v.i. masturbate ( m al e).

v.i. persevere; persist; insist; exert oneself..

okufunya akagalo (or akamwa), lit. to bend the finger (or mouth), i.e., to refuse to provide a person with information or with something which he had desired, okufunya engalo, to clench the fists.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep bendin.ff/foldins: fold all the time.

olufunyiro, nnabeefunye.

v.i. be stingy. cf. omufuta.

v.tr. put down/dump down roughly.

v.i. become; change.

etc.

upset. Leka kufuula bye nnayogera. Don't distort what I said.

transform; distort, v.i. perform magic.

v.i. be stirred up/agitated; be upset/troubled; fig. become annoyed.

e bbendera.

see fuuka.

kufuu- muuka misinde or kufuumuuka mbiro, to run/ travel very quickly.

pursue; fire (from a job), kufuumuula misinde, to pursue/chase closely, kufuumuula kagaali, to ride a bicycle at a very fast rate, kwefuumuula bwefuumuuzi, to try to cultivate but with no results; to putter around ineffectively. Talima yeefuumuula. He isn't just cultivating but doing a great job of it. He is an expert cultivator. cf. kafuumuuko; tuumuuka.

a wound).

inflate (e.g., a ball); blow on, play (a flute, or similar instrument). okufuuwa lulimi (olugwira), to speak a (foreign) language fluently, kufuuwa mukka mu kisero, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow air into a basket, kufuuwa kintu mu jinombe, to lose something, give up something for lost, lit. blow something through a trumpet, kufuuwa malenge, to do to extremes; to be extreme, lit. to blow on reed pipes. Tanywa mwenge afuuwa malenge. He drinks to great excess, okufuuwa omukka, euph. to pass wind, okuluuwa oluwa, to whistle, kufuuwa muntu bigambo, to rush to tell something to a person. Mukasa ye yabitu- fuuwa. Mukasa broke his neck to tell us about it. kufuuwa muntu ssente, to give a person money voluntarily as a token of appreciation. ekintu okujjula ne kifuuwa, to overflow, be completely full. Enkuba yatonnye n'omugga ne gufuuwa. It rained and the river flooded over. Yafuuwa ekiwa ng'akizza munda. He drew in his breath in surprise, lit. blew a whistle and brought it back inside, kafuuwe or (more often) kikafuuwe! God forbid! Don't say things like that! kufuuwa musaayi, to spurt blood, kufuuwa taaba, to smoke (tobacco). Nnabbubi yamufuuye. The spider got on him and caused a rash. Ofuuwako? colloq. Do you drink (alcohol)?

kufuuyirira kanwe (or kagalo), to wish someone bad luck; to wait impatiently for a desired event, lit. to keep blowing on one's little finger. Fuuyirira enkuba ereme kutonnya. Keep your fingers crossed (make a wish) that it won't rain. Nga bw'ampisizza bw'atyo nja kumufuuvirira agwe ebibuuzo. Since he has treated me in this fashion, I hope/I am going to make a wish that he flunks his examinations.

okufuuyiza omusulo, colloq. to urinate, as an adv. in the phrase okulya fuuyiza, to eat too much; to eat without any discrimination/sense of selection.

omufuuyi, omufuuyiro, enfuuyirizi.

go sour (e.g., of milk), kufa mwoyo, to become disheartened/depressed. kufaako nsonyi, to die of shame/embarrassment. (Ebintu) bifa bantu. You cannot always win/be successful/get what you want (said in self-commiseration after a failure). Akanaafa tekawulira nnombe. (prov.) lit. The little (animal, akasolo, implied) who is to die does not hear (the sound of) the horn. Danger comes unawares. The infinitive okufa or okufa obufi serves as an intensifier for a preceding verb. Yazina okufa. She danced a great deal/ with great intensity. Omuwala yafaanana Nnambi okufa obufi. The girl resembled Nnambi in every detail. She was the very image of N.

rage (of a storm).

v.i. appl. 2 die for/on behalf of.

v.i. appl. 2 become tired/heaw with fatigus. Qmukono gun- fuuyirira olw'okuguwanika. My arm feels tired from holding it up in the air.

entebe ezitafuuyiriza mugongo, comfortable chairs, chairs which do not strain the back.

carry out a search through (a house, building, premises, etc.). cf. fufula, fufuza.

v.i. pass. Tebafiibwako. No attention/concern is being given to them. Nobody cares about them. cf. obutafaayo.

v.tr. caus. ?destroy; ruin; wreck; exhaust.

v.i. move with a scuffling/rustling noise (esp. of one moving through a trackless area).

v.tr. caus. liken to; make like; compare to; cause to resemble; find resemblances with. Omwana bamu- faananya kitaawe. They say the child looks like his father.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make like; cause to resemble.

v.i. neut. Eki- teeteeyi tekikyafaananika. The dress is no longer recognizable/is in very bad condition. cf. ekifaananyi, enfaanana.

Ar.f\ horse, less commonly used than embalaasi, q.v.

v.tr. instruct; indoctrinate; teach.

v.i. be slovenly; become dissipated; suffer a deterioration in personality.

abate; be last (in class, in athletic competition).

degrade; cause to diminish; disparage, belittle*

v.i. be burdened down; be overwhelmed; struggle; be troubled. Yajja s'sbys n'ef'eJ'mh*. He came and ate his fill. cf. fudemba.

v.i. have the nose stuffed up; produce a sound similar to that characteristic of a congested nose. cf. bifeekeera; feesa.

v.tr. put down/place down carelessly; dump down.

delve all over; move everywhere, go all through. Nnawulira embwa ng'ejja efeffetta. I heard a dog come sniffing all over.

(la) large banana at the extreme end of the first bunch of a gonja cluster.

the short end of the stick.

e- (li/ma) mole-rat ' fukiila -fukuzi.

cf. omufundi.

(n/n) [ring-] foot (unit of measurement).

(la) fabric resembling silk.

(-foofootose) also footoka (-footose) v.i. be or become soft/soggy/ flabby.

chase out; flush out (an animal), okufubutula akagaali, to drive a bicycle at great speed. cf. effubutusi, akafubutuko, akafubutusi; -efubitika.

continue endlessly. Baalya ne bafudemba. They ate and ate/overate.

v.i. be deadened/ blunted (as an instrument); become crumpled; be crushed/disfigured; become handicapped; be blocked/stymied/frustrated.

sniff around; be inquisitive. cf. fuuza.

v.tr. appl. 2 rule/ domineer completely; rule ineffectively.

v.tr. appl. grunt at; snort at.

q. v.

v.i. spit. cf. effujjo.

okufuka amazzi, to urinate, okufuka ebigambo, to let loose a torrent of words (usually of a hostile character).

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. cause to water; use for watering.

okufukamiza amaviivi abiri, to kneel on two knees. cf. enfukaamirizi.

as of a burrowing animal), okufukula emigongo, colloq. to dance, cf. fukuzi, effukuzi, enfukulo.

v.i. shake; be shaken out (as the contents of a container); be poured out. Enkuba efukumuse. It has rained in torrents.

okufukumula amaziga, to cry profusely.

try to influence; instigate, banne ne bamufukuutirira nti essajja lya kumutta, and his companions incited him with the allegation that the man was going to kill him. Yatufukuutirira ebigambo naye yatuvaako bukumbu. He overwhelmed us with talk but he left us unchanged. cf. effukutu.

v.i. speak in a foolish and irritating manner; sniff around.

v.i. become deserted/abandoned/vacated (originally of a termite hill); go away; fig. become stupid/'empty in the head;' become discredited. Obugagga bwe yalina bwonna bwafuluka. The wealth which he had has all disappeared. Yafu- luka mu busawo. He lost his reputation in (the profession of) medicine.

ekifulukwa, nnabefululabiswa (under nnabe).

v.i. come out; go out.

throw out; publish; issue; spend.

teem. Abanlu abaali ku kisaawe okulinda Kabaka baali bafuluuta bufuluusi. There were droves of people at the airport awaiting the arrival of the Kabaka.