gather; pick up; search all over to get; contract ( a disease); pick up (a woman of ill repute), cf. kikombooza, kikomboozo.

conclude, bring to an end. v.i. come to an end.

shut in; finish, end at/for, etc.

pound, okukommonta taaba, to smoke tobacco, okukommonta empewo, to be very proud. Empewo enkommonta. The wind is blowing against me .okukommonta oluwa, to whistle, okukommonta eŋŋombe y'emmotoka, to blow the horn of an automobile.

strike, hit.

be slow in cooking; refuse to ripen (of fruit); be stunted in growth (of persons); be silent, refuse to answer; remain motionless (when expected to act); sulk, okukona ku musomo, to fail a course and be obliged to repeat. Embooge ekonye. lit. The mbooge (a green vegetable which cooks easily) has refused to cook. Things have gone completely wrong.

arch, cobble, make (shoes), cf. omukonyi.

bar, shut up (e.g., a hole).

become emaciated, cf. yondoba.

plead (often in vain).

arch, squat, sit on the haunches.

identical with the above, v.tr. frustrate, block; incapacitate. okukonera oluggi, to refuse to answer the door. Mmukonedde ebigenge ngalo. I have frustrated his efforts. I have blocked him (as leprosy does to fingers). cf. konoona.

q.v.

scent, get the scent of.

cause to become filthy.

fall down (as fruit from a stalk); become detached.

fruit); pluck; snap off, snatch off; disconnect. v.i. loaf, kill time instead of working.

grimace at.

akakongoliro, ekikongoliro.

rare prune. See kongojjola.

cut up; peel (e.g., matooke); block up (a hole), okwekonjera amatooke, to peel matooke for oneself.

cf. omukonjezi.

tear up, tear off; scratch; scrape; fig. assail verbally, excoriate/reproach, cf. ekikonjobole; kolobola.

rap; tap, strike, konkona ku luggi, to knock on the door. cf. nkonkonamuti.

a bugle).

argue, dispute; struggle, etteeka erikontana n'empisa z'abantu, a law which conflicts with the customs of the people, cf. omu- kontanyi.

make a clicking sound in the throat as a sign of sorrow or disapprobation, v.tr. make a clicking sound at.

waste away from illness; suffer from an incurable disease.

stunt, etc.

be at the end, be last in line. Omwana wange ye yakoobedde mu kibiina. My child was at the bottom of his class, cf. omukoobero.

cry aloud, make a high-pitched sound with the voice; sing. Yayimba n'akooka. He sang in a loud, clear voice, cf. enkooka.

enlarge; build in addition to; add to; amend (e.g., a law).

make the sound characteristic of a cock; fail to grow (of a banana tree). N'ezikookolima, gaali magi, (prov.) The(chickens) which are crowing were (formerly) eggs. From little acorns great oaks grow.

cock- a-doodle-doo. cf. kookolima.

okukooloobya oluyimba, to sing a song.

cram, pack; pile. Ensawo bagikoomekeddemu ppamba. They have stuffed the bag with cotton.

bend, bend over; snap; break.

usually kootakoota (-koose- koose) v.i. (redup.) be bent/bent over; walk with a stoop, okukootakoota mu ga lumonde, lit. to bend over in the sweet- potato leaves (ga implies malagala, leaves), i.e., to try to hide, but to be found out; to want to do something but to fail because of the wrong approach/technique.

v.tr. irritate, itch (of the throat). Obulago bunkoota. My throat itches. Omukazi ono yalina eyamukoota. There was somebody whom this woman liked very much. cf. olukoota.

lose the feeling of tiredness. cf. -koowu, obukoowu, ekikoowukoowu, mwamyakooye; toowolokoka.

a- (ka/bu) single hair; small hair; small feather, plur. obwoya, body hair; hairs; lint (on clothing); fur. cf. ekyoya, olwoya.

kooyesa (-kooyesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 tire, make tired; weary.

tear off (e.g., a banana leaf, a sheet of paper). See akagiri.

waste away from illness; become atrophied.

weaken, cause to waste away.

kopowala or kopiwala (-kopawadde) v.i. be or act like a peasant/a common per- son/a vulgar person.

q.v.

imitate. (Note: tkis is one of the few verbs borrowed from English.)

Ekkolaani.

q.v.)

kotamya, kotaamulukuka variants of kutama, kutamya, kutaamulukuka, q.v.

q.v.

okuko- teka omutwe, to hang one's head, bow one's head.

hinder; frustrate; sabotage, subvert; spoil; arch. bewitch, cf. kkotoggo.

have a severe cough.

kozesa caus. forms of kola, q.v.

employ (in the most general sense); employ (workers). okukozesa amaanyi, to use force (against opposition); to work with vigor.

q.v.

incidentally, I say.

ekiraalo, olugo, essaazi.

Kristo (used by Protestants) pr.n. Christ.

n- (k»/bn) dropping (of a rat. rabbit, goat, etc.). dim. of enkiringi, q.v.

to; at; among (of place, time and other relationships), ku mmeeza, on the table, ku lunaku luno, on this day. to express the partitive okulya emmere, to eat food; okulya ku mmere, to eat some food/ some of the food, ku lwa (before an infinitive), because of, on account of. Ku Iw'oku- beera omulwadde teyajja. Because he was sick (= because of being sick) he did not come, ku lwa (before a substantive), on behalf of. ku lwange, on my behalf, ku lwa Gavumenti, on behalf of the Government. Ali ku bwa Katonda. He is very seriously ill, lit. he is in the (obuyinza, power, implied) of God. Nze siri ku muntu ayagala okunywa omwenge. I do not care for a person who likes to drink beer. In form and function ku is related to the enclitic -ko, q. v.

okukubaakuba ama- tu, to be convalescent, recover from an illness. Yabakubaakubako okujja mu mbaga ye. He urged them to come to his wedding feast.

okukubaganya ebirowoozo, to have an exchange of ideas, have a discussion.

olw'okubanga conj. because, since.

-o the appl. inf. of ba, be. as a conj. because of, on account of, on account of being. Ekyo yakikola lwa kubeera mwami. He did this (= he got away with this) because he was a chief/on account of being a chief.

bend to the side, okukubiira ensingo, to turn one's neck to the side (to express unhappiness, disapproval or irritation).

very beautiful dress material, omukyala atakubikamu liiso, a very beautiful woman. cf. obukubirire, ekikubira, ekikubiro, ekkubiro, omukube, omukubi, omukubiriza, omukubi rizi, omukubiza, 2 enkuba.

etc. okukubira omusango/ensonga, to sum up a case/a matter, okukubirako, to add; to make up; to complete, okukubiramu, to give over and above. Tonkubiramu kirala? Aren't you going to give me anything more? empapula z'amawulire ezikubirwa mu Afrika, newspapers which are published in Africa.