v.tr. drive wild.

obutegeevu.

v.tr. caus. cause to become wild/lose self-restraint. cf. -taalu.

rot; deteriorate, get out of control. Kawaali ataamye. Smallpox has broken out.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to quarrel/fight. cf. omutumbiikano.

could no longer be prevented.

q.v.

v.i. swell; spread; expand.

v.i. become wild (in one's behavior); be beside oneself; go crazy; become deranged; go haywire.

get out of the way (of), move away (from). Teguka nno nga tannajja. Get out of the way before he comes.

promote; popularize, okutumbula ku ddoboozi, to raise the voice, okutumbula ebbeeyi y'emmwanyi, to raise the price of coffee, ebintu ebisinga okutumbula ku busuubuzi. the things which are most conducive to promoting/developing trade.

collapse; drop dead, die unexpectedly fas from a heart attack or stroke).

trim; kill, okutondola enjala, to trim one's nails.

okutunda omwoyo, to risk oneself or one's life in doing something difficult or dangerous. Okugenda ewaabwe nga kutunda omwoyo ng'enkoko emira ensanafu. Going to their place was taking one's life in one's hands, lit. like the chicken who swallows biting ants. Ebigere bintunze. My feet have betrayed me/led me into trouble, kutunda buliwo, to sell for cash, kutunda layisi, to sell at a bargain price/on a sale.

defend.

v.i. be very busy/ preoccupied; overwork.

v.i. be insulted/offended; become touchy/quick to take offense.

v.tr. caus. make very busy; cause to overwork.

taata omuto, father's brother, uncle.

v.i. tremble in fear; panic.

v.tr. appl. 2 sell all the time/continually; hawk.

v.i. be fearful/afraid; become frightened. Emmeeme entekemuse. I am. terribly frightened.

ripen incompletely (of bananas).

2 omutunzi, ettunzi, ettundiro.

v.i. become a mutongole;

to doze, doze off, lit. cut logs, kutema lu- wenda, to cut a path; to mark the end of one's own land; fig. to be a pioneer, a pathfinder. kutema lubimbi, to cultivate intensively/a great deal, kutema mulanga or kutema kiwoobe, to wail loudly, kutema ka- kule or kutema kalali, to burst out laughing, kutema bikata, to hoe/ridge potatoes, kutema mwenge, to cut bananas for making beer, kukatema muntu, tell someone very bad or shocking news, lit. cut (laughter, implied by ka = akakuie) from a person. Yakantema. He told me something that had a shocking effect on me. kutema lizzi, to swim, kutema bigambo, to make unfounded statements.

v.tr. caus. cause to throb.

a foreign government). cf. -tongole, obutongole, ekitongole, omutongole.

remove (a chigger, a thorn), okutundula envunza, to remove a chigger.

v.i. grow thin; grow less/ fewer; diminish.

thread (e.g., beads); pin, attach; put (on a spit, skewer). Twatungwa emimwa. Our lips were sealed. We were not permitted to speak. Effumu lyatunga omusajja. The spear pierced the man.

rush, hurry; be tucked in; be rather short (of trousers, a kkanzu, etc.). kutemerera bigambo, to slander, make slanderous statements.

v.i. rain (with the subject enkuba); drip; leak; come down. Ajja ku- tonnya e Ntebbe olwaleero. He will arrive (by airplane) in Entebbe today. Ayambadde atonnya. He is very well dressed.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. hack/chop with/by means of. v.i. blink continually.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep sewing; sew all the time; sew hurriedly/ hastily.

cooperate; be reconciled

(-temaggudde) also -etemaggula (-etemaggudde) v.i. give powerful blows with an ax or similar tool (but often in pretense or for mere show).

v.tr. caus. cause to rain/drip/exude; let fall/drop.

okutunguka ku magumba, to lose weight, become all skin and bones.

also taaba (la) tobacco.

shine, glisten.

old-fashioned holed money, etc.); detach (e.g., meat from a skewer).

drive all over; keep in motion; handle roughly, okutabaaza emmo- toka, to drive recklessly, okutabaaza ebiro- woozo, to turn over one's thoughts, okutabaaza embaazi, to wield an ax. Yatabaaza mukazi we. He abused his wife (with beatings, quarrels, etc.). Olumbe lumutabaaza. He is very ill.

v.i. slip away under cover (or a guinea fowl in the bush); scuttle away; escape.

v.tr. conv. 2 un- sew; unstring; unpick.

v.i. & tr. speak fluently; rattle off glibly; recite with ease; speak one's mind.

go from place to place (of peddlers), cf. omutembeeyi.

adv. at close grips; close together.

upset, okutabangula emirembe, to disturb the peace. cf. -tabangufu, akatabanguko, omutabanguzi.

v.i. be soft and fragile.

v.i. redup. be soft to the touch; seem to be on the verge of collapse.

to pay).

v.tr. sprinkle water on (a fire).

lit. moving her lips up and down.

cf. toka.

i. be caught/trapped (of an animal in a net or trap); be quick at learning. Omwana atoola mangu. The child catches on quickly. Yalina omutwe nga gutoola nnyo, emigigi egimu yagibuuka. He had a good head on him, he skipped several grades.

v.tr. cause to blaze; cause to rise up; drive away. cf. cuncumuka.

v.i. neut. be praiseworthy; be easy to tell about/describe. Bye yakola tebitendeka. The things which he 1 cf. ettendo.

oku- tunula ku —, to face, face towards; look towards. kutunula muntu mu mutwe (or mu nviiri), to look down on a person, to be indifferent towards a person, lit. look at a person in the head (or hair). Ennyumba zitunula ku luguudo. The houses face the street. Yatunula ng'amazeewo. He stood looking with a vacant/blank expression on his face. Obudde butunula. It is dawn. It is twilight.

v.tr. appl. cans. cause to look; look with/by means of.

to look fierce, oku- tunuza obumalirivu obwereere, to have a very determined look.

(n/n) small kerosine lamp. cf. katadooba.

reach an impasse, be at the end of one's rope.

v.i. go round and round. Omutwe gunneetooloola. My head is spin- ing. I feel giddy.

v.i. recip. look at each other.

v.i. slip; fall; break loose. E Bu-yindi a bantu batenduka buli lunaku olw'enjala. In India people die every day because of hunger, cf. ekitenduka; teruka.

v.i. have a tart/ sharp/bittersweet taste; be sweetish.

okutenga ekigwo, to hurl (a person) to the ground, okutenga olubuto, to massage the abdomen with a special medicine so that a child may be bom without difficulty.

v.i. be slow/indecisive in one's actions.

v.i. redup. keep staggering; tremble.