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Inomlomo omude kanye namazinyo lawa okuthiwa awenja kuphela. Amazinyo ayo<br />
ahlala engaphandle noma ngabe kuthiwa iwuvalile umlomo. lkhumuka amazinyo ize<br />
iguge. Yilelo nalelo zinyo elikhumukayo likhishwa elinye.<br />
Kuyatholakala futhi ukuthi ulimi lwengwenya alukwazi ukuphakama luthinte amankanka<br />
omlomo. Yingakho ingwenya ingakwazi ukwesula kahle izinsini zayo ngoba ulimi<br />
alukwazi ukuya phansi naphezulu.<br />
U-O'Hagan (1967: 17) uyakufakazela okushiwo ngolimi lwengwenya lapho ethi:<br />
A crocodile is unable to clean its teeth because it cannot<br />
move its tongue up and down. Its teeth are cleaned by the<br />
crocodile bird which enters the crocodile's huge mouth<br />
and pecks out any pieces of food.<br />
Ingwenya ayikwazi ukuhlanza amazinyo ayo ngoba ulimu<br />
lwayo alukwazi ukunyakaza ngokwehla lwenyuke.<br />
Amazinyo ayo ahlanzwa yizinyoni ezingena<br />
kulomlomokazi wengwenya bese zicosha izicubu<br />
zenyama ezigaxele amazinyweni.)<br />
U-Gcumisa noNtombela (1993:61) babeka kanje uma bechaza isakhiwo sekhanda<br />
lengwenya.<br />
Amehlo nezindlebe kuklele kwalinganisana lapha enhloko<br />
kanti ikhala Iona lisesihlokweni sojojo lwempumulo.<br />
Kunontwentwesana lwenyama oluvimba amanzi angangeni<br />
ezindlebeni nasemakhaleni. Amehlo wona anolwawo<br />
untwentwesana olusebenza njengezinkophe kumuntu kanti<br />
umlomo wona uyisihabalandi uma ikharnisile. Unesivimbo<br />
okuyisona esivimbela amanzi angagelenzi nje angene<br />
ngokuthanda uma iphansi emanzini.<br />
Kulolu cwaningo siyathola ukuthi ingwenya iyakwazi ukuyengana ngoba ikwazi<br />
ukuveza ikhala layo lifane nelongwe emanzini, ingabonakali. Kanti ithi lala lulaza.<br />
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