SESUTO ETYMOLOGY. 3^9 



flats, cf.) balla to liave drought (/.). -is dry in sun, l{pali)2 

 waste veld. Balola is to be bitter, cf. Chw. balcla feel 

 choking in throat; balolla slander openly {p-{an)o denying 

 relationship --mutually): halloa choke in nose: balolia be 

 full (in belly), p-0. Balla is also to put lathes (l-O, p-0) 

 on a home i I ebali is a mark on face, place over door E, 

 lehalcoa, gums), Baballa (p-0), care for, reckon for, is per- 

 haps connected. 



^nianc is X'uni-bauc liiihtning, cp. {panya)2 to blink. 



hapa, stitch or weave through, Z. bamba (ma. neighbourhood) : 

 .n(y) be (put) over against: ./ wrestle, play (p-i, p-o) : 

 --is drill (p-0 also play; .// make game of : r/>. .ts sell 

 {'m-i trader, p-0 trade), -ol peg down skin, spread net; 

 neut. pass, -oh. 



Ihita ( for X. haihda), congeal, (of water) freeze. 



bdta, smite flat [1-0 floor, l-c vegetable; j-. groper. hoofless beast 

 like dog, cat, with dim.: l-ooa place, (luarter): .// lie flat 

 {s-i sentrvj : [.iita in N means lie prone, hence | /., heat, 

 .;/v run beast unmercifullv ('I'cntrc a trnu\ cf. .)ii), throw 

 to ground: .ol run z'cry fast: -ell hit wound on head; -ol 

 hammer spear, etc., to sharpen, -cli plaster a wall ; -ololi fall 

 oft' do. ; -cl trample earth floor, se-bafolo is a place 

 beaten hard. cf. pafaolo. Pafolo is a hard stone to sharpen 

 millstones. 



Ho re ' hatha' \ is to arrive suddenly: mab .is feet turned out. 



hdtla. seek (p-0. .m-o edge. c.y.. of l)ayonet ; /. open forum) -.-is 

 hel}) seek ; - -/.y seek carefullw 



-be, bad: /. famine; //. ox given in condolence to sick chief, or 

 slain for buriers, ./ become angry {p-0 violence) ; .fel 

 (s-l hotheail ) ; fis(an) &c. .fol act violently; . .k speak 

 angrily. 



bea, place (lua-o, where a thing is placed; s-0 something 

 placed to bewitch, drug, target, prize: p-0 placing: peo seed, 

 has both vowels shut): .;; unite, . ny arrange (hair, etc.); 

 -hell have ])atience ; -cits engage yt)ung bride : -oil -olts /unlade. 

 LebliJilO is a fool, 'Mei is one wdio gives land from the 

 chief, -is to race-horses (p-0, l-O): //^rt? do homage (b-O), 

 L-oaiia a true man; -ol. shave ('m-l. I.), be., also (s-o 

 razor, i.q. lehare ). 

 oeha, report, esp. death (p-O. p-i, 'in-O. s-0 oft'ering to chief 



in kind, esp. corn, on rei)ort of councillor's death). 

 hlika, cut flesh in strips (also to master, tame), Pllkauli crack on 

 lips ; ' niekeloa flesh on ox-ribs ; le-bEkO nose spoon, 

 se-bEkaell Ijodkin : bRkEnya glitter. IpEka fight against 

 feeling. Sc-bEka ox killed for sale. 

 heka, bring home bride: .r(o)a to coui)le. of ram> and he-goats 



(and female ). 

 beta boil (ma. dandyism; p-0 heart; le-hele male antelope): 

 bchclO, haste, a quail; .el be anxious, doubtful, ignorant 

 (P--0). 



