be ruined. Obugagga obwo bwonna bwagonnomoka. All that wealth went to waste/was spoiled.

etc.; defend, exculpate. Yagaani- rayo. He refused to come out/come back. Kiberu oyo mmugaanira, tasobola kubba. I stand up for/defend/exculpate Kiberu, he could not steal. Akambe nkamusabye naye akagaanidde. I have asked him for the knife but he has refused to let go of it/ part with it.

v.tr. hurl to the ground; pour down; ruin. Yagonnomolwako mangu ekifo ekisava. He was soon given a very good position.

adv. in a neglected or abandoned state. Omulambo gwasangiddwa nga gugudde ggalabanja ku kkubo okumpi n'ennyumba ye. The corpse was found abandoned on a road near his house, cf. galabanja.

v.i. hobble.

(la) kind of large gonja banana.

v.tr. caus. cause to chew; chew with/using cf. entagaaya.

(-googombye) also gogomba v.i. be stubborn; continue unabated.

apportion; appoint, designate (e.g., a general as chief of a military expedition). Ky'ofa togabye, Walumbe y'akigaba. (prov.) What you have not given away by the time you die, Walumbe (death) gives it away.

v.tr. redup. keep giving; give indiscriminately.

v.tr. wait for; wait around for.

v.i. retrogress; fall behind; go out of favor. Ekisa kye tekigooka. His kindness knows no bounds/is unequaled.

v.i. & tr. appl. caus. have/give a lot of milk (of breasts).

to have a delicious meal/a feast, gookya lit. = the matooke (implied by ga- which here becomes go-) which are hot. cf. yokya.

give all the time; feed, take care of (a child). Omwana atalijko amugabirira takula bulungi. A child who does not have someone to feed him does not grow up well.

see ggoonya.

share with one another; distribute; be alloted, have a share. Ggwe wagabana ki? What was your share? What did you get? Okunoga emmwanyi ennaku zino kutuga- banye. At present (these days) the harvesting of the coffee is keeping us completely occupied/is our exclusive preoccupation. Enkomerero y'omwezi eneetuuka ddi ne tugabana? When will the end of the month come so that we can get paid?

affairs).

botch up; harm.

v.tr. entertain (socially); treat generously; bestow lavishly.

v.tr. fold; bend; twist.

v.tr. redup. bend completely; keep bending.

(-gabattuse) also gabattukana (-gabattukanye) v.i. move about in a clumsy/graceless/awkward/unsteady manner; run heavily.

despise; discredit; discard. Naavve ogadyagadya nnyo ebya banno. You too, you are always belittling what others do/other people's things or affairs.

v.i. be or become dirty/filthy/ stained; be stunted; grow poorly; be badly cooked; become hardened/inured; be resistant to cleaning; become worn (e.g., of a path).

go bad (of food).

etc.; be hardened/inured to. Nze emiggo nnagigubira dda. 1 have long since become accustomed to/inured to beatings. Obudde bungubiridde. I am in trouble/difficulties/a trying situation.

inure. cf. -gubu, obugubi; gubaasiira, -gubaasiivu.

v.i. recip. struggle (with); grapple (with).

cf. -gubaasiivu; guba.

q.v.

to raise cain, engage in horseplay (of young children). gudu (la) kind of large, edible mushroom.

v.i. be unresponsive; be inert; stand by helplessly; stand by and do nothing.

v.i. be or become rich/wealthy.

eat greedily/ gluttonously; pasture in salty fields. cf. engugo.

cf. -guggubivu.

v.i. be languid/inert; become lazy. cf. engajaba; gojoba.

make a thumping sound.

q.v.

cf. egga- labanja.

cf. Iggya.

v.i. be panicked; make off in a panic; stampede.

v.i. be exhausted/very tired; be languid; lack vigor; be in a state of disarray.

by p araly sis or a birth defect).

(-gugunze) more commonly -egugunga (-egugunze) v.i. refl. be startled/excited/ agitated; engage in disturbances; riot; rebel. Obudde bwegugunga. The sky looks threatening.

v.i. be indifferent; be careless/negligent; take matters lightly.

v.i. & tr. appl. be indifferent/careless (about). cf. omugalambi.

to slide down a steep slope on a stem of a plantain (mu go go).

v.i. work quickly; do quickly; rush.

to lie on one's back.

(-gujubye) more frequently gujuubana (-gujuubanye) v.i. be greedy; be gluttonous.

v.tr. caus. cause to lie; lay. Omwana mu- galamize awo. Have the baby lie over there. cf. olugalaamiriro, engalama.

okugujuuba- nira emmere, to be gluttonous about food.-

devour.

vacillate; be clumsy. kugalanga- tana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to walk unsteadily; to be unsteady or clumsy in what one is doing, lit. to be unsteady like the bicycle of one who is learning (to ride). Ensonga ze bigalangatana. His affairs are in bad shape.

v.tr. - gujula.

up to now, up to the present, to this day.

v.tr. roll over; cause to roll on the ground.

v.tr. set down on the back; turn over on the back.

v.tr. caus. cause to buy; sell; buy with/using. Omubbi aguza ngalo. (prov.) A thief makes purchases with his fingers.

v.i. neut. be easy to buy; be purchasable.

Pers.] spectacles, eyeglasses, galubindi eziraba ewala, binoculars, field glasses, galubindi ez'omusana, sunglasses, galubindi ezizimbulukusa or galubindi ezigezza, magnifying glass, microscope; telescope.

-gulirire, obuguzi, egguliro, egguzi, olugula, amagula. omugulirizi, omuguzi, engulansigo, enguzi.

that's right, that is so, lit. (the matter; omusango, is implied) is thus.

ekintu kye tuggukizaako amaaso, the first thing which we notice.

cast a spell on.

v.i. open. Oluggi lwagguka. The door opened.

ennyumba eya gulofa, a house with more than one story, cf. ggoloofa.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep saying; say all the time.

annoy. Obwedda oyo yajigambiriza nti tugende. He is the one who has kept pestering me to go with him, lit. that we should go.