become, okwesiikuula.

akacwano.

n., oluwalo, bkisanja; do in t.f okukola empalo, okukola ebisanja. turn, v.i., okukyuka. t. aside, okuwunjuka. t. sour (milk), okukwata. t. on the back, okugalika. t. over, okugalanjuka. t. back, okukomawo, okudda. t. over (as ankle), okubudama. t. up (be found), okuvumbuka. turn, v.tr., okukyusa. t. upside down, okuvuunika, okusulika, okutiiruula. t. right side up, okuvvuunula. t. out, okugoba, okufulumya. t. over in mind, okufumiitiriza. t. inside out, okufuula. t. up (lamp), okuseesa. t. down (lamp), okuddiriza. t. down (of screw), okunyoola.

ejjiba.

erinnyo; (of elephant) essanga.

o- (tu/-) drop of milk, tiny amount of milk. cf. amata.

omusambwa.

omuyigiriza, omusomesa.

immerse /e.g., a ladle in a bowl) producing a gurgling/ bubbling sound. Otutubika mpola togunta- miiza. Dip slowly and don't get me drunk.

cf. -tutuggivu.

etc. cf. katuubo, omutuubo.

arch, throw into panic.

tuukagana (-tuukaganye) v.i. recip. suit each other; suit, fit; harmonize. okutuukana n'omulembe, to be modern, conform with the times, okukola ebitatuukana, to do things one should not. ebigambo ebitatuukanye, incoherent statements; bad language, bwe baatuukaganako, when they confronted each other.

etc.; Bwe yatuuse yatuukidde ku kuyomba. When he arrived the first thing he did was to start a quarrel. Sirina antuukirayo. I have no one to go there for me to do the errand.

reach; approach, v.i. happen, occur; be completed/achieved; be perfect.

also tuusiza (-tuusizza) lit. cause to arrive for, etc. (but usually rendered otherwise in translation). Ontuukiza ebbaluwa eno ew'omwami. Make sure you get this letter to the chief for me. Ebintu bye yabituukiza wano. He brought his things here first. Bwe nnatuukayo yantuukiza mu nsonga. When I arrived there he went straight to the point without any preliminaries.

okutuukuuma enviiri, to have thick/bushy/unkempt hair.

etc. okutuulira omwana, to kill a child (at birth), mukunnaanya atatuulira mazima, an editor who does not sit on the truth, ‘i.e., who will tell the truth at any price.

cf. -tuuluuvu.

give a name to.

pile up, collect in a heap.

be named/called.

children after relatives); keep giving nicknames to.

smoke, steam, gas, fire, etc.); be detonated; fester (of a wound). Omusajja oyo atuumuuka bulala. That man is very hot-tempered.

emit with force (see the above), okutuumuula emmundu, to fire a gun. cf. entuumuusi; fuumuuka.

q.v.

be on the point of bursting (from overeating, anger, etc.). cf. tumbiira.

perspire.

make perspire. Ennaku zintuuya- nya. I am very sad/sorrowful, cf. entuuyo.

offer a seat to, cause to sit; make wait; convene (a meeting), kutuuza muntu mu bigambo, to call someone to account for his words or actions.

q.v.

'Swell up; produce a bad odor.

q.v.

o- (tu/-) a very small amount/a dash of butter/oil/lotion, cf. ^omuzigo.

etc.

'q.v.

o- (tu/-) very small amount of water, drop of water, cf. amazzi.

obusiru; vide obubuyabuya.

expressing anger), cf. twakaala, twa twa twa.

-twakaavu, twa twa twa.

also twalana (-twalanye) v.i. recip. take each other; fight furiously, attack each other fiercely; swell, swell up.

miscellany, collection of various things, lit. take (it) and let's go.

be carried/taken, etc.

be portable. cf. obwetwaze, ekitwalotwalo, omutwala- bafu, omutwalo, omutwazi, entwala, ettwaze.

etc. okutwalira awamu, generally, in general, ng'otwaliddemu ne..., including, if you include.

cajole, coax. v.i. keep doing; continue on; keep going; stay on. Twalirizaako. Keep on, don't give up. Mweddemu muleme kutwalirizibwa mamotoka. Take care that you are not taken in by/lose your head over big automobiles.

with a, ekinnyindwa.

song).

o- (tu/-) a little strength, a little force. Taliimu twanyi. He hasn't got an ounce of strength, cf. amaanyi.

quarrel noisiiy, squabble, wrangle. cf. kwakwalikana.

k kkumi na biri.

o- (tu/-) a few drops of beer, >a small amount of beer. cf. mwenge.

makumi abiri.

lit. let us take (it) down (from the racks) for ourselves, empale eya twewanulire, ready-made pants, cf. wanula.

emirundi ebiri.

n., akati, akatabi, omusanvu.

akalabiriza bazaana.

red, ebendera.

omulongo. t. bananas, nnabansasaana. father of t., ssaalongo. mother of t., nnaalongo.

n., ewuzi.

v., okwezingirira.

n., okumunyeenya.

v., okumunyeenya, okutemereza, okumasamasa.

v., okuzingirira, okunyoola; be twisted, okugongobala; t. about, v.i., okwegonyaagonya.

v.tr., okusikula.

biri; t. edged, a bwogi bubiri.

v.tr. fear; honor, respect.

enku). okutyaba amazina, dance a great deal, dance with great enthusiasm.

etc. okutyabira muntu kalimu obuwuka, lit. to collect for a person (akaku, small piece of firewood, implied) in which there are small insects, i.e., to cause trouble for someone, okwetyabira akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble down upon ones'elf. cf. omutyabi.

trot, trot along; jog. cf. ntyagi.