lean to one side. cf. -gulukivu.

yield.

be in turmoil; be lively/agitated. Yasula agulumba. He spent a restless night.

ideo. with a bang. Yasamba oluggi be ggu be ggu. He kicked the door with a bang.

v.i. be very high/tall.

see ^gguka.

v.tr. drive out termites with the sap of the ggandu plant. cf. ggandu.

ffrom Eng- gray] with the -a of rel. gray.

v.tr. treat (a sickness). Omuganga teyeeganga. A doctor does not treat his own iilness. cf. omuganga.

v.i. be shaky/unsteady.

v.i. be worn out; be weak; be decrepit; be all skin and bones. cf. omugangatika.

v.i. be firm/solid; be faithful; be brave/courageous; dare; have the nerve/ boldness (to).

hearten; cheer; give reassurance to. Kabwa kabbi kagumya mugongo. (prov.) A thieving dog must have a strong back. Those who play with fire must be prepared for the consequences.

v.tr. be solicitous about have consideration for; deal leniently with.

gumiikiriza, ŋŋumyamutwe.

v.tr. appl. 2. intens. be extremely solicitous about; be constantly concerned with; attach oneself to.

v.i. <£ tr. appl. 2 caus. be stingy (with)/frugal (with)/ niggardly (about). Omukyala oyo aganiri- za nnyo. That lady is very frugal/makes every effort to economize. cf. omuganirizi.

an exciting/sensational wrestling bout, lit. which causes (a crowd) to gather, cf. gumba.

v.tr. caus. gather together/assemble.

v.tr. caus. make a favorite of; take a liking to; take a fancy to; love; prefer. Asinga kuganza Olufalansa. He prefers French. French is his favorite. Obuganzi bukaayanirwa. To win a favor is something for which one contends/strives.

v.i. be impenetrable; be thick (as a growth of foliage).

v.tr. conv. 2 disperse; disband.

v.tr. caus. 2 cause to win favor; make popular.

emphasize; corroborate; do to an extreme degree, n'aggumiza nti, and he emphasized that. Ekifaananyi kyandinnyambye okuggumiza amazima gange. The picture would help me corroborate the truth of my statement. Yazinye n'okuggumiza n'aggumiza. She danced and danced. cf. -ggumivu, omuggumiro.

ekigumbo.

to look for something right under one's nose.

v.tr. allow; permit; give approval to; authorize.

v.tr. be patient with, support patiently; endure.

v.i. recip. be tolerant of each other; have patience with each other.

v.i. neut. be easy to endure/put up with. F.bibonerezo ebyo tebigumiikirizika. These punishments are unendurable. cf. guma.

profit. Obuyigirize bu ganyula buli muntu. Education profits everybody.

as an adj. such and such, ekintu gundi, something or other, such and such a thing. Leka tugambe nti omu- kunnaanya w'amawulire gundi asindise omusasi we ow'amawulire mu kifo gundi. Let us say that such and such a newspaper editor has sent his reporter in such and such a place. c(. gindi, ^-ndL

v.i. exist for a long time; be of long standing; stay or be in a place for a long time; be well preserved.

okuganzika oluba wansi, to lie down, rest, lit. set one's jaw down.

v.tr. caus. maintain/keep/have for a long time; cause to last. cf. -gundiivu.

dimish; end completely, disappear; be completely used up.

v.i. pass the marriageable age (of girls); be no longer marketable (of commodities ).

form; devise, think up. cf. omugunzi.

ggwa-a-a ideo. with a thud. Ekit ereke ne kigwa be ggwa-a-a! And the parcel fell down with a thud.

train.

v.tr. caus. cause to profit; make profitable/useful.

stupid expression on one's face.

overburden.

put together; unite, unify; compensate.

v.i. fly off; start up fas a flock of birds).

v.tr. cause to fly off.

v.i. be fooled; be deceived.

v.tr. caus. fool; deceive; trick; catch off guard.

no plur. period between noon and 1P.M.

people who are incompatible); mix up, jumble. Leka kugattiriza mirimu. Do not try to do more than one job at a time.

(-guyizza) also guyaaguya v.tr. (redup.) dupe; beguile; lead (someone) on.

v.tr. unite; put together; combine (different things); mix; harmonize. cf. gatta.

(n/n) \jdng.~\ government.

occur; fail (in an examination), kugwa butaka, to fail to hit the mark, fail, be unsuccessful, kugwa mu bintu, to hit upon a good thing, have a stroke of luck, get a high or rewarding position, kugwa nsimbi, to go bankrupt, kugwa muntu, to become enamored of/‘fall for' a person, kugwa ku muntu, to backbite/ slander a person in his absence, butagwa kintu, not to miss anything. Omukazi oyo tagwa mikolo. That woman never misses any big occasions, kukigwako, to experience misfortune/tragedy/disaster. Abaana abo bakiguddeko. Those children have really had their share of misfortune, kugwa mu ttaano, to finally receive/get what one has anxiously wished or expected, lit. to fall in five (fingers). Ku Lwomukaaga omu- fumbi w'ettooke ajja kungwa mu ttaano. On Saturday I am getting married/the girl will finally be mine, lit. the cooker of matooke will fall in my five (fingers), kugwa mu buwufu, to follow in the footsteps of; to follow what anotheris saying, ‘catch on.' Yali tannaba kumalayo bigambo ne mmugwa mu buwufu. I understood what he was saying before he was finished talking. Akabenje ak'amaanyi kaaguddewo olunaku lw'eggulo. A serious accident happened yesterday. Kino kyamuguddeko bugwi. This came to him as a great surprise. Ekigambo kino olwamugwa mu kutu... When she heard this..., lit. when this word fell in her ear. Abagenyi baatuguddeko bugwi. The visitors came to us unannounced/unexpectedly.

v.tr. scorn; despise; have contempt for.

etc.

v.i. appl. 2 pass. have happen to one; have fall on one. Baagwirirwa ekikangabwa mutabani waabwe bwe yafa. They received a terrible shock when their son died. Twagwirirwa ennyumba. Our house fell down or The house fell down on us.

belittle; mock.

v.i. recip. fall on one another; come upon one another unexpectedly.

ekigwo, omugwi, omugwira, engwira; gwikiriza.

v.i. be or become immoral/ licentious/indecent/filthy.

v.i. recip. despise one another.

v.i. be lazy/idle/indolent/slothful.

v.tr. appl. be suitable/seemly for; be fitting for; be worthy of; behoove. Kiryowa agwanira obwami. K. should be made chief. He is worthy of chieftainship.

v.tr. caus. cause to take; cause to take away; cause to move.

give a false sense of security; cause to lose zeal or interest; distract, provide distraction for.

v.tr. appl. caus. judge worthy of; wish (something) for (someone). Tukugwanyiza obukulembeze. We think you worthy of the leadership. cf. nnakigwanyizi; Isaana.

v.i. be or become shameless/dissolute/immoral.

v.i. appl. 2 = ggiira.

disgrace.