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Entry Orthography 
English
1  caca  be clear 
2  qola  put cross beam 
3  xuma  support 
4  xola  be comforted 
5  chacha  recuperate 
6  qhola  to spice 
7  xhuma  jump 
8  xhola  to poke 
9  gcagca  elope 
10  gqola  to rust 
11  gxuma  get a fright 
12  gxogxa  stone 
13  coca  clean/cleanse 
14  qina  be strong 
15  chocha  to dot 
16  uma  mother 
17  qhina  to tie a knot 
18  gcogca  go through one by one 
19  imu  silence 
20  gqiba  to finish 
21  umha  mother 
22  imhu  hlonipha for beast 
23  mamfu  swallow a big chunk 
24  kraqa  drink a mouthful 
25  nya  push in carelessly 
26  kreqe  finish doing something 
27  mhamfu  swallow a big chunk 
28  umamkhulu  grandmother 
29  kriqi  swallow saliva 
30  nyha  push in by force 
31  nyani  truth 
32  kroqo  gulp 
33  umhamkhulu  grandmother 
34  kruqu  be fed up 
35  nyhani!  honestly 
36  bonga  praise 
37  buxu  scald 
38  ulowo  the word lowo 
39  bhonga  to bellow 
40  banga  to claim 
41  bhuxu  smash 
42  bhanga  to perish 
43  ulhowo  an unpleasant person 
44  hla  go down 
45  hliki  of rubbing 
46  hluthu  of grabbing 
47  hlephu  of breaking 
48  dla  eat 
49  dliki  of shaking violently 
50  dluthu  of grabbing violently 
51  dlephu  same but violently 
52  liki  of soft hanging things 
53  luthu  sound of an impact 
54  la  these 
55  le  levelled 
56  ncula  to pierce with instrument 
57  iinceba  mercy 
58  ngcutha  to kill by piercing with a stick 
59  iingceba  glass splinters 
60  inxeba  wound 
61  ngxala  to compress 
62  ngqu  of stamping 
63  ingxelo  big belly 
64  ngqungqa  to dance the Xhosa dance umgqungqo 
65  nxala  buck 
66  nqu  click e.g. of a bone 
67  nqunqa  cut into pieces 
68  caca  be clear 
69  qola  put cross beam 
70  xuma  support 
71  xola  be comforted