ennyama y'embizzi.

v.i. tr. smart; hurt; sting, omukka ogubalagala, tear gas. Amaaso gam balagala. My eyes are smarting. Gubala- gadde. Matters have become serious/bad/ dangerous. (See the idiom under kajjampuni.)

v.i. appl. 2 disappear for a long time; become very scarce.

bi, vundu; go b., okwonooneka, okuvunda, okutota; go to the b., okuseeguuka, okugwenyuka, okiibiggya. badge, akabonero, olusamba.

clot; be covered; swarm, teem. Ebikopo Bayonne bibembeddeko enziro. All the cups are covered with soot.

v.tr. caus. cause to lose; cause to disappear; cause to be lacking; mislead. Leka kumbuzaabuza. Don't mislead me.

v., okuteganya, okweralii kiriza.

v.i. be chipped; be knocked off; be partially cut (of hair).

bubi.

v.tr. chip; knock off; make a notch in; cut a piece off of; break. cf. -bongofu.

v.i. recip. be away from each other for a long time; disappear from one another; disagree.

to be at close grips with each other, confront each other directly.

obubi, obuvundu.

oku- bulajinanya ensimbi, misappropriate money, embezzle funds.cf. ^ebbula, ebbuliro, embulakalevu, embulakayu, embulakirevu, omubuze, ^wabula.

lalu, yombi.

v.tr. caus. make drowsy.

okuziyiza, okulema, okusobera, okuteeba.

arrange carefully.

ensawo, endyanga; (matting) eki kapu; ( = spoil) omuyiggo.

v. tr. sharpen; polish; say/speak with force; strike forcibly.

omugugu, ebintu.

See -nna.

v.tr. lift up.

v.tr. appl. 2. caus. be gentle/tolerant/easy-going with. Naawe omwana omubembereza nnyo! You really are too lenient with the child.

v.i. be stung/bitten; break out in a rash.

ekissi.

see mmommololo.

v.tr. cause to break out in a rash. cf. akatulututtu.

okwokya, okufumba.

nice things, fancy things, things of high quality (e.g., clothing, cars, personal possesions).

v.tr. throw/hurl down forcefully.

n. (scales), minzaani.

v., okutengerera; b. self, okwetengeka.

strong cloth.

v.i. regurgitate/spit up food or drink (as of a child); overflow (as of a crowd or river). Amaaso ge gonna gaabooga ensisi. Her whole face was filled with terror.

ebbalaza.

see ^bba.

a kiwalaata.

(la) kind of yam with a vinelike stem.

v.tr. expel (from a clan); disown; disinherit; excommunicate; ostracize; discriminate/show prejudice against.

ekiwalaata, ekiwalakate, essega.

v.tr. cause to ache; throw out of joint. Endwadde yammendula omugongo. The illness give me a backache.

n., omutumba.

(-baludde) u. tr. flog; spank. Yamubalula oluyi. He gave him a good slap.

(la) colloq. cat.

omupiira, (dance) ddansi.

oluyimba.

v.tr. caus. cause to blaze. cf. nnakibengeyi.

ebbanda.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to repudiate each other.

ettooke, eryenvu, embidde, enkago, kabula, endizabawuulu, endyabalangira. immature b., akanyaala. wild b., ekitembe. twin b., nnabansasaana. b. plantation, olusuku. b. tree, ekitooke. b. leaf, olulagala.

v.tr. detach from; separate; acquit (of a charge).

olwebagyo, ekisiba; vide

(n/n) \jEng. J blanket.

ekitongole.

v.i. be or become sharp.

(la) also kabutyampa very small child or animal; dwarf.

n., ekiwero, ekisabiko, omulindi, omugaaga.

q.v.

v., okusabika.

ekibambulira, olubambo, nnabbambula; bambika.

improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.

fruit); be soggy (of roads).

v.tr. cause to blaze; cause to go quickly; do quickly.

amanzaamu.

to be abundant in quantity or numbers and cover a broad area (of crops, people, etc.).

a bitege, a butagali.

v. tr. caus. cf. -bambaavu.

abaana ba boowo, free-born people, people of the upper class. cf. waaboffe.

comprehensible; be easy to understand; be identifiable.