(ka/bu) little girl; poor little girl.

okukeeyererwa emmeeme, to be anxious/worried; to feel nervous.

v.tr. remove the spell from; exorcise; purify (by ritualistic procedures).

v.i. recip. caus.

dim. o/mwannyina, q.v.

v.tr. caus. cause anxiety to.

to laugh in a restrained manner, smother one's laughter; chuckle, cf. ^mwega.

with the same meaning, is rare. Note the following usages of kkoyi: Omuzungu kkoyi! The European is wonderful! Omusajja oyo kkoyi! What a terrible person that man is1 cf. ekiknkko

v.i. conv. come out of hiding; be revealed.

v.i. be proud and cocksure; adopt an attitude of defiance; be truculent/ arrogant.

get ready; busy oneself; be busy; be wholehearted in one's effort.

operate; act (as). Essimu yali tekola. The telephone was out of order. Akola ng'omu- wandiisi w' ekibiina ky'abakozi. He is working as secretary of the labor union. v.tr. do; make, okukola omulimu, to do a job, to work, okukola emmere, to prepare food, okukola lumonde, to peel sweet potatoes. okukola ebigezo, to take examinations. -kozeeko, used, second-hand, emmotoka ezikozeeko, used cars.

leave.

bring to light.

v.i. speak affectedly; speak in a high-pitched voice.

influenza, cf. yegu.

v.tr. caus. appoint as leader; put first; cause to go ahead. Mu bulamu bwaffe kiki kye tusaana okukulembeza ensimbi? In our life what should we put ahead of/regard as more important than money? cf. obukulembeze, omukulembeze.

obwekwekero, omukwekuzi.

deceitful person.

v.i. rare gird oneself tightly.

v.tr. perform cleansing rites for (a person guilty of adultery or a child of an adulterous union).

(-kulise) restricted to the imperative in the simple form Kulika! {plur. Mukulike!) Congratulations! Well done!

struggle.

mess up.

v.tr. caus. congratulate.

complain. Okekema ki? What are you complaining about?

ki ekyamukozesa kityo? What ever made him act in this horribLe manner?

v.i. go on a raid/ foray; go on a scouting patrol; make an exploratory trip; move about furtively.

v.i. become worn out (of a garment); become tatters.

kukekemya bukoko, to make suffer, lit. cause to cackle like a chicken.

cf. amakinaggule.

( kozczza) u.ii. caus. cause to work; work or make using/with.

v.tr. appl. caus. congratulate for/on behalf of.

v.tr. wear out; reduce to rags/tatters. cf. -kansufu.

including, lit. there being there, abantu musanvu nga kuliko omubaka w'olukiiko, seven people including a representative of the assembly, cf. -li (under ba).

v.tr. lure; entice; tantalize; make a gesture of offering (something) without intending to do so.

neigh, roar (of animals); sound (of a drum, horn, motor, etc.).

to pay cash for a purchase; to make a purchase in large quantity at one time and pay cash.

v. tr. sew; stitch.

pr.n. the title of the Kabaka's tanner.

the appl. form of kula, q.v.)

v.i. run fast.

etc. Bw'ofuna akukaabirako naawe weeyongera. (prov. ) When vou find someone to cry with you, you even cry harder.

v.tr. appl. 2 sew in many places; sew quickly; embroider.

v.i. neut. be doable; be easy to do.

v.tr. takeaway quickly; steal; snatch away. cf. kwekwenyuka.

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 keep crying for; keep mourning for.

also spelled Karema (la) [from Fr. Careme] Lent.

steady headache.

(la) kind of cooking banana; large round metal plate.

t-kinduluddel v.tr. conv. 2 un- sew; unstitch.

v.i. slink along; shuffle along; go stealthily; drag oneself along.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. cause to cry/mourn for.

cf. -gezi, omunnyo.

v.i. conv. become unsewn/unstitched.

pr.n. title of the gourd-grower of the Kabaka.

v.i. be underdone (of food).

adv. by force; whether (one) wants to or not.

plur. bakiggala (la) deaf person. cf. ^ggala.

v.tr. tuck in fa garment at the waist).

okukoleera omuliro, to catch fire.

cf. ekikaabugo.

n. the title of the chief of Kyaddondo County.

v.tr. start work/begin operations in a rough/provisional way. Guno omulimu tukyakaabula mukaabule. We are just starting the job (and we have a general idea of how we are going to go about it).

put to the test; tempt.

(la) meat obtained from the breast of a goat or ox.

v.tr. scratch. cf. lunkulubuse.

v.i. appl. dawn (with obudde as subject); be early; do early; get up early; do all the time; let up (of rain). Obudde bukedde. It has dawned or The time has come (e.g., for an action that has been early in the morning. Nkeera ku mulimu. The first thing I do in the morning is go to work. Enkuba ekedde. The rain has let up. Akeera kunywa mwenge. He does nothing but drink beer.

v.tr. appl. caus. cause to get up early/go early/do early.

(la) mist; fog.