-
rogetse, the people have
reached me, or arrived at my
house.
NKGOTUWÈ. Hard, black gum.
NKGWANA. A small water
pitcher.
NKGWÈ. White-backed. Used
of a cow.
NKGWEDI. A kind of hawk said
to take food out of children's
hands. Pl. mankgwedi.
NKGWÈTLHA. To beckon me.
NKHUPÈLATHOLA. To refuse to
answer or speak to me.
NKIDIA. To haunt me.
NKILE. Nkile ke le ka ba bōna,
I saw them.
NKŌ. A nose.
NKŌKA. To betray me.
NKU. A sheep.
NKUTLWA. To hear me.
NKWAI. A plant having an
edible bulb called kgogo, and
sour edible leaves.
NKWANE. A tiger cub.
NKWÈ. A tiger.
NKWÈLA. To fall upon, or hap-
pen to me.
NNA. I; to be; to continue;
to occupy; to inhabit; to
dwell.
NNAEA. To give me.
NNAKA. My younger brother
or sister. Used when speak-
ing to.
NNAKÈ. My younger brother or
sister. Used when speaking of.
NNALANA. To be close together,
as corn stalks.
NNALANYE. Perf. of Nnalana.
NNANA. To be lame; to be
helplessly lame.
NNANYE. Perf. of nnana.
NNAÑ! Be ye!
NNCWE. Lehatshe ye le nncweñ,
an inhabited country.
NNÈLA. To be for; to wait for;
to sit for. Go nnèla mariga,
to abide for the winter. Go
nnèla tshèkō, to sit on the
judgment seat. A re, ke
nnèlè, he remanded my case.
NNETLA. Such and such a
thing, the name being for-
gotten; thingumybob.
NNETLANE = Nnetla.
NNISA. Caus. of nna.
NNÔ. A state of being.
NNOSI. Nna ka nnosi, I alone.
NNOSA. To give me to drink.
NNTLAHATS A. To make me
clean.
NNWA. To be inhabited; to be
occupied. Pass. of nna.
NNYA. To exude, as perspira-
tion, gum, etc. Boroku boa
nnya, the gum exudes. Se-
tlhare sea nnya boroku, the
tree gives out gum.
NNYE. Little; small; few.
NNYEHALA. To become little;
to become small.
NNYEHATSA. To cause to be
little, etc.
NNYELE. Perf. of nnya.
NNYÈLÈLA. See NYÈLÈLA.
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No. U no u dumèlè, a sort of
brotherly way of greeting. A
lo no lo sa kake? could ye
not?
NÔGA. A snake; a serpent.
NOKA. A river.
NÔKA. A hip; a hip joint.
NOKANA. A little river; a
brook.
NOKETSA. To cause cattle to
drink in companies; to sepa-
rate cattle into small lots for
drinking.
NOKO. A porcupine.
NOKWANE. A portion of reed,
etc., between two joints.
NOLÈ. Perf. of nwa.
NŌLŌ. Soft; tender; flexible;
gentle. Eo o nōlō, he who is
gentle, or humble.
NŌLŌHADICWE. Perf. pass. of
nōlōhatsa.
NŌLŌHALA. To become soft or
tender; to become humble; to
become gentle.
NŌLŌHATSA. To make soft or
tender; to make humble; to
bring low; to humiliate.
NONA. A male; male. To make
damp, or wet, as tobacco for
grinding, a garment by fat, etc.
Perf. nonne. Go nona locwalō,
to quench the thirst by drink-
ing a little.
NÔNA. To become fat. Perf.
nonne.
NONE. O tla shwa a ea godimo
go none, he will die through
being cursed.
NÔNE. A blesbuck.
NONECWE. From nona. Di no-
necwe ke mahura, they are
softened, or made wet by fat.
NONNE. Perf. of nona, and
nôna.
NONOCHÔ. Noun from nono-
tsha.
NONOHA. To be able.
NONOHALÈLA. To be able for.
NONOHÈLA. To be able for; to
be equal to.
NONOHISA = Nonotsha.
NONOHÔ. Ability; power; ca-
pability.
NONOHOLOGA. To become weak;
to lose strength.
NONOHÔNYANA. A little power.
NONOTSHA. Caus. of nonoha.
NÔNYANE. A bird; the generic
name for a bird.
NOÑOSÈLA. To be heavy with
sorrow; to be in anguish of
spirit.
NoÔ. A drinking.
NOPOLA. To pick up, or pick
up one by one, as a fowl.
NOSA. To cause to drink; to
give water to; to water; to
irrigate. O la a e nosa batho,
he caused the people to drink
it.
NOSANYA. To give each other
to drink.
NOSHÔ. A drenching, a giving
to drink.
NOSI. See NNOSI.
NOSIWA. Pass. of nosi.
NÔTA. To break, or snap off
bits of a stick, etc.; to pound
small by hammering.
NŌTŌ. A hammer.
NOWA. Pass. of nwa.
NTA. A louse. Pl. dinta.
NTAANA. To knock each other;
to knock against each other.
NTAEA. To strike; to knock
down; to churn by striking up
and down. O la a mo ntaea,
he struck him. Go ntaea ma-
the, to eat a little; to whet
the appetite.
NTANYA. To dash down; to
throw down.
NTANYATSÈGA. To be dashed
down to the ground.
NTARAMANE = Nteramane.
NTATE. A term of endearment.
NTEDE. A kind of small bird.
NTÈÈ. A ntèè motho, an ill-
tempered person.
NTEKANE. But all the while;
hence; it being nevertheless.
NTEKO = Ntekane.
NTEKONE = Ntekane.
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NTEKWANE=Ntekane.
NTÈLA. To leave out; to pass
by without touching. Go ntèla
motse, to pass the town with-
out going to it. Go ntèla kwa
ntlè, to cast or leave without.
NTEKOLA. To visit me.
NTÈLŌ. A wave; a piece of
wood for smoothing seams in a
kaross.
NTENTSHA. From tena. U tla
ntentsha motho eo, you will
cause this person to be dis-
gusted with me.
NTERAMANE. A lung disease in
cattle; pleuro-pneumonia.
NTESA. Allow me; let me
alone.
NTETLA. Allow me; permit me.
NTÈWA. Pass. of ntaea.
NTHAEA. To say to me.
NTHAHOLÈLA. From rahola.
NTHATANYANA=Thatanyana.
NTHEILE. Perf. of uthaea.
NTHÈIÈLÈLA. To be too hard
for me.
NTHÔ. A sore.
NTHOMA. To send me.
NTHONKGÈLA. From ronkga.
NTHONKGETSE. O nthonkgetse,
he has hurt my sore, as by
rubbing or pressing against it.
NTHUE=Thue.
NTHUHE. Fine, woolly hair, Int.
NTHUNA. From runa. Go
nthuna dinta, to take lice off
me, and kill them.
NTHUNTSHA. To vex or grieve
me by destroying something
belonging to me, or losing it.
NTIMA. To stint me.
NTIMO. Go ya ntimo, and Go
ntaea ntimo, to skip with a
skipping rope.
NTITAEA. To strike me. From
ntaea. Ba le ba ntitaea, they
struck me.
Ntlahala. To become clean; to
become pretty.
NTLAHATA. To make clean;
to make pretty.
NTLÈ. Beautiful; pure; out-
side. Kwa ntlè, outside. Kwa
ntlè ga, outside of.
NTLÈNTLÈ. Very beautiful.
NTLHA. A tip; an end; a point;
an apex; a side. Ntlha ea lo-
gohe, the ends of the fingers
inside. Ntlha e, this side.
The first; an exclamation ex-
pressing reasoning, or appeal;
come now; suppose. Ntlha
ke bōna, perhaps it is they.
Ka ntlha ea, on account of;
because of. Ka ntlha eañ? or
ka ntlhañ? why? what for?
NTLHAHALÈLA. Ga e ntlhaha-
lele sepè, it does not please me
a bit.
NTLHÔA. To dislike me. From
tlhôa.
NTLHWA. Brown. Used of a
male sheep. Larvae of white
ants.
NTLO. A house. Pl. matlo.
Ntlo! come here!
NTLOGA. To leave me.
NTLOGÈLA. To leave me behind.
NTLOPANE. A kind of very ve-
nomous black ant.
NTLOSA. To remove me.
NTLWANA. A little house for
food; a small house without a
central pole.
NTLWANE=Ntlwana.
NTÔBÈLA. From lōba.
NTOLORA. From lolora.
NTOMA. To bite me.
NTÔPA. To beg from me.
NTSALA. A cousin.
NTSALAE. His cousin.
NTSE. From nua. Ke ntse ke
ya, I am still eating. Go ntse
yalo, it is so. E ntse ea yewa,
it is eaten. Eo o ntseñ yalo,
he who is thus.
NTSEANA=E ntse yana.
NTSÈÈLA. To take from me.
NTSHA. To take out; to ex-
tract; to bring out upon. Se
tla gu ntsha dinthō, it will
bring sores out upon you.
NTSHALA. Go ntshala moragō,
to follow after me.
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NTSHETSA. To bring out to.
NTSHETSE. Perf. of ntshala.
NTSHI. The brink of a river; a
shore.
NTSHINOGA. To move out of my
light.
NTSHICWE. Perf. pass. of
ntsha.
NTSHITSE. Perf. of ntsha.
NTSHIWA. Pass. of ntsha.
NTSI. Many. Preceded by the
particles. A fly. Ntsi ea dino-
tse, a bee. Ntsi ea pudumō, a
black mason bee.
NTSIHACŌ. Multiplication; in-
crease.
NTSIHALA. To increase; to be-
come many.
NTSIHALŌ. Increase.
NTSIHATSA. To cause to mul-
tiply.
NTSWA = Ecwa.
NTWA. An army; war.
NTWESA. From rwesa. O tla
se ntwesa, he will put it on my
head.
NWA. To drink. Perf. nolè.
Pass. nowa.
NWÈLA. To sink in water; to be
drowned.
NWEDISA. To drown, or cause
to be drowned.
NYA. No; nay.
NYADICWE. Perf. pass. of
nyatsa.
NYADIWA. Pass of nyatsa.
NYAEA. No; nay.
NYAÈLA. To joke; to jest.
NYAGA. A year.
NYAHALA. To procrastinate; to
become slow; to delay.
NYALA. To marry.
NYALAKÈGA. To be mad with
folly; to be full of mirth and
frivolity.
NYALAKÈGŌ. Frivolity; dissi-
pation.
NYALANA. To intermarry.
NYALETSA. To despise for. Go
nyaletsa rure, to despise truly,
to abhor verily.
NYEMUKA = Nyemuka.
NYANYAÈLA. To move softly, or
quietly, or without noise.
NYANYAÈLŌ. Ka nyanyaèlō,
softly; with quietness.
NYAOGA. To rebound, as a bul-
let.
NYATSA. To despise; to defy;
to set at nought.
NYATSÈGA. To become despised;
to come into disrepute; to be
despicable; to be loathsome.
NYATSI. A paramour.
NYATO. A white spot on an
animal's forehead.
NYE. See NNYE.
NYEDIMA. To twinkle, as a
star; to shine with a flickering
light; to sparkle, as a lion's
eye; to flicker, as a distant
fire.
NYEHALA = Nnyehala.
NYEHATSA = Nnyehatsa.
NYEKETSA. To put on fine
clothing; to show oneself off
in fine clothing.
NYÈLA. To drop dung. Used
of animals. Sometimes used
of having a motion (of child-
ren).
NYELEKÈGA = Nyalakèga.
NYELEKWAEÑ. Ba nyelekwaeñ?
What are they possessed with?
Used of people mad with
frivolity.
NYÈLÈLA. To vanish; to dis-
appear.
NYELETSA. To cause to vanish.
NYELOGA. To become visible
suddenly; to start suddenly
into sight.
NYEMUKA. To smear with much
fat; to make soft or supple by
smearing.
NYENA = Lona. You.
NYÈNA. To bite off a bit of a
hard thing.
NYENKA. To mix up (hybrid).
NYENYA. To smile, showing
the teeth.
NYENNYANE. Very small.
NYENNYE. Small.
NYÈRA. To become tender, or
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soft, as overcooked meat, or
medicine moistened; to be
much startled. Go nyèra ma-
rapo, to be cast down and hope-
less; to melt with fear; to
become helpless.
NYERÈGA. To disappear; to be
faint or tired.
NYERILE. Perf. of nyèra.
NYERISA. Caus. of nyèra; to
soften by cooking.
NYÈTA. To eat with a clicking
noise, as a mouse.
NYETSA. To shine, as a glow-
worm; to shine, or burn dimly.
NYETSE. Perf. of nyala. Di
nyetse tshimo, they have eaten
my garden. From ya.
NYÈTSÈ. Nyètsè ea leitlhō, the
white of an eye.
NYEULA. To swarm; to swarm
with; to be full of, as of mag-
gots, etc.
NYŌ. The vulva. Used as a
curse.
NYŌBA. Sweet reed; a riddle.
Go tlhaba nyōba, to propound
a riddle.
NYOITLHÔ. The corner of an
eye.
NYÖKÖLOGA. To be loth to do
anything; to be slow to obey;
to be stubborn in refusing to
do.
NYORILWE. Perf. of nyōrwa.
NYŌRWA. To be thirsty; to
thirst.
NYŌRÈLWA. To thirst for.
NYWABA. A riddle; a puzzling
question.
Ñ.
ÑABA = Ñabanya.
ÑABANYA. To hold, or keep
back, as a cow her milk; to
refuse to speak or relate news.
ÑADILE. Perf. of ñala.
ÑAEA. O tla ñaea = o tla lela.
Used of one caught and held
fast.
ÑAKA. A heathen doctor; a
doctor.
ÑAKALE. A forked stick for
holding bushes down.
ÑALA. To object to; to refuse;
to refuse to receive or to work
through dissatisfaction; to re-
fuse to obey a summons to a
picō. O la a ñala go bua, he
refused to speak. O la a
ñala bobe, he transgressed
much.
ÑALE. A small fountain from
which the water does not flow;
a pit for water.
ÑALÈLA. Go ñalèla diyō, to
despise the food; to refuse
food from disinclination.
ÑALŌ. Noun from ñala.
ÑALOGA. To become disobe-
dient; to be stubborn; to re-
fuse to do anything; to break
the laws.
ÑALOSA. Caus. of ñaloga.
ÑAMA. To dip a sponge in; to
suck up with a ñami.
ÑAMANA. To stick, or adhere
to, as a glued board.
ÑAMANTSÈ. Perf. of ñamanya.
ÑAMANYA. To hold fast, as rust
a lock.
ÑAMANYE. Perf of ñamana.
ÑAMI. A sponge; young rush,
or inside bark chewed and used
to suck up milk, etc., with.
ÑAMIWA. Pass of ñama.
ÑAMOLA. To stretch, or smooth
out, as a wet skin.
ÑANAGANA. To be interlaced,
as the small branches of a tree;
to be hooked into each other,
as the fingers of both hands.
ÑANTSE. Perf. of ñanya.
ÑANYA. To be stiff or unyield-
ing, as clay, etc.
ÑAÑKA. To walk in a waddling
fashion, as a short-legged man;
to waddle.
ÑAOLA. To struggle and try to
free oneself.
ÑAPA. To scratch, as a thorn;
to scratch, as a cat or angry
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child; to claw, as a tiger; to
pinch with the nails.
ÑAPADISA. To cause to hold
fast.
ÑAPAKA. To scratch or pinch
all over, or very much.
ÑAPARÈLA. To cleave to by
taking hold of; to take fast
hold of.
ÑAPOROLA. Revers. of ñaparèla.
ÑAROA. To run or gallop, as a
wildebeest.
ÑARODICWE. Perf. pass. of
ñarotsa.
ÑAROTSA. To scratch with the
nails.
ÑATA. A bundle; a bound up
package. Part. e. To strike
hard with anything; to strike
and stun; to strike, as a sud-
den illness.
ÑATAGANYA = Batalala.
ÑATANA. A small ñata.
ÑATANYANA. A very small ñata.
ÑATÈGA. To faint; to be
stunned; to become insensible;
to fall down as if dead.
ÑATETSA. To lift up, or shake a
spear or shield; to wave a
spear, etc., over one's head; to
prance about, shaking spear or
shield.
ÑATHA = Natha.
ÑATHAGANYA. To break into
bits, as bread.
ÑATHOGANTSÈ. Perf. of ñatho-
ganya.
ÑATHOGANYA = Ñathaganya and
Kgaoganya.
ÑATI. A bowel of an animal.
ÑHÈ. A yellowish ground squir-
rel.
ÑOBA. To set out in the after-
noon; sweet reed.
ÑOBÈLA. To subside; to become
small, as a sack from which
grain is being taken.
ÑOBETSA. To cause to subside;
to keep back or abstract some-
thing, as a part of money.
ÑOBOTA. To walk with lordly
tread, as a lion.
ÑODIA. To distress, Int.
ÑODIÈGA. To be thoroughly
weary and prostrate; to be
disheartened and prostrate; to
be distressed.
ÑODIEGISA. Go ñodiegisa pelo,
to dishearten.
ÑODISA. Caus. of ñola. Ñodisa
pelo, to soften, or weaken the
heart.
ÑODISIWA. To be softened.
ÑOGATLOLA. Last year but one;
last year but two.
ÑOGÒLA. Last year.
ÑOGWÈ. A kind of shrub from
the milk of which bushmen ex-
tract poison for their arrows;
the fabulous medicine with
which the monkey doctored the
wolf.
ÑOKA. To consider; to think
upon; to attend to; to have a
friendly interest in; to render
friendly offices.
ÑOKANA. To have a mutual re-
gard for each other; to con-
sider mutually.
ÑOLA. To be wet, as a skin in
braying.
ÑOLO. Yellowish about the un-
der part of the body. Used of
a goat.
ÑOLÒ. Moisture; wetness.
ÑOMAÈLA. To be careful; to be
economical or sparing.
ÑOMAÈLÒ. Ka ñomaèlò, spar-
ingly.
ÑOMOGA. To be cast down; to
despair.
ÑOMOTSA. To give birth to a
very small calf.
ÑONA. To restrain oneself from
answering, etc. Go ñona pelo,
to shut up the heart; to refuse
to give help.
ÑONTI. A haven; a creek; a
bend in a hill, or river bank;
a corner or recess in a
house.
ÑOÑOBALA. To be silent.
ÑOÑOLA. To deride; to speak
sarcastically, or ironically.
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ÑOÑORÈGA. To grumble; to
murmur; to find fault.
ÑOÑORÈGÈLA. Ba le ba ñōñō-
règèla kaga gagwè, they mur-
mured or grumbled about him.
Ba le ba mo ñōñōrègèla, they
murmured at him; they found
fault with him.
ÑOÑORÈGŌ. A grumbling; a
murmuring.
ÑONWAÈLA. To leave people
secretly; to join people
secretly; to appear or disap-
pear, no one knows how. Used
of a person.
ÑOPA. To be barren. Used of
animals.
ÑOPANA = Ñopa.
ÑOPÈ. Botlhoko yoa ñopè,
bleeding from the mouth or
throat; purpura.
ÑOSÈLA. Slow; sluggish; loth
to do.
ÑOTA. To break or snap off a
branch, stick, etc.
ÑOTÈLÈLA = Ñota. To snap off
in short lengths.
ÑOTLA. To make small.
ÑOTLAHALA. To become small.
ÑOTLÈGA. To be lost; to become
passed away; to become less.
ÑOTLEGILE. Perf. of ñotlèga.
ÑOTLWA. Pass. of ñotla.
ÑOTSA. To break or grind very
small.
ÑOTWANE. A plant with scented
and poisonous flowers, Int.
ÑWA. See UÑWA.
ÑWABA = Ñoba.
ÑWAEA. To scratch a person
when itching.
ÑWAÈLA. To rub a skin with
stone, tooth, etc., when bray-
ing.
ÑWAGA. A year. Part. o and
eo. Ka ñwagañwaga, year by
year.
ÑWAKHE. A tach, Int.
ÑWAKHETSANA. A tach, Int.
ÑWAKŌ. Ñwana oa ñwakō, a
child who has a charmed life
through having been doctored.
ÑWALALA. To be absent for a
long time.
ÑWALE. A girl who has not yet
been to the boyale.
ÑWANA. A child; a step-child;
a man's son-in-law, or daughter-
in-law.
ÑWANAKA. My child, etc. Used
when speaking to.
ÑWANAKÈ. My child, etc. Used
when speaking of.
ÑWANATSELE. The month of
November.
ÑWAÑ. Weeds or long grass
hindering growth. Sing. and
pl.
ÑWAÑWAKA. To dig, or pick,
Int.
ÑWAÑWAÈLA. To go away in
silence from a person who has
spoken, or is speaking
ÑWAŌ. Ñwaō ea morahe, a
nation's history; a nation's
independence. (A difficult word
to translate.)
ÑWATHA. To take or steal a
little food.
ÑWE. One. Used joined to the
particles.
ÑWEDI. The light of the moon;
moonlight.
ÑWÈGA. To run away; to ab-
scond.
ÑWEGILE. Perf. of ñwèga.
ÑWEGISA. Caus. of ñwèga.
ÑWÈNÈ. A sore place, Int.
ÑWETSI. A woman's daughter-
in-law. Pl. betsi.
O.
O. He; she; it; this. Used
with nouns whose particle is o.
OA. Gen. part. with nouns in o.
ŌBA. To bend down actively, as
a branch, handle of walking
stick, etc; to cause to bend
down, or bend over.
ŌBAMA. To bend forwards; to
bow down.
ŌBAME. Perf. of ōbama.
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ŌBAMÈLA. To bow down to; to
worship.
OBAMOLOGA. To rise up from a
bending position.
ŌBÈGA. To become bent.
ŌBÈLA. To bow down to; to
worship.
ŌBÈLWA. Pass. of ōbèla.
OBOGA. To peel off; to become
peeled off, as skin, etc.
OBOLA. To strip, or peel off, as
the skin of sweet reed, or the
bark of a tree with a hatchet.
ŌCWA. Pass. of ōpa. Ke ōcwa
ke tlhōgō, my head aches.
ODILE. Perf. of ōla.
OGOLA. To take something out
of a fire.
OHE? Which? Used with
nouns in o.
ŌKA. To betray; to entice; to
coax with a view to deceive;
to wait upon, or attend a sick
person.
OKAMA. To stand over; to over-
hang; to defend.
ŌKAMA=Okama.
OKAME. Perf. of okama.
ŌKAME, Perf. of ōkama.
ŌKANA. To betray each other.
ŌKANYE. Perf. of ōkana.
OKAÑWA. Pass. of okama.
ŌKAÑWA. Pass. of ōkama.
OKEDIWA. Pass. of oketsa.
OKÈGA. To place lightly upon,
as a hand on a sore; to place
in or on, not firmly; to be
lightly clad. ·
OKÈLA. To wash corn, etc.,
with the hand for cooking.
OKELETSA. To add to.
OKETSA. To add to; to enlarge.
OKILE. Perf. of ōka.
OKILWE. Perf. pass. of ōka.
OKIWA. Pass. of ōka.
OKOCOLOLA. Revers. of oketsa.
To diminish.
OKOLA. To skim off, as cream.
OKOLOTSA=Okocolola, Int.
OKOMÈLA. To bow down so as
to look; to look down; to look
into the mind; to consider.
ŌKŌMÈLA=Okomèla.
OKOMETSE. Perf. of okomèla,
and ōkōmèla.
OKOTSÈ. Perf. of okola.
ŌKWA. Pass. of ōka.
ŌLA. To gather up with hands.
OLÈ. Perf. of wa.
OLE. Motse ole, that town yon-
der.
ŌLÈLA. To fill or load; to
gather to, or into; to put in a
sack, etc.
OLETSE. Perf. of ōlèla.
ŌLOBÈLA. To ask questions, or
beg, with respectful earnest-
ness; to conciliate.
OLOGÈLA. To approach in num-
bers.
OLOLOLA. Revers. of ōlèla. To
unload, etc.
OLOLOLWA. Pass. of ololola.
OLOSA. To winnow.
ŌMA. To become dry.
ŌMANA. To scold each other.
ŌMANYA. To rebuke; to re-
prove; to find fault with.
ŌMÈLÈLA. To become dry; to
become withered.
OMELETSE. Perf. of ōmèlèla.
OMISA. To cause to dry.
OMO. Wilfully; on purpose.
Ka omo, on purpose.
OMOGA. To become warm.
OMOGILE. Perf. of omoga.
Metse a omogile, the water is
warm.
OMOSA. To make warm.
OMOSÈGA. To become made
warm.
ŌNA. To moan. Perf. onne. It.
Used with nouns in o.
ŌNALA. To become old, or worn
out; to wax old, or decay.
Used of things.
ŌNALECWE. Ke ōnalecwe ke
moses, my frock is worn out.
ŌNAMA=Ōbama.
ŌNE=Ōna. It.
ŌNÈLA. To tell tales of; to
backbite; to talk about one to
others.
ONETSE. Perf. of ōnala.
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ONNE. Perf. of ōna.
ONO. This: Used with nouns
in o.
ONTSE. Perf. of onya.
ONYA. To strike and wound
slightly on the head; to walk
at a slow pace, nodding the
head. Perf. ontse; Pass. oñwa.
OÑWA. Pass. of onya.
Oō. Ga oō, there is none. Used
with nouns in o.
ŌPA. To strike, or hit anything
so as to cause a noise; to slap;
to clap. Pass. opiwa. Go ōpa
diatla=to clap the hands. Go
ōpa mokgosi, to call to a picō.
ŌPAŌPA. To pulsate; to beat,
as a heart.
OPAHALA. To be barren, or
childless; to be impotent.
Used of man, woman, or ani-
mal.
ŌPANYA. Go ōpanya diatla, to
clap the hands together.
ŌPAŌPÈLA. To pat, as a child.
OPÈ. Ga go na opè, there is no
one, there is nothing. Motlha
opè, not at all, not at any time.
OPEDISA. Caus. of õpèla.
ŌPÈLA. To sing. Ba e õpèla
mokgosi, they call for help for
it.
ŌPÈLÈLA. To sing to. Go mo
õpèlèla dipakō, to sing his
praises.
OPISA. Caus. of ōpa. Go mo
opisa tlhōgō, to cause his head
to ache, or throb.
OPIWA. Pass. of ōpa.
OPOTSA. To call out to a per-
son or animal when in search
of him, he not being in sight;
to try a person by questioning
him; to ask for a thing in
order to ascertain if a person
has it.
ŌRA. To warm oneself with, or
at; to warm oneself at a fire.
Pass. ōrwa. Logoñ lo u ka lo
ōrañ, the wood with which you
can warm yourself.
OREGELE. An organ (hybrid).
ORILE. Perf. of ōra.
ŌRWA. Pass. of ōra.
OSA = Usa.
OSETSA = Usetsa.
OSI. Alone; only. Modimo osi,
God alone, God only.
OSIWA = Usiwa.
USHŌ. An exclamation of im-
patience; tush!
ŌTA. To be meagre; to wag, or
shake up and down. Go ōta
mogatla, to wag a tail.
ŌTAOTE. Ōtaote monwana, to
wag a bent finger up and down
in token of derision.
ŌTÈLA. Go ōtèla monwana, to
shake a finger up and down.
OTISA. Caus. of ōta.
OTLA. To feed; to provide with
food; to nourish. Pass. otlwa,
and otliwa.
ŌTLA. To chew the cud.
ŌTLAHALA. To sin.
OTLÈGA. To become fed, or
well nourished.
ŌTLHA. To spin; to twist by
rubbing on the thigh.
OTLIWA. Pass. of otla.
ÕTLÕLOLA. To stretch out, as
the hands.
ŌTŌBA. To walk as a very weak,
or tired person.
OTSA. To make a chirping noise
in token of dissent; to hiss, as
a snake.
ÕTSÈLA. To be sleepy; to fall
asleep; to slumber.
Ouō. That. Used with nouns
in o.
OURA. An hour (hybrid).
P.
PAA. An open, treeless plain.
PAAKANYECO. A preparation for
something.
PAAKANYO. A preparation.
PAANANA. A little plain.
PABI. A grain of corn, or
a mealie cracked in roasting.
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PACAMA. Go pacama ka sebete,
to lie on the stomach.
PADILE. Perf. of pala.
PADIMOSA. To strike with an
arrow, bullet, etc., and without
the missile penetrating.
PADIMOSÈGA. Used of a log of
firewood smouldering and the
ashes falling off, but without
flame.
PADISA. Caus. of pala.
PADISHŌ. An obstruction.
PAEÑ. Mo paeñ, on the plain.
PAGAMA. To climb; to mount,
or ride a horse.
PAGAME. Perf. of pagama.
PAGAÑWA. Pass. of pagama.
PAGOLOGA. To come down; to
descend from a height, to dis-
mount.
PAGOLOLA. To take down; to
unhang anything hanging up.
PAGOLOLWA. Pass. of pagolola.
PAKA. To provide water for a
long trek; to carry water very
far.
PAKANYECO. See PAAKANYECO.
PAKANYO. See PAAKANYO.
PAKÔ. Praise; commendation.
PALA. A scar, as of an acci-
dental burn; to be unmanage-
able, as an obstinate person;
to be unmovable, as a heavy
weight; to refuse to come
when asked; to be too much
for a person. Go pala hèla, it
is impossible. Go pala puō,
speech can do nothing.
PALABALÔ. A babbling.
PALAMA. To climb. Go palama
naga, to go ahead without
knowing where one is going.
PALAMANYA. To cause things to
sit or lie one upon another.
PALAME. Perf. of palama.
PALAMÈLA. To climb to. African
mistletoe, Int.
PALAMILE. Perf. of palama.
PALAÑWA. Pass. of palama.
PALÈLA. To hinder; to balk, or
frustrate; to foil; to be too
much for.
PALÈLWA. Pass. of palèla.
PALÔ. A counting; a reckoning;
a number.
PALOGÔ. Noun from baloga.
PAMPA. To bear false witness
against.
PAMPIRE. Paper (hybrid).
PANKA = Hanka, Int.= Punka,
Int.
PANYA. To use all speed; to
hasten. Go panya ka sebete,
to cause to lie on the stomach.
PANYÈGA. O tla panyèga ka se-
bete, he will be lying on his
stomach.
PAOGANYA. To leap over, as
over a gully; to step from
stone to stone, or rock to rock.
PAOLA. To drive one or two
animals out from the rest.
PAPA. Dye from a new cloth
when first washed.
PAPADI. Things purchased or
collected; merchandise.
PAPALALA. To be stretched out
stiffly.
PAPALATSA. To make tight, or
rigid. Go papalatsa matlhō,
to raise or fix the eyes, and look
eagerly.
PAPALÔ. Gain; interest of
money.
PAPAMALA. To be tight or fit
tightly, as a garment; to be
level, or horizontal, Int.
PAPANA. To make smooth or
level; to smooth out a wet
skin.
PAPANNE. Perf. of papana.
PAPATHA. To pat with a hand
or stone when smearing a floor.
PAPATHÈGA. An exclamation
used when driving a person
away in anger, and regarded
as a malediction or curse.
PAPATHILE. Perf. of papatha.
PAPATSHA. To beat severely
with a stick or open hand.
PAPETISHÔ. A baptism (hybrid).
PAPETLA. Flat; to become flat.
E papetla, it is flat.
PAPETLÈGA. To become flat-
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tened; to become shrivelled
up, as a poor animal.
PAPETLETSA = Pepetletsa.
PAPETLISA. To make flat; to
cause to be flat.
PAPIEDIWA. Pass. of papietsa.
PAPIÈLA. To press down, as
meal in a measure.
PAPISHÔ. A company.
PAPOLÔ. A stretching out; a
crucifixion.
PAPOSANE. A small side stream
in a river.
PAPUTLA. To go along as a
blind man.
PARAGANYA. To race, as a horse;
to gallop.
PARALALA. To become stiff, or
erect.
PARALATSA. To make stiff, or
erect; to stretch out stiffly, as
arms or legs.
PARATLÈLA. To run away, as a
wild ox.
PASA. A pass (hybrid).
PATA. To accompany on a
journey. =Shuba. A bull's
penis.
PATADIKGAGANE. A kind of red
lizard; a fern.
PATAGANA. To be joined to; to
be one with; to be side by
side; to be yoked with.
PATAGANCWE. Perf. pass. of
patagana. Re patagancwè naè,
we are united to him.
PATAGANYA. To join together
side by side; to place side by
side; to couple together; to
yoke together.
PATAGANYE. Perf. of patagana.
PATANA = Kgwatlha.
PATELECO. A false accusation.
PATELEDIWA. Pass. of patele-
tsa.
PATÈLÈLA. To compel; to con-
strain, Int.
PATÈLÈLÔ. Compulsion.
PATELETSA. To accuse falsely;
to compel against one's wish.
PATERONE. A pattern (hybrid).
PATIKA. To oppress; to distress;
to do wrong to; a thin ring of
beads worn below the knee,
and on the neck.
PATIKÈGA. To be distressed; to
be shrunk up and miserable-
looking through poverty of
flesh.
PATIKÈGÔ. An oppression.
PATIKÈLA. To drive or press
into a corner or narrow space.
PATIKÈLÈLA. To press upon or
against, with hands or argu-
ments.
PATIKÔ. An oppressing.
PATIKWA. Pass. of patika. Ke
patikwa ke tlala, I am op-
pressed by hunger.
PATILWE. Go patilwe ke, to be
accompanied by.
PATISA. To cause to accompany.
PATLÈLÔ. An open space; a
market place; a flat, level
place.
PATLÔ. A seeking.
PATOLÔ. An anvil.
PATOLOGANA. To be parted, or
separated; to be cloven, as an
ox's hoof.
PATOLOGANYA. To pull open
things joined together, or
spliced.
PATOLOGANYE. Perf. of patolo-
gana. Ditlhako tse di patolo-
ganyeñ, cloven hoofs.
PATWA. Pass. of pata.
PÈBA. A mouse; a house
mouse.
PEBENYÔ. Noun from bebenya.
PECÔ. A punishment; a beating.
PEDI. Two.
PEDUÑ. Mo peduñ, in a heart.
PÈÈLANÔ. A wager; a stake;
a bet.
PEELEDI. The edge round the
bottom of a kaross; the border,
or hem of a garment; a skin
worn by a boyale girl under
her reed skirt.
PÈÈLÈLÔ. An earnest.
PÈÈLÔ. A pledge; a putting
down for. Used chiefly of
bewitching medicines.
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PÈGA. To hang up. Go pèga
molato, to lay blame upon.
PEGILE. Perf. of pèga.
PÈGWA. Pass. of pèga.
PEIS. A pimple; a horse sore
(hybrid).
PEKA. To adulterate; to mix.
PEKANCWE. Mixed.
PEKANYA. To mix up together.
PELA. A rock rabbit; a coney.
Ka pela = Ka bonakō.
PELAÈLŌ. Doubt.
PELAHALŌ. Boasting.
PELE. Before; first. Pele ga,
in front of. Kwa pele, before.
PELEÈGA. To be impudent; to
be affected; to be uppish.
PELEÈGŌ. Impudence; affecta-
tion; uppishness. Ka peleègō,
impudently.
PÈLÈGŌ. Childbirth.
PELENYANA. Dim. of pele. Ha
pelenyana, a little further.
PELESA. A pack-ox.
PELESHŌ. A burden.
PÈLŌ. See PÈÈLŌ.
PELO. A heart.
PELOCHULA. Evil-hearted.
PELOECHEU. Clean hearted. O
peloecheu, he is blameless.
Ka peloecheu, willingly.
PELOETHATA. Hard-hearted;
hard-heartedness.
PELOKGALE. Brave; bold.
PELOKIMA. Bold; courageous.
PELOMPÈ. Proud; daring.
PELONAMAGADI. Tender-heart-
ed; contented.
PELONOMI. Soft-hearted; kind.
PELONŌLŌ. Humble; meek.
PELONTLÈ. Pure in heart.
PELOTELELE. Patient; long-
suffering.
PELOTLHOMOGI. Kind; merciful.
PELOTSHÈTLHA. Envious.
PELWANE. A swallow.
PEMA. A bit for a pack-ox's
nose.
PENA. To bend back; to be
bent, as a plough handle.
PENAMA. To bend back, or slope
backwards.
PENAME. Perf. of penama.
PÈNE. A penny; a pen (hybrid).
PENÈGA. To become bent back.
PENOGA. To become bent
straight; to lean back; to
straighten a thing that is bent
back; to become visible.
PENOLA. To bend back much,
as the covers of a book when
bent so as to break the back
of it; to make visible, so that
all can see.
PENOLOGA. To become spread
out, or widely extended, as an
overflowing river, very large
eyes, etc.
PENOLOGÈLA. To spread out to.
PEO. A seed.
PÈŌ. A laying on; a putting
on; a placing on.
PEOLWANE. A swallow.
PEPEDUMA. To talk indistinctly;
to mumble.
PÈPÈNA. To make conspicuous;
to set out conspicuously, as a
trader his goods; to rivet, as a
bolt.
PEPENENEÑ. An open space;
the open. Mo pepeneneñ,
openly.
PEPENNE. Perf. of pèpèna.
PÈPÈNTSHA. To cause to be
conspicuous.
PÈPÈNWA. To be conspicuous;
to be manifest.
PEPENWE. Perf. of pèpènwa.
PEPETLÈGA = Papetlèga.
PEPETLECO. Noun from pepe-
tletsa.
PEPETLETSA. To drive slowly
or carefully; to attend care-
fully to.
PÈRÈKO. Work (hybrid).
PERELA. A pearl (hybrid).
PEREPETSA = Lèlèka. Kgomo ea
perepetsa = mokwele.
PEROFESA. To prophesy (hy-
brid).
PEROFESHŌ. A prophecy (hy-
brid).
PESECO = Leishō. Ntlo ea peseco,
an oven.
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PESHŌ. A roasting.
PETEKETSA. To talk so fast as
not to be understood.
PÈTLÈKA. To open, as a book,
or the hands.
PETLÔ. An adze; an instru-
ment for scraping skins.
PETLOSA. To open an eyelid
with the fingers.
PETŌ, A choking; a strangling.
PETSANA. A colt; a young
horse.
PÈTSANA = Petsana.
PEULWANE. See PEOLWANE.
PEU. See PEO.
PEUÑ. Mo peuñ, in a seed.
PEYANA. A child's penis.
PEYENYANA = Pelenyana.
PHACOLA. To be wilfully foolish.
PHACHA. A garden ploughed
for a chief.
PHACHAKANYA. To dabble in
water with the hands; to
splash water about with feet,
as a horse, or with hands, as a
child.
PHACHANYA = Phachakanya.
PHACHWA. Black and white,
large pattern. Used of an ox.
PHACHWANA. Fem. of phachwa.
PHADIMOGA. To pass over
quickly, as a passing shower;
to jump to one side; to shy.
PHADIMOLA. To look at, and
take the eyes away quickly;
to run off quickly, as the water
of a passing shower; to startle;
to cause to jump to one side,
or shy.
PHAGÈ. A wild cat.
PHAGÈLA. To rush upon; to
commence an attack.
PHAGÈLÈLA. To rush at, or
upon.
PHAHA. A vessel for keeping
beer in.
PHAHANA. A small phaha; a
drinking cup.
PHAHÈ = Phagè.
PHAILA. To give a side blow
with open hand; to remove
with a sweep of the open hand;
to drive oxen to one side away
from others; to fall, as the
first rain of the season.
PHAITSE. Perf. of phaila. Pula
e phaitse, the first rain has
fallen.
PHAKA. To place a piece of
wood on two other pieces
horizontally.
PHAKALANE. A kind of small
hawk or falcon.
PHAKALÈGA. To be placed
across, or lie across, as a piece
of wood on the top of two
other pieces standing a distance
apart.
PHAKALÈGŌ. A piece of wood
placed across others at the top;
a cross-beam or pole.
PHAKŌ. A wall plate; a pole
on which rafters rest. Phakō
ea moyakō, the lintel of a door.
Flattery; praise. From baka.
PHALA. A kind of red antelope;
a roebuck; a kind of flute.
= Gaisa.
PHALADI. A dispersion.
PHALALŌ. Used for contribu-
tions for spreading God's
word.
PHALANA. A small phala; a
horn for blowing.
PHALANE. Month of October.
PHALŌ. Noun from hala.
PHALOGA. To be broken at the
stem or joint, as a hanging
branch; to leave others and
go off by oneself. Used of a
person or animal.
PHALOLA. To break off a branch
at the stem, or a twig from a
branch.
PHALOLÔ. An escaping; an
escape. From halola.
PHAMOGA. To turn the head
away hastily; to turn away the
head, but still remain.
PHAMOLA. To snatch.
PHAMOLWA. Pass. of phamola.
PHAMPHANYÈGA. To become
cracked, as a wall, board, etc.
PHANTLA. To spread abroad,
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as a swarm of locusts; to
scatter, or become scattered
over a wide space.
PHANTLISA. Caus. of phantla.
PHANTSE. Perf. of phanya.
PHANTSHA. To speak out freely
and without fear. Go phantsha
matlhō, to open the eyes wide.
PHANYA. To burst actively; to
crack.
PHANYÈGA. To become burst;
to be cracked. Used of a
wooden vessel, skin sack, etc.;
to die suddenly.
PHAÑ. A pointed stick for
making holes, or digging with.
PHAOLOGA. To speak something
different, or take a different
position from others in a con-
versation or dispute; to appear
as a wanderer coming no one
knows where from.
PHAPAANŌ. A course or turn.
PHAPHALALA. To be a little dry,
or very dry, as the ground, a
cloth, etc.; to be dry, as a
thirsty mouth; to be dry, as an
empty milk sack. = Rurubala.
PHAPHALATSA. To cause to dry,
as by putting a thing in the
sun; to rub a thing till it is
slightly dry; to make dry, as
a wound or sore.
PHAPHAMA. To flutter, as hang-
ing clothes, or chaff blown
away by the wind; to be hasty.
PHAPHAMISA. Caus. of pha-
phama.
PHAPHASÈLA. To flutter, as a
fowl on being caught; to quiver,
or vibrate, as the wings of a
hawk about to pounce, or the
limbs of a person dancing.
PHAPHAULECO. Ka phaphauleco,
at a venture.
PHAPHAULETSA. To go on, not
knowing whither; to be as a
fool, not knowing what one
does; to do a rash thing un-
thinkingly; to venture in
ignorance. Ke phaphauletsa
ke go re, I venture to say.
PHAPHI. A piece of wood, etc.,
cut off another lengthwise.
PHAPOGŌ. A turning aside.
Mosadi oa phapogō, a woman
having her courses.
PHARA. To throw clay, or dung;
to throw mud at. Used also
metaphorically, as in English.
PHARAGANYANE. A small open-
ing between stones or rocks.
PHARAGAÑ. A small cleft in a
rock or between stones.
PHARAGATLANA. To force one's
way in; to break in upon. Ke
tla pharagetlana mo go bōna, I
will break in upon them.
PHARAMA. To sink, or fall down,
as an animal from weakness, or
a person from fright; to lose
one's presence of mind from
fright.
PHARE. A lohare bone used as
a trumpet.
PHARIÑ. A kind of small lizard,
lnt.
PHARITLHA. To creep or crawl
fast on hands and knees; to go
on the hands and feet without
the body touching the ground.
PHAROLOGANYŌ. A distinc-
tion. From harologanya.
PHATA. An opening for a path
between two hills; the open
space between two doorposts.
PHATANA. A small phata.
PHATÈ. A skin for sleeping on;
a mattress.
PHATÈGŌ. Clay for plastering
with.
PHATLA. A forehead; a brow;
a mountain brow. Namane
ea phatla, a calf drinking from
two cows.
PHATLAKANYA. To dash in
pieces; to burst out in speech
fearless of anybody.
PHATLAKANYŌ. Go bua ka pha-
tlakanyō, to speak plainly and
without fear.
PHATLALACŌ. A dispersing; a
being dispersed.
PHATLALALŌ. A dispersing.
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PHATLALATSA. To disperse ac-
tively; to cause to disperse.
PHATLALECWE. Re phatlalecwe
ke batho, the people have left
us.
PHATLHA. An opening or gap
among trees, or in a hedge.
PHATLOGA. To die suddenly
from some unknown cause; to
become rent. = Kakabologa. Go
phatloga pelo, to become bro-
ken-hearted.
PHATLOLA. To pull asunder, as
a split stick; to cut asunder
lengthwise. Go phatlola pelo,
to break the heart.
PHATOGÔ. A crack.
PHATSA. A chip; a splinter; a
piece of wood cut off length-
wise; a small piece inserted in
the tip of an arrow.
PHATSHIMA. To shine, as iron,
etc.; to glitter.
PHATSIMA = Phatshima.
PHATSHIMÈLA. To shine upon.
PHATWE. The month of August.
PHECO. A completion; a finish-
ing.
PHECOGA. To become changed;
to become reversed; to become
altered.
PHECOLA. To invert; to turn
upside down; to reverse; to
roll a thing over on to its other
side.
PHEDILE. Perf. of Phela.
PHEDISA. Caus. of phela.
PHEGÈLÔ. A sighing; a pant-
ing.
PHÈGÈLÔ = Phegèlō.
PHEGUCÔ. Noun from phegutsa.
PHEHÔ. Wind; air.
PHEKA. To hold a goat's leg
under one's knee when milking
her.
PHEKAGANYA. To lay across, as
a bird sticks across its nest;
to hold a stick across the
shoulders behind.
PHEKALALA. To lie across, as a
batten on a door; to lie across
a path.
PHEKALÈGA. To lean to, as a
Secwana door.
PHEKALÈGÔ. Noun from phe-
kalèga.
PHEKALETSE. Perf. of pheka-
lala. Lo phekaletse mo loma-
tiñ, it lies straight across the
plank.
PHEKAMA. To lean; to slant;
to be oblique.
PHEKAME. Perf. of phekama.
PHEKAMISA. Caus. of phekama.
PHEKE = Seheke.
PHEKÈGA. To hold a thing in a
slanting position. Go phekèga
logoñ, to hold the wood on a
slant.
PHEKÈLA. A flying chip.
PHEKÈLÔ. Phekèlō ea bogamō,
the place on a cow's side where
the milker puts his head. Phe-
kèlō ea bodimo, the opposite
side of a cow to that on which
a milker sits.
PHEKO. A charm.
PHEKOLA. To rub medicines on
a face, the wall of a house, etc.
PHELA. To survive.
PHELAMELAO. A neglecter, or
despiser of warnings.
PHELEA. To have an impedi-
ment in speech as if the tongue
were too large.
PHELEGECO. Noun from hele-
getsa.
PHELEHU = Pheleu.
PHELEKA. Go pheleka pnō, to
speak in parables, or so as not
to be understood.
PHELEU. A male sheep; a ram.
PHELWANE. A swallow.
PHEMELÔ. A defence.
PHEMÔ. A defence.
PHENYO. A conquest; a victory.
PHENYOÑ. Mo phenyoñ, in con-
quest.
PHEÔ. Noun from hea; a con-
viction; a convincing; a word
victory.
PHÈPA. To be clean, or clear;
to be pure; to be healthy; to
be guiltless, faultless, or inno-
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cent. A little light, as of
moon or stars, or at dawn or
evening time. The dung of a
crocodile, Int. O phèpa, he is
light-coloured.
PHÈPAHALA. To become a little
light; to be clear, as stars.
PHÈPAHALŌ. Early in the
morning; dawn; morning twi-
light.
PHÈPHA. To be weak from sick-
ness, or poverty of flesh. Go
phèpha marapō, to be poor in
flesh, or feeble.
PHEPHEN. A scorpion.
PHEPISA. Go ntsha phepisa, to
go about indecently exposed.
Used of a woman.
PHÈRA. A solitary male wilde-
beest, or buffalo, Int. Ke
phèra hèla, it is only a little
bit that I have. Spoken in
response to a beggar of to-
bacco.
PHERAMA = Pharama, Int.
PHÈRANYANA = Phèra in its
second meaning.
PHERETLHÈGŌ. A disturbance.
PHERETLHŌ. An insurrection;
a disturbance; a stir.
PHETAKAPENYANA. A sharp, or
active one; active; sharp.
PHETÈ. An infection; a conta-
gion; infectious; contagious.
PHETÈLŌ. An abortion.
PHETHAKGANA. To turn on one
side; to roll, or toss from side
to side, as a sick person; to
be deceitful.
PHETHAKGANŌ. A rolling; a
tossing.
PHETHAKGANYA. To turn things
topsy turvy.
PHETHÈKGANA = Phethakgana.
PHETLA. A swift, Int.
PHÈTLHÈLA. An iron tool for
boring with; an augur.
PHETLHWANE. A trap, Int.
PHETLOGA. Dim. Used of eyes,
Int.
PHETOGŌ, A change; a being
changed.
PHETOLŌ. A changing; an in-
terpretation; an answer.
PHETŌ. A passing over; a pass-
ing by.
PHIHADU. Black. Used of
cattle.
PHIHALŌ. Darkness; an eclipse.
PHIHIHALŌ. Darkness.
PHIKA. To continue a long
time. Used of rain. Phika
kgolo, a very large snake; a
water serpent.
PHIKAMA. To be dense, as a
swarm of locusts; to be very
numerous, as a crowd of
people.
PHILŌ=Phiō.
PHIMOLA. To wipe; to wipe
off; to blot out.
PHINYA. To exude wind.
PHINYECO. The junction of the
leg and body. Used as a
curse.
PHIŌ. A kidney.
PHIRI. A wolf; a hyena. Part. o.
PHIRICHWANA. A small wolf.
PHIRIMA. To set. Used of the
sun.
PHIRIMILE. Perf. of phirima.
PHIRIMILECWE. Ke phirimile-
cwe ke letsatsi ke sa ea kwa
nokeñ, the sun set as I was
going to the river.
PHISÈGŌ. Noun from hisèga.
PHISHŌ. A burning.
PHITLHŌ. A burial; a funeral.
PHITSANA. A wolf cub.
PHITSÈGA. To become sprained;
to be bruised, or broken, as a
reed rubbing against another.
PHITSISA. To kill an insect by
rubbing it between the fingers.
PHOA. To become blistered.
PHODISHŌ. A curing; a healing.
PHOGO. The top of a head; the
crown of a head.
PHOGUTSÈGA. To scold very
much; to continue to scold.
PHOHŌ. A flying.
PHOHOMŌ. A fulness.
PHOHONYECO. A whispering.
PHOHU. An eland. Nōga ea
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phohu, a yellowish snake, not
very poisonous.
PHOISA. To cause to become
blistered.
PHOHA. A moth that eats stored
corn.
PHOKA. To foam, or froth, as
milk in a pail. To stand out,
as little tufts on a well-brayed
skin. Go phoka mashulō, to
foam at the mouth. Go phoka
hèla. Used of a morning when
there is but little dew.
PHOKELÈLA. To talk loudly, or
rave, as a drunken man.
PHOKISA. Caus. of phoka.
PHOKO. News; fame.
PHŌKŌ. A he-goat.
PHOKOCÔ. Subtraction.
PHOKOYANE. A little silver
jackall.
PHOKOYÈ. A silver jackall.
PHÔKWANA. A young he-goat.
PHOLA. To jump down; to jump
off; to dismount. A side
hole, or chamber in a ground
squirrel's hole.
PHOLEA. To wander hither and
thither.
PHOLETHA. To wander, not
knowing where one goes.
PHOLO. A large male animal;
a large ox.
PHOLÔ. Health; soundness.
PHOLODISHŌ. An abortion.
Used of animals.
PHOLOGA. To be helped with
food; to live by being provided
with food.
PHOLOGÔ. A descent; a de-
scending. From hologa.
PHŌLŌHŌCHWANA. A little phō-
lōhōlō.
PHŌLŌHŌLŌ. A wild animal; a
wild beast having hoofs like
those of a goat.
PHOLOLÈLA. To enter on one
side and come out at another.
PHOLOLETSA. To pierce so as to
come out on the other side.
PHOLWANA. A young ox older
than a mogatèlō.
PHOMA. To push in or down, as
earth off a bank.
PHOMÈGÈLA. To fall in or down,
as earth pushed into a hole
with a spade; to assault, or
take by storm.
PHOMÈLA. To be quarrelsome;
to provoke a quarrel.
PHOMOSETSA. Di tla phomo-
setsa mbu. Used of cattle
tramping soil into a drinking-
hole.
PHONI. A cheek-bone.
PHOPHAMA. To be unable to
continue a journey or to re-
turn, through loss of oxen.
Not used of setting out. To
cower, or huddle oneself up,
Int.
PHOPHELETSA. To fill up any-
thing that was nearly full.
PHOPHI = Thothi.
PHORAPHORA. To pull about,
as in petting.
PHORÈGÔ. Self-esteem.
PHORI. Rust in corn.
PHORŌ. Deceit. Ditihō tsa
phorō, deceitful acts. From
hora.
PHÔRÔ. A curling. From hōra.
PHOROMA. To find a hiding
person; to detect, or find out,
as evil. Pass. phoroñwa.
PHOROMETSA. To pour out liquid
in a stream with a rushing
noise.
PHOROMILWE. Perf. pass. of
phoroma. O phoromilwe mo
boakeñ, he has been detected
in adultery.
PHOROÑWA. Pass. of phoroma.
PHOSHÔ. A miss at a mark; a
failure; a failure of memory,
etc. From hosa.
PHOTI. A vaal buck.
PHOTHA. To beat out; to
thresh; to thresh with oxen.
PHÔTHA. To grow up high, as
corn before the grain appears.
PHOTHOMETSA. To pour out
liquid with a noise.
PHÔTHÔSELA. To murmur, as
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water flowing down a cas-
cade.
PHÔTLHA = Phatlha, Int.
PHOTLOKU. Pitsa photloku, the
pot is full.
PHOTLOKANA = Photloku.
PHOTONONO. An insect, or
beetle that eats growing corn.
PHOTOÑWANE. The muscle or
ball of flesh in an arm above
the elbow, or in the front leg
of an animal.
PHOTSA. To rub threads of
sinew between the hands; to
abort in the earlier months of
pregnancy. Used of a wo-
man.
PHOTSANA. A young photi.
PHOTSÈGA. To come out sud-
denly; to make a sudden ap-
pearance; to rush out, as a
startled hare, etc.
PHOUHOLOGA. A recovering of
sight.
PHOUMÈLA. To be rash or pre-
cipitate in word or action; to
rush in as a fool.
PHOUMETSA. To pour out in a
stream, as from a bucket.
PHUA. To beat a skin with hand
or stick in order to get out the
dust.
PHUAGANA. To fall down, as a
weak person, or a light thing.
PHUAGANYA. To cause to fall
down, as a weak person; to
throw down, as a light thing.
PHUCÔ. A curse; a devoting to
harm. From hutsa.
PHUDUÈGÔ. A commotion; a
tumult.
PHUDUHUDU. A small antelope;
a stembuck.
PHUÈGA. To be very tired; to
be exhausted; to be weak from
sickness, etc.
PHUHA. The flower of a bulb.
Phuha ea shōma, the flower of
a leshōma bulb.
PHUHI = Phuba.
PHUKWANE. O phukwane, she
has conceived without previous
menstruation. E phukwane,
it has conceived while still very
young.
PHULARÔ. A succession; a
course.
PHULÔ. Noun from hula.
PHUMUSA = Thelesa.
PHUMUSETSA = Thelesetsa.
PHUMUSETSANYA = Thelesetsa-
nya.
PHUMUSHÔ = Theleshō.
PHUNTSE. Perf. of phunya.
PHUNYA. To pierce; to break
into, as a house. Perf. phuntse.
Pass. phuñwa.
PHUNYÈGA. To become pierced;
to burst out with angry speech;
to pour out a torrent of scold-
ing words.
PHUÑWA. Pass. of phunya.
PHUPU. A tomb; a filled up
grave.
PHURA = Hura.
PHURANYÔ. Noun from hura-
nya.
PHUTHA. To gather together in
an active sense; to collect.
PHUTHAKA. To collect thor-
oughly.
PHUTHAKANYA. To collect very
many things.
PHUTHÈGA. To become gathered
together; to assemble.
PHUTHÈGÈLA. To gather into;
to gather together to.
PHUTHEGILE. Perf. of phuthèga.
PHUTHÈGÔ. An assembly; a
gathering; a church.
PHUTHOLOGA. To become spread
out.
PHUTHOLOGÔ. A spreading out.
PHUTHOLOLA. To spread out;
to explain; to translate.
PHUTHUMETSA = Phothometsa.
PHUTSAHALÔ = Khutsahalō.
PHUTSANYÔ. A cursing of each
other.
PICÔ. A calling; a public meet-
ing called by a chief.
PIDIANYA. To gather together
a large number of things; to
kill numbers of wild animals.
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PIHŌ. Noun from biha.
PILA=Sentlè, or Bontlè. Sula
pila=Sala sentlè.
PILŌ. A black patch of burnt
grass.
PINA. A tune; a song; a tune
to dance to; a dance.
PINAGARE=Lekotwana. A pillar
or centre piece on which all the
rest depend.
PINŌ. A dance; a dancing.
PIPIETSA. To alter purposely
and knowingly what one has
heard, when relating it.
PIPITLA. To keep back part of
a story; to fail to tell all the
news.
PIPITLWA. Pass. of pipitla.
PIPOLOLŌ. Noun from bipolola.
PIRIGANA. To fall, as a heavy
body.
PIRIGANTSÈ. Perf. of piriganya.
PIRIGANYA. To dash, throw, or
knock down. Used chiefly of
heavy things.
PIRWA. Black. Used of a male
sheep.
PIRWANA. Fem. of pirwa.
PITIÈLA. A piece cut out as a
patch; a patch before it is
sewn in.
PITIÈLŌ. A patch after it is
sewn in; a concealment of
murder, etc.
PITIKA. To turn a thing over,
moving it from its former place.
PITIKOLOGA. To be turned over.
PITIKOLOLA. To turn a thing
over, not moving it from its
former place; to turn a thing
over or round while holding it
in the hands.
PITLA. To squeeze between the
hands or fingers; to crush, as
two people one between them.
PITLAGANA. To be crowded; to
be crushed; to be in a diffi-
culty.
PITLAGANCWE. O pitlagancwe
ke, he is distressed by.
PITLAGANŌ. A crush; a diffi-
culty.
PITLAGANTSÈ. Perf. of pitlaga-
nya.
PITLAGANYA. To crush together;
to squeeze together; to press
upon.
PITLÈLÈLA. To press upon; to
crush.
PITLELETSA. Go pitleletsa ka
mmele, to press upon with the
body.
PITLOLOSA. To enlarge; to
make larger by removing a
hindrance.
PITLONOSA=Pitlolosa.
PITSA. A pot.
PITSANA. A little pot; a sauce-
pan.
PITSE. A horse; a zebra.
PÔ. See Pōō.
POA. A widespreading, treeless,
flat country.
PŌANA. A young bull.
PŌANE. The month of Septem-
ber.
POBOLŌ. A sickness.
POBORANŌ. Fear.
POCŌ. A question.
PODI. A goat.
PODILE. A nasty smelling
beetle.
PODISA. First ripe fruit.
PODISHŌ. A decaying.
PODUHALŌ. Idleness; slothful-
ness. Motho oa poduhalō, an
idle person.
POEŌ. A returning.
POGŌ. An enduring; a suffer-
ing.
POGISHŌ. Persecution; oppres-
sion.
PÕHÈLÈLŌ. Noun from bōhè-
lèla.
POICHŌ. Terror; fear.
POIHŌ. Fear.
POITSHEGŌ. Dreadfulness.
PŌKŌLÈLŌ. An animal's death
cry.
POLAŌ. A killing; a murder; a
slaughter.
POLEDI=Polèlō.
POLÈLÈLŌPELE. A promise.
POLÈLŌ. A telling; a promise.
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POLO. A large kind of iguana
living in or near water.
PŌLŌ. A penis. Used as a curse.
POLOA. To gather, in sewing
(hybrid).
POLOI. A gathering in sewing
(hybrid).
POLOKÈGŌ. A safe keeping; a
being saved.
POLOKĒLŌ. A place of safety;
a garner.
POLOKŌ. Safety; salvation.
POMA. To divide; to cut off.
POMOGÈLA. To assault with the
tongue; to insult.
PÕNALŌ. An appearance.
PŌNALÈGŌ. Noun from bōna-
lèga.
PŌNATSHÈGŌ. Openly; an ap-
pearing.
PŌNŌ. Sight.
PONOÑ. Mo ponoñ, in sight;
visible.
PONYÈGA. To burst forth in
song or speech. Ponyèga!
out with it!
PŌNYÈGA=Ponyèga, Int.
PONYŌ. A twinkling; a wink-
ing. Ka ponyō ea leitlhō, in a
moment; instantly.
POÑWA. Pass. of poma.
PŌŌ. A bull.
POPAMŌ. Thinness from hunger.
POPÈGŌ. A condition, or for-
mation; the habit or nature
with which a person was born.
POPÈLŌ. A woman's womb.
POPÈLÈLŌ. A row, one coming
after another.
POPŌ. A creation; a natural
habit or formation.
PÕPŌ. A threatening.
POPOA. To punish slightly by
tapping, or slapping.
POPOMA. To swell; to rise in
swelling; to bulge out, as a
badly folded thing; a swelling;
something raised above its
surroundings.
POPOMALA. To swell, as a dead
animal; to rise high, as a full
river.
POPOTHA. To shake a thing
about in order to get out dust.
PŌPŌTLA. To bother by talking
much; to continue to talk
when others are silent; to con-
tinue to eat when others have
finished.
PÕRÕPÕTLHA. To leak much, as
a house in which the pattering
of dropping water is heard.
PŌRŌTLA. To leak, as a pot or
wooden vessel.
PŌRŌTLÈLA. To continue talk-
ing; to talk without end.
PŌTA. To go round a thing. Go
ba pōta ka kwa moragō, to go
round behind them.
PŌTÈLA. To rub rheims or skins
between the hands with a
grinding or revolving move-
ment when braying.
POTILE. Perf. of pōta.
POTLAKA. To hurry; to be in
eager haste; to be confused
through haste; to bother one-
self about.
POTLAKÈLA. To hasten for, or
to.
POTLAKISA. To cause to hurry,
as by speaking to.
POTLAKŌ. Hurry; eager haste.
PŌTLANA. Small; few. Used
with nouns whose particle is e.
POTOKANA. To fall down to the
ground.
POTOKANYA. To cause to fall;
to let fall.
POTOKWE. A roll; anything
rolled up tightly. E potokwe,
it is round. Used of a rod,
etc.
POTOLOGA. To go round an
object; to make a circuit; to
compass; to walk round; to
be round about.
POTOLOGILE. Lorakō lo lo poto-
logileñ motse, the wall which
encompasses the town.
POTOLOGWA. Pass. of potologa.
POTOLOSA. To cause to go round,
etc.
POTONOGA=Potologa.
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POTONOSA = Potolosa.
POTSANE. A kid. Nōga ea pot-
sane, a mythical large water
serpent, said to bleat like a kid.
POUNAMA. A lip.
PUANE = Tlhoro.
PUANŌ. A conversation.
PUBAGADI. A small dice.
PUCŌ. Noun from bucwa.
PUCWA = Pududu.
PUDUCWANA. Fem. of pududu.
PUDUCHÔ. A gleaning of grain.
PUDUDU. Dark blue.
PUDUHUDU. See PHUDUHUDU.
PUDULÔ. A blast. Used of
breath.
PUDULOGÔ. A swelling.
PUDUMO. A blue wildebeest.
Ntsi ea pudumo, a black mason
bee.
PUDUÑWANA. A kind of small
bird destructive to corn.
PUÈLÈGÔ. Noun from buèlèga.
PULA. Rain.
PUNKA. Strong, Int.
PUNÔ. Noun from buna.
PUÔ. Speech.
PUPURA. To chew hard sub-
stances, as pips, etc.
PURAPURA. Purple (hybrid).
PUSHÔ. A reign; a reigning;
part of a kingdom.
PUSHOLOSHÔ. Vengeance.
PUTLA. To seek in many places;
to give a side blow; to strike
with a stick; to poke with a
horn from side to side.
PUTLAPUTLA. To seek about
very much.
PUTLÈLA. A half or part of a
broken spear handle. Used also
of a broken stick, axe handle,
etc.
PUTUKA. To bring, or add to-
gether, as different droves of
cattle.
PUTUKANYA. To pass quickly
from one work to another; to
press with a variety of argu-
ments.
PUTUKELÈLA. To press upon, or
overcome with arguments; to
press upon, or push up into a
corner or narrow space.
R.
RA. Father of; father-in-law of.
Used of a woman's father-in-
law only. Shortened form of
raea, to say. A u ra nna?
do you say me? do you mean
me?
RAANA. To say to each other.
RABANYA. To dash down and
break. Go rabanya tlhōgō, to
break the head.
RABÈLA. To shadow, Int.
RADILE. Perf. of rala.
RAEA. To say; to say to; to
mean; to smear medicines on a
wall, roof, etc. Go raea leha-
tshe, to place doctored sticks,
etc., in the paths, etc., as a pro-
tection from enemies.
RAÈLA. To tempt; to ensnare
in speech; to poison water,
food, etc.
RAÈLWA. Pass. of raèla.
RAETSE. Perf. of raèla.
RAGA. To kick out backwards,
or forwards.
RAGAKANYA. To kick out in all
directions.
RAGO. Thy father.
RAGOGA. To run very fast; to
run with all the might.
RAGOGÈLA. O la a mo ragogèla,
he ran at him.
RAGOLA. To rush at an animal
and drive it from others; to
cut with a jerking movement
upwards; to hough, or cut an
animal's sinews.
RAGWÈ. His father; her father;
her father-in-law. Used only
of a woman in the latter sense.
RAHA. To take out of a thing
or place; to take minerals out
of a mine, corn out of a sack,
etc.; to take out and put in a
vessel, as food.
RAHÈLA. To take out for. Go
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ba rahèla diyō, to dish food for them.
RAHOLA. To take the first food out of a pot for a superior person; to separate, or take out little by little; to divide cattle into small lots for drinking.
RAHOTSANYA. To go out one after another with short intervals between; to follow in succession.
RAKA. To arrive before the time; to precede; to arrive before, taking a different route; to be before in doing or saying. Go raka mariga, to arrive before winter. Ba le ba raka Yesu kwa moseya, they met Jesus on the other side. O la a mo raka ka go bua, he met him by speaking first; he spake first unto him. Go raka kgomo, to arrive before the ox.
RAKADI. A solitary male wildebeest, Int.
RAKANA. To meet by coming across; to arrive or meet together having taken different routes.
RAKANÈLA. To meet at. Re tla rakanèla kwa Tauñ, we will arrive together at Tauñ; we will meet at Tauñ.
RAKGADI. An uncle by marriage; an aunt; a father's sister; a father's sister's husband.
RALA. To draw a straight line; to cut a straight line, as in skinning an animal; to go in a straight line; to be consistent.
RALALA. To pass through; to go from place to place; to go about; to visit a wife at her father's house.
RALALARALALA. To go through and through a land.
RALALÈLA. To live with a wife, or visit her at her father's house.
RALALWA. Pass. of ralala.
RALOKA=Ralotsa.
RALOTSA. To run about, as calves at play.
RAMATLA. To begin to walk, Int.
RAMOGOLO. An uncle; a father's elder brother.
RANOLA. To speak with preciseness; to speak out plainly, as one not wishing to deceive; to make plain in speaking or writing.
RANYA. To walk stealthily in a stooping posture; to break anything with a molamu, etc.; to make marks on the body; to tattoo the body.
RAÑWANE. My uncle; my father's younger brother.
RAPALALA. To go across a path, or across a country; to lie, or be stretched across, as a string, a batten on a door, etc. A bo rapalalè le lomati, let it lie straight across the plank.
RAPALANA=Rapèlana.
RAPALATSA. Caus. of rapalala.
RAPALÈGA. To be placed crosswise, either straight or slanting.
RAPAMA. To recline, or lie on the side; to cut across, or go by a short route. Go rapama le lehatshe, to go across the country. Go rapama ka sebete leha e le ka nōka, to recline on the stomach or the hip.
RAPAME. Perf. of rapama.
RAPAMÈLA. Ke tla rapamèla tsela, I will cut across to the path. Ke le ka rapamèla rure ha hatshe, I was prostrate on the floor.
RAPAMISA. Caus. of rapama.
RAPAMOLOGA. To get up from lying on the side.
RAPÈGA. To be lying on the side. A a rapègè ha hatshe, let him lie down on his side.
RAPÈLA. To pray; to entreat.
RAPÈLANA. To pray for each other.
RAPÈLÈSEGA. To become entreated.
RARA. A father, a woman's
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father-in-law; to approach and
retreat from, as in dancing;
to spin, as a spider its web;
to interweave.
RARAANYELETSA. To accuse
falsely.
RARAANYETSA. To tell false-
hoods; to publish false stories.
RARABOLOGA. To become un-
ravelled, or explained.
RARABOLOGÈLWA. To come to
oneself, as one demented.
RARABOLOLWA. To unravel; to
explain.
RARANA. To become intertwined,
or twisted together; to be able
to walk about after sickness.
RARANYA. To intertwine.
RARANYE. Perf. of rarana.
RAROLOGANYA = Harologanya.
RESEPHIPHI. Gonorrhœa, Int.
RATA. To love; to like; to
wish. Go rata ga gagwè, his
will.
RATÈGA. To become loved; to
be beloved; to be precious.
RATÈLA. To approach stealthily.
RATHA. To chop; to cut off an
ox's head.
RATHOLA. To make much beer.
RATLALALA. To speak, sing, or
cry in concert; to shout out
altogether, as an excited crowd.
RE. We. Us. When. A re
a bua, when he spoke. Short-
ened form of raea. Ke le ka
re, I said.
REBOLA. To set free, as a
servant whose time is up; to
release; to emancipate; to
restore, or give back; to pay
back.
REBOLÈLA = Gololèla; to give
back to.
REDIMOGA. To shine a little, as
a wet stone, or a bald head.
REDIMOSA. Caus. of redimoga.
REEDISA. Caus. of reetsa.
REEDITSE. Perf. of reetsa.
RÈÈLÈLA = Shelèlèla. To dis-
tort, or misrepresent.
REELETSA. To listen for.
REETSA. To listen; to obey.
REIA. To ride wood for sale
(hybrid).
REILE. Perf. of raea.
RÈKA. To buy.
RÈKALANA. To trade together.
RÈKÈGELA. To spare from pity
or love; to favour from parti-
ality.
REKETLA. To totter; to move
from side to side, as a weak
person walking; to waver; to
be shaken; to be palsied.
REKETLÈGA. To become shaken.
REKETLISA. To cause to move
from side to side; to shake.
REKISA. To cause to buy; to
sell.
REKISÈGA. To be troubled in
spirit; to be anxious.
REKOLOCWÈ. Perf. pass. of re-
kolola.
REKOLOLA. To buy back; to
ransom; to redeem.
RÈKWA. Pass. of rèka.
RELEDISA. Caus. of rèlèla.
RÈLÈLA. To slip; to slide; to
slip away; to slip out of the
hands.
RÈLÈMA. To tell a different
story from that told first; to
be weak in the knees; to limp.
REMA. To become thick, or
sour. Used of milk.
RÈMA. To chop; to hew.
RÈMAGANYA. To chop much;
to hack.
RÈMAKA. To chop much.
RÈMAKWA. Pass. of rèmaka.
REMILE. Perf. of rema and
rèma.
RÈÑWA. Pass. of rèma.
REOLOGA. To return; to be
coming back; to fall from
where a thing was put, or a
person had climbed.
REOLOLA. To cut meat into
thick pieces; to cut meat away
from the bone.
RÈPA. To become slack, or
loose.
REPISA. To make slack, or loose.
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REPISETSA. To loosen for.
REPOLOGA. To descend in a
line, as cattle from a hill.
RÈRA. To terrify; to fascinate,
as a snake a bird; to talk over,
or discuss a matter, as a mar-
riage proposal, etc. Go rèra
le, to commune with.
RÈRÈGA. To be afraid; to be
terrified; to be startled.
REREGILE. Perf. of rèrèga.
RÈRÈKÈLA. To walk with a
swaying gait, as if about to
fall.
REREPA. See RIRIPA.
RÈRÈRA. To startle; to terrify.
RÈRWA. Pass. of rèra.
RETA. To surname.
RÈTA. To pet.
RETELA. To be too difficult.
RETELECWE. To be hindered.
RETELÈLA. To be too hard for;
to hinder.
RETELÈLANA. To hinder each
other.
RETELÈLWA. To be hindered;
to be unable to do. O tla re-
telèlwa ke go tsamaea, he will
be unable to go.
RETELETSA. To hinder; to
prevent.
RETETSE. Perf. of retela. Go
retetse, it is too difficult, it is
impossible.
RETHEHALA. To become smooth;
to act deceitfully.
RETHEHATSA. To make smooth;
to flatter, or deceive by fair
promises.
RETILE. Perf. of reta.
RETILWE. Surnamed.
RETOLOGA. To turn round, or
towards, in a passive sense.
RETOLOGÈLA. To turn round to.
RETOLOLA. To turn round, in an
active sense.
RETSA. See REETSA.
RETWA. Pass. of reta.
RIANA=Re yana, say thus.
RIALO = Re yalo, say thus.
RIBAMA. To descend, or swoop
down in a slanting direction;
to lie on the face or stomach.
Go ribama ka mpa, to lie on
the stomach.
RIBAME. Perf. of ribama.
RIBÈGA. To place a thing so as
to cover another thing with it;
to turn a pot, etc., upside down.
Go ribèga matlhō, to cover the
eyes with the lids, and look
down.
RIBEGEDIWA. Pass. of ribegetsa.
RIBEGETSA. To cover a thing
by putting a larger thing over
it upside down.
RIBÈGWA. To be doctored while
lying down on the face, as a
woman after the death of her
husband.
RIBÈLA. To avoid a missile by
stooping, or moving aside.
RIBI. Tasteless; without fla-
vour; without smell.
RIBOLA. To beat with one
severe blow; to conquer with
one word.
RILE. Perf. of re. A rile a tsè-
na, when he had entered. E
rile a utlwa, when he heard.
Sometimes used in books for
reile.
RINKE. A ring (hybrid).
RIRIPA. To take all there is to
take; to gather everything
up; to cut all the hair off a
head.
RITA. To stir up well-boiled
meat with a pronged stick.
RITÈLA. Go ritèla bolōkō, to
make smearing smooth by roll-
ing it with a stone.
RITIBALA. To be permanent; to
be a fixture; to sit quite still.
RO = Re.
RŌBA. To break crosswise; to
reap by breaking off; to reap.
Pass. rōywa. Perf. robile.
Go rōba maoto, to rest for a
while, as travellers.
RŌBAGANYA. To break entirely;
to smash up.
RŌBALA. To lie down; to lie
down to sleep; to sleep.
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ROBAROBÈGA. To go hither and
thither seeking food.
RŌBATSA. To cause to sleep; to
lay down in a sleeping posture.
ROBECWE. E rile go robecwe,
while people slept, when it
was sleeping time.
ROBÈGA. To become broken.
ROBÈGELA. To become broken
off, as a cork in a bottle.
ROBEGILE. Perf. of robèga.
ROBESETSA. To break off, as a
cork in a bottle.
ROBETSE. Perf. of rōbala.
ROBILE. Perf. of rōba.
RÔBÔKÈGA. To die in large
numbers. Used of people and
animals.
ROGA. To curse a person by
pointing to his or her private
parts; to curse.
ROGAKA. To curse much.
ROGAKILWE. Cursed.
ROGAKWA. Pass. of rogaka.
ROGWA. Pass. of roga. To ap-
pear, as a new moon. Kgwedi
e e rogwañ, the new moon.
ROKA. To sew.
ROKAGANA=Chwaragana. To be
sewn together. Go rokagana
le, to be one with.
ROKGONYÈGA. To move, or
shake, as a sleeper under a
kaross.
ROKHAMA=Thokhama, Int.
ROKOLOLA. To reopen a closed
up sore, or abscess.
ROKOMOLOGA. To become
scabby; to break out in an
eruption.
ROKOTSA. To suck. Used of a
calf.
ROLA. To take something off
the head, or feet. Perf. rotsè.
ROLOLA. To force one's way in,
as an army into a town, flood
water into a house, etc.; to
take forcible possession of; to
oust.
ROMA. To send.
RÔMA. To infect evilly; to
cause evil in another; to spoil
a child through lack of disci-
pline.
ROMECWE. Sent.
ROMÈGA. To be confounded; to
be helpless from confusion.
RONA. We; us; to fit badly;
to be unsuitable to; to be un-
becoming; to be objectionable;
to act objectionably. Dia gu
rona, they fit you badly. Tihō
e ea gu rona, this work does
not become you.
RONKGA. To rub off, or pull off
the scab of a sore; to rub, or
knock against so as to hurt a
sore place; to hurt the feelings
by saying unpleasant things;
to lick sores, as a dog.
RONKGWA. Pass. of ronkga.
RÔNÔPA. To gleam.
RONTSA. To refuse to sell or
give to one person that which
one afterwards sells or gives to
another, or wastes. See RUN-
TSHA.
ROÑWA. Pass. of roma.
ROPAMA. To be very large; to
be immense.
RÔPHA. Used of a cow when
put to the bull.
ROPHEHATSA. To destroy
utterly; to make desolate.
ROPHISA. To draw water by
degrees from a weak foun-
tain.
ROPOSA. To cut down the
stomach of a dead animal.
RORA. To remove; to carry
away; to carry home corn.
RÔRA. To snore.
RÔRARÔRA. To pur, as a cat.
RORÈLA. To gather to, or into.
ROROMA. To trouble, as with
fear. Fever, Int.
RÔRÔMÈLA. To sink into mud.
ROROMISA. To cause to tremble.
ROTA. To pass water; to mic-
turate. Used as a curse.
RÔTHA. To rain in occasional
large drops.
RÔTHALALA. To rain in a thick
pouring stream.
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ROTLHE. All; all of us. Used
of people.
ROTOGA. To be large and pro-
jecting. Used of eyes.
ROTOLÈLA. Go rotolèla matlhō
= Go papalatsa matlhō.
ROTSÈ. Perf. of rola.
RÔYWA. Pass. of rōba.
RRA. A father; my father.
Used when speaking to. Pl.
borra.
RRABÔ. Their father.
RRAGO. Thy father.
RRAGWÈ. His father.
RRÈ. My father. Used when
speaking of.
RUA. To inherit; to possess; to
own. Pass. ruiwa.
RUANA. To give presents mutu-
ally. Used of those who
before were strangers. To
become friends by giving
mutually.
RUANYE. Perf. of ruana.
RUDILWE. Perf. of rulwa.
RUDISA. To restore to life or
animation; to give life to the
dead.
RUDISIWA. Pass. of rudisa.
RUHA. To pay, or reward for
garden work.
RUIWA. Pass. of rua.
RULAGANA. To be in order; to
go in order; to follow each
other in order. Tsatsi ye le
rulaganañ le Sabata, the day
following the Sabbath.
RULAGANYA. To set in order.
RULAGANYOLOLA. To make dis-
orderly.
RULARA. To turn away the face;
to turn back.
RULECWE. Perf. pass. of rulè-
la.
RULÈLA. To thatch.
RULOLA. See ROLOLA.
RULWA. To revive; to come to
after a faint. O tla rulwa, he
will revive. Perf. rudilwe.
RUMARUMA. To appear pleased;
to smile without showing the
teeth.
RUMOLA. To vex; to provoke;
to do despite unto.
RUNA. To kill vermin between
the thumb nails; to enquire
into a matter carefully.
RUNTSHA. To vex, or grieve a
person by losing or destroying
something belonging to him.
See RONTSA.
RUNYA. To lift up, as a mole
earth, or a man a box on to his
shoulder.
RUPA. To enter the bogwèra or
boyale ceremony either in a
company or alone; to dance
the bogwèra and boyale dance.
RUPISA. Caus. of rupa.
RURAHALA. To become true.
RURAHATSA. To make true.
RURE. Truly; verily; of a
truth; really. Rure often takes
the preceding verb in èla. Go
buèla rure, to speak truly.
Verbs in èla change into etsa.
Go ganetsa rure, to strive
really. O tla shwa rure, he will
probably die. Rure o tla shwa,
he will surely die. O shule
rure, he is really dead.
RUREHATSA. See RURAHATSA.
RURUBADICWE. Rurubadicwe ke
phehō, blown about by the
wind.
RURUBALA. To fly, or flap in the
wind, as the garment of a run-
ner, or a loose sail of a wagon.
RURUGA. To swell.
RUTA. To teach.
RUTHA. To strike with a stick;
to blow strong, as the wind.
RUTIHALÈLA. To overshadow.
RUTLA. To break down, or pull
down; to pull about; to pull
off, or tear off.
RUTLOLA. To disinherit; to take
away a child's possessions.
RUTLOLOGA. To become cast
down.
RUTLOLOLA. To cast down, as a
house, etc.
RWALA. To put something on
the head or feet; to put on the
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neck, as a yoke; to put on the
back, as a burden; to bear.
Perf. rwele.
RWALÈLA. To gather firewood.
RWALELÈSÈGA. To become full
often, as a river.
RWALWA. Pass. of rwala.
RWANYA. To beat with a slight
stroke.
RWELE. Perf. of rwala.
RWELWE. Perf. pass. of rwala.
RWESA. Caus. of rwala. To put
something on another's head or
feet.
S.
SA. Not; yet; still. Genitive
particle of nouns in se. To
disappear, as darkness, night,
rain, mist, etc.
SABATA. The Sabbath (hybrid).
SABOL. A sword (hybrid).
SACWA. Pass. of sapa.
SADISA. To cause to remain; to
keep back; to leave.
SADISICWE. Ba ba sadisicweñ
ke, those which were left by.
SAGA. A saw (hybrid).
SAHA. To squander; to lavish;
to give away foolishly.
SAKHWE. A little bag, or satchel
worn by women.
SALA. To remain behind when
others have gone. Go sala mo-
ragō, to follow close after.
Sala sentlè, good-bye; a salu-
tation to one staying behind.
SALALAGANA. To become de-
stroyed; to become smashed,
or burst; to fall asunder, or in
pieces.
SALE. Still; yet; ever since.
Go sale gale, early. E sale ka
tsatsi yeuō, from that day. E
sale ka moshō ka mmona, I saw
him early in the morning. E
sale ke coga ke ntse ke mmo-
na, I saw him early in the
morning and up till now.
SALÈLWA. Go salèlwa ke, to be
left with.
SALWA. Pass. of sala.
SAMA. To arrange a pillow; to
make a pillow.
SAMANE. A ground squirrel,
grey, with whitish tail; a meer-
cat.
SAMÈLA. To make or place a
pillow for.
SAMORAGŌ. A placenta. Used
of a woman.
SANTLHOKWE. Gall. Part. o.
SANTSE. Still; yet.
SAPA. To swim.
SE. A negative particle. Ga se
yalo, it is not so. This. Used
with nouns whose particle is se.
Setlhare se, this tree. Setlhare
se se oleñ, the tree which has
fallen. Ke se, this is it. Ha
e se, except. Ba le ba se eō,
they were absent.
SEABÈLŌ. An offering,
SEABŌ. A hole dug in searching
for a jackal.
SEAGA. A dweller. Seaga mo-
lapoñ, a dweller by the river.
SEAKA. One given to adultery;
a harlot; one who leaves wife
after wife, or husband after
husband.
SEAKANYO. A reasoning; a
studying.
SEAKŌ. The first, or principal
ear of corn; a full mealie cob.
SEALÈLŌ. Sticks put at the bot-
tom of a pot for cooking on.
SEALŌ. A skin, etc., spread out
for lying on.
SEANE. An adage; a wise say-
ing; a proverb.
SEANTLO. O ile seantlo. Used
of a woman who has been taken
to wife by a brother of her dead
husband.
SEAPARŌ. An article of cloth-
ing; a dress.
SEAPU. A glutton; gluttonous.
SEARAMŌ. The part under a
roof where it rests on the wall.
SEATI. A stayer at home; one
who does not take journeys.
SEATLA. A hand. Seatla se se
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siameñ, a right hand. Seatla
se segolo, a right hand. Seatla
sa molèma, a left hand.
SÈBA. To backbite; to whisper
evil of; to slander; to speak
evil against.
SEBA. See SÈBA.
SEBAA. A small bare space on
the ground.
SEBABÈLA. A crack under a
toe, made by a sandal.
SEBABETSANE. A kind of sting-
ing plant; a nettle.
SEBABI. The itch; scurvy.
SEBAGA = Segaga.
SEBAKA. Distance; space; the
firmament, Int.
SEBAKEÑ. Kwa sebakeñ, in a
certain place. Ke kgosi se-
bakeñ, I am an independent
chief.
SEBATA. A patch; a strip; a
white spot.
SEBATANA. A ravenous beast;
a wild beast having paws.
SEBATÈGŌ. Clay for plastering
with.
SEBATLA. An open, treeless
space or plain; an open place
in the veldt; a level place.
SEBE. A sin.
SEBECHO. That which strikes;
that which punishes.
SEBEDI. In two parts.
SEBEDIWA. To be whispered to.
SEBEDISHŌ. Leaven; yeast; a
word found only in books.
SEBEKEDI. A flying chip, a
splinter.
SEBELE. Personality; the real-
ity; a person himself; bodily
form. Sebele sa gagwè, his
very form; his very self.
SEBELEBELE. Kea mo itse se-
belebele, I know him well; I
know his every feature.
SEBÈÈLÈLŌ. Something placed
for; a pledge; an earnest; a
thing placed as a cushion under
a burden.
SEBÈŌ. A table, etc., for placing
things on.
SEBESECO. A rain-maker's
hearth.
SEBESHO. A cooking place; a
grate; a gridiron; a rain-
maker's fire.
SEBETE. A liver. Sebete sa
lonao, the sole of a foot.
SEBETEBETE. A ground creep-
ing plant with large yellow
flowers.
SEBETLÈLA. A chopping block;
a chip made when using an
adze; a scrap of meat made
when chopping.
SEBETO. Cross grained. Used
of a person. Cross, as a child
who cries without cause. Pl.
dibeto.
SÈBETSA. To whisper to.
SÈBETSANYA. To whisper, or
murmur to each other.
SEBI. A cake of dry cattle dung.
SEBIBI. A place where an ani-
mal has died or been killed.
SEBILE. Perf. of sèba.
SEBILŌ. Black mineral used for
smearing women's heads.
SEBIÑ. Ablative of sebe, and sebi.
SEBIPŌ. A covering.
SEBOANA. A small floor for
beating out corn on, made in a
garden.
SEBOBA. A large venomous in-
sect; a gadfly; a dunfly.
SEBODU. Rottenness; decay;
corruption; slimy matter ooz-
ing from putrid meat. O se-
bodu, he is very lazy.
SEBŌHŌ. A thing for binding
with; a band.
SEBOKO. A worm; a maggot;
a caterpillar.
SEBŌKŌ. A sign; a standard.
SEBOKOLODI. A centipede.
SEBOLAŌ. A weapon.
SEBOLO. Long ago. O la a se-
bolo a diha yalo, he did thus
long ago.
SEBONESANAWA. A glowworm.
SEBONI. A window.
SEBONO. An anus. Used of
human beings and animals.
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SEBÔNÔ. A thing seen; a vision.
SEBOPÈLÔ. A woman's womb.
SEBOPI. See SEBUPI.
SEBOPIWA. A created thing; a
creature.
SEBOTHO. An unenclosed sleep-
ing place for cattle.
SEBÔTLANA. That which is
small; a little thing.
SEBÔTLANYANA. A very little
thing.
SEBUBE. Porridge made with
thick milk; anything with
cobweb on it; a person who
tries to avoid another by hid-
ing.
SEBULÔ. That which opens; a
key.
SEBUPI. A threshing floor; a
plastered back yard floor.
SEBURUBURU. A whirling toy or
plaything.
SECHANE. Over exertion; ex-
haustion from over exertion.
A kgwa sechane, he spat out
froth from over exertion; he
took breath after over exerting
himself. Lo tla bolaea motho
eo sechane, or Lo tla bolaisa
motho eo sechane, you will run
this person to death.
SECHE = Sechane.
SECHO. The whipping dance in
the bogwèra.
SECHOLÔ. That which receives;
a receptacle; a vessel.
SECHWABÔ = Seperuperu.
SECHWAHELE. An old worn-out
shoe.
SECHWAKGA. Idle; lazy; care-
less. Motho oa sechwakga, a
very lazy person. O sechwa-
kga, he is lazy.
SECHWANCHÔ. A parable; a
picture; an image.
SECHWANÔ. A likeness.
SECHWARÔ. A captive.
SECHWARWA. A captive.
SECHWARWANA. A little cap-
tive.
SECHWEREA = Sechwakga.
SECOBÔTLA. See DICOBÔTLA.
SECOMPA. A fat-bellied person;
a bulging out sack.
SECUACUE. A whirlwind.
SECUBABA. A spot of any colour
except white on an animal.
SECURUCURU. Tasteless.
SECWACWA. A thicket of bushes;
dense bush.
SECWALÔ. A door; a shutter.
SÈCWE. Perf. of sèlwa.
SECWIRIRI. Neat; neatness;
clever in doing things nicely;
a clever person. O secwiriri,
he is a clever person; he is a
neat worker.
SEDIBA. A well.
SEDIBANA. A little well.
SEDIBELECO. A hand, or vessel
placed to catch dripping liquid.
SEDIBÈLÔ. A pot for holding
sebilō, etc.
SEDIBÔ. A large patch, Int.
SEDIDI. Giddiness; dizziness.
SEDIHATSA. To make light.
SEDIHI. A thing that works; a
tool; an instrument.
SEDIHÔ. A tool; an instru-
ment.
SEDIKADIKI. Circular; round,
as of a house, garden, etc.;
without end; measureless;
numberless. Dikgomo di sedi-
kadiki, the cattle are number-
less.
SEDIKWADIKWI = Sedikadiki.
SEDILA. To rub hard, or press
hard, as in anointing the sick;
to shampoo; to practise mas-
sage.
SEDIMO. A spirit, or something
that may be heard but not
seen.
SEDIMOTHULE. The month of
December.
SEDITSE. Hair of tail, or mane
of horse, giraffe, etc. Tsaea
seditse, u mphentse, you have
overcome me in argument.
SEDULEDI. An investment of a
town; a surrounding. Ba le ba
ba nnèla seduledi, they sur-
rounded them.
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SEDUMEDI. Thunder in a cloud-
less sky, and without light-
ning; a meteor falling with a
noise.
SEÈLÈ. A distinguishing mark
or feature by which an animal
or person is recognised; a
mark of a burn or vaccination.
SEELEELE. A fool; foolish.
SEÈLŌ. A receptacle.
SEEMA. A fence.
SEEMANA. A low fence, or wall
round a house or garden.
SEÈMŌ. A standing.
SEÈMANŌ. Mighty, Int.
SEEÑ. Thutō tsa seeñ, strange
or unusual teachings.
SEEŌ. O seeō, he is absent. Tse
di seeoñ, those which are ab-
sent; those which are not.
SEÈTE. A travel-worn shoe.
SEETEBOSIGO. The month of
June.
SEGA. To cut with a knife.
SEGACU. Numbness; deadness;
without sensation.
SEGAGA. A bead.
SEGAGABI. A creeping thing.
SEGAGANCWE. Perf. pass. oj
segaganya.
SEGAGANE = Sekgwaripana;
small-pox.
SEGAGANYA. To cut any thick
thing with a knife.
SEGAGAPA. Covetous; greedy;
contentious, Int.
SEGAGARU. Covetous; greedy.
SEGAHA = Segaga.
SEGAKABAEÑ = Sekgono.
SEGAKGAMALÈLŌ. A gazing-
stock.
SEGAKOLODI. That which re-
minds; a conscience.
SEGALE. A very sharp thing.
SEGANKA. A bold, brave man;
a fierce, angry one. Used
generally in a disrespectful
sense.
SEGANO. Go itsheka segano, to
shade the eyes with a hand
while looking.
SEGARE. Circularly; circular.
SEGARWE. A large dice.
SEGATÈLŌ. A place for tramp-
ing. Segatèlō sa boyalwa, a
winepress.
SEGATSETSA. A kind of rheu-
matism affecting the joints in
cold weather.
SEGAU. A smell of singeing or
burning; a burnt and shrivel-
led up skin; a hard, burnt
cake of cooked blood.
SEGAUCHWANE. Very near
SEGELÈLŌ. A thing for taking
water up with.
SEGITLETSA. To shake down, as
corn in a measure; to press or
rub the side with an elbow.
SÈGETLHA = Sèba.
SEGO = Tshego. A calabash.
SEGOBA. A basket for dust and
dirt, Int.
SEGOBANA. A small segoba, Int.
SEGOCO = Leishō, Int.
SEGOGORA. A dog or child with
a full stomach; a person who
has eaten much.
SEGÔGÔRÔPÔ. A much twisted
or curved piece of iron or
wood.
SEGÔGÔTLHÔ. A tartar; a
vixen, Int.
SEGOGOU. An old and worthless
skin.
SEGOKE. An adulterer; an
adulteress; an inveterate beg-
gar.
SEGOKGO. A spider.
SEGOKGWANA. A little spider.
SEGÔLAGÔLA. A yellowish
ground bird.
SEGÔLÈ. A deformed or maimed
person or animal; a cripple; a
slipknot.
SEGOLO. Much; great.
SEGOMÔ. A worked ornament
of beads, brass, etc.
SEGOÑWANE. A locust just able
to fly.
SEGOOTSANE = Segwetsane.
SEGOPE. A kind of shrub with
sticking seeds, whose root is
used as medicine.
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SEGOPÈ. A very large elephant,
Int.
SEGOPI. A remnant of liquid.
SEGOPÔ. Anything used for re-
moving rubbish.
SEGOPOCÔ. That which causes
to think; a memorial.
SEGOPOLÔ. A thought.
SEGÔRÔ. A turn or recess in
the rocks of a gorge or kloof.
SEGOSI. Royal; pertaining to
royalty.
SEGÔTÈ=Segwètè,
SEGÔTLHÔLA. Phlegm.
SEGÔTLÔ. A back yard or court.
SEGÔYA. The name of a tribe
in the Transvaal.
SEGWADI. An iron for cleaning
a snuffy nose; a pot-scraper.
SEGWAGWA. A frog.
SEGWANA. A small calabash; a
kind of musical instrument.
SEGWAPA. A bundle of dried
meat.
SEGWÈ. A loop, or eye in a
rhiem.
SEGWELETLHA. Very crooked
or much twisted; gnarled or
knotted, as a tree, etc.;
tough, as meat not properly
cooked.
SEGWERE. A mealie cob with
grain on; a carrot-like edible
root; naked, or unclothed.
SEGWÈTÈ. An edible root in
shape like a carrot.
SEGWETLHA. Turned down
horned, the horns being loose
and shaky.
SEGWETSANE. A bird that makes
a noise like a cuckoo; a small
yellow hawk; a falcon.
SEHAHALELE. A squanderer;
a waster. O sehahalele, he is
extravagant, lavish, or waste-
ful.
SEHAKÔ. Hail.
SEHALA. A large clay recep-
tacle for grain; a grain bin; a
granary with bin roofed over.
O sehala matlhoñ, he is callous,
or shameless.
SEHALANA. A small sehala.
SEHALE. One horn bent back.
SEHAPÔ. That which binds; a
band.
SEHARE. The second, or inferior
ear of corn.
SEHATA. A broad shelf; a peg
or bough for hanging things
on; a pole structure for ford-
ing a river, or crossing goods.
Sehata sa baleti, a corn watch-
er's stand.
SEHATLA=Senatla, Int.
SEHATLHA=Makgakga, Int.
SEHATLHÔGÔ. The lower part
of a forehead just over the eyes
and below the phatla; a face;
a countenance.
SEHAWA. Timid, as a child;
loud in talk; careless in
snatching things up hurriedly
and without care.
SEHE? Which? Used with
nouns in se.
SEHEHO. A whirlwind; light in
weight.
SEHEKE. A male dog or horse.
SEHELA. A song; a hymn.
SEHÈLÈHÈLÈ. Quick, Int.
SEHEMÔ. A weapon of defence.
SEHEMOLA=Sehumola.
SEHENO. One thrown in wrest-
ling; one who is overcome or
conquered.
SEHÈPHÈ. A very clever and
wise person, far ahead of
others and too canny; one
given to cursing and bewitch-
ing; one who is disobedient;
a brain-sick one.
SEHERÔ. A path, or lane be-
tween two hedges.
SEHERWANA. A narrow seherō;
a short seherō.
SEHESHU. A thrown away, use-
less, or dirty thing.
SEHIHI. A person who is for-
bidden to journey on account
of the death of a relative.
SEHIKANCWE. A heap of stones
piled up for some purpose; a
monument of stones; a heap
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of stones placed to insure good
luck.
SEHITLHOLŌ. A morning meal;
breakfast.
SEHŌCHWANA. A weak-eyed
person.
SEHOHA. A mad person who
flies to the veldt. O ile sehoha,
he is gone astray like a mad-
man.
SEHOHU. A blind person or
animal. O la a le sehohu, he
was blind.
SEHOKA. A strong smell, either
bad or good; a savour. Se-
hoka sa pula, the scent of rain.
SEHOKABOLEA. Snow.
SEHŌLAMOTSHEGARE = Segatse-
tsa.
SEHOLOGŌ. A thing to descend
by.
SEHŌLŌHŌLŌ. Like, or pertain-
ing to wild animals.
SEHOLOTSANA. An aborted
fœtus of an animal.
SEHOPHA. A thing to beat the
ground with when cursing. Go
ntaea sehopha, to strike the
ground with a skin, etc., and
call down evil upon.
SEHOTSANA. A young wild duck.
SEHUBA. The chest of a person;
the breast of an animal.
SEHUDI. A wild duck.
SEHUDU. A falling down of a
womb; a projecting of the
interior walls of the vagina.
Used as a curse.
SEHULARŌ. A turning back; a
departure.
SEHULAROÑ. Sehularoñ sa
gagwè, after his departure.
Sehularoñ sa motho, after the
person.
SEHUMANEGI. Motho oa sehu-
manegi, a poor person.
SEHUMOLA. To take breath; to
draw a long breath; to rest
awhile.
SEHUTSHANE. A flock of sheep;
a single sheep; a flock of sheep
and goats mixed.
SEHUTUHUTU. Full, or perfectly
round. Kgwedi e cwa sehutu-
hutu. Used of a large moon
just rising.
SEI. Silk (hybrid).
SEIAIE. An idiot; a daft, help-
less person; a fool.
SEIKAĒGŌ. A thing to lean
against.
SEIKELEDISA. A thing floating
on running water.
SEIKOKOTLÈLŌ. A support.
SEILA. An abomination.
SEIMA. Thickly. Batho ba ko-
kwana seima, the people crowd
thickly together.
SEINANE. A proverb.
SEIPATŌ. An excuse.
SEIPHEMÈLŌSEHUBEÑ. A breast-
plate.
SEIPĪPŌ. A veil for covering
oneself.
SEIPONE. A window; a mirror.
SEIPONI. See SEIPONE.
SEITLHOTLHELECO. That which
excites to.
SEITSAMAISI. Superior; noted
for something; self-possessed;
self-sufficient.
SÈKA. To appeal to a chief for
justice; to go to law; to turn
to the west, as a shadow cast
by the sun.
SEKABA. O sekaba tsèbè, he is
stubborn; he will not listen.
SEKABETLA = Kabetla.
SEKABETLANA. A small piece of
meat, etc.
SEKAÈLÔ. A pattern, an
example.
SEKAKA. Any impediment to
progress. Lehatshe ya sekaka,
a waterless and desert country.
SEKALE. A pair of scales; a
balance (hybrid).
SEKAMA. To be sloping; to be
tilted up; to slant.
SEKAMÈLA. To lie, or sit in the
sun.
SEKAMPANE. A bow, Int.
SEKANAME. A plant with yellow
flowers.
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SEKANŌ. Cement used by bees;
a seal.
SEKANTSA. Swelled or bloated.
Used chiefly of a dead body.
SEKAŌ. A word that directs; a
copy; an example; a sign.
SEKARELATA. Scarlet (hybrid).
SEKASEKA. To consider; to
think how to arrange mat-
ters.
SÈKASÈKA. To judge.
SÈKASÈKWA. To be judged.
SEKATANA. A rag; a worn-out
and worthless garment.
SEKATANYANA. A small rag.
SEKATE. A strait; a state of
difficulty (hybrid). =Samane,
Int.
SEKÈGA. To hold in a slanting
position; to incline; to tilt up.
Go sekèga tsèbè, to incline the
ear to hear, or to receive some-
thing in it.
SEKEKANA. A platter; a large
piece of a broken pitcher or
plate.
SEKELA. A sickle (hybrid).
SÈKÈLA. To go to law. Go mo
sèkèla, to avenge him, or judge
his case. Kwa ba sèkèlañ
gōna, where they seek justice.
SEKELETSA. To cut round a
hide after it is brayed; to
shave, or cut a strip of hair off
the lower part of head all
round.
SEKEPA. A ship (hybrid).
SEKETANA. See SEKATANA.
SEKETLA. A platter; a piece of
broken pitcher or plate.
SEKETLANA. A small seketla.
SEKGACHŌ. A thing to sprinkle
with.
SEKGABI. An adorned person.
SEKGAKHU! Come to a meeting!
A word used for calling people
together.
SEKGALA. A long distance; a
long way off.
SEKGALO. A berry of the mo-
kgalo tree.
SEKGAMATHA. Smudginess, or
dirtiness of face and eyes from
much crying.
SEKGAMPANE. A kind of musical
instrument.
SEKGANATHA=Sekgamatha.
SEKGAODI. A medicine for kill-
ing people.
SEKGAPHŌ. O sekgaphō, he is
a fast walker; he journeys
quickly.
SEKGARABA. A breast destitute
of flesh, as the breast of an
ostrich.
SEKGATSECO. A vessel for
sprinkling out of.
SEKGÈLÈ. A goal; a stick with
ostrich feathers, or the hair of
a black sheep wound round it
and planted as a goal; a kind
of umbrella made of black
ostrich feathers.
SEKGOA=Sekhoa.
SEKGŌBŌ. A straight-handled
axe or chopper.
SEKGOGE. A hook.
SEKGONO. An elbow. The sharp
end of a lohare bone.
SEKGOPHŌ. A thing that gathers
up; a hooked stick for pulling
down a branch.
SEKGOPI. A stumbling-block;
an offence.
SEKGOPISHŌ. A stumbling-
block.
SEKGOPŌ. A stumbling-block;
that which trips up.
SEKGOROPA. A dry skin; a dry
milk sack.
SEKGOTO. The Coranna lan-
guage.
SEKGWA. A jungle; a forest;
a thicket; a clump of trees; a
woody part of a country.
SEKGWANA. A small sekgwa; a
water pitcher, Int.
SEKGWAPHÈ=Lopalō.
SEKGWARIPANA. Small-pox.
SEKGWETHE. A lump of thick
milk left in a sack when the
whey is drawn off.
SEKHI. A kind of thorny bush.
SEKHIBA. The menstrual flow.
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SEKHOA. A weak one. Per-
taining to English people.
SEKHOBÈ. A shoe made of
home-made leather; a veldt-
schoen.
SEKHUKHU. An umbrella of
black ostrich feathers; an um-
brella; a goal in the circum-
cision race.
SEKHURUMÈLŌ. A cover; a lid.
SEKHUTLÔ. An end; a termina-
tion; a stoppage.
SEKIDI=Setlhake.
SEKISA. Caus. of sèka; to con-
demn; to judge.
SEKISANYA. To judge each
other.
SEKISIWA. Pass. of sekisa.
SEKÔA. A weak one; weak.
SEKOBA. A slow one. Used of
animals or persons. A laggard;
the last to go, or to do, or to
come.
SEKOKOLA. A head or ear of
Kaffir corn after the grain is
removed.
SEKOKOLÔ. A large harrow for
breaking clods.
SEKÔKWALALA. A cicada beetle.
SEKOLA. To shave a strip of
hair off from just above the
forehead.
SEKOLE. A school (hybrid).
SEKÔLÈKÔLÈ. Irresolute, Int.
SEKÔLÔA. A skin-covered skele-
ton; a dry and shrivelled skin.
SEKÔMÔTA. A short and thick
stump of wood.
SEKÔMÔTWANA. A short piece
of a stick.
SEKOPA. A foolish person; a
dry and shrivelled skin.
SEKOPÈLÔ. That which locks;
a key.
SEKOPOLOLÔ. That which un-
locks; a key.
SEKÔTLÔPÔ. A cartridge.
SEKUKUNI. One who creeps
stealthily, or for an evil pur-
pose.
SEKUKURU. A skin-covered
skeleton.
SEKWAKWETLA. An unbroken
sheet of ice.
SEKWALÔ. A title; a super-
scription.
SEKWANE=Motiñ.
SEKWATLA. Dry and shrivelled
up. Used of skins, berries,
etc.
SÈLA. To pick up one by one;
to gather up by picking one by
one with the fingers. To peck
up, as a fowl.
SELABE. Any little thing in an
eye.
SELALA. Belonging to an in-
ferior tribe. Monona oa selala,
a man of the balala class.
SELALEDI. A tarantula spider.
SELALÈLÔ. An evening meal;
a supper.
SELALÔ. The pelvis. Lesapō
ya selalō, a pelvis bone.
SELALOME. Used of a notable
thief. Tau e selalome. Used
of a lion going about at night
and stealing.
SELAÔ. A wild animal's sleep-
ing place; a hare's form.
SELATEDI. A pit for catching
ostriches and small game.
SELATLHO. That which is cast
away; refuse.
SELE. Another; strange; for-
eign; yonder. Setlhare sele,
yonder tree. O sele, another.
Go sele, elsewhere. Di sele,
the others.
SELÈ. Perf. of sa. Bosigo bo
selè, the night is passed. Go
selè, it is fair weather now.
SELEBALÔ. Mid-day. Ka sele-
balô, at mid-day.
SELÈBÈLÈBÈ. So and so; such
and such a thing.
SELEDU. A person's chin; a
beard; a goat's beard.
SELEFERA. Silver (hybrid).
SELEKA. An earthworm; a
small harmless snake.
SELEKANE. A friend; a grown-
up companion.
SELEKANYÔ. A measure.
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SÈLÈLA. To pick up for, or into.
SELELÔ. A weeping.
SELÈMA. Crooked-horned, one horn pointing one way, and the other another.
SELEMÈLA. The seven stars; Pleiades.
SELEMÔ. Summer; in summer.
SELEÔ. A sin.
SELÈPÈ. An axe.
SELEPELÈLÔ. A thing hanging down.
SELEPOLOGANE. An edible gourd like a cucumber.
SELÈTA. Smooth. O selèta mo puoñ, he is smooth or fluent in speech.
SELETE=Molete.
SELIALII. A tarantula spider; a gadabout.
SELÔ. A thing.
SELOGÔ. That which is woven; a woven thing.
SELOKA. A grass seed that clings to clothes; the grass which bears this seed.
SELÔKÔ. Black earth; hard baked earth.
SELOMÔ. A deep chasm; a crevasse; an unscalable crevice between rocks.
SELÔNYANA. A small thing.
SELÔPA. An elephant's tusk.
SELÕPÔ=Selõpa.
SELUTEL. A key (hybrid).
SÈLWA. To wane. Used of the moon. To lie late in the morning. Pass. of sèla.
SELWANA. A little thing.
SEMA. To create, Int.
SEMAKA. Mealies, Int.
SEMANA. When; having. = Sena. A semana a tla, when he had come.
SEMANE=Semana. Ka a semane a cwa, when he came, or had come out.
SEMANÈGÔ. That which sticks things together; paste.
SEMAÑ. Semañ manyane, a little bit of anything, Int.
SEMATLA. Silly; foolish; lazy; flat, Int.; something very large, or extensive. Used of a sore which has swelled much, but has no opening.
SEME. A whip (hybrid).
SEMECANE. A thick bead ring for the neck, twisted on cord.
SEMÈGA. To quiet, to warn, Int.
SEMÈLA. To tell news one has heard, Int.
SEMENE. Curved; a curve in wood; saddle-backed, as a horse.
SEMODIMO. Pertaining to God (hybrid).
SEMÕEA. Pertaining to spirit (hybrid).
SEMONAMONE. A kind of shrub resembling wild sage.
SEMONE. A reed, etc., for sucking water through.
SEMUMU. Dumb; a dumb person. Motho oa semumu, a dumb person. O la a le semumu, he was dumb. Semumu sa bua, the dumb one spoke.
SENA. Without; when; after; having. Ke sena go diha yalo, when I had done thus; after I had done thus; I having done thus.
SENAGA. The open country; the country part; the veldt.
SENAGOGE. A synagogue (hybrid).
SENAMANA. The fœtus or young of a wild animal.
SENANA. The pubis; just above the private parts.
SENANNE. See SENNANNE.
SENAÑ. Se se senañ sepè, that which has nothing.
SENATLA. Brave; clever; expert; industrious. Motho eo o senatla go ruta, a person clever in teaching.
SENCA. Pertaining to a dog (hybrid).
SENDÈÔ. See SENTÈÔ.
SENÈ. The fourth part.
SENKA. To seek.
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SENKADI. Very difficult, almost
impossible.
SENKGWÈ. Bread; hard por-
ridge for a journey.
SENNANNE = Selèbèlèbè.
SENNYENNE. Very small.
SENNYENNYE. Very small in-
deed.
SENO. This. Used with nouns
in se.
SENOGA. To become laid open;
to become manifest, or known,
to another.
SENOGECWE. Ke senogecwe dilō
tse, I have obtained these
things.
SENOGÈLA. To appear to; to
become known to.
SENOKWANE. A rogue; a vil-
lain; a robber; one of a secret
or spying party.
SENOLA. To make known; to
reveal; to make manifest.
SENOLÈLA. To reveal to.
SENOLWA. Pass. of senola.
SENONA. Bana ba senona, chil-
dren of one father, whether
boys or girls.
SENÕNÕ. A stalk near the ear
where it is chewed for tying.
SENONORE. A kind of savage
wild animal, Int.
SENOSETSA. To explain for; to
make manifest for.
SENSERA. A censer (hybrid).
SENTÈO. A scourge; a knout.
SENTLÈ. Nicely.
SENTLÈNTLÈ. Very nicely.
SENTSE. Perf. of senya.
SENTSI. Many. Used with
nouns in se.
SENWANE = Ñoñti. A fully ripe
lekatane; a superior kind of
native melon.
SENWEDI. A bog; a mud-hole;
doerslag.
SENWÈLŌ. A drinking vessel;
a cup.
SENYA. To destroy. Perf. se-
ntse. Pass. señwa. A knot
in a reed, etc., where a branch
has been cut off; a notch in a
stick; a nick in an arrow.
Quietness; quiet. Go senya
hèla mono, it is quite quiet
here.
SENYAMA. A chronic sickness;
a chronic weakness, or infir-
mity.
SENYÈGA. To become destroyed.
SENYÈGÈLWA. Ga a ketla a
senyègèlwa ke sepè, he will
suffer no loss.
SENYÈMA = Senyama.
SENYETSA. To do harm or dam-
age to; to wrong.
SENYETSANA. E senyetsana.
Used of a cow which gives
milk after its calf is dead.
SEÑALŌ. See diñalō.
SEÑAÑA. Thick or sticky, as
overcooked porridge; sticky,
as pot clay sticking to wheels.
SEÑAPARILE. A grapple plant.
SEÑAPE. The seed pod of a
grapple plant.
SEÑOMA. Miserly; stingy.
SEÑWA. Pass. of senya.
SEÑWAKGÈ = Kgogè.
SEÑWE. Something; one. Used
with nouns in se.
SEŌ. A thing. See SEEŌ. Ke
seō hèla, he is a mere nothing.
SEŌBŌ = Lōōbō.
SEODI. Land at the bend of a
stream; a peninsula.
SEŌKA. A large and powerful
animal.
SEŌKANA. A young elephant,
or other large animal.
SEOKOMÈLABAGAE. A peep-hole
in a wall.
SEOLA. To beat severely; to
scourge.
SEOLAKA. To beat severely on
all parts of the body.
SEOLŌ. A large ant-heap.
SEOLOSHŌ. A thing for winnow-
ing with.
SEŌNYANA. A small thing.
SEOPE. A strip of skin covering
a boy's nakedness.
SEŌPŌ. Ba ea seōpō señwe kaga,
they agree together about.
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SEOTI. A ring for the ankle
made of bark.
SÈPA. To put things straight;
to put something on one side
out of the way. To be weary,
as limbs after much walking.
SEPAGAMŌ. A wooden step, or
stair; a ladder.
SEPAKŌ. A large skin water
bag; a water vessel for a long
journey.
SEPALAMŌ. A ladder; a pair of
steps; stairs.
SEPANE. Dimin. of sepè. Ha e
se sepane, that it is nothing at
all.
SEPANESI. Burweed (hybrid).
SEPAPATHEGI. A very trouble-
some person or animal. Sepa-
pathegi ke wèna, Used as a
sort of curse.
SEPAPETLA. Flat. E sepapetla,
it is flat.
SEPARE. Hard to break; stiff,
and not easily bent.
SEPATŌ. An unclimbable cliff
or wall.
SEPÈ. Nothing. Used with
negatives, Ga go na sepè,
there is nothing; ga se sepè, it
is nothing; it does not matter.
SEPELA. To walk.
SEPERINKA. An ass, Int.
SEPERUPERU. The pit of the
stomach; the hollow at the
termination of a breast bone.
SEPÈPÈ. A bitch in heat. Used
vulgarly of a depraved woman.
SEPHADI. A shower of rain
falling at a distance.
SEPHAKWANA. A narrow, flat
shelf.
SEPHALA. O sephala matlhoñ,
he is shameless.
SEPHATLO. A sudden death of
person or animal from some
unknown cause.
SEPHEKOLOLO. An animal
slaughtered before a doctor
begins his work, Int.
SEPHEMÈLŌSEHUBEÑ. A breast
defence; a shield.
SEPHILE. A solitary male bles-
buck.
SEPHIMOLŌ. A duster; a towel.
SEPHIRI. A corner; a place be-
hind a house.
SEPHIRIÑ. In a corner. Ba ile
sephiriñ, they are gone aside
to talk.
SEPHOKO. Full of words;
wordy. Monona oa sephoko,
a man of much talk.
SEPHUAPHUE. One noted for
evil speaking, etc.
SEPOA. Dumpy. A short and
thick thing or person.
SEPOANA. Dimin. of sepoa.
SEPOANYANA. Dimin. of sepoa.
SEPOKO. A spook; a ghost; a
madman (hybrid).
SEPOMŌ. A thing for dividing
with.
SEPORA = Setulō, Int.
SEPORO. A spur (hybrid).
SÈRA. Go sèra pelo, to haunt.
SERABA = Moraba.
SERAI. A trap; a snare.
SERALA. A receptacle for un-
threshed corn made of poles.
A pole platform on which
garden watchers stand.
SERAME. Frost; cold.
SERAMEÑ. Mo serameñ, in the
frost.
SERAMETLA. A very lazy per-
son. O serametla, he is very
lazy.
SERAMETLANA. A young child
or animal just beginning to
walk.
SERAÑWANE. A drizzling shower
of sleet or snow.
SERAPA. A drove, as of spring-
bucks, etc.
SERAPŌ. An oar, Int.
SERATHANA. A child just
weaned.
SERATHI. A mole.
SEREA. Idle.
SÈRÈGA. Go sèrèga mo peduñ,
to be haunted; to be possessed
with anxious thoughts.
SERÈGÈRÈGÈ. Boiled blood;
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cooked blood and viscera of
wild animal mixed.
SEREKOLODI. A ransom.
SEREKOLOLÔ. A ransom.
SERELA. Milk cooked with
serola berries.
SEREMAPETLÔ. A mantis insect;
Hottentot god.
SEREMAPETLWANE = Seremape-
tlô.
SERÈMÈ = Serame, Int. Pelo e
serèmè, forgetful.
SEREPA. A corpse. One nearly
dead, but not actually dead.
SEREPUDI. A step, or stair
either of stone or wood; a
doorstep; the floor of a
porch.
SERÈRÈ = Borèrè.
SERETHE. Mahura a serethe,
butter.
SERÈTHÈ. A person's heel; the
back part of an ox's hoof, or
horse's hoof.
SERÈTSÈ. Clay; mud; a root
used in the preparation of
honey beer.
SERINÈ. Stubble, or root; stalk
of sweet reed.
SIRIRI. Hair. A slaughter
animal at a heathen marriage
feast.
SERIRINTLHOKWE. A lion with
a very large and bushy mane.
SERITÈ. Stubble; stumps of
grass left after mowing; the
part of grass which is near the
ground.
SERO. A kind of edible root like
a potato.
SEROBÈ. Cooked blood.
SEROBO. Beer before it is pro-
perly boiled.
SEROCANA. A small serope; a
fatal disease in cattle.
SEROGABALÔPÔ. A sign in the
sky of coming rain.
SEROKAMÈLA. An open space
in a hill where animals are
visible.
SEROKAMÈLÔ = Serokamèla.
SEROKOLO. A bud.
SERÔLÈ. A starved or emaciated
person or animal.
SERÔMÔ. Food not eaten by
young people, as a kidney, etc.
SEROPE. A person's thigh; the
hind leg of a dead animal.
SERÔPÔ. A small excrescence on
the body; a small swelling on
an animal's forehead caused by
a brand cut.
SEROPOLOGANE. A kind of
ground creeping plant with
longish smooth fruit.
SEROROBE. Slow; lazy.
SERÔRÔMA. A bog; a quagmire.
SERORONYA. Deep mud; doer-
slag.
SEROTA. The hump on an ox's
neck.
SEROTÈLAKGAMÈLÔ. 'A large
black beetle having yellow
marks.
SEROTHOLA. Foolish; careless,
and not able to do anything
properly.
SEROTO. A basket.
SEROTUÑ. Mo serotuñ, in a
basket.
SEROTWANA. A small seroto.
SEROYANA. An emaciated child,
calf, etc.
SERU. A trap made with stones;
a snare.
SERUBI. A birthplace of a dog
or lion; a fowl-house; a kid-
house; used vulgarly for a
woman's lying-in place.
SERUHA. A night commode; a
chamber.
SERULÈLÔ. Thatch; a tile.
SERUNYI. A mole.
SERURUBELE. A butterfly; a
moth. Used of all moths ex-
cept destructive ones.
SERWALA. Food provided by a
girl's friends at betrothal.
SERWALÔ. A head covering; a
crown.
SESA. A stump; a projecting
root, Int.
SESADINYANA. An old woman.
SESANA. A small stump dug up
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by the roots; a projecting root
or stump.
SESANE. Thin; fine.
SESANYANA. A small sesana.
SESANYANE. Very fine; very
thin.
SESÈLA. To run about, as a dog
on a scent; to flow, as water
in a furrow; to pass over
quickly as clouds; to scud; to
run slowly, as people.
SESETLANA. A strong, rushing
wind; a hurricane.
SESETLHÔ. A bird's nest woven
of mahatlha blossoms. Used
also for a fleece or bundle of
wool.
SESÈTÔ. A carved image.
SESHA. New. Used with nouns
in se.
SESHABA. A tribe.
SESHEÑ. Lately; a little time
ago; newly.
SESHESHE. A flower.
SESHETLANA = Sesetlana.
SESHO. A useless, or worthless
person, or thing.
SESHÔ. A boil. A latrine hole.
SESHOA. A house.
SESHOBA. A full, or bulging-
out bag, etc. = Tshega, a vulgar
word.
SESHOWA. E seshowa, it has its
hair turning up the wrong way.
SESHUGA. Part of the stipulated
price remaining unpaid; a
debt.
SESHUPÔ. A sign; evidence.
SESHUSHU. O seshushu, he is
deaf.
SESHWANE. A kind of edible
berry, Int.
SESHWAPELO. A sloven.
SESICHWANA. A small sesipi.
SESIKALABA. A large live coal,
Int.
SESIGO. A large grain basket
with small mouth.
SESINU. Coy; timid; finical.
SESIPI. A stump of a tree stand-
ing about man's height.
SESITLHÔ = Sesetlhô.
SÈTA. To carve an image, etc.;
to peel potatoes; to scrape
wood finely with a knife.
SETAPA. A wedding procession
(hybrid).
SETATALALA. A persistent
claimer of what does not be-
long to him.
SETAU. Cooked blood in a cake.
SETENE. A brick (hybrid).
SETETE. A very full thing.
SETETWA. Used of a cow that
is often put to the bull without
calving.
SETÈÔ. See SENTÈÔ.
SETESHON. A railway station
(hybrid).
SETHAKGA. Neat; clever. Used
of persons. Neatly and nicely
done. Used of thiugs.
SETHIBÔ = Setsibô.
SETHO. A fool; a lout; a worn-
out and useless person; one
who has the appearance of a
person but not the reality.
SETHÔBÔ = Sethôbôlōkō.
SETHÔBÔLÔKÔ. Noon; midday.
SETHUNYA. A blossom.
SETHWANYE. A wild fig bush.
SETILÔ. An avoiding of a thing.
SETILWE. Perf. pass. of sèta.
SETIME. A torch made of grass;
a torch. Used sometimes for
a falling star.
SETIMÈLA. An engine; an engine
boiler; a locomotive (hybrid).
SETLA. To strike hard with a
stick=tlhobola.
SETLASHU. Numbness; dead-
ness; dead to feeling; fearless
from want of thought. Pelo e
setlashu, a fearless heart.
SETLATLA. Foolish; silly.
SETLÈLA. To wedge in by stamp-
ing in earth, etc., to make a
pole fast.
SETLHA. A bladder.
SÈTLHA. Yellow. Batho ba ba
sètlha, yellow people.
SETLHABA. A flat place on the
top of a hill; a flat roof.
SETLHABÈLA. A thatching peg.
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SETLHABÈLŌ. A slaughtering
place; a sacrifice.
SETLHABI. A sudden piercing
pain in the chest.
SETLHACWECHO. A thing for
washing in; a place for wash-
ing at.
SETLHAGA. A bird's nest.
SÈTLHAGANA. To separate
mutually.
SÈTLHAGANYA. To saw asunder;
to part friends.
SÈTLHAHALA. To become envi-
ous.
SETLHAKE. An island.
SETLHAKENYANA. A small
island.
SETLHAKO. A shoe; a sandal.
Also equals tlhako, a hoof.
SETLHAMÈLA. A door, Int.
SETLHANKA. Pertaining to ser-
vitude.
SETLHAPÈLŌ. A washing basin.
SETLHARE. A tree.
SETLHATSHANA. A shrub; a
small tree; a twig.
SÈTLHÈLA. To cut off a piece of
meat, etc., while holding it in
the mouth.
SETLHOA. A pinnacle; the top of
a house, etc.
SETLHODI. An animal that beats
the ground with its tail, or
drinks its own urine, and is re-
garded as having power to be-
witch; a person who bewitches
or curses; an uncanny, or un-
lucky person or animal sup-
posed to have the power to
bewitch or curse.
SETLHOGO. Ferocious or cruel.
Used of one who is extreme in
punishment, or savage in fight-
ing; hard-hearted.
SETLHOKA. Something, or some-
body standing alone.
SETLHŌLA. A spy.
SETLHŌMŌ. A plant; a stand.
Setlhōmō sa dinao, a footstool.
Setlhōmō sa lobōnè, a candle-
stick.
SETLHOMÈLŌ. A door, Int.
SETLHORA. A kind of small red
ground squirrel.
SETLHŌTLHA. A mealie cob after
threshing.
SETLHOTSA. A lame person;
lameness.
SÈTLHWA. Pass. of sètlha.
SETLŌBŌLŌ. Noon, Int.
SETLOGOLO. A woman's nephew;
a niece; a man's sister's child;
a woman's husband's sister's
child; a grandchild.
SETLOGOLWANA. A great-grand-
child.
SETLŌKA. Abstemious, Int.
SETLŌLŌ. Ointment.
SETLOMÈLA. Setlomèla sa dina-
ma, a fork, Int.
SETLONTHA=ranola, Int.
SETLŌPŌ. A tuft of hair left on
the crown of a head; the point
on the head of a hornless
ox.
SETLŌWANA. A child's navel
cord.
SETOGA=Bōnala.
SETOKE. A piece (hybrid).
SETOLOTSA. To cut, or peel, as
pumpkin, etc.; to cut off the
bad part of meat, etc.
SETOTO. A dead body; a car-
case. Used in the south chiefly
of an animal. O setoto, he has
no clothing but a girdle.
SETOTOYANE. A kind of large,
fat, yellowish beetle with
horny back.
SETOU. Fine flour or meal.
SETSALA. An animal's womb.
SETSALŌ. A family; the chil-
dren of one mother.
SETSE. Perf. of sala. Already;
now.
SETSÈNŌ. Madness; a mad per-
son.
SETSÈNWA. A mad person, Int.
SETSETSE. Clever in working.
SETSETSETHŌ. A sieve.
SETSHA. The site of a removed
house; a patch of ground left
untilled at the end or corner of
a garden.
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SETSHEDI. A living thing; a
living person.
SETSHÈGŌ. A laugh.
SETSHETLHŌ. See SETSETLHŌ.
SETSHIDI. See SETSHEDI.
SETSHIRŌ. A hanging shade, or
curtain; a veil.
SETSIBA=Sebata.
SETSIBŌ. A cork; a plug.
SETUKI. A peacock, Int.
SETULŌ. A seat; a chair.
SEYABANA. An elbow; the bone
at an elbow.
SEYANA. A plate; a vessel.
SEYARWE. A large dice.
SEYÈLŌ. A table for food.
SEYŌ. Food; a mess of meat.
SEYOLO. A fiddle (hybrid);
syphilis, Int.
SEYWA. Pass. of seba.
SHA. To become burned, scalded
or scorched. Perf. shelè. Tha-
ba e e shañ molelō, a mountain
burning with fire. Go sha
leina, to give a name. Ba tla
mo sha leina ba re Tau, they
will give him the name of Tau.
SHADIA. To cook insufficiently;
to wash badly; to be dazzled
or dazed by the sun, and unable
to see.
SHADIÈGA. To become dazzled
or dazed by the sun.
SHAHATSA. To make new; to
renew.
SHAKAILA. To go barefooted.
SHAKALALA. To sit, sleep or lie
dead in an open place. Used
of a number of people or
animals.
SHAKGALA. To contend angrily;
to be angry; to be full of an-
ger. A stronger word than
gakala.
SHAKGATSA. To cause to be very
angry.
SHAKGETSE. Perf. of shakgala.
SHALUGANYA. To pass swiftly.
SHANOGA=Tlhanoga, Int.
SHANSHANYÈGA. To return dis-
appointed, having failed in an
object.
SHANYA. To spout out violently,
Int.
SHASHANYÈGA. To hiss, as fat
burning in a pot; to talk or
scold very angrily.
SHAUSHAUANE=Sheusheuane.
SHAWASHAWANE=Sheusheuane.
SHÈBA. To look round; to look
over the shoulder.
SHÈBASHÈBA. To look round
first on one side and then on the
other.
SHÈBÈTLÈGA. Oa shèbètlèga mo
maleñ, he has sharp cutting
pains in the stomach.
SHEBOGA. To turn the head
back again after looking round.
SHEGOLA. To poke or toss with
a horn; to lift up a weapon in
order to strike with it.
SHEKETLA. To cut or hew much
with an axe; to chop off many
branches, etc.
SHÈLA. Ba le ba shèla mo tluñ,
they were burnt in the house.
SHELÈ. Perf. of sha.
SHELELECWE. O shelelecwe lei-
na ya rragwè mogolo, he is
named after his grandfather.
SHELÈLÈLA. To name after a
person.
SHÈNA. Go shèna mènō, to show
the teeth; to grin.
SHÈNÈLA. To grin at. Go shè-
nèla mènō, to show the teeth
at, as an angry dog.
SHEPA. A ship (hybrid).
SHESHEMOLOGA. To be very
numerous; to be full, as a
vessel.
SHESHEMOLOLA. To make full;
to make the hair or feathers
stand out or up.
SHETLA. To cut with a sharp
knife or axe; to chew the
leshetla of a bone.
SHEUHALA. To become white.
SHEUHATSA. To make white.
SHEUSHEUANE. A small black,
or black and white snake found
in the kgalagadi; a viper.
SHILÈ. See SHELÈ.
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SHŌBÈLÈLA. To be dissatisfied,
as with a purchase.
SHOBOKA = Tlhakanya.
SHOBOKANCWE = Tlhakancwe.
SHOBOKANYA = Tlhakanya.
SHODILE. Perf. of shola.
SHODISA. Caus. of shola.
SHOGŌMA. To be agitated, as an
excited crowd; to shake, or be
shaky as the spokes of a loose
wheel.
SHOGOTLHA. To rub between
the knuckles, as in washing
clothes.
SHŌKA. To twist; to wring; to
turn round; to wind, as a
watch. Go shōka leitlhō, to
look with one eye partly closed
and the other lid puckered up.
SHŌKAMA. To be crooked; to
err.
SHŌKAME. Perf. of shōkama.
SHŌKAMISA. To make crooked;
to cause to err.
SHOKASHOKA. See SHUKASHU-
KA.
SHOKOLA. To do anything vigo-
rously and persistently.
SHOKOLOGA. To become turned
back.
SHOKOLOLA. To turn back
actively; to convert.
SHOKOLOLÈLA. To turn back
to.
SHOKONOGA = Shokologa.
SHOKONOLA = Shokolola.
SHOLA. To smooth out; to
make smooth; to stroke, as a
cat. Go shola molemō = Go
shwèla molemō.
SHOLÈGA. Go sholèga molemō
= Go shwèlèga molemō.
SHŌLŌBŌTLA. O shōlōbōtla, he
is perfectly naked.
SHOLOHÈLA. To hope; to look
for confidently.
SHOLOHÈLÈSÈGA. To become
hopeful.
SHOLOHETSA. To cause to hope.
SHOLOHOLOGA. To cease hoping;
to despair.
SHOLWA. Pass. of shola.
SHŌMA. To make a thick hedge,
as round a lolwapa.
SHOMARÈLA. To take great care
of. Used of animals, or things.
SHOMÈ. Ten; the tenth.
SHŌMÈLA. To push into; to push
in; to sheathe.
SHOMOGA. To become pulled
out.
SHOMOLA. To pull out; to draw
out; to unsheathe.
SHŌNA. It. Used with nouns
in se.
SHŌNE = Shōna.
SHŌNÈLA. To groan; to groan
in sleep.
SHONOLA. To lead by the ear.
SHŌNŌLÈGA. To refuse to do a
thing; to be stubborn; to obey
unwillingly.
SHŌPANA. To turn up, fold up,
or crimp up, as leaves in the
sun, or a wet skin in drying.
SHŌPANYA. Caus. of shōpana.
To silence an opponent by a
number of arguments. = Kō-
panya, to bring together.
SHOSHOBAGANA. To be wrinkled,
crumpled, or creased.
SHOSHOBAGANYA. To confuse,
as when detected in a fault. Go
shoshobaganya sehatlhōgō, to
avert the face, as in anger,
shame, or sorrow.
SHŌSHŌRA. To rub corn, etc.,
in the palms of the hands.
SHŌSHŌRÈLA. To rub to, or
into.
SHOSHU. A kind of bird, Int.
SHOSHUELETSA. To incite to.
SHOSHWANA. A little shoshu,
Int.
SHOSHWETSA. To urge on; to
egg on.
SHOTLA. To deride; to ridicule;
to scoff; to mock. Go shotla
ka èna, to make fun of him.
SHŌTLHŌMÈLA. To fall in, as
into a hole in the dark.
SHOTLHOMETSA. To thrust in;
to push in.
SHUA. To vex; to tease; to
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roast with a large fire; to over-
cook food.
SHUASHUA. To scold violently;
to find fault with in an angry
manner.
SHUASHUISA. Ba mo shuashuisa,
they mob him.
SHUBA. To hide a thing, or per-
son. Pass. shuywa.
SHUBÈGA. To become hidden.
SHUBÈLA. To press in with the
hand; to hide from.
SHUBÈLÈLA. To constrain; to
compel; to push away or in;
to go in a dense crowd.
SHUBOLOLA. To uncover any-
thing hidden; to expose a
hiding person.
SHUCWA. Pass. of shupa.
SHUDILE. Perf. of shula. Pelo
ea me e shudile, my heart is
grieved.
SHUDUTA=Duèla, Int.
SHUGA. To bray skins, or
rhiems; to trample on; to
trample to pieces.
SHUGAKANA=Robèga.
SHUGÈLÈLA. To crumble by
pressure; to pound by rubbing
upon.
SHUGWA. Pass. of shuga.
SHUKASHUKA. To strive with by
act or word; to pull about from
side to side; to jostle.
SHUKASHUKANA. To strive to-
gether.
SHUKASHUKANÈLA. To strive
together for.
SHUKÈLA. To press in with a
hand.
SHUKULA. To bore a hole in
leather, as in making san-
dals.
SHUKUNYETSA. To push one
thing between others.
SHULA. Go shula pelo, to be-
come grieved.
SHULAHALA. To become evil,
or bad.
SHULAHALÈLA. Go shulahalèla
pele, to become worse; to wax
worse and worse.
SHULAHATSA. To make evil, or
bad.
SHULATSHA=Shulahatsa.
SHULE. Perf. of shwa.
SHUMA. To make a noise, as a
river or wind; to ring, as the
ears; to breathe hard; to
breathe through the nose; to
hiss, as a snake.
SHUMANYA. To cook much food;
to cook and eat in one day the
food that should last for some
time.
SHUMÈLA. To eat very much.
SHUMETSA. To pour out in a
stream.
SHUNUKA. To put a lot of things
together; to pull from side to
side, as a tight pole.
SHUPA. Seven; to show; to
prove; to testify; to point out.
SHUPAHALA. To become shown
to.
SHUPEDITSE. Perf. of shupetsa.
SHUPÈGA. To become shown, or
proved.
SHUPEGETSA. To show to; to
testify.
SHUPÈLA. To offer to; to offer
for; to sacrifice.
SHUPÈLÈLA. To predict.
SHUPETSA. To show to; to sub-
mit to for inspection.
SHUPIWA. Pass. of shupa.
SHUPUTSA. To trample upon;
to press upon and injure.
SHUSHU. O shushu, he is deaf.
Pl. ba boshushu.
SHUSHURA. To eat very much.
SHUSHUTSA. To eat very much.
SHUTA. To move away.
SHUTÈLA. To move to; to move
for.
SHUTELETSA. Ba le ba mo shu-
teletsa ha pele, they put him
forward.
SHUTISA. To cause him to move.
SHUTLHA. To rub, or brush
something off a person or thing;
to rub anything; to rub or
press anything in a mortar; to
rub down a horse; to polish
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as boots; to push, or make way
through bushes, etc. = Thoba.
SHUYWA. Pass. of shuba.
SHWA. To die.
SHWAA. To stir meat in a pot.
= Rita.
SHWAALALA. To break up, or
disperse, as clouds.
SHWABA. To fade, as grass, etc.,
on a hot day; to fade, but not
die; to wither; to conjecture;
to surmise; to become dis-
appointed; to have hopes
blasted.
SHWABISA. To disappoint one's
expectations. Go shwabisa
nywaba, to propose a riddle.
SHWABOLA. To pull one thing
from under another.
SHWABOLÈLA. To pull towards.
SHWABUKA. To go over, Int.
SHWAÈLA. To rain in a contin-
uous downpour; to hold on
long; to delay long.
SHWAHALA. To spoil by becom-
ing old; to become nasty, or
disagreeable; to become use-
less.
SHWAIL. A file (hybrid).
SHWAILA. To force a passage
through bushes, etc.; to rush
through a waterless country.
SHWAITSE. Perf. of shwaila.
SHWAKE. A vachje (hybrid).
SHWALAEA. To work carelessly,
or badly; to treat a person
with contempt, as a man who
works badly treats his master;
to have a dog in the manger
spirit with regard to food or
things.
SHWALALÈLA. To go through
with a work; to persevere in
doing; to follow after.
SHWALÈLÈLA = Shwalalèla.
SHWANKA = Khweba.
SHWAPOGA. To be high, or tall.
SHWAPOGÈLA. O la a shwapo-
gèla kwa godimo, he towered
aloft; he was a very tall
man.
SHWAPOLA. To pull out, or
stretch so as to lengthen; to
lengthen by stretching out.
SHWATLHA. To push a thing in
and shake it about when in.
SHWATLHÈLA. To press down
with a stick; to ram in.
SHWATOGA. To break out in a
rash or eruption.
SHWATOGÈLA = Shwapogèla.
SHWATOLA. To haul; to pull to-
wards. Go shwatola mo mole-
loñ, to pull out of the fire.
SHWÈLA. To die for. O la a
shwèla gōna, he died there. O
tla shwèla rure, he will certainly
die. To be pliant, or supple.
Go shwèla molemō, to use; to
put to a good use.
SHWELETSA. Go shweletsa rure,
to finish completely.
SHWÈLWA. Pass. of shwèla. Go
shwèlwa ka pitse, to lose a
horse by death.
SHWETSA. To finish; to exhaust;
to complete.
SHWEU. See SHEU.
SHWINTSE. Perf of shwinya.
SHWINYA. To purse up the lips
in contempt or scorn.
SHWIWA. Pass. of shwa. Ga bo
go shwiwa, there were many
deaths.
SI. See SE.
SIA. To run away; to win a
race; to beat in a race. Perf.
siile. Pass. siiwa. To reserve;
to keep in reserve; to preserve.
SIAMA. To be right; to be
straight; to be just; to go
straight. Mo go sa siamañ, in
that which is not right.
SIAME. Perf. of siama. Go
siame, it is right.
SIAMÈLA. To go in a straight
course to.
SIAMEÑ. Tse di siameñ, those
which are right; seatla se se
siameñ, a right hand.
SIAMISA. To make straight; to
set right.
SIAMOLOLA. To become wrong;
to do wrong.
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SIANA. To race; to run together
in a race.
SIANYE. Perf. of siana.
SIBA=Tsiba.
SIBI. A cake of dry cattle dung.
Pl. dibi.
SIBITLÔ. A sprained, or strained
wrist.
SIBOLA=Sipola.
SIBOLO. See SEBOLO.
SIDILE. Perf. of sila.
SIDILWE. Perf. pass. of sila.
SIÈLA. To reserve for; to put
by for; to give to; to lend to.
SIEÔ. See SEEÔ.
SIGAMA. To have the teats
swelling indicating that calving
time is near.
SIILE. Perf. of sia.
SIISA. Caus. of sia.
SIIWA. Pass. of sia.
SIKARA. To sling, or carry a
thing slung over the shoulder;
to carry on the shoulders, as a
cross or sheep; to carry a thing
slung between two bearers.
SIKARWA. Pass. of sikara.
SIKÈLÈLA. To prosecute or
blame wrongfully.
SIKERE. Perf. of sikara.
SIKOROLA. Revers. of sikara. To
unsling, etc.
SILA. To grind; to grind to
powder. Perf. sidile.
SILOHALA. To become troubled;
to be amazed; to be in doubt
as to what may happen.
SILOHATSA. To cause to become
foolish; to confound.
SILWA. Pass. of sila.
SIMALALA. To be upright; to be
perpendicular.
SIMAMA=Siama, Int.
SIMANA=Semana.
SIMANE. Ke semane ke tla, I
have just come. Used by a
person sent on a message, or
returned from a journey.
SIME=Seme.
SIMÈGA. To turn a person or
animal back into the path;
to turn from one course to
another, actively; to warn, and
thus turn back; to guide. U
mmetsè, u mo simègè, beat him
and turn him from his fault.
Go simèga dikgomo kwa pele,
to guide the oxen, or turn
them in front.
SIMOGA=Simologa.
SIMOGILE=Simologile.
SIMOLA. Lately; just. O simo-
la go cwa, he has just come
out.
SIMOLOGA. To be begun.
SIMOLOLA. To begin.
SIMOLOTSÈ. Perf. of simolola.
SIMONA=Simola.
SINAMA. To be dainty, or finical
in eating.
SINOGA. To move out of the
light. Mo sinogè, move out of
his light.
SINOSA. To reveal; to expose by
uncovering; to let light upon.
SIPOGA. To break; to become
broken, as a leg, rhiem, etc.
See TSIPOGA.
SIPOLA. To cut once, or sever
with one cut.
SIRA. To shade.
SIRÈGA. To become shaded.
SIRELETSA. Go ba sireletsa, to
cover them.
SIROLOGA. To become uncovered,
or unshaded.
SIROLOLA. To uncover; to take
a shade off; to unveil. Go
sirolola dipelo, to open the
hearts, to open the minds.
SIRWA. Pass. of sira.
SISA. To give much milk; to
flow or spout out in a jet, as
blood from an artery; to be
very tired, as weary limbs.
Perf. sisitse.
SISAPELO. To sob; to sigh.
SISÈLA. To hold up a heavy
thing on the head, supporting
it by the hands.
SISI. Simple, Int.
SISIBALA. To become calm; to
become quiet; to become steady
or firm.
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SISIBATSA. Caus. of sisibala.
SISIMOGA. To respect; to rever-
ence; to be grave; to be bash-
ful, or coy; to draw back
startled and in order to avoid
something.
SISIMOSA. To give one the
creeps, as an insect crawling on
the flesh; to set the teeth on
edge, as a scratching noise.
SISINU = Sesinu, Int.
SISITSE. Perf. of sisa.
SITA. To overcome; to surpass;
to excel; to exceed; to be of
more value.
SITÈGA. To be overcome; to be
done up, as poor oxen.
SITILWE. Ke sitilwe, I am cold;
I am overcome by the cold.
SITISA. To excel; to surpass.
O la a sitisa le dilekane, he
surpassed his companions.
SITLWANE. A little thorny weed.
SITLWASITLWANE. A kind of
thistle; a thorny bush bearing
small red berries.
SITOLOGA. To become warmed
after being very cold. To go
unwillingly when sent.
SITWA. Kea sitwa, I am becom-
ing cold; I am being overcome
by cold. Pass. of sita.
T.
TAA. A pole or log for floating
a person across a river.
TAANYA. To dash down.
TABOGA. To run fast.
TABOLA. To take out a handful,
spoonful, etc. Go tabola ga-
bedi, to take out two handfuls.
TABOSA. Caus. of tabola.
TACANA = Molacana.
TACWANA = Molacwana.
TADI. A striped field-mouse.
TAECO. A message.
TAEŌ. An instruction; a direc-
tion; an injunction.
TAFOLA. A table (hybrid).
TAGA. To make drunk. Tse di
tagan batho, those which make
people drunk.
TAGARAFA. A summons (hybrid).
TAGILWE. To be drunk. O
tagilwe, he is drunk.
TAGISA. To cause to become
drunk.
TAGÔ. Drunkenness.
TAGWA. To begin to be drunk;
to become drunk.
TAILA. To milk a cow dry.
Used chiefly of a cow that has
but little milk.
TAKA. White clay; chalk;
whiting. To paint or smear
white.
TAKILE. Perf. of taka.
TALA. Green. Boyañ yo bo
tala, green grass. Bogologolo
tala, very long ago.
TALAHALA. To become green.
TALAMA. A button (hybrid).
TALANA. Dimin. of tala, green.
Mayañ a ma talana, green
grass.
TALANE. A kind of finch.
TALANYANE. A little finch.
TALE. A canary.
TALECO. A summons.
TALELALOROLE. A bull buffalo
which lies down to await and
attack the hunters.
TALÈLÔ. An ambush; an am-
buscade; a lying in wait; a
stratagem.
TALÔ. Noun from lala.
TAMALALA. To go on to one's
destination without stopping or
turning aside.
TAMALÔ = Tèmalō.
TAMOLA. To squeeze with a
hand; to drain a cow's udder;
to pull a pack-ox rhiem tightly.
TAMUSA. To press out, as matter
out of a sore.
TANKE. Thank you (hybrid).
TANKISA. To cause to thank
(hybrid).
TANTA. To bind about many
times.
TANTOLOLA. Revers. of tanta.
TANTSE. Perf. of tanya. Lo
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tantse yaka kama, you have
hit the mark.
TANTSHA=Katisa.
TANTSHIWA. Pass. of tantsha.
TANYA. To make a noise like
ta! by throwing a thing into
water.
TAO. A law; an injunction; an
exhortation; a tree, whose
leaves and root are used to
prepare a perfume called bolaō.
TAOLA. A dice.
TAOLŌ. A command; a com-
mandment; authority; power;
right.
TAPALALA. To go straight on.
TAPETA. To bruise; to bruise
by stamping, knocking, etc.;
to break into small pieces.
TAPETÈGA. To become bruised,
etc.
TAPETLA=Tlapetla.
TAPISHŌ. Fatigue; weariness.
TAPOLOGŌ. Rest; refreshing.
TAPOLOSHŌ. Rest.
TAPUTA. To pierce; to stab.
TARAISA. To wind up a bucket
from a well (hybrid).
TATA. To forbid; the name by
which a child begins to address
its father.
TATALALA. To be persistent, as
in disputing, or telling false
news, or claiming what does
not belong to one.
TATALALANA. To dispute to-
gether persistently. Go tatala-
lana naè, to dispute persist-
ently with him.
TATALANŌ. One by one; a fol-
lowing one by one.
TATAMALA=Tamalala.
TATASÈLA=Tètèsèla.
TATECWE. O tatecwe tsela, he
is forbidden, or debarred the
path.
TATEDICWE. A go tatedicwe
batho boyalwa, let the people
be forbidden beer.
TATÈLA. Ba mo tatèla, they
forbid him; they refuse to give
him.
TATETSA. To forbid to.
TATLHEGŌ. Loss; a being cast
away; perdition.
TATLHO. A casting away. Noun
from latlha.
TATOHACŌ. Noun from latohatsa.
TAU. A lion.
TAUANA. A lion's cub.
TEATEA. To be excited; to go
about in all directions, as an
excited person.
TEBA. Go teba lencwe, to speak
in a low tone.
TEBAGAÑ=Teban.
TEBAGANŌ=Teban.
TEBALO. Forgetfulness; a for-
getting.
TEBAÑ. Similarity in appear-
ance; resemblance. Modimo
o ba dihile tebañ, God has
made them like each other.
TEBATEBA. To hesitate; to be
uncertain what to do.
TEBÈLA. To strike or knock
about with a fist.
TEBÈLAKA. To strike all over,
or thoroughly.
TEBÈLÈLO. Expectation.
TEBÈLŌ. A watching; a watch;
a guard.
TÈBÈTÈBÈ. Kgomo ea tèbètèbè,
a certain ox.
TEBO. A looking.
TEBOGŌ. A thanksgiving; thank-
fulness; a recompense.
TECO. The sound of a musical
instrument.
TÈCWA. See AKGATÈCWA.
TEDU. A beard; a whisker; a
moustache.
TEHISHŌ. A reward.
TEKANO. Temperate; temper-
ateness.
TEKANYECO. A division; a
dividing, or a measuring for.
TEKANYŌ. Ka tekanyō, soberly;
discreetly; consistently.
TEKETA=Keteka.
TEKŌ. A testing; a trial.
TEKOLŌ. A visitation; a visit.
TEKU. Red; ruddy; glowing;
red-hot.
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TEKUTEKU. Very red.
TELEDIMO. Tulp; a poisonous
shrub.
TÈLÈKŌ. A driving away.
TELELE. Long; tall; the lower
bowel of an animal.
TELENYŌ. Clamour.
TELŌ. A cry; a bleat.
TEMA. A plot of ground for
picking.
TÈMA. To eat with a spoon.
TÈMALŌ. Custom; habit; order;
course. Madi a tèmalō, money
paid for hunting in a chief's
country.
TEMANA. A small plot; a text;
a verse.
TÈMÈKA. To shake, or to be
shaky, as a thing not firm or
strong.
TEMEÑ. A ea temeñ, he went
more than one day to help
another in ploughing for pay-
ment. Used sometimes of do-
ing the same work more than
once.
TEMOHALŌ. Profit; good.
TENA. To tire out; to surfeit;
to disgust; to be repugnant.
Perf. tenne.
TENÈGA. To fall away in princi-
ple; to deteriorate in character;
to rebel; to revolt. Also from
tena, to become disgusted.
TENÈGÈLA. Ba le ba tenègèla
Modimo, they rebelled against
God. Go tenègèla dilō tsa
motho, to be envious of, or
to grumble at a person's
things.
TENÈGŌ. A falling away.
TENETSA. To steal by putting
a thing slyly in the pocket,
etc.; to put a thing where it
won't be seen.
TENNE. Perf. of Tena. O
ntenne, he is repugnant to me;
he disgusts me.
TENNWE. Perf. of tenwa.
TENŌ. Noun from tena.
TENTA. To run slowly; to run
with a burden.
TENTSHA. To turn away from
in disgust.
TENWA. To be surfeited; to
loathe. Kea tenwa ke diyō, I
loathe the food.
TEÑ. Deep. Mo teñ, within.
Kwa teñ, within; inside.
TEOLA. To ridicule.
TÈPÈ. Very wet, or watery.
Used of cooked pumpkin, etc.
TEOHŌ. A mistake; a fault; a
sin.
TEREBETSA=Tlerebetsa, Int.
TESELECO. A permission.
TESHOLOGŌ. A swelling in the
private parts.
TESHOLOLŌ. Noun from lesho-
lola.
TETA. To copulate frequently
without conception, as a bull
with a barren cow.
TETEÈLA. To contuse; to bruise.
TETEÈLŌ. A contusion; a bruise.
TETERAREKI. A tetrarch (hy-
brid).
TÈTÈSÈLA. To tremble; to
shiver; to be palsied.
TÈTÈSÈLŌ. A trembling or
shivering fit; the palsy.
TETLANŌ. A reconciliation.
TETLANYŌ. Mutual love; amity.
TETWA. Pass. of teta. Used of
a cow.
TÈWA=Rèwa. Go tèwa. Pass.
of go twa.
THAAPŌ. A stone or pip of fruit
or berry.
THABA. A mountain. = Itumèla.
THABANYŌ. Noun from Raban-
ya.
THABUEDIWA. Pass. of thabue-
tsa.
THABUÈLA. To become plunged
in with a noise like tha!
THABUETSA. To plunge anything
into water.
THAEA. To mark out for a
foundation; to lay a founda-
tion; to found; to draw a line
for cutting; to rule a line; to
place a thing. Pass. thaiwa.
THAEATHAEA=Akgaakgèga.
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THAÈGÈLA. To become founded
on.
THAÈLA=Raèla.
THAÈLÔ. A temptation; a
tempting.
THAGA. A kind of small bird;
a sparrow. See also TAGA.
THAGAMA. To be at peace.
THAGAME. Perf. of thagama.
Ba thagame, they are at peace.
THAGAMÔ. Peace.
THAGWA. See TAGWA.
THAHI. A hiccup; hiccough.
THAHOLÔ. Ka thaholô, by de-
grees; little by little.
THAHOTSANYÔ. In order; a
succession.
THAI=Thahi.
THAISA. To hear or see any-
thing indistinctly.
THAIWA. Pass. of thaea.
THAKA. A company. Thaka
euō! that set! An exclamation
of surprise. Thaka! how splen-
did! Thaka ea leitlhō, the pupil
of an eye.
THAKADU. An ant bear; an ant
eater.
THAKAÑWAGA. A ground plant
with edible red fruit.
THAKGANYA. To kick in all
directions, as an ox when one
leg is held by a rhiem.
THAKGATHA=Thakganya, Int.
THALALAGAE. The bogwèra
procession coming near to town
and then going back to camp.
THALALÔ. Noun from ralala.
THALÈLA. To smear a kind of
black medicine on walls, etc.,
to prevent witchcraft.
THAMA. To become fast in a
narrow opening; to be too
large to enter an opening; to
be tight, as a close-fitting gar-
ment; a small shrub having
edible beans and root. Sing.
and pl. of the shrub. Pl. of
the root, dithama.
THAMAGA. Red and white.
Colours less distinct than nala.
Used of an ox.
THAMAGANA. Fem. of thama-
ga.
THAMANE. An edible root or
bean; the fruit of the thama
shrub.
THAMATHAMISA. To bother by
asking many questions, or seek-
ing many things from.
THAMÈLA=Retelèla.
THAMO. A neck; neck and
throat all round.
THAMOGÈLWA. To be convales-
cent.
THAMUÑ. Mo thamuñ, on the
neck.
THAMUTSA. To bite a soft,
watery substance with a noise.
THAMUTSÈGA. To become bitten.
Used of a soft, watery sub-
stance.
THANKGOLA. To throw out, as
the grains when making beer.
THANOLÔ. Ka thanolô, with pre-
ciseness, particularly, plainly.
THANTHANYÈGA = Thathanyèga.
To fly about, as sparks.
THANTHOLOGA. To become un-
ravelled.
THANTHOLOLA. To unravel; to
unpick.
THANTSHA. Caus. of thanya.
THANYA. To make a noise like
tha! to crackle, as mealies
when roasting. = Kubuga, to
awake out of sleep; pelo ea
me ea thanya, my heart has
awakened; I have found
my understanding.
THANYÔ. Noun from thanya.
THAPA. To call, or engage a
person for a work.
THAPAMÔ. Noun from rapama.
THAPÈLÈLÔ. Prayer for; sup-
plication.
THAPÈLÔ. A prayer.
THAPÔ. A pumpkin stalk or
tendril running along the
ground; a tying up of kids; a
string; a cord; a rope.
THAPODISA. Go thapodisa kgo-
mo, to catch an ox with a
rhiem by one leg.
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THAPOGA. To become broken,
or snapped, as a tense rhiem.
THAPOLA. To break, or snap a
tense rhiem.
THARA. A kind of creeping
plant found in reeds and bushes.
THARANŌ. Noun from rarana.
Perplexity.
THARI. A skin for carrying an
infant on the back.
THARO. Three.
THATA. Strong; hard; power-
ful; difficult; strength; hard-
ness.
THATAHALA. To become strong;
to become hardened.
THATAHATSA. To strengthen;
to make hard.
THATAHOLOGA. To lose strength;
to become weak.
THATARO. Six.
THATAULANA. To fight with
each other, as dogs; to fight
and tear each other.
THATÈGŌ. Noun from ratèga.
THATHANA. A morsel of food;
a bit of food.
THATHANYANA. A little morsel
of food.
THATHANYÈGA, To be very
tender, or sore; to have severe
shooting pains.
THATHÈLÈLA = Chōphèlèla.
THATHOLOLA. Go thatholola
mahoko, to correct news; to
tell correctly what had been
told incorrectly by somebody
else.
THATŌ. Will.
THEA = Thaea.
THÈBÈ. A shield.
THEBOLA. To offer a sacrifice
or offering at the grave of an
ancestor.
THEBOLŌ. An offering; a sacri-
fice.
THEDIMOGŌ. Brightness, as of
a countenance; a slight shin-
ing.
THEECO. A listening.
THÈÈKÈLA. To stagger; to roll
from side to side.
THÈÈKÈLŌ. A staggering.
THEILWE. Perf. Pass. of thaea.
THÈKALANŌ. Noun from rèka-
lana.
THÈKÈGÈLŌ. Favour; partiality.
THÈKÈLŌ. Merchandise; buy-
ing.
THEKISÈGŌ. Trouble.
THEKO. The end, or grasping
place of a spear-handle, mo-
lamu, etc.
THÈKŌ. A buying; the price of
a thing.
THEKOLOLŌ. A ransom; a re-
demption.
THÈLA = Tshèla. Used of found-
er's work.
THELE. An udder; a ball; a
globe; a ball of hair found in
an animal's stomach.
THELEDI. The flesh at the
junction of the bones in an
animal's hind legs.
THELEDISA. To cause to escape,
or survive.
THÈLÈGÈLA = Tshèlègèla.
THELÈLA. To escape, or survive,
as from danger or death.
THELENYANE. A little thele.
THELÈLŌ. Go bua ka thelèlō,
to speak ambiguously, or so as
to conceal one's meaning. O
thelèlō = O bolōtsana. Motho
oa thelèlō, a slippery character.
THELESA. To supply or give
food; to entertain by giving
food; to be hospitable by sup-
plying with food.
THELESECO. An assisting with
food.
THELESEDIWA. To be set free
from a state of servitude.
THELESETSA. To assist with
food; to give food to.
THELESETSANYA. To assist each
other with food.
THELESHŌ. A giving of food;
hospitality; entertainment.
THELESICWE. Ba thelesicwe,
they are set free.
THELEYWE = Thele, Int.
THÈLŌ = Tshèlō.
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THÈMÈLÈKANA. To dodge so as
to get out of the way; to
escape by slipping to one side.
THÈMÔ. Something which has
been cut down.
THENEKETSA. To swallow with-
out chewing much.
THENYA. To knock with the
head, as a calf when sucking;
to knock a goat's udder with
the hand when milking.
THEOGA. To fall over, as a
pot, etc. =Menoga.
THEPE. A kind of weed used as
a salad.
THÈRÈGÔ. Fear; dread.
THÈRÈKÈLÔ. Noun from rèrè-
kèla.
THÈRÈPANA. To become old
and worn out; to become of
no use.
THEREPANYE. Perf. of thèrè-
pana. Se therepanye, it is
worn out.
THÈRÈPÈ. An old and worn-
out thing.
THERISHÔ. Dread.
THÈRÔ. A discussion about
marriage arrangements; a
sermon.
THETHA. To make a large fire.
THETHE. A thick white grub
found in kralls and rotten
wood.
THETHEBALA. To be satisfied,
or contented.
THETHEBATSA. Go thethebatsa
pelo, to satisfy; to please; to
make content.
THETHEBETSE. Perf. of thethe-
bala. Môea o o thethebetseñ, a
contented spirit.
THÈTHÈLÈLA. To speak too
much; to talk a great deal.
THEYANA. A little shield.
THIBA. To turn the course of
anything; to stop or turn back
animals. Go thiba molomo, to
shut the mouth. =Tsiba, Int.
THIBALA. To become obstruc-
ted; to become stopped; to
become eclipsed, as the sun;
to become shut up, as a mouth,
or road.
THIBALÔ. An eclipse; an ob-
struction.
THIBECWE. Perf. pass. of thi-
bala. Ke thibecwe ke matlhō,
I am hindered by my eyes.
THIBEDI. A notch cut in a
stick for a pack-ox's nose; a
notch in a yoke skey.
THIBÈGÔ. A heathen custom of
a woman lying on her face to
be doctored after her husband's
death.
THIBÈLA. To stop, or turn back,
as calves at milking time.
THIBÈLÈLA=Tlhaolèla. U nthi-
bèlèlè dinamane, stop the
calves for me.
THIBELETSA=Dibeletsa.
THIBETSE. Perf. of thibala.
Tsela e thibetse, the path is
shut up.
THIBILE. Perf. of thiba. Maru
a tla tlhôla a thibile, the clouds
will cover the sky.
THIBOGA. To come out of the
way; to move out of the way;
to give place.
THIBOGÈLA. To move out of the
way of something, or some-
body. Mo thibogèlè, move out
of his way. Go thibogèla bo-
shula, to flee from, or avoid
evil.
THIBOLOLA=Tsibolola.
THIBOSA. To cause to move out
of the way; to snatch a thing
out of the way, or to one side.
THIBOSETSA. To cause to move
out of the way of.
THIMOGA. To turn oneself sud-
denly back.
THINCWE. O thincwe ke bo-
tlhoko, he is unable to do what
he proposed by reason of sick-
ness.
THINTSE. Perf. of thinya. Ke
thintse, I have changed my
mind.
THINTSHA. Caus. of thinya.
Kgosi e tla thintsha picō, the
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chief will alter the time of the
meeting.
THINYA. To abandon one's in-
tention for a good reason; to
change one's mind for a good
reason; to put off for a while.
THIPA. A knife.
THIRI. A hair, Int.
THITHECWANA. An imaginary
animal, Int.
THITHOHALA = Thutahala.
THITHOHATSA = Thutahatsa.
THITÔ. The lower end of a tree;
the part next the ground;
stubble of mealie stalk. Noun
from rita.
THOBA. The hole in a nipple.
THÔBA. To break through; to
break out and run away; to
foment with hot water.
THOBALÔ. Noun from rōbala.
THOBANE. A stick; a cudgel.
Thobane e tlhōgwana, a stick
with a small knob.
THÔBÈ. The fruit of the morōbè
bush.
THÔBÈGA. Medicine used for
doctoring a broken limb. Go
yewa thōbèga, the eating of an
ox slaughtered in honour of a
man who has killed the first
man in battle, or the first rhi-
noceros in a hunt.
THOBÈLA. To break in. Go
thobèla tsela, to rush into or
along a path.
THOBELETSA = Thomeletsa, Int.
THOBESELÈLA. To break in
upon; to break in upon, or
intrude upon, a party when
not wanted.
THOBETSE. Perf. of thobèla. A
dithobetse? Have they broken
in?
THÔBÔ. A harvest; a breaking
off. From rōba, a breaking
through. From thōba.
THOBOGA. To flow freely.
THOBOLA. To pull out a plug
from the bottom of a milk
sack; a plug for the bottom of
a milk sack; to open wide. Go
thobola kgōrō, to open the gate
wide. Go thobola melapō, to
cause rivers to gush out.
THOBOLÈLA. Di thobolèlè kgōrō,
open the gate wide for them.
THOBOLOLA = Muna. To begin a
new work; to pioneer; to be
the first to do a new thing.
THOBU. Fallow ground; ground
picked but not sown. Go lema
thobu, to plough without sow-
ing.
THOBUÈLA = Thabuèla.
THOBUETSA = Thabuetsa.
THOCWA. Pass. of thopa.
THODI. A string made from
chewed bark.
THOGAKÔ. A cursing.
THOGAKANÔ. A mutual cursing.
THOGÔ. A cursing; a curse.
Thogō ea kgwedi, change of
the moon; the appearance of
a new moon.
THOGWE. A kind of cactus with
serrated leaves, growing chiefly
in limestone.
THOKAMA. To sleep alongside a
fire.
THOKAMÈLA. To lie or sit so as
to warm oneself; to be in the
blaze of a fire.
THOKGAMA. To be upright.
THOKGAME. Perf. of thokga-
ma.
THOKGAMISA. To make upright.
THOKGAMÔ. Uprightness.
THOKGOSELETSA. To shake the
finger at in anger, or so as to
defy.
THOKÔ. Aside; one side, as of
a room; the extreme point, or
limit; an awl, or long needle
for sewing skins with. Ha
thokō, on one side.
THÔKÔLÔ. Dung of buck, sheep,
hare, etc.
THOKOSETSA. To shake up; to
rub between the hand as a
stick when kindling fire native
fashion.
THOKWA = Tokwa.
THOLA. Fruit of the morola
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bush; first natural motion of
an infant.
THOLANA. Fruit of the moro-
lana bush.
THOLÔ. Noun from rola.
THOLOCWE=Cholocwe.
THOLOGA=Chologa.
THOLOLA=Cholola.
THOLOLÈLA=Chololèla.
THOLOLÔ=Chololô.
THOLOLWA=Chololwa.
THOLORÔ. Noun from rolora.
THOMA. A scented medicinal
shrub.
THOMELETSA. To cry out loudly,
or louder than others.
THOMÔ. A sending.
THONOPÔ. Noun from ronopa.
THOPA. To plunder.
THOPAHALA. To become plun-
dered, or stolen.
THOPIWA. Pass. of thopa.
THOPÔ. Plunder; spoil.
THOROMÔ. A trembling.
THÔSÔLA. Syphilis, Int.
THOTA. A mound of earth; a
small hill; highland, or rising
ground.
THOTANA. A small thota.
THOTHI. A drop of any fluid; a
small quantity of fluid remain-
ing in a cup, etc.
THOTHOBOLÔ=Thuthubudu, Int.
THÔTHÔMÈLA. To enter, or
pierce, as a spear the ground.
Used also of a convincing ar-
gument or an internal pain.
THOTO. Possessions; goods;
merchandise.
THÔTSÈ. A pip of a pumpkin.
THÔYANA. A dance continued
all night round a large fire at
the close of the boyale cere-
mony.
THUANYÔ. A propitiation; an
atonement.
THUBA. To break to pieces, as
a flat stone, etc., to break
down; to run, or rush, as a
crowd; to come off a nest with
chickens. Go thuba lobelô, to
run fast; to run a race.
THUBAGANYA. To break in
pieces.
THUBAGAÑWA. To be broken in
pieces.
THUBALAKA. To break in pieces
utterly.
THUBÈGA. To become broken.
THUBÈGÈLA. Ba thubègèla
mmôgô, they rush together;
to rush with one accord.
THUBÈLA. To run, or rush to a
thing.
THUDISHÔ. Noun from rudi-
sa.
THUE. A small, sharp-nosed
mouse.
THUGA. To beat with a staff;
to break with a stone held in
the hand; to pound.
THUHÔ. Payment for garden
work.
THUHULA. To turn away the
head and refuse to listen.
THUKGWI. A wild animal similar
to a wolf, but smaller.
THUKHUTHA. To wag, as a head;
to shake the head; to rob; to
deprive of.
THUKHUTHWA. O la a thukhu-
thwa ke motho lokwalō, he
had his book taken from him
by a person.
THUKHWI=Thukgwi.
THULA. To beat or knock one
thing against another; to ham-
mer, as a smith; to butt, as a
goat.
THULAGANYÔ. Order. Ka thu-
laganyô, in order; orderly.
THULAGANYOLOLÔ. Disorderly;
disorderliness.
THULAMA. To turn a pot, etc.,
upside down.
THULAME. Perf. of thulama.
THULAMÈLA. To sleep soundly.
THULANA. To knock against
each other; to come into col-
lision.
THULÈGA. To overthrow; to
turn out; to subvert; to give
an enema.
THULÈLA. To castrate sheep
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and goats by smashing the tes-
ticles.
THULOLA. See THUULOLA.
THUMA. To grind very fine.
THUMOLŌ. Noun from rumola.
THUMOTSA. To milk into the
mouth.
THUNYA. To come into view;
to blossom; to blush; to be-
come gray-headed.
THUÔ. An inheritance; a pos-
session.
THUPA. A switch; a rod; a
thin stick; a riding whip.
THUPISHŌ. Noun from rupisa.
THURA. Hot ashes without
cinders.
THURUGŌ. A swelling.
THUSA. To help.
THUSANYA. To help each other.
THUSÈGA. To become helped.
THUSHŌ. Help.
THUSHONYANA. A little help.
THUSIWA. Pass. of thusa.
THUTÈLÈLŌ. Teaching; the
effect of teaching.
THUTHAHALA. To become warm.
Used of water, etc.
THUTHAHALŌ. Noun from thu-
thahala.
THUTHAHATSA. To make warm.
THUTHUBUDU. A rubbish heap;
a dung heap.
THUTHUCHWANE. A fungus; a
mushroom.
THUTLWA. A camelopard;
chicken pox; water pox; the
southern cross.
THUTÔ. Teaching. Ntlo ea
thutô, a church, a chapel.
THUULA. To lead, or pull, as a
person by an arm, or a dog by
a rope.
THUULOLA. To take the lead;
to turn away and take a differ-
ent course.
THWADI. An odd number; an
odd one; one superior to
another. O ipaea thwadi, he
puts himself first. E thwadi
mo go se señwe, it is superior
to the other. O thwadi mo
go eo moñwe, he excels the
other.
THWALA. To find a thing and
take it not knowing its owner.
= Thwadi, Int.
THWANE. A wild animal of the
cat tribe, larger than a phagè;
a lynx.
THWANYE. Fruit of a wild fig
tree.
THWETSE. Perf. of thwala.
TIBA. To stamp with a foot,
etc.; to boom, as a gun or
distant thunder. =Tuba, Int.
TIBAKA. To stamp the ground
much, or very hard.
TIBÈ=Phagè.
TIBÔ. A round hole cut for a
patch.
TIBOLA. Namane ea tibola
lotha, a first-born calf. Ñwana
oa tibola lotha, a first-born
child.
TIDIKA. To prevaricate; to keep
back the truth.
TIDIKÈLA. Go tidikèla loleme,
to speak with a slippery tongue.
TIDIMA. A plot of level land
between two hills suitable for
ploughing.
TIDIMALÔ. Silence.
TIDISA. Caus. of tila.
TIDÔ. The trunk of a tree.
TIÈGÔ. Delay; a delay.
TIGÔ. A casting down.
TIHACÔ. A fulfilment.
TIHAHALÔ. An event happening
to one; an experience.
TIHALÔ. An event; an occur-
rence.
TIHÈLÔ. A service.
TIHÔ. A work.
TIKA=Khuetsa.
TIKETA. A ticket (hybrid).
TIKOLOGÔ. A going round; a
revolving; a revolution, as of
a wheel.
TIKOLOGOÑ. Round about.
Tikologoñ ea botlhaolèlō, round
about the camp. Tikologoñ
ea bōna, round about them.
TILA. To avoid; to get out of
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the way of anything likely to
do harm, as a stone thrown at
one.
TILANE. The first dung of a new-
born calf.
TILATSHI. The horny knob
above an ox's hoof at the back ;
the fetlock of a horse.
TILODI. Black and white with
small white spots. Used of an
ox.
TILOLŌ. Noun from dilola.
TILOTSANA. Fem. of tilodi.
TILWANE. A thick bead ring
woven on cord.
TIMA. To extinguish ; to be-
come extinguished ; to go out,
as a candle. Molelō o o sa
timeñ, the fire that does not
go out. To stint; to deprive
of; to prevent from having ;
to dilute; to make less sharp
to the taste ; to cover the
ground, as springing corn.
TIMANA. To be stingy.
TIMANE. Perf. of timana. O
timane, he is stingy; he is
covetous, or close-fisted.
TIMANŌ. Stinginess.
TIMEDIWA. Pass. of timetsa.
TIMÈGA. To become extin-
guished ; to light one thing
by another ; to kindle a light
from another light. Molelō o
o sa timegeñ, the fire that is
not put out.
TIMEGETSA. To fall, as a falling
star ; to light up the sky, as a
falling star. O mo timegetsa
ka monwana, he points him
out with the finger.
TIMÈLA. To wander; to go
astray.
TIMELETSA. To cause to wander
from.
TIMÈLŌ. A wandering.
TIMÈLWA. Go timèlwa ka tumèlō,
to be led astray from the faith.
TIMETSA. To cause to wander.
TIMETSE. Perf. of timèla.
TIMILE. Perf. of tima. Lobonè
lo timile, the candle is gone
out. U re timile, you have
been stingy to us.
TIMISA. To stint; to cause to
be stinted.
TIMOKANYŌ. A stupor; dizzi-
ness ; giddiness.
TINTA=Tlhetlha.
TIÑWA. Pass. of tima.
TIPOLA. To cut or sever with
one cut.
TISHŌ. A herding; a watching ;
protection.
TITA. To withhold an opinion ;
to decline to express an opinion
about a matter without hear-
ing about it more fully.
TITAMERE. The flesh on the side
of a bull's neck.
TITAMŌ=Tshiamō.
TITATITA. To fear to give an
opinion; to be uncertain what
to do, or where to go.
TITÈÈLŌ. A staff for beating
skins when braying.
TITÈŌ. A beating; a scourging ;
a wound made by a blow.
TITINCWE. Perf. pass. of titinya.
TITINYA. To stop or hinder one
when speaking, from not wish-
ing to hear more.
TLA. Shall; will. Ke tla rata,
I will love. To come. Perf.
tlile, and tsile.
TLAATLAA. To talk altogether,
or with confusion; to give a
person no chance of answering
by talking all together.
TLABAKA. To be busy; to be
active in doing one work after
another.
TLABAMA. To sit flat on the
ground; to sit in the way so
as to obstruct; to continue
sitting and refuse to rise.
TLABATLABA. To run in a
clumsy fashion, as a loose-
jointed person.
TLABO=Kabo.
TLADI. A thunderbolt; light-
ning.
TLADIKA. To speak at random
and without truth; to dirty or
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soil, as with fat, milk, etc.;
to daub; to bedaub.
TLADIKÈGA. To become dirty,
or daubed.
TLADIKWA. Pass. of tladika.
To be filthy, or foul.
TLADIWA. Pass. of tlatsa.
TLAEE. Tlaee ea letsae, the
yolk of an egg.
TLAKASÈLA. To tremble; to
shiver.
TLAKASÈLŌ. A trembling.
TLALA. To become full; to be
full of; to be filled with. Go
tlala bogale, to be full of anger.
Perf. tletse. To be hungry,
hunger. Ke tlala, I am hungry.
Ke bolawa ke tlala, I am killed
by hunger; I am very hungry.
Ba ba tlala, the hungry, Ba
bo ba le tlala, they were
hungry. O la a utlwa tlala,
he was hungry.
TLALAEA. To report some fault
to a superior; to complain to
a superior of a person's con-
duct. O la a mo tlalaea kwa
kgosiñ, he accused him before
the chief; he complained to
the chief about him.
TLALEA=Tlalaea.
TLALECWE. Perf. of tlalèlwa.
TLALEDIWA. To be anxious for.
TLALÈLA. To be too much for;
to trouble, or distress.
TLALÈLŌ. Distress; anxiety.
TLALÈLWA. To have anxious
thoughts about; to be dis-
tressed; to be anxious for.
TLALETSA. Caus. of tlalèla. To
fill for. From tlatsa.
TLAMA. To gird a person about
the middle.
TLAMAKÈLÈLA. To come short
of what one ought to be; to
bungle; to do a work badly.
TLAMAKÈLÈLWA. To be badly
done; to be badly bound up,
etc.
TLAMALANA. To care for or
provide for each other.
TLAMÈLA. To provide for; to
take care of; to care for; to
minister to.
TLAMÈLŌ. Care; preservation.
TLAMÈLWA. To be provided for
by another.
TLAMETLO. A bullfrog.
TLAMETLWE=Tlametlo.
TLAMOLOLA. Revers of tlama.
TLAMPARÈLA. To catch or seize
hold of with both hands; to
clutch.
TLAMUKA. To spoil, or injure
by laying hold of.
TLANTLAPE=Kgantlape.
TLANYÈGA. To become tasteless,
as a frostbitten pumpkin.
TLAÑ. Come ye.
TLAÑWA. Pass. of tlama.
TLAOPA=Nōñōla, Int.
TLAPETLA. To flatten out; to
crush so as to flatten; to knock
so as to flatten.
TLAPUKETSA. To smear with
much fat.
TLARE. When; as soon as.
TLATLA. A plaited hat.
TLATLARALA. To be bent out,
or spread far apart, as legs
when feet are still together.
TLATLAWE. A koran; a large
ground-bird.
TLATSA. To make full; to fill.
TLATSEA. To beat or strike
much or hard, and with a
downward movement.
TLATSÈGA. To become filled.
TLE. Used to express an ordinary,
or accustomed act. When used
it is followed by verbs ending
in e, and the accents also are
altered. Se tle se rekwe, it is
ordinarily sold. Di tle di ye,
they usually eat. Ba tle ba
thusanye, they are accustomed
to help each other.
TLÈ. O tlè tla, he will come.
See TLE.
TLEKEETSA. To deal gently
with; to spare.
TLÈLA. To come for.
TLÈPATLÈPA. To be very silly;
to laugh immoderately.
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TLEREBETSA. To trumpet, as
an elephant; to speak in a
high tone of voice.
TLÈTLÈRÈGANA. To become
broken in pieces, as a pot, etc.
TLÈTLÈRÈGANYA. To break in
pieces, as a pot, etc.
TLETSE, Perf. of tlala. Go tle-
tse, it is full. Dinku di tletse
ka naga, the veldt is full of
sheep. Perf. of tlèla. Lo
tletseñ? what are you come
for?
TLHABA. To pierce; to slaugh-
ter by cutting or piercing; to
germinate; to rise, as the sun;
dark brown, with yellow
patches about the nose. Used
of an ox.
TLHABAGANA. Go tlhabagana
le, to be opposite to; to be
contrary to.
TLHABAGANYA. To pierce across.
TLHABAGANYE. Perf. of tlhaba-
gana. E tlhabaganye nabō,
it was contrary to them.
TLHABUKA. To pierce much or
thoroughly.
TLHABAKETSA. To become gray-
headed or white-headed; to
become whitish, as ripening
corn.
TLHABANA. Fem. of tlhaba. To
fight with each other.
TLHABANŌ. War.
TLHABANTSHA. Caus. of tlhaba-
na. To fight for; to assist an
ally to fight.
TLHABATLHABA. Go tlhabatlha-
ba le lehatshe, to wander about
the country.
TLHABÈGA. To become pierced.
TLHABÈLA. A thatching peg;
to cut pumpkin, etc., into thin
strips for drying; to pierce for.
Lesedi le tla ba tlhabèla, the
light will spring up for them.
TLHABELETSA. To set a tune
for; to lead others in singing,
or playing on reeds. = Patele-
tsa.
TLHABETSA. O la a mo tlhabe-
tsa ka matlhō, he looked hard
at him.
TLHABISA. Caus. of tlhaba. To
tack together, or pin together
in sewing. Go tlhabisa di-
tlhoñ, to put to shame.
TLHABOLOGA. (A word about
which there is much difference
of opinion.) To have a relapse
in sickness, always implying a
change for the worse; to make
a spurt; to put on such a spurt
as will probably result in win-
ning. Used of a gun which
did not shoot well, but now
does shoot well, and of a house
which was almost a ruin, but
is now rebuilt. Used in the
books in the sense of being
penitent, but this use is con-
fusing from the word having
opposite meanings in different
cases.
TLHABOLOGŌ. A relapse; a
spurt.
TLHABOLOLA. To renew; to
make as if new; to put new
life into; to renew that which
had become old. Go tlhabolola
dipalō, to make distinct figures
which were nearly rubbed out.
TLHABUKETSA. To drink as a
dog.
TLHACŌ. A washing.
TLHACWA. To wash anything.
TLHACWANA. A little fish.
TLHACWICWE. Perf. pass. of tlha-
cwa. Washed.
TLHACWITSE. Perf. of tlhacwa.
TLHACWIWA. Pass. of tlhacwa.
TLHADIA. To pour water into a
pot on a fire.
TLHADIILE. Perf. of tlhadia.
TLHADILE. Perf. of tlhala.
TLHADILWE. Perf. pass. of tlha-
la.
TLHAE. An exclamation used in
stopping cattle.
TLHAEA. Diyō dia ba tlhaea, the
food does not reach them, or
fails before reaching them, so
that they do not have any of it.
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TLHAECŌ. Tlhaecō ea dinao, a
long stride.
TLHAECWE. Ba tlhaecwe ke
diyō, they have come short of
food.
TLHAEDICWE. O tlhaedicwe ka
go leoha, he fell short, or failed
by sinning.
TLHAEDISA. Caus. of tlhaèla.
TLHAEDIWA. Pass. of tlhaèla.
TLHAÈLA. To fail; to come
short; to come short of.
TLHAÈLŌ. A coming short; a
failure.
TLHAELETSA. To shout out to a
person at a distance; to shout
out from a distance; to call
after.
TLHAETSA. Go tlhaetsa dinao, to
take long strides.
TLHAGA. Wild; wary; always
on the look out; quick; active;
to alarm; to startle and cause
to run away; dry standing
grass.
TLHAGAHALA. To do a thing
quickly; to become quick, or
active.
TLHAGAHALŌ. Quickness.
TLHAGAHATSA. To make quick.
TLHAGALA. An abscess; an
ulcer; an internal sore.
TLHAGARE. Small iron tip to a
bushman’s arrow; the point of
a thorn or splinter left in a
wound; the middle lappet of
three on a kaross.
TLHAGÈGA. To become warned;
to be startled and run away, as
a frightened animal; to rise
early in the morning; to start
early before others.
TLHAGISA. Caus. of tlhaga. To
warn.
TLHAGISHŌ. Warning.
TLHAGISITSE. Perf. of tlhagisa.
TLHAGOLA. To weed; to hoe out
weeds.
TLHAGOLÈGA. To become
weeded.
TLHAHUNA. To chew; to mas-
ticate.
TLHAHUNNE. Perf. of tlhahuna.
TLHAILE. Perf. of tlhaea.
TLHAKA. To scramble for food;
to grab food and run away with
it; a seed; a grain; a white
speck in an eye; a letter of the
alphabet.
TLHAKALADISA. Monona eo o
tlhakaladisa, this man is very
grey.
TLHAKALADITSE. Perf. of tlha-
kalatsa. Setlhare se tlhaka-
laditse, the tree is in full
bloom.
TLHAKALATSA. To be in bloom.
Setlhare se tla tlhakalatsa, the
tree will be in bloom.
TLHAKANA. To be mixed.
TLHAKANYA. To mix.
TLHAKANYE. Perf. of tlhakana.
O tlhakanye tlhōgō, he is an
idiot.
TLHAKANYŌ. A mixing; a con-
fusion.
TLHAKASAGARE. An island; one
island between others.
TLHAKATLHAKANA. To be jum-
bled up together; to be en-
tangled; to be without order;
to be in confusion.
TLHAKATLHAKANYE. Perf. of
tlhakatlhakana.
TLHAKO. A hoof of a horse, ox,
etc.
TLHAKOLA. To deprive of; to
take without permission. Used
in the south of the cleaning of
an infant.
TLHAKOLE. Month of February.
TLHALA. To put away a wife or
husband.
TLHALE. A thread of sinew for
sewing skins; thread.
TLHALEHA. To become wise.
Go tlhaleha batho, to beware of
people, or look out and avoid
them.
TLHALEHETSA. To take the
largest or best portion; to
gain an advantage over
another.
TLHALEHILE. Perf. of tlhaleha.
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TLHALEHISA. To cause to be
wise.
TLHALEHÔ. Wisdom.
TLHALEMALEYE. A cunning
one.
TLHALETSHA. To make wise.
TLHALÔ. A divorcement.
TLHALOGANTSE. Perf. of tlhalo-
ganya.
TLHALOGANYA. To understand;
to comprehend; to know. To
separate cattle.
TLHALOGANYESÈGA. To become
understandable.
TLHALOGANYETSA. O la a mo
tlhaloganyetsa, he made him
understand.
TLHALOGANYÔ. Understanding;
mind.
TLHALOGAÑWA. Pass. of tlhalo-
ganya.
TLHALWA. Pass. of tlhala.
TLHAMA. To begin a talk; to
put yeast into beer; fermented
beer before it is cooked.
TLHAMAGANYA. To repair by
darning; to darn; to mend; to
repair.
TLHAMALALA. To be straight,
as a path, etc.; to be bolt up-
right; to be stiff.
TLHAMALALÈLA. To go in a
straight line to.
TLHAMALATSA. To stretch
straight out, as arms, etc.
TLHAMANE. A tradition; a
fable; an idle tale.
TLHAMATSÈGA. To become im-
proved.
TLHAMÈ=Tlhañwe.
TLHAMÈGA. To put a person to
lie on his back. To turn the
carcase of an ox over when
skinning it.
TLHAMUKÈLA. To smear about
the mouth with fat, etc., when
eating.
TLHAMUKETSA. Caus. of tlhamu-
kèla.
TLHANAMA. To lie on the back.
Go tlhanama ka motlhana, to
lie on the back.
TLHANAMOLOGA. To rise up
from lying on the back.
TLHANASÈLA. To sway from
side to side, as water when
boiling; to move from side to
side.
TLHANO. Five.
TLHANOCWE. E tlhanocwe, it is
turned inside out.
TLHANOGA. To become turned
inside out; to become changed
in plan or purpose without due
cause; to be fickle, or change-
able in purpose; to alter
one's mind without any reason.
= Phecoga.
TLHANOLA. To change the sides
of a thing; to turn inside out.
TLHANTLHOLA. To pick to
pieces, or tease.
TLHANTSE. Perf. of tlhanya. O
tlhantse. Used of a person
escaping who had been laid
hold of.
TLHANYA. To strike with a fist,
stick, etc.; to become curdled,
as first milk, or stale milk
when boiled; to change, as
blood into fibrine and serum.
TLHANYAKA. To beat much; to
buffet.
TLHANYÈGA=Natèga.
TLHAÑWE. A stork; a secretary
bird.
TLHAOLA. To divide; to select;
to separate.
TLHAOLÔ. A selection; a dis-
tinction; a separation.
TLHAOLOGA. To become diluted,
or dissolved by water being
added.
TLHAOLOLA. To dilute, or dis-
solve, by adding water.
TLHAPA. To wash the body; to
pass water, or micturate.
TLHAPATSA=Roga.
TLHAPATSANA=Rogana.
TLHAPEA. To pass in and out;
to go about hither and thither.
TLHAPECWE. Noisy with liquor;
drunken.
TLHAPÈLÔ. Riotous mirth;
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noisy pleasure; excess; de-
bauchery.
TLHAPÈLWA. To be excited with
noisy mirth.
TLHAPEÔ. Uproar; confusion.
TLHAPI. A fish.
TLHAPISA. To cause to wash;
to cleanse. O la a ba tlhapisa
dinao, he washed their feet.
TLHAPISIWA. Pass. of tlhapisa.
Diatla tse di sa tlhapisiwañ,
unwashed hands.
TLHAPÔ. A washing.
TLHAPOLOGA. To melt, or be-
come dissolved, as snow, etc.;
to become softened, or melted.
TLHAPOLOSA. To cause to melt,
or dissolve; to melt fat, etc.;
to make soft.
TLHARAKANA. To make a rat-
tling noise.
TLHARAKANYA. To cause a
rattling noise.
TLHARALALA. To be stretched
out and stiff, as a corpse.
TLHARIKA. To go very quickly.
TLHARIKÈ. U tlharikè, go very
quickly.
TLHAROA. To gallop, as a wilde-
beest, etc.
TLHAS. A spark.
TLHASA. To break up, as clouds,
or a sickness; to become less
nice than usual.
TLHASE=Tlhatshe. Kwatlhase,
the east, Int.
TLHASÈLA. To assault; to
attack.
TLHASÈLÔ. An assault; an
attack.
TLHASHUNYELE. Wild teazle
shrub; wild dagga plant.
TLHASINYÈGA. To tinkle, as a
woman's ornaments; to walk
so as to cause ornaments to
tinkle.
TLHATLAEA. To put on, or
above; to put a pot on a
fire.
TLHATLAGANA. To be piled up;
to lie one upon another. Used
of things.
TLHATLAGANTSE. Perf. of tlha-
tlaganya.
TLHATLAGANYA. To pile things
one upon another.
TLHATLAGANYE. Perf. of tlha-
tlagana.
TLHATLEILE. Perf. of tlhatlaea.
TLHATLÈWA. Pass. of tlhatlaea.
TLHATLHA. Rushes used for
making the upper garments of
the boyale girls.
TLHATLHABALA. To be rough
and untidy, as uncombed hair.
TLHATLHARA. To grip, as a
severe pain, or soreness in the
bones and body.
TLHATLHARAPA. To do anything
badly or clumsily.
TLHATLHASÈLA. To make a
jolting or bumping noise, as a
wagon going over stones.
TLHATLHÈLA. To put in, as
cattle into a krall; to load a
gun.
TLHATLHÈLÔ. A shutting up
place; a compound.
TLHATLOGA. To ascend.
TLHATLOGÈLA. To ascend to.
O la a tlhatlogèla kwa lencweñ
(or mo lencweñ), he went up
into a mountain.
TLHATLOLA. To take off, as a
pot off a fire.
TLHATLOLOGANA. To follow
each other, as months; to pass
from one work to another.
TLHATLOLOGANYA. To remove
one thing off another; to ex-
plain; to unravel. Go tlhatlo-
loganya melacwana, to go from
one brook to another, as in
searching for cattle.
TLHATLOLOLA. To take meat,
etc., out of a too full pot.
TLHATLOSA. To cause to as-
cend; to raise.
TLHATSA. To vomit.
TLHATSHE. Under; below. Kwa
tlhatshe ga letlole, under the
box. Kwa tlhatshe, under-
neath. Kwa tlhatshe ga, below.
TLHAYWA. Pass. of tlhaba.
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TLHÈ. An exclamation of en-
treaty.
TLHÈTLHA. To run with elbows
drawn in, and body swaying.
TLHETLHWA. A berry of the
moretlhwa bush.
TLHŌA. Whey. To dislike; to
detest; to have an objection to;
to be troubled. Perf. tlhoile;
pass. tlhoiwa.
TLHŌAHALA. To be in earnest;
to persevere; to be zealous; to
be eager or ardent; to become
troubled.
TLHŌAHALŌ. Zeal; importunate
eagerness; eager impatience.
TLHŌAHATSA. To trouble.
TLHŌAHETSE. Perf. of tlhoahala.
TLHŌANA. O tla tlhoana naè, he
will dislike him.
TLHŌANYE. Perf. of tlhoana.
TLHOBA. To pinch; to pluck off;
to pull hair off a skin with the
fingers; to take a pinch of snuff.
TLHOBAEDIWA. Pass. of tlho-
baetsa.
TLHOBAÈLA. To be wakeful; to
be unable to sleep.
TLHOBAETSA. Caus. of tlho-
baèla.
TLHOBÈGA. To become bare, as
an animal which has lost its
hair.
TLHOBOGA. To give up hoping;
to despair; to leave desolate;
to leave for good. Ke le ka
se tlhoboga, I gave up hoping
for it. Ba mo tlhoboga, they
despair of him.
TLHŌBŌGA = Tlhoboga.
TLHOBOGŌ. A despairing.
TLHŌBŌGŌ = Tlhobogō.
TLHOBOLA. To stamp corn; to
bray in a mortar.
TLHOBOLŌ. A quiver; a gun.
TLHŌBŌLŌ = Tlhobolō.
TLHOBOSA. Caus. of tlhoboga.
TLHODIA. To annoy; to bother;
to trouble; to annoy, or weary
with noise.
TLHODIÈGÈLŌ. Care.
TLHODIÈGŌ. Annoyance.
TLHODIILE. Perf. of tlhodia.
TLHODILE. Perf. of tlhōla.
TLHODISA. To cause to remain.
Caus. of tlhōla.
TLHODIWA. Pass. of tlhodia.
TLHOGA. To sprout, as a tree;
to burst into leaf; to put forth
leaves; to grow.
TLHŌGŌ. A head.
TLHŌGŌETHATA. Stubbornness.
TLHŌGŌNŌLŌ. Happy; blessed;
favoured; prospered.
TLHŌGŌNŌLŌHALA. To become
blessed.
TLHŌGŌTLHŌGŌ. A headman.
TLHŌGWANA. A little head.
TLHOHI. The corner of a gar-
den.
TLHOILE. Perf. of tlhoa.
TLHOISA. Caus. of tlhoa.
TLHOIWA. Pass. of tlhoa.
TLHOKA. To be eager. Used of
a bull. A nipple of a breast;
a wart; a hole in a nipple; hole
in the nipple of a gun; the hole
in an ear.
TLHŌKA. To lack something;
to need a thing one has not
got; to be without something.
= Tlhweka. Go tlhōka go rata,
not to love; to be without love.
TLHOKAGANYA. To arrange; to
set in nice order.
TLHŌKAHALA. To be scarce; to
be lacking.
TLHOKE. Neg. form of tlhōka.
TLHŌKÈLA. Go mo tlhōkèla
pelo, to lack sympathy with
him, to be unkind to him.
TLHOKILE. Perf. of tlhōka.
TLHOKISA. Caus. of tlhōka. Go
ba tlhokisa puō, to put them to
silence. Ba mo tlhokisa tsela,
he is debarred from leaving by
the people refusing him per-
mission, or refusing to direct
him.
TLHOKO. The nipple of a breast;
a wart.
TLHŌKŌ. Ō tlhōkō, he is obser-
vant; he has a good memory.
Used of a man who never for-
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gets his cattle, etc., however
numerous they may be. O
tlhōkō mo mahokuñ, he has a
good memory for words.
TLHOKOCWE. Perf. pass. of
tlhokola.
TLHOKOHALA. To become sad.
TLHOKOHATSA. To make sad.
TLHOKOLA. To sharpen, or make
pointed.
TLHOKOLOTSA. To cut meat
into long strips for drying; to
cut a hide into long strips.
TLHŌKŌMÈLA. To take notice
of; to take heed; to observe;
to pay attention; to consider.
TLHŌKŌMETSE. Perf. of tlhōkō-
mèla.
TLHOKOMOLOGA. To cease to
take notice of; to neglect; not
to heed.
TLHOKOTLA. To strip, or cut
off twigs or small branches; to
whittle a stick.
TLHOKOTLWA. Pass. of tlhoko-
tla.
TLHOKOTSA. To sharpen to a
point.
TLHŌLA. To remain for a time,
the time being specified; to
tarry; to sojourn; to visit; to
create; to bellow much, or
drink its own urine, as an
animal supposed to have power
to bewitch; to spy. Go tlhōla
lehatshe, to spy out the land.
Go tlhōla ka bonokwane, to spy
by a party. Any more. Used
with negative particles. Ga
nketla ke tlhōla ke diha yalo,
I will not do so any more; I
will do so no longer. Still; to
go on to do. Go tla tlhōla go
dihwa, it will go on to be done.
A u tlhōla ua shuga? are you
still braying? are you con-
stantly braying?
TLHŌLATLHŌLA. To go on tarry-
ing; to remain a while; to
tarry for two or three days.
TLHOLE. Ga re tlhole re ea,
we no longer go, we go no
more. Ga le tlhole le na le sepè,
it no longer has anything.
TLHOLECWE. Perf. of tlhōlèlwa.
TLHŌLÈGA. To become created.
TLHOLEGILE. Perf. of tlhōlèga.
TLHŌLÈGŌ. A person's habit or
nature; that with which a
person was born.
TLHOLEGOÑ. By nature; by or
in creation. Mo tlholegoñ ea
lehatshe, from the foundation
of the world.
TLHŌLÈLA. Go tlhōlèla lehatshe,
to spy out a land.
TLHŌLÈLWA. To be startled, or
surprised, as by some unex-
pected and unwelcome event.
TLHŌLŌ. A creation; a red
animal resembling a hare.
TLHOLOGÈLÈLA. To desire or
long for a thing or person one
has seen or enjoyed before.
TLHOLOGÈLÈLWA. O la a tlho-
logèlèlwa go ba a mmōna, he
longed to see him again. To be
in labour. Used of animals.
E tla tlhologèlèlwa, it will be
in labour.
TLHOLOGÈLÈLŌ. A longing; a
desire.
TLHŌMA. To plant; to fix in on
end. Go tlhōma matlhō mo
go èna, to fix the eyes on him.
TLHŌMAGANA. To become fast-
ened together. Go tlhōma-
gana nabō, to follow close after
them.
TLHŌMAGANCWE. Added to.
TLHŌMAGANYA. To add to; to
lengthen by adding to; to
fasten together.
TLHŌMAGANYE. Perf. of tlhōma-
gana.
TLHŌMAMA. To be firmly fixed.
TLHŌMAME. Perf. of tlhōmama.
TLHŌMAMISA. To make firm or
fixed; to ratify; to fix; to
establish.
TLHŌMAMISHŌ. A making firm;
a ratification.
TLHŌMAMISITSE. Perf. of tlhō-
mamisa.
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TLHÔMAMÔ. Firm; firmness;
freedom. Ka tlhômamô,
firmly. Ke tsecwe mo tlhoma-
moñ, I was born in freedom;
I was born a free man.
TLHÔMÈLA. To arm; to carry
anything over the shoulder on a
stick; to fix or establish for or
on. Go tlhōmèla batho melaō,
to lay down laws for the people.
O la a se tlhōmèla ka lotlhaka,
he put it on a reed; he fixed it
on a reed.
TLHOMÈLÈLA. To add to; to
lengthen; to splice; to add
piece by piece.
TLHOMELETSA. Go tlhomeletsa
puō, to speak at length.
TLHOMÈLÔ. A weapon.
TLHOMESA. To roof a house; to
fix rafters.
TLHOMESHÔ. A rafter.
TLHOMETSE. Perf. of tlhōmèla.
TLHOMOGA. To go away; to
depart. Go tlhomoga pelo, to
be moved with compassion.
TLHOMOGÈLA. Go tlhomogèla
pelo, to have pity upon; to
show mercy to; to be kind to.
TLHOMOGÈLWA. Ba tla tlhomo-
gèlwa pelo, they will obtain
mercy; they will meet with
kindness.
TLHÔMÔKÈLA. To grow quickly,
or too fast for oue's strength,
as a tall and undeveloped
youth.
TLHOMOLA. To take or draw
out, as a thorn, a pole, etc.
Go tlhomola boyañ, to pull up
grass. Go tlhomola pelo, to
draw out the heart in sym-
pathy; to tear out the heart
in sorrow.
TLHOMOLOLA. To pull up by the
roots, as in transplanting; to
take out, as a pole.
TLHONAMA. To beg humbly and
piteously; to be indefatigable,
or in earnest.
TLHONAMÈLA. To beg humbly
and piteously from.
TLHONAMETSE. Perf. of tlhona-
mèla.
TLHONAMÔ. Noun from tlho-
nama.
TLHONO. A shaving scraped
from a hide in braying.
TLHONTSE. Perf. of tlhonya.
TLHONTSHA. To cause the coun-
tenance to look sorrowful.
TLHONTSHICWE. Perf. pass. of
tlhontsha.
TLHONYA. To look sorrowful or
disappointed; to be erect or
rough, as the hair of an angry
dog. E tlhontse, it looks
angry. E tlhontse moriri, its
hair is raised in anger.
TLHOÑ. A hedgehog.
TLHOÑWA. Pass. of tlhōma.
TLHÔÔ. Aversion; dislike.
TLHÔPHA. To make clean, as
corn by picking; to select out;
to separate.
TLHÔPHANA. A group or party;
a portion.
TLHOPHIWA. Pass. of tlhōpha.
TLHOPOLOGA. To be tall; to be-
come unravelled; to become
straight.
TLHOPORA. To take out a little,
as of food, etc.
TLHORA. A pinnacle; a summit;
to cause to be emaciated or
pine away.
TLHORÈGA. To become emaci-
ated.
TLHORO. A fur cap; a hat.
TLHOSE. A jackal.
TLHOSETSA. To set fire to any-
thing inflammable.
TLHOTLHA. To rub a skin with
a stone in braying.
TLHÔTLHA. To strain liquids.
TLHOTLHELECO. An incitement.
TLHOTLHELETSA. To incite; to
stir up to do; to persuade; to
provoke to action.
TLHOTLHELETSÈGA. To become
provoked, or excited to action.
TLHOTLHOLOGANYA. To go from
one place to another.
TLHOTLHOLOGOLO. Tlhotlholo-
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golo e cosa diletseñ, a proverb
expressive of the folly of raking
up old quarrels.
TLHOTLHOMISA. To investigate;
to search into; to prove; to
ascertain accurately a doubtful
matter.
TLHOTLHOMISHŌ. A finding out;
an investigation.
TLHOTLHORA. To beat; to shake
off, as leaves off a tree.
TLHOTLHORÈGA. To become
shaken off; to fall off, as leaves.
TLHOTLHORÈLA. Go tlhotlhorèla
mo moleloñ, to fall off into a
fire.
TLHOTLHORI. Grounds of grain
in brewing.
TLHŌTLHWA. A price.
TLHOTSA. To be lame; to limp.
TLHOTSE. Perf. of tlhōla.
TLHŌYANA. A small tlhōlō, Int.
TLHWAEA. To take back through
anger or strife that which one
had lent or given.
TLHWAÈGA. To become rotten
and fall in, as timber eaten by
insects; to be eaten and hol-
lowed out, as the carcase of an
animal.
TLHWANA. Fem. of. ntlhwa.
Brown. Used of a cow.
TLHWARE. A very large snake;
a boa constrictor.
TLHWATLHA = Tlhōtlhwa. Goods
for sale.
TLHWATLHWAETSA = Tlhagisa.
TLHWEKA. Madi a tlhweka,
blood before it is clotted.
TLIKIECO. Favour; partiality.
TLIKIETSA. To love very much;
to indulge from fondness; to
favour.
TLILE. Perf. of tla.
TLISA. Caus. of tla.
TLISITSE. Perf. of tlisa.
TLO. Lo tlo lo re, you would say.
U tlo u re utlwè, pray hear
us.
TLŌBA. To pull the meat off a
hare's bones, in order to dip it
in fat before eating it; to pull
lean meat into shreds, in order
to dip it in fat.
TLOBAKA. To move about very
much; to be very busy in doing
different kinds of work.
TLOBATLOBA. To change one's
residence often.
TLOCO. An anointing.
TLODILE. Perf. of tlola.
TLODISA. Caus. of tlola.
TLODISIWA. Pass. of tlodisa.
TLODITSE. Perf. of tlotsa.
TLOGA. To rise up; to go away;
to depart; to leave a place.
Tloga ha, get hence. Soon;
straightway; immediately. Ba
tla tloga ba tsamaea, they will
soon go away; they will go
away now.
TLOGÈLA. To depart from; to
leave; to forsake.
TLOGELECWE. E tlogelecwe, it
was left.
TLOGÈLWA. To be forsaken; to
be left.
TLOGILE. Perf. of tloga. Ba le
ba tlogile ba tlola molaō, they
soon broke the law.
TLOGISA. To cause to depart.
TLOGOLOGA. To become peni-
tent, Int.
TLŌHŌHALA. To become weak;
to fall off in strength.
TLOKA = Bega.
TLOKOLOLA. To sift while hold-
ing the sieve in a slanting
position.
TLOKOTLA. See TLHOKOTLA.
TLOLA. To jump over; to jump
up; to transgress.
TLŌLA. To smear; to anoint.
TLOLAGANYA. To step, or stride
over; to step across; to pass
over; to cross over. Go tlola-
ganya lomōta, to step over a
wall. Go tlolaganya thota, to
go over a hill.
TLOLAGANYŌ. A stepping, or
passing over. Modihō oa tlo-
laganyō, a passover feast.
TLOLAGANTSE. Perf. of tlola-
ganya.
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TLOLÈLA. To jump to. E le ea
tlolèla mo teñ, it jumped in-
side.
TLOLÔ. A transgression.
TLOLWA. Pass. of tlola.
TLÔLWA. Pass. of tlôla.
TLOMOGA. To rise from a sitting
posture; to stand upright.
TLOMOGÈLA. See TLHOMOGÈLA.
TLONKATLONKA. To eat spar-
ingly, or in a mincing man-
ner.
TLOO. An underground bean;
an earth nut.
TLOPA. To hop, as a locust.
TLOPATLOPA. To hop about, as
a bird; to hop about much.
TLÔPÔ. The crest or tuft of
feathers on a bird's head.
TLOPOLA=Tabola.
TLÔPÔTLA. To wet through; to
soak, as rain a person.
TLOSA. To take away; to re-
move.
TLOSIWA. Pass. of tlosa.
TLOTLA. To honour; to favour;
to bless with abundance.
TLOTLAHALA. To become abun-
dant; to abound.
TLOTLÈGA. To become honoured;
to become favoured.
TLOTLÈGO. Favour; honour;
blessing.
TLOTLOLOLA. To dishonour.
TLOTLOMÈLA=Tlhōmōkèla.
TLOTLONA. To pick up one by
one with fingers, or as a bird
its food.
TLÔTLÔNA.=Tlotlona.
TLÔTLÔPA. To eat very much;
to continue eating a long time.
TLOTSA. Caus. of tlôla.
TLOU. An elephant.
TLÔYWA. Pass. of tlôba.
TLUNYANE. A little house.
TLUÑ. Mo tluñ, in a house.
TLWAÈLA. To be accustomed to;
to be experienced in; to be ac-
quainted with.
TLWAÈLANA. To reciprocate
friendship.
TLWAETSA. To accustom to.
TLWAETSE. Perf. of tlwaèla.
TÔBA. To look aside, or round
with eyes cast down.
TOBAKA. To prepare to receive
visitors; to prepare to start on
a journey.
TOBEKANYA. To mix together;
to jumble up together; to
muddle up.
TOBEKANYE. Perf. of tobekana.
TOBETSA. To dinge in, as an
elastic body; to press in, or
down with the flat part of a
finger end.
TOBETSEGA. To be yielding, as
an elastic body, ripe abscess,
etc.
TOBISA=Tobetsa.
TOCO. See Tooco.
TOGA. A roll of tobacco.
TOGAMAANÔ. A device.
TOGÔMAANÔ. A device.
TOISE. A snuff-box (hybrid).
TÔKA. Black earth, or clay.
TOKÈLÔ. A small sack, or pouch
worn by women.
TÔKÔ=Tôka.
TOKOLOLO. A joint, as finger,
leg, etc.
TÔKÔMÈLA. To be stupid, or
dazed, as from sickness.
TOKOMETSA. To make stupid, or
dazed.
TOKWA. Dark brown. Used of
an ox.
TOKWANA. Fem. of tokwa.
TOLO. A toll (hybrid).
TOLORÔ. Noun from lolora.
TÔMANA. To drink water while
kneeling or lying down.
TOMEÈGA. To be proud; to be
haughty; to despise others.
TOMÈGA. A mark left by cup-
ping, or bleeding.
TOMÈLA. To throw at and pierce
with an arrow, etc.
TOMELECÔ. Ka tomelecō, on
purpose; without cause.
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TOMOGA. To be pulled out with
finger and thumb.
TOMOLA. To pull out with finger
and thumb; to catch a fast
running animal.
TOMOLOGANŌ. A division.
TOMOLOGŌ. Noun from lomo-
loga.
TONA. A male. =Tonna, Int.
TŌNA. To bend down the head
and body.
TŌNAKA. To bend down the
head, as an untrained ox.
TONNA. Large; great.
TONTOBANE. A small bird with
tail often erected.
TŌNTŌLŌ. The point or lowest
end of a root.
Toō. Witchcraft.
Tooco. A whetstone; a grind-
stone.
TOPALALA. To stand upright.
TOPECWE. Ke topecwe ke bo-
tlhoko, I am laid prostrate by
sickness.
TOPÈLA. To take hold of
thoroughly; to possess en-
tirely.
TOPETÈGA. To languish; to be-
come helpless from pain or
weariness.
TŌPŌ. A request.
TŌRŌ. A dream.
TORONKO. A prison (hybrid).
TOSE. A snuff-box (hybrid).
TOSHOLO. A syphilitic sore, Int.
TOSHOLOLŌ. Noun from losho-
lola.
TOTA. To increase; to abound;
to multiply.
TŌTA. Very much so; in reality;
in very truth; real. Yesu tō-
ta, Jesus himself. Pelo ea me
tōta, my very heart. Ke èna
rrè tōta, he is my very own
father.
TOTAHALA. To increase; to be-
come larger; to multiply.
TOTAHALÈLA. To become greater
for.
TOTAHALŌ. Increase.
TOTÈLA. To abound to, or for.
TOTISA. To canse to increase.
TOTLHANYŌ. Noun from lotlha-
nya.
TOTŌBA. To walk slowly, or
totteringly, as an old man.
TOTOBALA. To be still and mo-
tionless; to lie stretched out,
as a dead animal.
TOTOBETSE. Perf. of totobala.
TŌTŌLŌGA. To act defiantly; to
be headstrong; to despise food.
TOTOMA. To bulge out, as a well-
stuffed cushion.
TOTOMALA = Totobala.
TOTOMETSE. Perf. of totomala.
TOTOULA. To beat very hard.
TOTOTSA. To have a large pro-
geny; to continue adding to
one's family.
TŌTSAHALŌ. Deceit.
TOTWANATOTWANA. Used of ani-
mals dying in large numbers.
TOUTA. To pound to powder;
to reiterate.
TSA. Of. Used with nouns in
di. Contracted form of tsaea;
take!
TSAATSIA. To consider; to take
notice; to neglect. Perf. tsei-
letsia.
TSABŌ = Tsa bōna.
TSADISA. Caus. of tsala.
TSAEA. To take; to take a wife;
to marry. Perf. tseile and
tsere. Go tsaea kgañ, to
argue; to debate; to discuss.
Go tsaea mosadi, to marry a
woman.
TSAGA. A large vessel for hold-
ing cooked beer.
TSAKUGA. To die suddenly.
TSALA. To beget; to have con-
nection with; to bring forth,
as animals. Of human beings,
tsala is used of copulation
only; of animals, it is used
of bringing forth. A friend.
Tsala tsa madi, relations.
TSALABA. To be pleasing to; to
be satisfactory.
TSALANA. To be friendly with.
TSALANŌ. Friendship.
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TSALECWE. O la a tsalecwe
gōna, he was born there.
TSALŌ. Noun from tsala.
TSALWA. Pass. of tsala. Used
of the bringing forth of children
and animals.
TSAMAALANA. To associate with;
to go together.
TSAMAEA. To go away. Until.
Ga tsamaea, until. Go tla go
tsamaea, until.
TSAMAEE. Dilō cotlhe di tsamaee
di dihahale, until all things
are accomplished.
TSAMAISA. To cause to go away.
TSAMAŌ. Mode of living; cha-
racter; demeanour.
TSAMMA. A long walking-stick
or staff.
TSANKA. To wound in many
places, or badly.
TSANTSABETSA. To be clever
in ornamental work, sewing,
writing, etc.
TSANTSIA=Tsaatsia. Used when
addressing a number of people.
Attention!
TSAPOGA. To jump up; to be-
come wet or sprinkled.
TSAPOGECWE. To have become
wet or sprinkled.
TSAPOLA. To leap; to throw or
jerk something wet; to milk a
cow dry.
TSARANYA. Go tsaranya mathe,
to spit out with a noise, as
from between the teeth.
TSARANYETSÈGA. To become spat
out with a noise, as from be-
tween the teeth.
TSAROLA. To cut straight; to
tear straight; to tear with
one's nails.
TSAROLÈLA. Ba le ba ba tsaro-
lèla diaparō, they tore the
clothes off them.
TSATSARAGANA. To part asun-
der; to become split.
TSATSARAGANYA. To split up;
to cut a carcase down the
middle of the backbone.
TSATSIA. See TSAATSIA.
TSE. These. Used with nouns
in di.
TSEANA. To be in perplexity;
to be amazed.
TSEANCWE. Perplexed.
TSEANŌ. Amazement; per-
plexity.
TSEANTSHA. To cause to be-
come foolish or stupid.
TSEANYA. To amaze; to perplex;
to make stupid.
TSEANYE. Perf. of tseana. O
tseanye, he is stupid; he is
imbecile.
TSEAÑWA. To be astonished;
to be perplexed.
TSÈBÈ. An ear. The page of
a book.
TSEBEA. To sway, as corn or
trees in the wind, or a crowd
of excited people.
TSEBERU. A kind of small dove.
TSECWE. Perf. of tsala. Born.
Ba ba tsecweñ ke basadi, those
who are born of women.
TSECHO=Tsa echo.
TSÈÈLA. To take for; to take
from. Ba re tsèèla lehatshe,
they take the land from us.
TSÈÈLWA. Pass. of tsèèla.
TSEHUMOLŌ. Noun from sehu-
mola.
TSEILE. Perf. of tsaea.
TSEILETSIA. Perf. of tsaatsia.
TSEISA. Caus. of tsaea. Go
tseisa kgañ, to get up a debate
or argument.
TSEKAGANYA. To strike hard
with a thick stick.
TSEKÈGA=Sekèga.
TSELA. A path; a way; a road.
TSÈLA. See tsèèla.
TSEMELÈLA. To overcome; to
be too much for; to tire out.
TSEMŌ. A creation, Int.
TSEMPOLOLA. To be bad, or
worthless. Used of acts or
habits.
TSENA. To spoil quickly, as
bread, etc.
TSÈNA. To enter. Perf. tsenye.
TSENCWE. Perf. pass. of tsèna.
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TSENEKÈGA. To be full of folly
or mirth.
TSÈNÈLA. To enter for; to
enter by force, or without con-
sent. Go ba tsènèla letsapa,
to labour for them, as a parent
for children.
TSENKO. A seeking.
TSENKOLOLA. To disarrange; to
disturb things.
TSENO=Tsa eno, tsa ga eno.
Tseno di kae? where are you?
TSENTSÈ. Perf. of tsenya.
TSENTSHA. To cause to be mad.
TSÈNWA. Pass. of tsèna. To
be mad.
TSENYA. To cause to enter; to
put in. Perf. tsentsè.
TSENYE. Perf. tsèna.
TSENYWE. Perf. pass. of tsenya.
TSEÑWA. Pass. of tsenya.
TSEPA. To throw a spear, etc.,
so as to make it stick upright
in the ground.
TSEPALALA. To stand upright;
to be straight.
TSEPAMA. To stand upright; to
stick in and stand upright, as
a spear in the ground.
TSEPAMÈLA. Matlhō aotlhe a la
a tsepamèla mo go èna, all the
eyes were fixed on him.
TSEPÈGA. Go tsepèga matlhō,
to look steadfastly. Go tse-
pèga pelo, to fix the heart on.
TSEPELO. A walking; a walk.
TSÈPHÈ. See TSHÈPHÈ.
TSERE. Perf. of tsaea.
TSEREGANYA. See TSIRIGANYA.
TSÈRÈMÈTSÈGA. To sing loudly;
to scream out in singing.
TSETA. To pull and fasten
tightly; to fasten up, as a
girdle.
TSETALALA. To stand firm and
immovable.
TSETLA. A gusset, or piece let
in to widen.
TSETLAMÈLA. To descend on
the other side; to hang over,
or be suspended from.
TSETLAMETSA. To throw a thing
so that it may hang down over
another, as a rope over a beam.
TSÈTO. An engraving; a carv-
ing.
TSETSANA. A number of female
children.
TSETSE. Perf. of tsala.
TSÈTSÈ. A fly destructive to
cattle.
TSÈTSÈLÈKA. To be circumspect,
or watchful; to look at ear-
nestly.
TSÈTSÈLÈKŌ. Circumspection;
watchfulness.
TSÈTSÈNA. To work cleverly or
cunningly.
TSÈTSÈNEKA=Tsètsèna.
TSETSEPÈLA. To stand firm; to
make a firm stand.
TSÈTSÈRÈGANA. To part, or be-
come parted asunder; to split
up, or become split up as
wood.
TSÈTSÈRÈGANYA. To cause to
part asunder, or split; to cleave
asunder; to divide.
TSÈTSÈTHA. To shake meal up
and down so as to remove the
bran.
TSETSIA. Negative form of tsaa-
tsia.
TSEWA. Pass. of tsaea.
TSHABA. To flee; to flee from.
Go tshaba madi, to have dysen-
tery, Int.
TSHABÈGA. To become fled
from.
TSHABÈLA. To flee to; to flee
from, not out of fear. Ba tla
mo tshabèla, they will flee from
him. Ba le ba tshabèla go o
sele, they fled to another. Ba
tla tshabèla kwa go Yesu, they
will flee to Jesus.
TSHABŌ. A flight.
TSHADI. Many women.
TSHAÈLA. A large house, Int.
TSHAMEKA. To play; to sport.
TSHAMEKŌ. Play; sport; fun.
TSHAMEKWANE. Child's play.
TSHAROLOGA. To become loose;
to come apart.
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TSHAROLOLA. To spread out, as
a curtain.
TSHASA. To smear or rub with
fat; to rub fat in; to paint.
TSHAYWA. Pass. of tshaba.
TSHE. Oa re tshe, he speaks to
the purpose. Sea re hèla sea
re tshe, it fits exactly.
TSHEBETHA. To rub ask in be-
tween the hands when bray-
ing.
TSHÈBÔ. Slander; backbiting.
TSHÈCWE. Perf. pass. of tshèla.
TSHÈCHWANA. A little spring-
buck.
TSHEDILE. Perf. of tshela.
TSHEDILWE. Perf. pass. of
tshela. E tshedilwe. Used
of an animal that has not had
young for some time, or that
has young every other year.
TSHEDISA. Caus. of tshela.
TSHEGA. Belted. Used of an
ox. A strip of skin worn by a
man for trousers.
TSHÈGA. To laugh; to laugh
at; to laugh aloud.
TSHEGAHACÔ = Tshegohacô.
TSHEGAHALA = Tshegohala.
TSHAGAHATSA = Tshegohatsa.
TSHEGANA. Belted. Used of a
cow.
TSHEGEDIWA. Pass. of tshege-
tsa.
TSHEGEHALA = Tshegohala.
TSHÈGÈLA. Go tshègèla pitsa,
to arrange stones for a pot to
stand on.
TSHEGELETSA. To hold fast for;
to keep for.
TSHEGETSA. To hold fast; to
keep a commandment; to hold
fast, as a faith or doctrine.
TSHEGÔ. Noun from sega. A
cut; a cutting. O tshegô, he
is blessed; he is favoured; he
is lucky; he is a happy man.
TSHEGOHACÔ. A making blessed;
grace.
TSHEGOHALA. To become
blessed.
TSHEGOHATSA. To make blessed.
TSHÈKÈLÔ. Ntlo ea tshèkèlô, a
court of justice.
TSHEKISHÔ. A judgment.
TSHÈKÔ. A prosecution; a place
of judgment; a council.
TSHELA. To live; to ford a
stream; to pass over; to
approach and retreat from in
dancing,
TSHÈLA. To pour. Go tshèla
bola, to cast the dice.
TSHÈLÈGÈLA. To pour upon, as
a cloud of arrows; to rush
upon; to arrive in large num-
bers.
TSHÈLÈLA. To pour on; to pour
for.
TSHELEPANA. To differ, as views,
stories, etc.
TSHÈLÔ. A pouring; a mould
for bullets, etc.
TSHÈLOLA. To take something
from beneath other things, or
from under soil.
TSHEMÈGÔ. Warning, Int.
TSHENOLÔ. A revealing; a re-
velation.
TSHENYÈGÔ. A being destroyed;
destruction.
TSHENYÔ. A destroying; waste;
destruction.
TSHEÑ = Ka eñ?
TSHÈPA. To sanctify.
TSHÈPÈGA. To become sancti-
fied.
TSHÈPHÈRÈGA. To cry much;
to scold continually.
TSHEPHISA. To sanctify.
TSHÈRA. To gather together, as
game, Int.
TSHESANE. Thin; fine; slender.
TSHESANYANE. Very thin.
TSHÈTÈLA. A chip made when
carving wood; a wood shav-
ing.
TSHÈTLHA. Yellow.
TSHÈTLHANA. Fem. of tshètlha.
TSHETLHO. A bird that leads
to honey; a bird that tells of a
lion's presence.
TSHÈTLHÔ. A thorn of the dub-
belje doorn plant.
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TSHETSHA. To remove things
from one residence to another.
TSHI. An exclamation expressive
of cold.
TSHIAMISHŌ. A making right;
justice.
TSHIAMŌ. Righteousness; just-
ness.
TSHIAMOLOLŌ. Wickedness.
TSHIANŌ. A race.
TSHIBA=Tsiba.
TSHICWANA. A small iron.
TSHIDI. A bean of the mositsa-
ne plant; the meconium of
new-born infants.
TSHIKA. A generation; lineage.
Mo tshika tshikeñ, from gener-
ation to generation; genera-
tions and generations.
TSHIKARŌ. A shoulder; the
place where a burden rests.
TSHIKHI. An exclamation ex-
pressive of cold.
TSHIKINYA=Tsikinya.
TSHIKINYÈGA=Tsikinyèga.
TSHIKIRI. A little lump or swell-
ing sometimes seen above the
navel.
TSHILLWI. A kind of ground
bird resembling a lethacane.
TSHILŌ. A round stone for
grinding with.
TSHIMA. Boiled corn rubbed or
ground in a mortar.
TSHIMANE. Many male child-
ren.
TSHIMÈGA. The main body, or
centre of an army; a mark
made on the body to show that
a man has killed an enemy.
TSHIMO. A garden. Pl. masimo.
TSHIMOLOGŌ. A beginning.
TSHIMOÑ. Mo tshimoñ, in a
garden.
TSHINOSHŌ. A revealing; a
revelation.
TSHIPA. A striped black and
white ground squirrel.
TSHIPI. Iron; metal; a bell.
TSHIPO. A springhare. Pl.
botshipo.
TSHIRA=Sira.
TSHISIBALŌ. A calm; a deep
silence.
TSHISIMŌGŌ. Reverence; grav-
ity; fear; aversion.
TSHISIRI. A fish moth.
TSHITLHA. To exude; or ooze
out. Go tshitlha metse, to
perspire. Go tshitlha madi, to
bleed from the pores.
TSIAKANYA. Go tsiakanya ma-
hoko, to repeat a story imper-
fectly through forgetting, or
not understanding it.
TSIANE. A kind of small grass-
hopper, or locust.
TSIBA. To cork up; to plug; to
stop a hole.
TSIBALA. To become stopped,
or closed, or plugged.
TSIBÈGA. To strike a person
very hard.
TSIBITHI. A man who dances
like a fool.
TSIBOGA=Tsitsiboga.
TSIBOLOLA. To uncork; to un-
plug.
TSIDIDI. Cold.
TSIDIHULA. To become cold.
TSIDIKI. A clinging noise made
by a falling iron, etc.
TSIÈ. A locust. Sing. and pl.
TSIECO. Deceitfulness; deceit;
cheating.
TSIEDICWE. Perf. pass. of tsietsa.
TSIEDITSE. Perf. of tsietsa.
TSIEDIWA. Pass. of tsietsa.
TSIÈLWA. To doubt; to be per-
plexed.
TSIENCHANE. A kind of grass-
hopper, or locust.
TSIETSA. To deceive; to cheat.
TSIETSANYA. To deceive each
other.
TSIETSÈGA. To become deceived.
TSIKANA. To fight at close quar-
ters; to close with each other
in fighting.
TSIKANYA. Caus. of tsikana. Go
tsikanya mahoko, to mix up
matters.
TSIKINCWE. Perf. pass. of tsi-
kinya.
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TSIKINYA. To shake, in an active
sense; to move.
TSIKINYÈGA. To become shaken.
TSIKIÑWA. To be shaken,
actively.
TSIKITLA. To tickle; to poke
in the ribs in sport.
TSIKITLÈLA=Segitletsa.
TSILE. Perf. of tla. Ba tsile,
they are come.
TSILWE. A kind of small jackal.
TSIMOGA=Tsitlologa.
TSINA. A mouse's nest.
TSINÈLÈLA. To press a stooping
person down to the ground.
TSIPOGA. To be startled, as at the
sight of a snake; to shudder,
as when cold water is thrown
on one. Go tsipoga mmele, to
shudder.
TSIPOLA. To startle, or cause to
shudder.
TSIRIGANYA. To mediate; to
part contenders.
TSIRIKANA. To clatter, as cups
knocked together.
TSIRIMA. To tinkle; to clang.
TSIRITSIRI. A kind of cricket.
TSISA=Tlisa.
TSISHŌPELO. A sigh; a sob.
TSITLAMA. To make a wry face
after tasting something nasty.
TSITLOLOGA. To be poured out
in large quantities; to stream
out; to flow too abundantly.
TSITSI. A kind of very small
bird.
TSITSIBOGA. To come to one-
self after fainting or being
stunned; to start up troubled
and startled; to awake up of
oneself; to become roused up,
as a lazy person.
TSITSIBOSA. Caus. of tsitsiboga.
TSITSIBOSIWA. Pass. of tsitsi-
bosa.
TSITSIÈLA. To run slowly.
TSITSIPOLOGA. To come up
thickly, as grain; to stand
close together, as a crowd; to
cover the body, as a rash.
TSITSIRI. A kind of insect found
on house walls. Sometimes
used for a bug.
TSITSITLHA=Tsikitla.
TU. An exclamation of surprise.
TUA. Go tua, it is said. Ga
tua, it was said. Perf. tule.
TUALO. A go se tualo=A go se
ne yalo.
TUBA. To thump with a fist. To
beat the ground with a tail, as
an ox when lying down, and
hence supposed to be unlucky
and have the power to bewitch
or injure.
TUDUECŌ=Moduduetsa.
TUDUKANA. To make a rattling
noise.
TUÈLŌ. A reward.
TUELÈLA. To pour meal into
water in too large a proportion.
TUKA. To take fire; to flame;
to burn, as a candle. Go
tuka bogale, to be angry.
TUKÈLA, To be angry with.
TUKISA. Caus. of tuka.
TUKUTHA. See THUKHUTHA.
TULE. Perf. of tua. Go tuleñ,
what is said?
TULŌ. Noun from dula.
TULWE. Go tulwe, it is said.
TUMA. To become noised
abroad; to be famous.
TUMALANŌ. A mutual agree-
ment.
TUMEDI. Fame; report.
TUMEDISHŌ. A greeting; a salu-
tation.
TUMÈLA. Rel. of tuma.
TUMÈLŌ. Faith; belief.
TUMILE. Perf. of tuma.
TUMISA. To boast of, or in. Go
tumisa motho, to boast in a
person.
TUMŌ. A noise; a person's fame.
Tumō ea maru, thunder.
TUMODISA. Caus. of tumola.
TUMOLA. To shut up the mouth
and refrain from speaking.
TUMOLOGŌ. A ceasing to believe;
unbelief.
TUMOLOLA. To open. Used of
the mouth.
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TUMOTSÈ. O tumotsè molomo,
he is quite silent; he is dumb.
TUMUSA. To have the girdle
imperfectly fastened; to be
uncovered, or indecently ex-
posed. Used of a man.
TUNTWANE. A small calabash;
a small receptacle of leather,
bone, etc., for snuff.
TURIO. A tower (hybrid).
TUTÈLA. To become ripe and
ready for opening, as a boil.
TUTETSA. Caus. of tutèla.
TUTUBOLOGA. To get up quickly;
to spring up, as a mushroom.
TUTUCHWANE. A mushroom; a
fungus.
TUTUGA. To grow. Used of
persons and animals.
TUTUMA. To flame much, as a
large fire; to be in a fever.
TUTUMÒ. A fever; a large
flaming.
TUTUMOLOGA. To break out,
as an eruption; to disperse
quickly, as a crowd of people.
TUULALA. To be silent when
spoken to.
TUWA. See TUA.
TWA. Go twa, it is said. Ga
twa, it was said.
TWEÑ. Go tweñ? What is
said?
TWILE. Perf. of twa.
U.
U. Thou.
UAN. One (hybrid).
UBA. To throb; to smite with
a fist; to beat so as to wound.
UBANA. To beat each other.
Go ubana ka macwele, to
strike each other with fists.
UBÈLA. To blow the bellows.
UBUGA. To heave, as an op-
pressed chest; to breathe
hard; to pant.
UBULA. To smite with a staff,
etc.
UCULE. See UCWILE.
UCUWA. See UCWIWA.
UCWA. To steal.
UCWÈLA. To steal from.
UCWILE. Perf. of ucwa.
UCWISA. Caus. of ucwa.
UCWIWA. Pass. of ucwa.
UDUBATSA. To shake out dust
from a skin, etc.
UESI. U le uesi, thou alone.
UKANYA. To inspect, Int.
UMA. To bear fruit.
UMAKA. To mention a name;
to name; to speak about.
UNA. To take all the things out
of a place.
UNYA. To peep out, and draw
back again; to appear above
the surface, and disappear
again.
UÑWA. Pass. of uma.
UÑWILE. Perf. of uñwa.
UÑWISA. Caus. of uñwa.
UPA. To place or sprinkle medi-
cines to destroy or keep away
beasts or birds, or to protect a
house.
UPALALA. To sit silently; to sit
in silence.
UPELÈLA. To sprinkle or smear
with witchcraft medicines.
UPELETSA=Upelèla.
UPIWA. Pass. of upa.
UPOLOGA. To become of none
effect. Used of witchcraft
medicines.
UPOLOLA. To make witchcraft
medicines of no effect.
USA. Caus. of wa. To cause
to fall.
USEDIWA. Pass. of usetsa.
USETSA. To cause to fall to.
USIWA. Caus. of usa.
UTLA. To snatch a thing.
UTLULE=Ulwile.
UTLUSA=Utlwisa. Go mo utlu-
sa, to cause him to hear; to
inform him; to tell him.
UTLUSIWA=Utlwisiwa.
UTLUWA=Utlwiwa.
UTLWA. To hear; to feel; to
taste. Go utlwa botlhoko, to
feel sorry; to be in pain.
UTLWALA. To become audible.
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UTLWALÈLA. Ke le ka di utlwa-
lèla gōna, I heard of them
there.
UTLWANA. Go utlwana le, to
sympathise with.
UTLWATSA. Caus. of utlwala.
UTLWÈGA. To be audible; to
be heard, or understood.
UTLWÈLA. To feel for; to hear
about. Go utlwèla botlhoko,
to feel sorry for; to pity.
UTLWÈLANA. Go utlwèlana bo-
tlhoko. To sympathise with
each other.
UTLWÈLÈLA. Ke le ka di utlwè-
lèla kwa, I heard about them
there.
UTLWETSE. Perf. of utlwala and
utlwèla. O di utlwetse, he
has heard of them. Re utlwetse
legae, we have heard of a
home.
UTLWILE. Perf. of utlwa.
UTLWISA. Caus. of utlwa.
W.
WA. To fall; to fall down as an
involuntary act. Perf. ole.
Caus. usa, or osa.
WATLHAEA. To chastise; to
chasten.
WATLHAILE. Perf. of watlhaea.
WATLHAIWA. Pass. of watlhaea.
WATLHAWA=Watlhaiwa.
WEDICWE. Perf. pass. of wetsa.
WEDITSE. Perf. of wetsa.
WEDIWA. Pass. of wetsa.
WEKE. A week (hybrid).
WÈLA. To fall to, or into; to
fall down. To come upon; to
find. Go wèla ha hatshe, to
fall to the ground. To become
completed, or finished, as a
work; to become ended, as
years.
WÈLWA. Pass. of wèla.
WÈNA. Thou; thee. Ke tla
bua le wèna, I will speak with
thee. Le wèna monna, and
thou, O man. Bogolo go wèna,
more than thee.
WESI=Uesi.
WETSA. Caus. of wèla. To
finish; to complete; to end.
WETSE. Perf. of wèla.
WY. An exclamation denoting
wonder, or doubt.
Y.
YA. To eat. Perf. yelè. Pass.
yewa. Caus. yesa. Gen. part.
of nouns in le.
YADILE. Perf. of yala.
YADILWE. Perf. pass. of yala.
YAHA. To wipe away filth.
YAHILE. Perf. of yaha. E ya-
hile, it is well. A yahile a bua,
he did well to speak; he spoke
well. U yahile u tle, you have
done well to come.
YAKA. Like. To sojourn for
a purpose.
YALA. To sow. Perf. yadile;
pass. yalwa.
YALANA. To eat of each other's
food.
YALE. Lately; some little time
ago.
YALO. Thus; so.
YALWA. Pass. of yala.
YANA. Now. To bite, or eat
each other.
YANALA. To go about visiting;
to walk about the town with
no particular object.
YANTSE. Perf. of yanya.
YANO. Now.
YANOÑ. Now.
YANYA. To strike hard and
wound.
YARATA. A yard or compound
(hybrid).
YAYARÈGA. To be in a rage; to
rage with anger.
YAYARÈGŌ. Raging anger; rage.
YE. This. Used with nouns in
le.
YÈLA. To eat at; to eat for.
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Go yèla mo tluñ, to eat in a
house.
YELANALA. To visit, or call
upon people or friends. Ba
yelanala le Tau, Tau and they
visit each other.
YELANAÑNALA. Ba ba yelanañ-
nala, those who call upon
each other.
YELÈ. Perf. of ya.
YELÈNALA. Perf. of yanala.
YÈLWA. Pass. of yèla.
YELWÈ. Pass. of yelè.
YENO. This. Used with nouns
in·le. Ka yeno, to-day.
YEOSI. Only. Used with nouns
in le.
YESA. Caus. of ya.
YETSENALA. Perf. of yelanala.
O ba yetsenala, he has called
upon them.
YEUŌ. That. Used with nouns
in le.
YEWA. Pass. of ya.
Yo. This. Used with nouns
in bo. An exclamation of dis-
tress, or fear.
YOA. Gen. part. with nouns in
bo.
YOKWE. A yoke (hybrid).
YŌNA. It. Used with nouns in
bo.
YOTLHE. All. Used with nouns
in bo.
YOUŌ. That. Used with nouns
in bo.
YOYO. An exclamation of dis-
tress.
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