v.tr. caus. cause to mill.
v.i. travel with difficulty; journey for a long time.
v.i. be a vagrant; move from place to place; be supported by other people.
pr.n. the name of a group of islands in Lake Victoria. The title of the county chief is Kweba.
dissolve; fig. deteriorate.
(la) kind of plant the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tobacco. cf. taaba.
olusoma, olusomisomi,omusomi, omusomo, essomo, essomero.
(la) black mangabey monkey.
v.i. appl. go on
endure a prolonged illness.
lose flavor; fall into disgrace (of a person); fall into a state of decay (of a place).
v.tr. caus. make wretched/miserable; cause to suffer a prolonged illness. cf. obuseege.
v.tr. caus. cause to brinp- toppthpr/erdl ppf otr
kusiisiriza nsobi, to cover up an error/mistake, kwesiisiriza muzigo, to put lotion on oneself.
v.i. walk quickly; go hurriedly.
v.i. be wild (in behavior//shameless/dissolute/profligate.
pr.n. the name of a large river and waterfall in Kyaggwe.
ekisaabuuko.
(la) top roll of reeds on a fence. cf. oluzizi.
(la) [Siv.] kind of high-grade cotton.
toil; try earnestly.
treat with levity; flirt. Osaagiranga ku gwe wali osaagiddeko, evvuvuumira terigwa ku mwennyango. You should joke with a person whom you have joked with in the past; a beetle does not fall into nettle. Avoid undue familiarity.
cf. kaseemeza, omuseemi, omuseemya.
v.i. congregate; gather in a crowd; go or come in large numbers.
(la) also kassigala (ka/bu) [Eng.] cigarette.
ekisaagisaagi, olusaago(saago), omusaazi.
of the cf. essaaka.
cf. -seeneekerevu.
of a juice), cf. -saakaavu.
coarse, empisa ensiiwuufu, crude habits, cf. siiwuuka.
cross over fa body of water); euph. die, pass away.
add one's voice (e.g., to a chorus of denunciation). okusaakaanya oluyimba, to join in in the chorus of a song.
(la) kind of cooking banana.
of a tree with fruit, of a person with parcels), cf. -saakaativu.
-siiwuukirivu.
v.tr. take away slowly/ gradually; steal one by one; ferret out (information).
v.i. dip lightly into.
v.i. appl. 2 start to turn reddish (see the comment above). cf. -seenyuufu.
cf. omu- sono, omusonyi.
okusonda ssente ez'okumulwala e Bulaaya, to collect money to send him to Europe, okusonda ensonga, to think of reasons, devise reasons.
v.i. go first; lead. cf. omusaale.
v.tr. caus. cause to pay too much. Ky'oyagala kikuseeza. (prov.) lit. What you like makes you pay too much. One will pay anything to get what one really wants. cf. obuseezi, omuseezi.
replace.
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kuseerera mu lulimi, to speak a language with a poor
v.tr. appl. caus. cause to inherit; establish as heir. Baagenda ku- sikiza Nnaakaterekawa. They went to establish N. as heir. Ababaka abajeemu ba- sikizibwe abalala. Let the rebel representatives be replaced by others.
v.i. taper; grow slender; be conical.
kuseereza ligenda mugga, to find no difficulty in doing something, lit. make slippery the road (li- implies kkubo) which goes to the well.
v.tr. caus. cause to taper; put up in sheaves.
(la) kind of banana used for making beer.
to point the finger at. okusonga engero, to tell stories/p arables/pro verbs.
conj. if.
(n/n) [Hind.] (.Indian) sari.
v.tr. pull; pull at; stretch; snatch; seize by force; fig. attract; coax. Ensonga ze yamuwa zamusika n'akkiriza. The reasons which he gave tempted him/ won him over and he agreed, okusika omu- gwa, to have a tug-of-war. okusika engere, to walk fast, okusika emisinde, to take to one's heels, okusika omuntu oluyi, to give a person a hard siap. okusika empswo, to be very proud.
to prod/poke a fire, keep a fire going; to step on the gas (in driving), okuseesa empale, to pull up one's pants, okuseesa ebigere, to drag the feet, okuseesa omuntu emiggo, to beat a person (with sticks). Ensiri zaata- ndika okutuseesa obunnyo. The mosquitoes began to bite us, lit. push their little teeth. Balamu bas eesa gwaka. (prov.) The living ones keep the fire going. A person is liked as long as he is alive and in a position of respect.
pr.n. a county of Buganda. The title of the county chief is Mukwenda.
eky'okusaalirwa, regretfully, unfortunately.
v.tr. appl. 2 caus. attract; entice; solicit; seduce.
v.tr. bring to a point; cut to a point; sharpen.
main, enfuukafuuka ssinziggu, important developments/changes, amayinja amanene gasinziggu, huge/enormous rocks, ensonga ssinziggu, main/chief matters.
v.tr. strike; beat; tap; hit.
kusongoza mimwa, to pout. cf. -songovu.
v.tr. cause to slip/slidc etc. cf. soosootoka.
v.tr. redup. caus. pull at; drag at.
v.i. be flat/level.