q.v.

a- no plur. (la) cramp; rheumatism. cf. menya.

lit. it breaks the ax. cf. menya, embazzi.

adj. tight, tight-fitting, empale kamiimo, very tight-fitting pants, cf. miima.

etc. v.i. stop (of bleeding), ensanke n'ekamira, and the bleeding stopped.

milk all the time; ply a person (with liquor, beer, etc.).

a- (ka/bu) uvula, cf. mira, omumiro.

go dry, cease giving milk (of a cow).

giddiness. kukwatibwa kammunguluze, to become giddy.

a- (ka/bu) blemish, stain, spot; defect; grudge, rancor. Omulungi tabulako kamogo. (prov.) A beautiful person does not lack a blemish. Nobody is perfect.

a- (ka/bu) akamonde akazungu,

a- (ka/bu) ventilator.

a- (ka/bu) kind of termite hill; fig. large amount (usually of money), akamoome k'ensimbi, a great deal of money.

kampegawano adv. up until now; by now; as of now; all this time, okuiuusa kampegaano, up until now. cf. mpegaano.

a- lit. one (little thing, akantu is implied). The phrase n'akamu is used with neg. verbs and is translated not at all. ebigambo ebitasanyusa n'akamu, words which are not pleasing at all. cf. ^-mu.

stick, implied) makes a bundle. Little by little fills the measure, cf. 2 ekiganda.

be squeezed out; be drained; be dried up/exhausted.

pus from a boil, wet clothes, etc.). okukamula amziga, to provoke/elicit tears.

etc.

kwessa mu bwa Kamulu, to showoff, put oneself in the limelight.

a- (ka/bu) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. cf. mulya.

a- also akamunyi (ka/bu or la) kind of hawk, yellow-billed African kite. Ebikolimo bya wankoko tebitta kamunye. (prov.) The curses of Mr. Fowl do not kill the kite. Mere words are useless unless they can be backed up with force.

cause to squeeze, etc. cf. ekikamulo; kama.

a- (ka/bu) mouth, kamwa koogera or nze kamwa koogera, I the speaker, I myself, kuta kamwa, to be quarrelsome. Mba sinnaggya bigambo mu kamwa emmotoka n'egwa. I hardly got the words out of my mouth when the car turned over. Tonjasa- miza akamwa! Shut up! (See yasama.) cf. omumwa.

a- (ka/bu) razor, cf. mwa.

a- (ka/bu) kind of shrub producing berries like coffee, cf. emmwanyi

a- (ka/bu) continual/constant smile, cf. mwenya.

a- (ka/bu) razor, cf. mwa.

a- "rvnlly pl„r obumyc. (t„ 4,,,) spot(s); speckle(s).

kamisa (kamisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make milk, cause to milk; milk by means of/using.

contr. Kizza.

a- (ka/bu) wildness, erratic behavior, craziness.

a- (ka/bu) rabbit, hare.

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano, lit. to ask the fourth and the fifth, to interrogate in detail, question at length.

compel.

a- numer. eight thousand, with the -a of rel. eight-thousandth, cf. -naana.

a- (la) kind of mushroom growing in an area where nnaka (a kind of termite) occur.

annoy; disturb, upset.

do insistently, keep on (followed by the inf. of another verb). Nnakanda kulinda nga tajja. I kept waiting but he did not come. Nnakanda kwegayirira nga bwereere. I kept pleading but all in vain.

wait around a long time; linger; delay; spend a long time; languish.

keep (someone) waiting; be slow with; cause to languish.

a-: okwogera akandolindoli, to speak nonsense, drone on and on in a confused, unintelligible way.

of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.

be clearable (of land), etc.

etc.

a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.

a- (ka/bu) cheekbone.

frighten, startle; thre aten.

rare be excessive (of prices); be very hot (of the sun ).

chastise; discipline, correct; deal harshly with.

defy, menace, cf. kanga.

a- (ka/bu) corner, recess, nook (built into the inside wall of a house).

a- (ka/bu) something interesting/ worthwhile/appealing. amawulire omutali kanigguusa, very uninteresting news. Ebyo temuli kanigguusa. All this is just nonsense. There is nothing of any value in this.

a mechanism through constant use); rare form, take form (of fruit).

etc.

etc.

etc. cf. ekikankano.

with all one's might. Omulimu guno bagukutte kannabwala. They have put their full effort into this task.

in a hurry.

arch, without rest.

a- (ka/bi) small hole/pit. kuwanda mu kannya, to swear not to do something again (esp. something evil), lit. to spit in a hole. cf. ekinnya.

a- (ka/bu) small tooth, cf. linnyo (erinnyo).

adj. Sr pron. for nouns of the ka/bu class, this/these.

bargain for. Waaliwo kopi ya ... emu ne ngikansa ngigule. There was one copy of ... left and I offered to pay a good price for it.

a- (ka/bu) various species of hibiscus. Akansambwe akasajja, Vrena lobata. cf. ekinsambwe.

a- also akensubi (ka/bu) bottom row of a bunch of bananas; one banana from this bunch, cf. ekyensubi.

a- adv. hurriedly; quickly; at a trot. Twagenze kantindiggwa. We went in a great hurry, cf. tindigga.

calm down.

dizziness, vertigo. Kantoolooze ankutte. 1 feel dizzy, cf. tooloola.

a- (ka/bu) small thing; (after a neg.) anything. Situnze kantu olwa leero. [ have not sold anything today TnynesanmH kantu. He did not hesitate, cf. ekintu.