conceal; hush up, be quiet about.

e- (n/n) canteen (for carrying water) used by soldiers.

drudge; work ineffectively; be painful, laborious (e.g., of a job of work). Omulimu guziringitanye. No progress has been made on the work, ne ndaba nti yali ajja kunkolera ebiziringitanye, and I saw that he was going to mess things up for me.

okuziringula ekigwo, iden.

reject (food that is offered).

a present, a favor, etc.).

be rejected/ refused.

let become overgrown; exterminate; destroy. cf. omuzisa, nnamuzisa. a person who engages in talk rather than action.

q.v.

zitoyesa (-zitoyesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make heavy, cause to be heavyAiard, etc.

block, hinder, prevent.

be impeded/blocked.

make taboo for oneself.

block, frustrate.

appl. 2 0f zinga, q.v. See also obwezizingirire.

idle, loaf; putter around.

come to naught. Eby olugendo lwaffe bizizittanye. Everything connected with our trip is just going wrong.

have an appearance of popping out (of eyes). Amaaso ge gamuzongose nga ag embwa eyota ssigiri. His eyes are protruding like those of a dog basking beside the stove.

to have staring/protruding eyes.

with the -a of rel. having living relatives.

omuzoole.

to roll the eyes so that only the white part is prominent.

reel about; whirl around, keep whirling around. Omutwe gunzunga. My head is reeling.

ne ntambula zungululuzungululu mu mayinja, and I kept weaving my way through the rocks, cf. zunga.

whirl about, ne nzunza akabundu waggulu w omutwe gwange, and I whirled the pistol above my head, awatali na kuzunza njuki, very quickly, in the twinkling of an eye. oku- zunza ejtnambo, to spread rumors.

get found.

nswa) by making a fire around the termite hill.

be resurrected, be restored to life.

awaken.

cause to awaken.

contend; fight desperately. Baalwana ne lu- zuuzumba Uu- implies olutalo, battle). They fought hard and long.

zzisa caus. forms of dda, q.v.

nzizizza) v.tr. caus. cause to return/go back; restore, return to; send back; bear, produce (crops), okuzza omu- sango, to commit a crime/offense, okuzza ogwa Nnamunkululu (the name of a very cruel Katikkiro), to commit a serious offense/ an abomination, okuzza mu ddiiro, to make (someone) do over what was done poorly/ incorrectly, okuzza obuggya, to restore, renew. oku zza ekiwa munda, to draw a breath of astonishment, okuzza omuntu ku bbali, to take a person aside/to one side, okuzza ku mumwa, to eat; to spend money, buli we nnazzanga omutwe, everywhere I turned my head, abantu abanaku abatalina ke bazza eri mumwa, poor people who have nothing to eat, lit. to return to the lip. Katonda yazza bibye. God restored his own (said when a seriously ill person recovers ).

e- (li/ma) maternity home; maternity ward. cf. zaala.

to hearten, encourage; to restore strength to. kizzaamu nnyo amaanyi okulaba nga... it is very encouraging to see that...

to return stolen goods. Kizzeeyol greetings and thanks for a present (e.g., to a potter who brings you a new pot).

e- (li/ma) children, offspring, progeny; generation, ezzadde etto, the younger generation, cf. zaala.

e- (n/n) LSuc, dr.] olive.

(until) dark. Baatambula obudde zzibi. They walked until dark. cf. ziba.

e- (li/ma) tear, okumira amaziga, to hold back (lit. swallow) one's tears, restrain oneself from crying; stop crying.

e- (li/ma) wheel (esp. that made by children from a twig in the game of zziga). kukuba zziga, to play hoops, cf. nnamuziga, enziga.

e- (n/n) property, possessions; money for burial, burial donation, cf. ziika.

e- (li/ma) chimpanzee, zzina, e- see amazina.

e- (li/ma) roll. cf. zinga, omuzingo.

lit. place where no man's hair can be shaved, okugenda e zzirakumwa, to die. cf. zira, mwa.

restore, etc.

to massacre, exterminate with one blow. cf. lekizizi.

e- (li/ma) lunar month.

cf. omuzzukulu.

v.tr. appl. caus. surround; besiege.

surround.

v.i. conv. 2 become unwrapped/unrolled/untwisted/un- wound.

v.i. become numb/ stiff/cramped; become lame/crippled/paralyzed.

to be perplexed.

see sanga.

v.i. be somber/ gloomy; be cold/unresponsive/indifferent. Amawulire gano gankuba wala era n ensi yonna n'enzinzibalira. This news disturbed me very much and the whole world seemed gloomy to me.

fail to grow; fig. be brought to a halt (of a job, project).

paralyze, cripple. cf. omuziŋŋamu.

reject, refuse (e.g., food., a present); abhor, v.i. be taboo/ forbidden. Eddagala lino lizira omunnyu. This medicine cannot go together with/cannot be mixed with salt, ekibala ekizira, forbidden, fruit.

v.tr. conv. overcome an initial refusal by offering another present. Ka njije nkuzirule. Let me offer you another present. cf. -zire, omuziro, omuzizizizi, omuzizo, wazira, zzirakumwa, zzirakuno.

v.tr. embalm; rub a little butter on the forehead of a deceased person. (This is part of an old funeral ceremony known as *taking leave of the dead/)

lose conscious ness; be in danger of death. Baagalana okuzirika. They love each other very much.

v.tr. caus. cause to faint; render unconscious; bring to a state near death.

v.i. & tr. leave off sitting (of a hen); leave unhatched. Enkoko ezirizza amagi amcka? ilow many eggs has the hen left unhatched? cf. enziriza.

v.i. be heavy; be hard; weigh fig. be difficult to deal with. Ekizungirizi kizitowa ttani mukaaga. The space vehicle weighs six tons.

v.tr. appl. 2 overburden: oc.c.rec..-.: he difficult for; be difficult for ... to deal with.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. overburden with; overwhelm with.

v.i. be impeded/blocked/ prevented; be encumbered; be congested/ crowded; be constipated; be dark/impenetrable (to vision).

v.i. recip. hinder one another.

v.i. neut. be preventable. Ekyo kyali tekikvavinza kuziyizika.