ndebedde) v.i. feel weak; be exhausted/tired; be loose/slack; be soft/viscous.

rare speak indistinctly.

defame, cf. akalebule.

omuyigiriza.

hang down, hang suspended, dangle.

hang loose at/in, etc.

ndeeberedde) v.tr. urge, importune, press with persistence.

ndeebuukanye) v.i. move about constantly; take trouble (with); bother (with). okuleebuukana n'emirimu, to tend to chores.

ekinoso.

ndeeze) v.tr. tighten; strain; draw taut; stretch, extend; aim. okuleega ennoma, to stretch the cover on a drum, okuleega omutego, to set a trap, okuleega e:r.a""», to ?tr'nD,/tnnp a ham or other stringed instrument. Yamuleegamu ekiso. He aimed a knife at him.

etc.; face towards; aim at; head for (a destination ).

etc.

loosen, unstring, etc.

omuleego, omuleezi.

ndeekaanye) v.i. shout, yell, make noise.

etc.

etc. cf. omuleekaanyi, emireekaano.

ndeekeemye) v.i. cavil; wrangle, bicker; talk in a loud voice.

ndeekeezezza) v.tr. provoke; tease; cause to get worked up. v.i. become loud and excited, make a noisy fuss. Engeri gye yaleekeezamu nzibu okutenda. It is difficult to describe the noisy and excited way in winch she behaved.

nneenye) v.i. shine (like oil, fat); fester, be inflamed (of a wound); be covered with flakes; be tired.

difficulties, kusuula ku leenya, to get (someone) into trouble.

ndeereese) v.i. wander, wander around.

conj. in fact, as a matter of fact, so then, well now, I suppose.

cf. -leeruufu.

obukyu.

ndeese) v.tr. bring; conduct; cause, produce. Ssengaawe zireese. His aunt has arrived, unfortunately, lit. the winds (empewo is implied by zi-) have brought his aunt. Akyogerako si ye akireeta. (prov.) The person who talks about it is not the one who causes (the misfortune) to happen. Kaakati obireese! Now you have really done it! Now you have started something bad. (-bi- of obireese implies ebi- gambo, matters).

be brought, etc.

etc. Yatuleetedde eminyira. He has caused us trouble.

ndeeye) v.i. be lazy/idle;

etc.

be, okwegungumika. left, be, okufikka, okusigala.

(gwa) kkono.

okugulu; fore l., entumbugulu; stand on one l., okuyimirira kongojjo.

ndeze) v.i. & tr. taste; try. Teyalega ku nnaku za Lubiri. He did not experience any of the sufferings of the Palace.

omulaamire.

ndegezze) v.i. prattle, chatter; gossip, cf. lejja.

olugero, olugambo, ekyobulo mbolombo, olufumo.

make too much noise. Possibly related to ndegeya, weaver finch, q.v.

q.v.

ekisabika amagulu.

ndegguse) v.i. roam about, wander about; loiter about.

etc.

okuteeka etteeka.

ebbanya, ekiseera; have l., okweteesa, okwessa.

mpola, kasoobo; walk l., okwesiira.

ndezze) v.i. talk incessantly, chatter, gossip, cf. legejja.

ndese) v.tr. permit, allow; leave, abandon, leka has the following uses as an auxiliary verb: 1) followed by the infinitive it means stop, leave off, refrain from. Leka kusoma, Stop reading. 2) followed by the subjunctive it exp res ses a request or exhortation. Leka tugambe nti... Let us say that...

mmanyi oyagala oku- genda. Don't pretend (that you don't want to go), I know you do. cf. obugaanyi, butaagaane.

lekwa (-lekeddwa) v.i. pass, be left/abandoned, etc.

etc. ebintu ebitale- keka, indispensable things, omulimu ogu- talekeka, an essential task, a job which cannot be left undone. cf. mulekwa; lekulira.

let in/ at, etc. Lekera awo! Stop! Stop it!

etc.

nnemye) v.i. & tr. fail; be too much for. Talirema kujja. He will not fail to come. He will certainly come. Ekyo kyamulema okukola. He failed to do that. That proved too much for him. Eby'obufuzi bimulemye. He has been a failure in politics. As an aux. verb lema is used in the neg. imper. and in the neg. subj. Tuleme kwerabira. Let US not forget. Kwata ekitabo kyo kireme okugwa. Hold on to your book so that it does not fall.

come to a stalemate; (in sports) be tied, result in a draw. cf. -lema, lemala, obulema, kiremya, omulema.

nnembye) v.i. stroll, walk leisurely, walk slowly, okulemba olw'e Kaganga, to die.

nnembezze) v.i. talk very slowly, drawl.

nnembese) v.tr. place, put (a vessel in position to catch a liauid): catch (a liquid) in a vessel, okulembeka engalo, to cup the hands.

etc.

etc.

akalimaawa; l. tree, omulimaawa.

lemesa (-lemesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to fail; cause to give up/despair; be too much for, be too great a burden/task for; make powerless; hold back, hinder.

okwazika; (money) okuwola; l. a hand, okuyamba, okubeera.

turnover.

nnenze) v.tr. measure, measure out, apportion; arrange in groups or piles for subsequent sale.

nnengezze) v.i. hover; hang in the air, be suspended above the ground; dangle; droop.

etc. cf. omulenganda, omulenganjuba, omulengo.

nnengedde) v.i. & tr. see (from afar), okulengera ewala, farsightedness.

cause to see (at a distance); point out to, show, bring to the attention of.

obuwanvu.

okuwanvuya, okuwaayira.