as a pillow), okuzizika omulwa- dde, to prop up a sick person, put a pillow under the back of a sick person.

(-zongotose) also zingotoka v.i. be exhausted/worn out; drag oneself along.

v.i. move to and fro; move backwards and forwards; be in commotion; be agitated.

agitate. cf. akazunnano.

v.tr. find (after searching). cf. kizuuzi.

v.tr. caus. raise from the dead. cf. Amazuukira.

see ^zuuka.

to gamble.

(la) kind of grass characterized by an

to throw down violently, hurl to the ground (with a personal object), cf. zira.

v.tr. add another; have another (child) - kuzza ku mwana.

v.tr. caus. cause to give birth.

v.tr. caus. 2 deliver (a child); help to deliver.

oku- zaama as intens. extremely, very much. Ayambala okuzaama. He dresses extremely well. Yeetonda okuzaama. He apologized profusely.

v.i. get lost; disappear; be away for a long time.

v.i. conv. be found; reappear.

v.tr. conv. find again; cause to reappear. cf. zaama.

v.i. & tr. play; act (in a play); play a trick on.

v.i. appl. 2 play all the time; play the clown.

trifle with, make light of. eky okuzannyisa, toy. Katonda tazannyisibwa. God is not mocked.

v.tr. caus. intens. force to play; tease; play around with. Olaba embvva ezannyiikiriza ekiriba ng eneekirya. (prov.) When you see a dog playing around with a hide (you know that) he will eat it. This is apparently a variation of the cat and mouse' theme. cf. kazannyirizi, ekizannyiro, oluzannva, omuzannyi, omuzannyirizi, omuzannyo.

v.tr. lay (a baby in a cradle1 cf. sazika.

v.tr. block; obstruct; hinder passage to; bar. v.i. become blocked/obstructed. Ekkubo lizibye. The road has become blocked. Ekkubo balizibye. They have blocked the road. Obudde buzibye. Night has fallen. It has become dark, okuziba amaaso, to go blind; to blind, make blind, okuziba amatu, to become deaf, okuziba emimwa, to become dumb; to make dumb, okuziba ebinnya, to fall in ditches/ holes.

_ ziba when the appl. form is required.

v.i. appl. 2 caus. be overtaken by darkness.

okuzibiriza amaaso, to close the eyes.

make blind , to do until dark Twakola ne tuzibya. We worked until dark.

v.i. appl. be blocked up. v.tr. block up; close up; cork up; fill in (a hole).

oku- zibiikiriza enseko, to suppress one's laughter.

ekizibik(ir)o, muzibe, zzibi.

v.i. be or become difficult/k ard.

v.tr. appl. become difficult for.

to resolve with determination, used in sentences of the following pattern: Bwe siikwase mmese eno olwa leero nga nziga ngalo. I'll be damned if I don't catch that rat today.

breasts which do not hang down.

v.i. become tarnished; rust; become weather-beaten; lose freshness.

tarnish (e.g., a reputation).

v.i. conv. be exhumed/ disinterred; come out of the grave.

v.i. [Sw. ] be extinguished.

v.i. appl. grow dark/ dim/overcast; become faint.

v.i. appl. 2 be almost lost to sight (as an airplane); disappear on the horizon; become fainter and fainter (as a voice); go on and on. Yazimirira nnyo ng'ayogera ku bintu bingi. He went on and on talking of many things.

draw out, accentuate (words, sp eech).

despise. cf. ekiziimuziimu.

caus. of ziika. s. r.

v.i. walk heavily; walk far.

garments); be overgrown (of bushes), ng'olufu luzijja- gadde wonna. and the mis t/fog was heavy all over.

v.i. appl. 2 perish; die out; disappear; be ruined/destroyed/ 2 obliterated.

destroy.

become worse.

ekyuma ekizimbu- lukusa, magnifying glass, galubindi ezi- mbulukusa, microscope. cf. ekizimbulukusa; yimbulukusa.

q.v.

a sound); die down, fade away (of a fire), cf. -zimeevu, kazimeera; zimiira (under zima).

see ^zima.

v.i. redup. dance all the time; dance with little enthusiasm.

okuzinya ekintu, to keep moving a thing from one place to another, okuzinya oluguje, to disturb, give (a person) no peace, okuzinya omuntu engera, to bother a person, give a person no peace.

okuzinyisa amaaso, to roll the eyes.

storm; plunder; take by surprise, cf. ekizindo, omuzindo, “mmuzinzi.

v.i. be stopped up/ clogged; per ext. be hoarse; be somewhat deaf. cf. omuzindaalo.

v.i. get up early in the morning.

roll/fold badly.