as a dog), okukunkumula omusulo, okwessammula, okwemansula. s. head, okulanga ensingo.

grind (grain, flour). Abasa n'abasa, baasisinkana mu Kijonjo. (prov,) Those who milled, they met at Kijonjo. This is the final statement in a story in which two thieves simultaneously outsmarted each other.

smear on (esp. oil or butter on the body).

colloq. be drunk. cf. ebisaabwa, ssaabwe

em* bark; get on, take (a bus, train, etc.).

etc. cf. omusaabaze.

jest.

provoke, incite (one person against another). Kabaka tatta, omusaakiriza ye atta. (prov.) It is not the Kabaka who kills, but the one who urges him on.

cf. essaala.

make the noise

cf. akasaalimbo.

etc. Amatu gansaalirira. My ears are humming.

be struck/hit.

etc.

attractive in appearance.

suitable. In its simple form saana is mostly used as an aux. verb denoting suitability, desirability or obligation corresponding to English should, ought, must. Osaana okulya obulungi. You should/ought to eat well.

level off (e.g., the edges of a woven mat).

v.i. sink; drown; disappear; be submerged; be destroyed. Ebbwa lisaanye? Has the wound healed?

cover up; wrap up |'/ouJ H. I* ucjuic vaulting).

etc. Kyatokota si kisaanikire. It was a magnificent event/a great celebration, lit. (the pot) was bubbling up it was not covered up.

open. cf. ekisaanikira, ekisaanikizo, essaaniiko.

whip, var. of swanyuula, q.v.

a tract of land),

be scattered; spread; disperse, separate. Obudde busaasaana. It is dawning. It is becoming light.

disperse. cf. akasaasaano, omusaasaanya; sasa, sansa.

be pitied, etc.

clear away, cut down (undergrowth, weeds, grass, etc.). okusaawa oluyi, to slap, okusaawa engere, to walk (often with the idea of quickly and for some distance).

kisaawa, ekisaawe; saawula.

also saawuula beat; thrash; slash down, okusaawuula engere, to walk (esp. at a quick pace and for some distance).

spread out, flow, ekiteeteeyi ekisaayaya, a dress with a full skirt, a flowing dress.

saayirira mod. forms of saawa, q.v.

etc. kusaayira kiswa, to shave the head (of young children) with a razor, lit. to clear around a termite hill.

etc.

q.v.

a day's cultivation).

Ssabbiiti.

wrap up; bandage. okusabika emiggo, to beat with sticks, okusabika effumu, to pierce with a spear.

be wrapped, etc.

etc.

ask for.

pray all the time; keep asking, importune.

ddugavu.

ekitala.

beat, kusa- bula musomo, to study very hard.

sabisa (-sabisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make pray/ask; pray/ask by means of. cf. omusabi, omusabirizi, omusabiriza, essabo.

ekibondo.

n., ensawo, egguniya.

v., okunyaga, okunyakula; (dismiss) okugoba.

ebibukutu.

essaakalamentu.

tukuvu, tuukirivu.

n., ssaddaaka, ekiweebwayo, ekyokuwonga, ekiwendo, ekyonziira; place of s., ekitambiro, ettambiro.

v., okuwaayo ssaddaaka, okuwonga, okutambira.

adj., naku, a bunaku; be s., okunakuwala, okwennyika, okwobeera; vide okusiyagira, okuwuubaala, okuwooteera.

cf. essaddaaka.

okunakuwaza.

amatandiiko.

v., okusaaka amatandiiko, okutandiika.

ennaku, obuyinike, ekiwuubaalo.

adj., teriimukabi; (trusty) esigwa.

n., sseefu, essanduuko ey'ekyuma.

v., okukuuma, okulabirira.

mirembe, bulungi.

n., emirembe.

adj. (colour), a kyenvu.

v., okuleebeeta.

fidget; waver.

gezi, tegeevu, a magezi.

amagezi, obutegeevu.

be in high spirits; move about excitedly; become infatuated. cf. jagambiza, sugumbya.