VI. 



LIST OF NATIVE WORDS AND PHRASES, 



From Mr. F. Oates'S Note-Books, 1 874-5. 1 



Abanto, people. 



Amanga, lies. 



Buhlungu, powder. 



Etase, satchel. 



Ikewa, white man; master. 



Ingubu, kaross {fur mantle). 



Inkhotlo, gun-cap. 



Inkolo, waggon. 



Inkolo ea Stoffel, StoffePs waggon. 



Inhlogo, head. 



Intaba, hill. 



Letsebe, "pan" {pool of water). 



Lefefe, shot. 



Lokune, wood. 



Mtsilo, riemj^ dog-chain. 



Mchiale, sable antelope. 



Muti, tree j medicine. 



Mtwalo, package. 



Sehlalo, chair. 



Sehlalo sa mpiza, saddle. 



Sehlahla, bushy tree. 



Sewontsa, fold {enclosure). 



Tuso, present. 



Yhloga, axe. 



Ako, yoitr {thy). 



Ake, his. 



Makasa, cold. 



Muhli, good. 



Tusile, tuso'd {" tipped"). 



Beka, to put. 



Hlala, to sit; to wait. 



Hlanza, to be sick; to wash. 



Hlula, to go by. 



Koluma, to talk. 



Londalosa, to take care of. 



Lusa, to herd. 



Niga, to give. 



Peza, to leave off. 



Ponsa, to shoot. 



Sika nyama, to cut meat. 



Theula, to be lame. 



Ea gate, a long time ago. 



Gwasasane, early this morning. 



Mova, behind. 



Nansi, here it is. 



Ga o ko, it is not here. 



1 [As the writer travelled amongst several tribes, from all of whom he engaged guides or 

 servants, these words and phrases are not confined to any one language, although that of the 

 Matabele is the one to which most of them belong. In the former edition they were erroneously 

 all referred to the Makalaka tongue. It should be noted that in this list a must always be 

 sounded like a in father ; that e at the end of a word is like y in ferry ; that i is either 

 like ee in sheen or i in skin (and invariably the former when a word ends in i) ; that o is 

 sounded as o in pole, and u as oo ; whilst ///is like //in Welsh, and ts represent a "click." 

 The combination th is not to be pronounced like th in that; the h here expresses an 

 accented or roughened /. — Ed.] 



2 [A term applied by the Colonial Dutch to a strong thong used in harnessing the oxen. 

 Riem, literally, is strap in Dutch. — Ed.] 



