LOKW ALO LOA MAHOKO A SECWANA LE SEENELES. 1.0 RULAGANCWE KE JOHN BROWN. KABO EA BOBEDI. MAHOKO A SECWANA A HETOLECWE MO PUON EA SEENELES. LO GATISICWE KE BUTLER & TANNER, FROME AND LONDON. !895· A. against another ; to canse to lean. 0 aegile lomati, he has A. These. MatlbO a, these . caused the plank to lean. eyes. Sign of the possessive: AEGILWE. Secwalo se aegilwe, matlho a gagwe, his eyes. Sign the door is put to lean. of the imperative : a ba. tie, let AEGOLOLA. To remove a leaning them come. Sign of the inter- thing. rogative: a ba tsile? have they AGA. To build. come P AGALANA. To live together ; to ABA. To give; to divide ; pass. ' be neighbours. abiwa., and aywa. AGECWE. Built for. ABAKA. To divide, as with both AGELA = Beela. Lehoko ya bands; to squander. kgosi le agela mosa.ko, the ABALANA. To divide among each chief's word inspires trust. other. AGELELA. To tarry with, or live ABECWE. Ke abecwe, I am pre- with for a time, as when visit. sented with. Ba abecwe nama ing i to edify. le madi, they are sharers of AGELELANA. To be friendly with flesh and blood. each other; to be at peace with ABELA. To divide for; to give each other. Go agelelana le to ; to present with ; to distri- bOna, to be on friendly tenns bute. with them. ABi:LWA. To be made a partaker AGILE. PeTf. of aga. Ke agile of. nae, I live with him. ABILWE. PeT/. pass. of aba. AGISA. To cause to build; to ABIWA. Pass. of aba. make peace. ABO LA. To make a large open- AGISANTSE. Perf. of a.gisanya. ing; to break open, a.s a house AGISANYA. Go agisa.nya. batho, or wound. to make people at peace with ABULA. To flap the wings slowly, each other. Go agisa.nya batho as vultures about to alight; to le Modimo, to make men at try to walk, as an infa.ut. peace with God. Ga ba agisa.nye, AcwA. To help those who have they are not at peace with each suffered loss; to make good other. Go agisa.nya le Modimo, a loss; to give to a needy per- to be at peace with God. son. AGIWA. Pass. of aga. ADILE. PeT/. of ala. AGTERELAE. Tlhobolo ea. ADILWE. Perf. pass. of ala.. E agterelae, a breech-loading adilwe dimati, 1t is floored with rifle (hybrid). boards. AHE. Maina ahe P which names P Annu. To lend; to borrow. AICWE=Aitse. ADINWA. Pass. ofa.dima. AILA. To walk slowly, picking Ai:GA. To put one thing to lean up one's feet with difficulty. 249 A ITS E. Of course; truly; surely; AKGATECWA. To be too long you know. tongued. AKA. To lie ; to tell lies. AKGEGA. To be swung from AKABADIWo\. Pa,ss. of akabala. side to side; to sway. Akge!l& Go akabadiwa ke t!ela, to be mo, to hang from. Se akgegile in doubt as to the road. mo seatleii. sa gagwe, it is hang­ AKABALA. To be perplexed ; to ing from his hand. be bewildered ; to halt between AKGOLA. To dandle, as an in­ two opinions. fant; to toss up and down ; to AKABATSA. To cause to be in remove the dikgoba with hand doubt; to bewilder. when winnowing. AKAHALA. To commit adultery. A KO. A ko n tle, please come. Used either of a. man or wo­ AKOHA. To hasten ; to make man. haste; to come quickly. 0 tla AKAJIETSA. To approach and akoha a tsamaea, he will soon spread out, as an attacking go. force ; to put grass on a roof AKOHISA. Oaus. ofakoha. temporarily; to put sticks, etc., AKOLA. To become fat (of ani­ as a temporary fence. mals); to be fat (of meat). AKANTSE. Perf. of a.kanya. AKOTSE. Perf. of akola;. Di AKANYA. To reason; to debate akotse, the_y_ are fat. in one's mind; to think over; AKOTSHA. :Metse a. t]a; akotsha a to-ponder. bela, the water will soon boil. AKANYETSA. To reason for ; to Akotsha ! come quickly ! A di consider, or think for. akotshe, let them come quickly. AKANYO. A reasoning ; a. won­ AKWA. Pa,ss. of aka. - dering or cogitation. ALA. To spread a skin, etc., out AKEDITSE. Perf. ofa.ketsa. on the ground. AKELA. To lie to, or about ; to ALAHA. To doctor. listen attentively to; to obey. ALAHIWA. Pass. ofala;ba. AKETSA. To lie to ; to lie ALAHWA. Pass. ofala;ba. against; to speak falsely about. ALE. Maru ale, those clouds AKGA. To swing anything from yonder. side to side. ALELA. To put a framework of AKGAAKGA. To bother. or weary, sticks under meat in a pot. as by leading about hither and ALETSA. To make a bundle of thither. sticks, etc., ready for tying up; AKGAAKGANA. To bother, as by to scold, or talk against anum­ many speaking at once; to pass ber of people without distin­ speedily from one work to guishing one from another. another. ALOGA. To be finished, as a AKGAAKGEGA. To be unstable; work, ceremony, etc.; to come to be changeable in purpose; out of a heathen ceremony at to be in doubt, as concerning its close. Go a.loga botsetse, a path. Go akgaakgega mo to cease (pf the lochial dis­ peduii, to be distracted, to be charge). Nwana o alogile, the bothered. child's navel is healed. AKGANA. To vary, or dift"er in ALOLA. To take up that which telling a story ; to disagree in was spread out;= Leleka. making a report. ALOSA. To give a boy -or girl AKGANWA. To pass from one to new clothes on coming out of "­ another; as a thing much lent. heathen ceremony. AKA. To touch. ANYILE. P!J'Y'f. ofanya. AKAOANA. To touch each other. · ANYIWA. Pass. ofanya. AMAGANYA. To put things so ANYocu. To strip ; to throw off that thez touch each other. clothing. AMANA. To touch each other. ANYOLOLA. To cut straight Amana nae, touch him. poles. AKANYE. PIJ'Y'f. of amana. ANWA. Pass. of anya. AHARURE. Verily ; truly ; of a Ao. An expression of sorrow, truth. Lehoko le amarure, the or reproach. Ao ntlha! oh word is true. that ! if only ! AMILE. P!J'Y'f. of ama. Aosi. Madi aosi, blood only, AHOGA. To take; to ta)i:e with­ AOTLHE. Madi aotlhe, all the out leave, or contrary to wish. blood. AMOGANA. To give and receive APAAPA. To grope, or feel in mutually ; to receive mutual the dark for a thing whose benefit. whereabouts is known. AMOOELA. To receive or take a APAEA. To cook; to bathe, or thing offered. Mo amogele, foment, with hot water. PIJ'Y'[. receive him. apeile. AMOLA. To deprive of food by APARA. To dress ; to put on taking the largest share ; to upper garments ; to dress one· help, or rescue a person in self. P!J'Y'f. apere. Ba sa apare, difficulties. 0 mo amotse mo they do not clothe themselves. go eo moii.we, he has rescued APARWA. Pass. ofapara. him from the other one. APATLA. To ~pe, or feel one's AHOLOGA. To become divided, way, as a bhnd man ; to walk as friends. with a foolish gait, as a AMOLOGANA. To separate by drunken man ; to travel by a mutual consent. road not known; to feel one's AHPO=Kgampo. way when speaking about an AMULE. Pe1j. of anya. unfamiliar subject. AMUSA. Caus. ofanya; to suckle. APEELA. To cook for. ANA. An inte!"-\ection denoting APEGA. To become cooked. surprise; why. upon my word ! APERE. Perf. ofapara. ANAMA. To spread, as a tree's APESA. Caus. of apara. To roots; to spread out, as a land. clothe. A di mo . apesa,· he Go anama le lehatshe yeotlhe, clothed him with them. to spread abroad into all the APESIWA. 0 Pass. ofapesa. world. Metse a anametse kwa APoGA. To be undressed. kgakala, the water is spread APOLA. To undress; to take off out far and wide. upper garments. Go apola ANAliiiSA. To cause to spread. matlhii, to open the eyes. ANANTSE. P!J'Y'f. of ananya. APOLWA. Pass. ofapola. AN·ANYA. To exchange. APOTSE. P!J'Y'f. ofapola. ANAPA=Apatla, and Apaapa. ARA. To cut open a swelling or ANEGA. To spread anything out, sore. so as to dry or air. ARABA. To answer. Pass. ANOGA. To break up and dis­ araywa. appear, as clouds or darkness. ARui:ELA. To warm oneself ; ANYA. To suck, as an infant. to smoke with medicine. Go ANYALOOA. To throw off a cloak, di aramela musi, to ~moke etc. them with burning medicine. Go aramela.letsatsi, to lie, or palms of the hands sptead bask in the sun. Se o ka ara· · out. mela.ii. ka. shona, that which he ATLATLELA. To provide medi­ can warm himself with. cine or food for a sick person. ARAYWA. Pass. ofa.raba. ATLEGA. To spread things out; ARELA. To cut deeply into a. to ~pread the hands wide open. sore, so as to let out the ATLELA. To visit unexpectedly ; matter ; to open an abscess at to come to, or meet unexpect­ the lower part, or on one side ; edly. to dig into an animal's hole at ATLELWA. To be visited unex­ a distance from the entrance, pectedly ; to be met unex­ and in the direction in which pectedly. the hole points. ATLHAMA. To be wide; to be AaoGANYA. To cleave asunder; wide open, of a mouth, etc. ; to divide lengthwise, to be open-mouthed, as with ARoLA. 1'o make a large open. astonishment.