royal, Masiko, nnakyeyo.
adj., woomerevu; be s., okunyuunyuntula, okuwoomerera, okutuŋŋununa.
lumonde, lumonge.
n. (dandy), omukomera gw'o musajja.
v., okuzimba, okufudumbala, okuyimbulukuka; (of waves) okwekuluumulula, okwesunda; (of limbs) okuwuukiira, okwetukuta.
n., ekizimba; (of limbs) amakajja; (of eyes) nnampwa; (of neck) akasanga; (in ear) akawulukutu; (of fingers) olusomyo; (of cheek) endiga; (of knee) enkana; (of feet) enkenge; (of glands) ensanjabavu.
v., okukyama.
adj., angu, a mbiro, a kawewuko.
mbiro, bunnambiro, kawunguko.
embiro.
v.tr., okwoza; v.i., vide tipple,
okuwuga.
omuwuzi.
akaboyi, kantoo looze, kammunguluze.
v., okuseera, okulyazaamaanya, okucumpacumpanya, okukumpakumpanya, okulyakula.
omulyazaamaanyi, empemmenku, enkucwa.
embizzi.
v.tr., okuwuuba, okusuuba.
n., akaswanyu.
ka- switi (plur. buswiti) piece of candy.
v., okuzirika.
okuwanyisa, okugulaana.
ekitala, olupanka.
akabonero.
vide ekiduuduli.
okusaasira, okumansa, okukubagiza.
akabonero.
ekkuŋŋaaniro.
sinoodi.
ekkiravvi.
kabootongo; vide kabere benje, ebikaata, ebiwuukirizi, akabaata, kacuucuuke, ekikindu, oluko nvuba, amaga, amakajja, amawe nange, embaluka, embeteza, empindu, omunnyu, enkana, ensalika, e nnungu. syringe, n., ekitiiriiso.
v.i. be/become numb; grow stiff; feel paralyzed.
v.tr. lean; prop up; support.
interj. salutation or congratulations (originally to a hunter or to one who has gathered white ants but now used in a more general sense), cf. swaga.
spread about; sprinkle; strew; sow.
v.tr. leave as deputy; make ...deputy; entrust to.
v.i. go/walk a long distance; go sadly/miserably.
travel far. okusiyagguka eggendo eggwanvu, to take a long trip.
cock. cf. empanga.
v.tr. caus. put to shame; disgrace.
v.i. appl. 2 begin to appear (of a beard).
disintegrate (e.g., of negotiations ).
v.i. conv. pass. be uprooted; be seduced.
so nga si bwe kiri. You might imagine that it is a big place, but such is not the case.
reveal, v.i. come apart; end.
okusiguukulula gavumenti, to overthrow the government.
of a mat); be wrong, go wrong; be or become pregnant before marriage, abantu kikumi n'okusoba, over and above a hundred people. Ebintu bisobye. Things have gone wrong.
(n/n) relig. scapular.
v.i. & tr. eat/chew noisily.
v.i. conv. 2 come apart; become unraveled; become unplaited.
omusiguze, omusiguzi.
v.tr. appl. confuse; baffle; perplex. Atusobedde. He has confused us. We cannot make him out. Ebi- gambo binsobedde. Things have gone badly forme, ebigambo kusobera eka ne mu ki- bira, to have trouble/confusion on all sides, lit. at home and in the forest.
all alone. Mu nnyumba asulamu bwa sseke. He lives in the house all alone, cf. ppeke.
v.tr. conv. ~ sansula. Olukiiko lusaana okusansululwa. Parliament should be dissolved. 2 cf. langulukuka (under langa).
pr.n. title of the chief of Kyaggwe County (ssaza).
okusiiba enjala, to fast. Osiibye otyanno? (Greeting used after noon.) Osiibye okola ki? What have you been doing all day?
v.i. appl. 2 spend the entire day doing; fast continually. Nga ssente bwe zitakyalabika kati tusiibirira muwogo. Since money is no longer available, we now live on cassava. Basiibirira mazzi nga nkere. They go hungry, lit. spend the whole day on water like frogs.
v.i. appl. caus. recip. have a disagreement/misunderstanding with each other.
v.i. & tr. itch; pain; hurt; burn.
v.i. be glad; be pleased; rejoice.
v.i. caus. pass. be made to fast; be put on a diet.
amangu nga bwe kisoboka, as soon as possible.
v.tr. please; make happy; gladden.
v.i. conv. 2 end one's fast. cf. ekisiibo
(la) kind of centipede.
v.i. take one's leave; depart.
v.tr. scatter; disperse; spread; strew.
v.tr. take leave of; say good-bye to; dismiss. Yasiibuddwa okuva mu ddwaliro. He was dismissed from the hospital.