v.tr. caus. enable; make possible.
v.i. recip. get along with each other; be capable of handling each other. cf. obusobozi.
v.tr. spear to death; pierce with a spear or sword.
n=) [Sic. D Christmas.
(la) kind of white cotton fabric.
investigate. cf, amasoggola, omusoggozi.
obusasamavu, akasasamalo.
v.i. be crushed/ trampled/mashed; fall to pieces (of overcooked meat); fig. be utterly exhausted.
(la) major war; world war. cf. olutalo.
reproach ?bitterly. cf. akasasambulabbvva; susumbula.
or ssementi (n/n) \jtng.l cement.
nag, make jibes at.
v.tr. pay; pay with.
v.i. oass. be paid.
v.tr. appl. Yasiigira Kabaka omwana we. He put his child in the service of the Kabaka. cf. omusiige.
(-sojjanyizza) - sojja. cf. sojjogola.
v.tr. load (esp. of ships or boats); hold (cargo).
upbraid, criticize severely. cf. sojja.
(la) self-willed/intractable/difficult person.
v.tr. caus. cause to pay; charge; pay with/by means of.
v.i. refl. be loaded.
v.i. walk cautiously/gingerly; move stealthily.
cf. Ifa , -fu, omufu.
v.tr. conv. 2 unload.
(la) kind of insect resembling a cricket which emits a burning secretion.
v.tr. stitch; tack.
v.tr. appl. 2 stitch loosely.
of objects in a container),
(la or n/n) post supporting the roof of a hut; fig. thing of no importance; insignificant person. cf. akasendwe.
give shade to; prevent from being spen; birip; camouflage.
v.tr. empty out.
pick on. oku- sokoola amannyo, to pick the teeth.
make restl ess. cf. akasattiro.
v.i. walk in an awkward/ uncouth manner.
kusiikuula mi- sinde, to run quickly, take to one's heels, kusiikuula kagaali, to ride a bicycle very fast, kusiikuula nkukunyi, to stir up trouble, lit. fleas.
lit. hunger is prodding me.
(la) formidable/forceful/domineering/self-willed person.
(la) cold in the head.
v.i. be or become fat (of animals; it is insulting when used with reference to human beings).
(la) official in charge of a marketplace. One of his chief duties is the collecting of dues from the owners of various stalls.
v.tr. throw.
v.i. & tr. caus. suck (on) noisily (in eating).
no plur. (la) barbed wire.
cf. olusolobyo.
(n/n) hat; helmet.
(n/n) [Eng.] science.
v.i. fall; drop.
(n/n) saucepan; cooking pot.
v.i. recip. be pleased with each other; approve of one another; like one another; love one another.
v.tr. caus. drop (in); let slip (in); dump.
less common var. of zazika. q.v.
v.i. pretend to like/approve of.
v.i. go off singly; go off alone without looking back.
v.i. crumble; disintegrate; be worn down; fade.
v.i. keep crumbling away/disintegrating.
cf. oluganda.
eat away at; gnaw at, gnaw away at. cf. -sebbuufu, -sebbuukirivu.
v.tr. caus. cause to rub/wipe; rub or wipe with/using.
v.i. & tr. throw (a stick at the opponent's stick) in the game of mbirigo.
lit. Mr. Cricket-Eater. Sserulya-mayenje ebinnya aleka byasaami- ridde. (prov.) Mr. Cricket-Eater leaves holes gaping open (i.e., he does not fill them in after obtaining the crickets). This is said of a person who leaves jobs half done. cf. lya, ejjenje.
v.tr. appl. 2 keep rubbing; caress.
v.i. approach slowly/cautiously.
(n/n) CStu.] marching band. Afuuwa sserumbeete. She is pregnant.
v.i. move about from place to place.
hint at, touch on, refer to in passing, okusiinya ku_nnoma, to make a few short taps on a drum. Ya- siinya ku ky'okugenda e Kampala. He mentioned the matter of going to Kampala.
kusoma Missa, to say mass. Amaze eby'okusoma. He has completed his studies.
pr.n. the title of the Kabaka's chief brewer.