3l8 SESUTO ETYMOLOGY. 



approach, defend: . .is set (hen) : -oh go to pasture, spread- 

 ing over it, -os to herd ( k-0 ) : -ol collect bedding, run away 

 (so ' ])ursuit,' a dance): -im lend (ui-ifioa borrower): .fs 

 be level ; .mets ix)or out all at once. 



For ahifii and joala, see ela measure. 



dnia, touch (k-0): .ny compare: -oh, take away. ..ii, rcHeve, 

 answer, each other (both make k-0 robbery) : - -cl, receive 

 burden, etc. (k-0, reception as guest, adoption) : -ol, loose. 



an-au-ya, exchange (reciprocal termination -ana reduplicated). 



diui-fa, N become man}-; so ./. 



ana, swear, establish by calling on a greater (h-c reflection. J-o 

 plan, k-0 oath) : . ;; remember each other; antSa take oalh. 



dneha, spread to dry; aucla spread on; anctsa cans.; \k. bask D. 



anya, suck, cf. haina to milk, and nya-nya: -cs suckle (;//-/); 

 -ets milk into one's mouth (also used of a big calf). 



Le- ' Aoa' (' Xo ' ) is a N.Alosuto. 



dpa (grip) be in distress, think nnich, talk of. 



{Iclo-i cream, cirrus clouds) : .ra put on (esp. neck E) {'nn-0 . 

 fj-O ) ; -ol(l) uncover; -olots scatter; -es clothe: -oli be 

 clear, bare; -eloa of cloud l)reaking through. 



\dra to open swelling:] 



.ha answer, be open to caller's will; .-cl answer from distance: 

 -ol ..II (y) divide, separate, (k.O portion); -oh, anibela 

 breathe in vapour (inhale medicine ui-o), cf. Ora: athamch 

 warm oneself (m. where sun falls through opening, gentle 

 warmth of morning sun). From araha: k-0 k-clO. 



cita multiply, S(^ -oloh, n. faia; -olos expand, tr. ; -is (k-0). 



For (b) atanicla sec B. 



afla make pros[)erous. strong (ina. strength. /». f(^lly ! .s\ palm of 

 hand) : -ch l)e ])rosperous. 



B. 



N.B. — The ])refixless class sharpens initial B to P. 



Initial ino-h contracts into ;;;;;; written '>;/. 



haka, let go, let stand, excite. ( /. cause, occasion, of time; .v. 

 room), so -cits -el give room, l-c is hemj). l.lla medicine for 

 ix>lygamists. 



(ba)baila, avoid saying what should be said D (walk painfully). 



baba-tsa, Z. -aa (move on high) l)e astonished ( p-0) , Cf. babala 

 N. be passionate (p-i bushbuck, D p.). 



haba, hurt, l)e bitter, sick ( ';;;-i : ';;/. cattle sickness, /. and bo-batsi 

 nettle, p-o sickness, p-i and pabcla spot in eye, p-i roasted 

 corn): pass, be frost/'/^ten (l-O frostj: -cl burn (-<•/> be 

 hard, bark a stick, N. ; so S.Suto s-i scurf) : -w make bitter, 

 cause frost; .scl hurt. 



hahi, count, so read (by ])()inting to letters), but in ZX bhala is 

 to write (p-0 ; 'ni. I. s\K)i of colour ; p. scar on leg of one who 

 sits too near the fire, a small thing) : -cl promise {p-(an)O). 

 In some dialects ( /. is the new m(K>n). .;n is used of the new 

 moon's a[)})earance as a strip of colour. (/. is also dry 



* Seam of a curtain ; hut now, way of putting on dress. 

 t Trinkets, especially on neck (originally). 



