plur. bakinvinvi (la) old person; young person who has prematurely gray hair. cf. oluvi.

kitaawo, kitaawe, kitaffe, kitammwe, kitaabwe; bakitaffe, etc. kitange omuto, my paternal uncle.

v.tr. appl. 2. lick intensively; lick all the time.

cause to prevail, etc. Tukajjaze ekibiina ekyo. Let us really make this society into something.

eucalyptus tree, emiti gya kalittunsi, eucalyptus trees.

run down (of a liquid), emmeeme n'emukereketa, and he was worried.

v.tr. caus. cause to lick. cf. omukombi.

v.tr. devour. The var. kaanyuula is more common.

dr.] flax; a thick, heavy- duty linen (e.g., of the sort used for police uniforms).

line up; arrange; stack; fill; put in compact form. v.i. get into line.

pass the marriageable age. cf. -kaatuufu, enkaatu.

v.i. be bitter/sour/unpleasant to the taste; become enraged/quarrelsome; become serious/bad (of a situation). Obudde abange bukaaye, omukyala wunno ataawa. The situation is indeed grave, the lady is on the brink of death.

quarrel with.

v.tr. gnaw to bits cf. ekkesula.

see koma.

v.i. appl. 2 be very bitter. Amazima gatera okukaayirira abamu. The truth is usually very bitter for some people. Emmere abantu yabakaayirira. The people felt very bitter/the situation was very bad for them, lit. the food became bitter to the people, okukaayirirwa kaamu- lali omuntu gw'aba talidde, to have a bitter taste from peppers one has not eaten, i.e., become worried or involved in matters which do not concern one.

(-kese) rare cut off. See ketula.

v.i. recip. despise one another. cf. -kiiyi.

‘needle.'

move along (of a crowd) cf. enkumu.

(la) orchitis.

See emmwanyi.

paper, wood, etc.); trim; cir- cumcize. cf. omukomozi.

detail, kalonda w'obuzibu, all sorts of difficulties. Emmere y'Omu- zungu ebeera ya kalonda nnyo. The diet of the European is very varied, cf. londa.

sumptuous food.

v.i. redup. run; skip; hustle along (as children going to schoxrl).

gibe, jeer.

adv. quickly. Yatukyalira

(ka/bu) onomat. motorboat.

adj. what? which? Kino ki? What is this? Yagendayo mu mwaka ki era yali wa ggwanga ki? What year did he go there and from what country was he? ne bwe kinaaba ki, no matter what happens. The form baki (plur.) who? whom? sometimes occurs, cf. kiki, lwaki.

etc.; descend upon; begin. Bwe yajja yakkira ku kunvuma. When he came the first thing he did was to insult me. Omanyi ebintu gye byakkira? Do you know how the matters were settled?

He called at our home but did not stay long. cf. -yangu.

v.i. drink greedily; gulp down; eat/drink without minding the taste.

''-kappuse) v.i. walk briskly/ quickly.

v.i. appl. 2 keep coming down/descending; slope downwards. Omwaka gukkiridde. The rainy season has begun.

(la) kind of beer banana; kind of roasting gonja banana.

v.tr. caus. expose (someone) immodestly.

v.i. protest; argue; dispute.

q.v.

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

together with its derivatives, is perhaps related to kka, but because of the sharp divergence in meanings it is listed separately. cf. ekikko, olukko, ssa; kkakkana, kkalira, Ikkata, kkatira, kkiriza.

v.tr. appl. protest about; argue about; dispute over.

May I come in?), cf. Sw. karibu, karibuni.