See kkejenge.

clot; be covered; swarm, teem. Ebikopo Bayonne bibembeddeko enziro. All the cups are covered with soot.

arrange carefully.

v.tr. appl. 2. caus. be gentle/tolerant/easy-going with. Naawe omwana omubembereza nnyo! You really are too lenient with the child.

see mmommololo.

v.tr. throw/hurl down forcefully.

v.tr. cause to ache; throw out of joint. Endwadde yammendula omugongo. The illness give me a backache.

v.tr. caus. cause to blaze. cf. nnakibengeyi.

v.i. be or become sharp.

v.tr. detach from; separate; acquit (of a charge).

improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.

v.i. speak deliberately; speak in such a way as to imply indifference/ lack of concern.

v.i. be shiny/glossy/ attractive (as the skin of a prospective bride smeared with butterJ; rare be Stuck together/ sticky. Omugole abereesedde. The bride looks beautiful.

v.i. be shattered; break into pieces.

v.tr. shatter; break into pieces.

uncover.

embereko.

v.i. hobble along; limp; struggle along.

v.tr. put down/lay down carelessly.

v.tr. crush; crumble; squash; chew up; consume; eat up.

v.i. sit in a sprawled out manner; plop down.

v.i. neut. be crush- able; be easy to crush/squash. cf. -betentevu.

v.i. be crushed/ crumbled.

v.i. be constantly moving about; be a vagabond.

v.tr. caus. cause to stick out/protrude. cf. kikinala.

okubibira ebigambo, to keep a secret. Abantu ababiri babibira ebigambo, ate abasatu babisattula. fprov.) Two people keep a secret, but three people reveal it. cf. ebbibiro, ekibibiro, olubibiro.

okubigaabigana n'ebigambo, to be bursting to talk, be anxious to speak but refrain from doing so (out of fear, etc.) cf. bibigana.

v.i. be uprooted/dug up; be levered up.

swell up; be obese; take up a lot of room (e.g., in sitting down).

to frown, raise the eyebrows in scorn/contempt.

v.i. be or become ugly (often but not always referring to persons); put on a sour/ugly face. Leero ate ng'obudde bubizze bulala. My, how wretched the weather has become.

v.tr. announce the death of. Yabika kilaawe. He announced the death of his father.

lid).

v. tr. appl. 2 keep covering up; cover up completely.

ekyebikkwa.

the Book of Revelation. Sirina kirala kye nnyinza kumubikkulira. I have nothing else that I can reveal to ham.

(la) very wealthy person.

v.tr. conv. 2. contradict/deny the report of a death. Yatu- sanga tuli mu maziga n'atubikulula. He found us in tears and told us that the news of the death was untrue. cf. ekyebikiro.

crowd together, cf. ekibimbijjukano.

v.i. be obese/ distended (of the stomach from overeating or approaching childbirth); waddle (like a fat person).

v.tr. caus. cause to froth/foam.

see kimpukumpuku.

v.tr. bend; curve.

loom up, be imminent, cf. binduuka.

v.i. be cloudy; be overcast; be on the verge of rain. Twavaayo ng'obudde butandise okubinduuka. IVe left as it started to threaten to rain.

v.tr. load; overload; burden down; fig. burden (with a difficult task). Nze nnabinikibwako gwa kuketta gusaawe gwa nnyonyi. I was assigned the difficult job of spying on a large airfield.

v.tr. conv. unload /a heavy load).

v.tr. conv. 2 - binikula.

(la) rich person; influential person.

handling). Omusango enkeera gunaabinuka buto.

v.i. frolic; play about; make merry; enjoy oneself; celebrate. cf. ekibinuko.

v.tr. raise up; lever up.

v.i. be warmed up; be warmed over (of food).

and the like, and so forth, etcetera, lit. and those which are like those.

v.i. run fast.

to look hopeless/dejected/desperate; to have a downcast look. cf. omuliro.

bisibisi.

v.tr. caus. warmup; warm over.

ache, pain (of the head); puff (at a pipe). Yamubobba emiggo ku mugongo. He struck him hard on the back. Omutwe gumbobba. My head aches.

(n/n) [from Eng. boarding (school)] one of the three names given to the national dress of Baganda women (see busuuti and gomesi). It was originally introduced by the missionaries for the girls at Gayaza High School and was worn as a uniform.

v.i. (rare in the simple form.)

v.i. talk in a loud/offensive/domineering manner.

I a (-boggedde) »> /. bark (as a dog): speak in a loud/harsh/angry manner.

speak to rn an angry manner.

okuboggoza essimu, colloq., to make a telephone call. cf. ebboggo.

henpeck. Abikka e bi biri tabojja. (pwv.) He who (tries to) cover two (anthills) does not pick up (any termites), okubojja ku luwonzi, to humble, bring (someone) down a Peg-

v.tr. peck at incessantly. cf. bojja.

pron. both of them (referring to persons). cf. -mbi(riri).

fall in.

v.tr. put holes in; pierce; break into. cf. botoka.