q.v.

grow dark; be obscured; be thick/luxuriant; be blocked/ impeded, okukunira amaaso, to go blind; to be blind. Obudde bukunidde. It has grown dark.

make dark; block, impede. cf. -kunivu, akakunizo, kkunikkuni.

skin ),

peel off; cause to moult, etc.

walk around haughtily/with an air of arrogant indifference.

etc.

around here (of a larger area).

run away.

kunjisa (-kunjisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 dress (a hide) with/using.

cheat, cf. kumpanya.

the Holy Koran.

O- the form -satu (3) used to form the ordinal, ekitabo eky'okusatu, the third book. cf. -satu.

-kusensezza) v.i. contract measles, cf. olukusense.

conceal; shelter, treat with care, omwana omukusike, a sheltered child.

q.v.

o- the form of-taano (5) used to form the ordinal, ekitabo eky'okutaano, the fifth book. cf. -taano.

jog along.

bend, bend over.

drink up, gulp down (a drink).

etc. okukutamya omutwe, to bow the head.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

etc. kukutuza mbuzi (or ndiga), to be very ugly, lit. cause a goat (or sheep) to break loose. cf. -kutufu, ekikutuko, (be) kkutu, olutaku- tuka.

make level; plane; polish; rub; rub against, brush against; fig. show hostility towards.

‘rub each other the wrong way.' cf. akakuubagano.

be loaded down. Omusajja akuukuu- bidde mu nsawo y'emmwanyi. The man is loaded down with a sack of coffee.

dig up;

uproot; pull up; pull out. kukuulawo muntu, to beat out/ excel over (an opponent, competitor). Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo, banaakunkuulako bukuuzi. If I get my hands on you, they will have to drag me away.

be in a neck-and-neck competition. cf. kkuulaamalungi, -^omukuufu.

gooff, okukuuliita ne (na)..., to make off with. Omubbi yakuuliita n'ekiteeteeyi kyange! The thief made off with my dress.

flow out; overflow; pour forth in numbers (as termites in an anthill).

a- plur. obuuma (ka/bu) small ma- chine;tool; instrument; device, cf. ekyuma.

watch over; guard; protect; maintain, keep, okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, okukuuma olu- bugo (nga lubaale mubbe), to guard the bark- cloth (after the lubaale has been stolen), to close the barndoor after the horse has been stolen. Akuuma omwami akira akuuma ente. (prov.) He who looks after a chief is better off than he who looks after a cow.

etc.

scatter, break up (e.g., of a crowd). cf. enkumu.

to puff on/smoke a pipe, kukuumuula lumonde, to eat sweet potatoes, kukuumuula magambo, to pour out a torrent of loud and offensive words. Saalina ankuumuulira gu- bindi. I had no one wishing me bad luck, lit. puffing at a big, ugly pipe for me. cf. -kuumuufu.

kuumisa (kuumisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 cause to guard, etc.; guard with/using. cf. -kuumi, ekkuumiro, omukuumi.

kukuunya muggo, to beat severely with a stick, cf. olukuunya.

be a hypocrite, v.tr. dupe, deceive. (Not to be confused with -ekuusa which is listed under kuuta.) cf. obukuusa, omukuusa(kuusa).

cf. obukuusiivu.

call upon; urge; be insistent with. Yabakuutira omugaso oguli mu kusomesa Olungereza. He impressed on them the value to be derived from teaching English.

stop up (CL leak).

sift, fan (esp. termites in order to detach the wings). The var. forms kuyeeya and kuyuuya areof less frequent occurrence).

make grow; bring up, rear; be a guardian to; promote, advance (in rank); develop; celebrate, emikolo gy'okukuza olunaku Iw'Amawanga Amagatte, ceremonies for celebrating United Nations Day. kukuza mpaka, to be argumentative.

q.v.

occur; be in progress, progress; operate, function.

grasp; snatch away; take away.

bicker, wrangle, cf. twatwalikana.

make a rustling/swishing noise; scuffle. Amala okwekweka ye atenda banne okukwakwaya. (prov.) He who has already hidden himself blames his comrades who come later for making noise (in their efforts to hide themselves). Those who have arrived forget the difficulties of those still on the road. cf. -kwakwayufu, olukwakwayo, enkwakwayo; kwaya.

handover; give (as a present), donate.

be befriended.

etc.; take, grasp with/by means of; hand over; trap (an animal); fasten; cause to freeze/curdle, etc. ku- kwasa ensonyi, to shame, put to shame, kukwasa muntu, to catch a person (e.g., in the act of theft); to get hold of a person (who is hard to contact).

-kwasi, -kwate, obukwafu, obukwata, ekikwasi, ekikwaso, ekikwate, ekyekwaso, omukwasi, -Unkwaso, enkwata.

to help a person, give someone a hand.

join together.

handle; caress.

put in contact, put together.

be taken, seized, etc. okukwatibwa ensonyi, to feel shame.

etc. Jjangu onkwatireko. Come and help me.

etc. Kwatirira omulwadde aleme kugwa. Keep holding on to the patient so that he does not fall.

seize; catch (a person). bu 1 i iwe nnakwatirizangayo akaseera, every time I got a chance.

be taken in/for, etc. okukwatirwa ensonyi, to feel shame for. Baamukwatirwa ekisa. They felt sorry for him/her.

make a rustling sound.

q.v.

conceal.

hide all the time.

be easy to hide. Ebintu ebibbe tebikwekeka. It is difficult to hide stolen goods.

etc.

make off; run fast; do to an intense degree (in association with a prec eding negative verb). Tazina akwekwenyuka. He does not just dance, he dances exceptionally well.

make off with. c f. kwenyuka.