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kgwa, spitters, [10], 16. 
koba, driving away in contempt, 2, 7 f ., 10 f . 
Komponi (modern name " compound " of mine, etc.), 17. 
kuka, the lifters, 8. 
kwa, discoverers, 10 f . 
kete-kete, so-and-so, 8 (-soswe). 
lataKgosi, bringing the chief, 19, 23. 
letaKgosi, awaiting the chief, 22, 25. 
leta-Pene, bringing the vanguard, 22. 
llelaKgosi, lamenting the chief, 17. 
lat[l]hwa, castaways, (3)*, 6 (lahlwa). 
lalaMetlwa, bivouacked among thorns, 8 (also called lallaDira, ambushed 
for the enemy ; and lalAbilwe, sleeping in battle-order, in list 16*). 
lau (the parts of) the lion (tau), 1, 19, 22 f. 
lekana, mates, 4*. 
letaNtwa, awaiting war, 16. 
lekaNtwa, attempting war, 15, 19. 
lobela, ? denying falsely, 11. 
lomaKgomo, biting the ox, 15-17. 
lwelaKgosi, fighting for the chief, 16, 19. 
lwelaNaga, fighting for the land, 19, 23. 
lwelaMotse, fighting for the stad, 8, 15, 17 f., 20. 
lokwana, bead necklace (perhaps orphans, so decorated ; the regiment 
following Montsiwe's death so called among baKolong), 19, 23, 26. 
losaNkwe, leopard-slayers, 19 (l.-Tlou, elephant, do.), 
loto, warning (or from a plant name), 12. 
dila, sour milk, or the smearers, 23. 
dima, cattle out at grass, 7, 8*, 9-11, 13. 
dingwana, little cannibals, or whirlwind, 3*, 4 f ., 7 f ., 10, 13. 
disa[Kgomo], herding (oxen), [10], 23*, 26. 
dupe, fine rain, 15. 
dikwa, surrounded (a forlorn hope), [10]. 
disaKgosi, tending the chief, 21. 
dihaMotse, letting down the stad, 22. 
N.B. — The D's are placed here as the I sound in Suto-Chwana 
is really a cerebral L, and connected with that letter etymologically. 
metsaPhala, great snakes (lit. rooibok-swallowers), 23. 
nala, nail (? naila), [10]. 
nare, wild-oxen, ? 26. 
naila, shins, 6, 9, 11, 13, ? 14. 
nanne, rascals, 8, 16. 
nkwe, leopards, 3*, 9f., 13*, 17. 
nkwenyane (dim. of above), 3. 
noko, porcupines, 22. 
noga, snakes, 8, 18*, 19, 22 f. 
ntwa, wars, troops, 23 f . 
ntsho, black, 1 f., 7, 12. 
ntwane, a little troop, 8. 
ntshwabisa, those that grieve me, 16. 
ngana (from a tree name), 4, 6-8, 10*, 11, 13*, 22, 24 f. 
