okukuuma, okulabirira, okujjumbira.

omukoza, nnampala.

okusiikiriza.

okusanjaala.

okusukka.

okukwata, okutuukako, okwebinika.

okweginika.

okusuula.

okuvuunika, okusulika, okugalanjula.

v.i., okwevuunika, okuyiika, okulenduka.

okuwaniriza omuwendo.

okufumula, okuseke mbula.

v.tr., okutegunkanya.

ow' plur. aba, ab' the initial element of many complex personal nouns, amawulire,

I never!

okuba n'ebbanja.

ekiwuugulu, ekkufufu.

adj., use poss. pron., with kka; e.g. kyange nzekka, my o.; vide bwe bange.

v., okuba na.

nnannyini.

ente ennume, sseddume.

adj. & pron. with sing, nouns of of the mu/ba and la classes that; that person (referring to someone near the person addressed or someone who has already been alluded to), cf. ono, oli.

inf.

inf.

okwagaagala, okuba ndaala, okubebeetala; sound f., okugogooma.

inf.

inf. cf. -(y)abirivu.

inf.

ne butandika okukwata. And it began to grow dark. Yalaba obudde bukaaye. He saw that the situation had become very serious. Yazze mu budde bwennyini. He came right on time. Obudde bunkubye. Woe is me! Yajja obudde buyise. He came too late. Obudde bwaluzibirirako Kampala. Night fell when we were still in Kampala, cf. akadde.

make a hissing sound; clang.

inf.

inf.

a Lunyoro loanword which is more common, cf. menya.

clothes (as opposed to a uniform).

abantn abeebunduggula mu nsi eno, the people who poured into this country.

until, okutuusa ku Lwokuna, until Thursday, okutuusa lwe nnadda engulu, until I regained consciousness. kutuusaawo (following a neg. finite verb), to that extent, that much. Tayimba kutuusaawo. He doesn't sing that well. He isn't that good a singer.

inf.

Ai! E! Wobwe!

to look happy, to ‘put on a happy face.' cf. sanyuka.

e.g., yogera, speak (imperative); okwogera, to speak (infinitive). Verbs of this type are alphabetized under y- rather than o-.

maybe. oba...oba, either...or. oba oli awo, perhaps, oba si ekyo, otherwise, or else.

adv. probably; very likely; it just may be; perhaps.

omusajja omu, one man. abanlu abamu, some people. cf. 2-mu.

pron. somebody else. cf. ^-ndi.

adv. therein.

personal nouns). Owange akoze ki? What has mine (e.g., child) done? as an interj. to catch someone's attention, hey, you! you there! cf. -ange, abange.

interj. that's right! that's so! that's it! there you are! (when another is telling a story) and then what? go on! cf. -tyo.

(n/n) [_Eng. ] overalls.

get cooked; be fermented (of beer); be exhausted /ment, a struggle). Njidde. I am worn out. Njidde amazzi. The water has scalded me. Njidde emikono. My arms have been burned.

okuddukana omusaayi, okuwaluka omusaayi.

vide O !

inf.

o- (lu/h) kind of insect.

o- sub. pref. 2nd pers. sing. you. Ogenda. You (sing.) go.