Simula see sima.

vide feign,

simisa (-simisizza) v.tr. caus. have dug, cause to dig; dig with/by means of.

n., ekibi, ekyonoono.

v., okwonoona, okukola ekibi.

otherwise; maybe, perhaps, if I am not mistaken.

conj., kasooka, kasookedde.

a mazima.

amazima.

grown, sigh, ku- sinda mukwano, to be deeply in love.

sindikagana (-sindikaganye) v.i. recip. push each other, jostle one another. cf. ssindika.

etc.

lament, cry in anguish, mourn.

etc. cf. sinda.

ekinywa, omuziisa.

a maknyi, a muziisa; use rel. form of v. okugubira.

bi, onoonyi.

obwonoonyi, okwonoona, obubi.

okuyimba; (of birds) okukaaba; (of ears) okuwaawaala.

okusiriiza, okubabula.

omuyimbi.

be surpassed/beaten, etc. okusingibwa omusomo, to flunk a course of study.

pile up (e.g., wood).

n., okuyimba.

etc. Twase ye yasingira ddala bonna okusamba omupiira. Twase excelled everyone in playing football.

etc.

toss (of a body of water); sway gently, cf. essingisira.

muwith okka; vide omunwe.

kinna mu, musoolesoole.

to.bare the teeth.

etc.

v., okubbira, okwetutubika, okutubira, okusaanawo, okukka, okuyegaayega; I have a sinking feeling, emmeeme engudde.

omwonoonyi.

be shaken; start, wince.

shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.

be nauseated; be ‘fed up.' okusinwa mu mwoyo, to be sad/ sick at heart.

sinyisa (-sinyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be nauseated; nauseate with.

use as a point of departure. Note: This is a word for which a precise English equivalent is lacking. The following phrases illustrate the manner in which it may be used: okusinziira ku lipoota eyafuniddwa olunaku lw'eggulo, according to a report received yesterday. Okufa kwe kwasinziira ku butwa. His death was due to poisoning. Tulina ensonga ejinumu ddala kwe tusinziira ukukkiriza nga waiiwo... We have very firm reasons (from which we start) for believing that_ cf. -sinziivu, ekisinziiro

trip.

trip.

okunywa enkambi.

ssebo.

rub smooth; grate fin making powder); stir in order to dissolve, kusira kiyobyo, to waste one's time, do something in vain.

be converted to Islam.

convert to Islam, make a Muslim of. cf. salamuka, Omusiraamu.

siriikirira see siriita.

render silent.

food); be roasted; be wasted. Eyanjalula esiridde. Woe is me. I am really in a terrible condition, lit. the pot (ntamu is implied by the e- of eyanjula) used in my naming ceremony (cf. yalula) has been burned.

become silent; stop (of a clock or watch), relig. make a retreat.

q.v.

cause to be quiet; stop playing (a musical instrument); trap (in football). cf. -sirise, -siriikirivu, akasirise, akasirii- kiriro, olusirika, omusirise.

stumble; slip.

sikisa (-sikisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 bequeath; cause to inherit; make ... inheritor.

etc.

q.v.

feud.

awaken.

rouse from sleep.

bring (people) together for a meeting.

tremble, v.tr. cover (beer for fermentation).

muganda; (s. of a brother) mwannyina; (s.in.law) mulamu.

okutuula, okusutama; s. anyhow, okugaŋŋalama, okwetubika; (on eggs) okumaamira; leave off sitting (hen), okumaamuka.

interweave (a reed fence, etc.).

squat down, kusindika asitamye, to have no difficulty in inducing a person to do something, lit. to shove somebody who is squatting down. cf. sutama.

ekibanja.

ekifo; (job) omulimu.

arise; stand up; be well built, make a good appearance (of persons). okusitukira mu kintu, to steal something. okusitukira mu muntu, to stand up to a person, challenge a person.

leave (on a trip), v.tr. lift, raise, okusitula olutalo, to start a fight/battle, okusitula oluyombo/empaka, to start or. argument/verbal conflict, okusitula enkundi, to raise a fuss, start quarreling, ‘raise hell.' okusitula embeera z'abantu, to improve the conditions/raise the standards of the people, okusitula ebbala, to look well, ekyuma ekisitula, elevator, lift.

etc.

raise up; cause to stand. cf. -situfu, akasitukira, akasitula, akasitu- liro, ekisituliro, omusituka, omusituliro; situnkana.