see or experience (trouble). The simple form does not occur in L Uganda.

v.i. redup. suffer; be in misery/pain; experience trouble.

juice, etc.). cf. ebbonda.

v.i. appl. 2 repent; be penitent; be sorry.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. punish.

v.i. be chipped; be knocked off; be partially cut (of hair).

v.tr. chip; knock off; make a notch in; cut a piece off of; break. cf. -bongofu.

v.tr. caus. make drowsy.

See -nna.

v.tr. caus. redup. cause to suffer; torture.

abaana ba boowo, free-born people, people of the upper class. cf. waaboffe.

v.i. regurgitate/spit up food or drink (as of a child); overflow (as of a crowd or river). Amaaso ge gonna gaabooga ensisi. Her whole face was filled with terror.

v.tr. expel (from a clan); disown; disinherit; excommunicate; ostracize; discriminate/show prejudice against.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to repudiate each other.

fruit); be soggy (of roads).

significant), cf. -botofu; bomoka, toboka.

seize (often, but not always, as surety for a debt), cf. -bowe, embowe, omuboyi.

see boowo.

weebale! kulika! yogaayoga!

okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuva ku mabeere, to be weaned. cf. ^ekibeere, lubeerebeere, omubbeere.

initiate.

cf. embubu.

v.tr. be considerate of; be helpful to; extend good treatment to.

n. a country in southwest Bu- ganda. The county chief had the title of Ppookino.

in brief, in short. cf. (unda.

rush; pester, annoy, ‘bug.' v.i. toss about (in illness); be very sick. Baasanga omwana abuga walumbe. They found the child extremely ill.

v.i. redup. be very busy/preoccupied; bustle about.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. surround/enclose completely. cf. olubugirizo.

v.i. be or become warm/ hot (both of things and persons); fig. warm up (to a subject); become excited; get enthusiastic. Olwayanze omupiira luti, embooge yabadde tannaba na kubuguma aba Kenya ne bateeba eggoolo. The game had hardly started when the Kenya team made a goal, lit. the embooge had hardly warmed up. Ebifuba byababugumye. They wrestled furiously.

heat; fig. cheer up; make enthusiastic, kubugumya kamwa, to talk for the sake of talking. cf. -bugumye, ebbugumu, akabuguumiriro; olubugumu, nnabuguma.

v.i. appl. 2 be or become lukewarm; begin to warm up; be heated up (from exertion or sickness); fig. become cheered up; become enthusiastic.

v. tr. appl. caus. 2 warm up; welcome warmly.

'-buguutanye) v.i. be excited; be bothered; rumble (of the stomach).

excite; rush, hurry. cf. akabuguutano; buga, ^bukuta.

v.i. be partially cooked; fail to cook; fig. be stupid/ idiotic/senile. Gundi akaddiye n'okubugu- yala abuguyadde. So-and-so has gotten so old that he is even becoming senile.

etc. cf. -buguyavu.

to shake hands. Yamukwatako mu bujala. He shook hands with him. cf. enjala.

to be abundant in quantity or numbers and cover a broad area (of crops, people, etc.).

in the future, lit. when the time ( bu- implies obudde) comes.

v.i. stammer; stutter; jabber; speak hesitatingly.

be suitable; fit well, fit into place; be harmonious; be presentable; be complete; look satisfied; sit/settle down contentedly/peacefully. Ekiteeteeyi kimubukadde. The dress fits her perfectly. Omwana mwambaze abukale bulungi. Dress the child so that he looks presentable. Enju eyo yabukala bulungi mu kifo omwo. The house was very appropriately situated in this location.

to demonstrate fancy footwork (in soccer).

adv. like a parrot. Yakikwata bukusu. He memorized it. lie learned it inside out. cf. enkusu.

q.v.

to be at close grips with one another.

conj. since.

while there is still time.

v.tr. be lost to. Ekitabo kimbuze. I have lost my book, lit. the book has become lost to me. obusungu ne bubula okumutta, and he became furious, lit. anger almost killed him. Akakiiko kaamaze ekiro kyonna nga kateesa, ne kabulako kye kamaliriza. The committee spent the whole night in discussion, but failed to reach a decision. Ebulayo eddakiika ttaano okuwera essaawa ettaano. It is five minutes to eleven, lit. there are lacking five minutes to eleven (five by Bantu time). Ennyumba ye yabadde ebulayo katono mu maaso. His house was a short distance ahead. Yajja abulidde mu mugugu. He came loaded down (lit. disappearing into) with a large bundle. Ssente te(zi)bula mukwate. Money is not lacking to one who is arrested/apprehended (i.e., a person charged with an offense will do everything possible to have himself exhonerated). gunaabula asala, lit. the case (omusango is implied by gu-) will lack any one who (can) pass judgment, i.e., it will be a cliff-hanger/a'thriller, ' a contest whose outcome is in doubt to the end or it will be pandemonium, sheer chaos/confusion.

(n/n) \jEng. J blanket.

v.i. recip. be away from each other for a long time; disappear from one another; disagree.

q.v.

oku- bulajinanya ensimbi, misappropriate money, embezzle funds.cf. ^ebbula, ebbuliro, embulakalevu, embulakayu, embulakirevu, omubuze, ^wabula.

pr.n. county of Buganda.

v.i. appl. 2 disappear for a long time; become very scarce.

o-: mu buluŋŋamu, in the right/ correct way. cf. luŋŋama.

[from Eng. blue serge] with t>he -a of rel. dark blue (of clothes).

v.tr. appl. 2 mold/fashion badly; encrust with earth (of termites).

flare up (as a fire); rage, go on, be in progress (often of a violent or emotional event). Olutalo lubumbujja The battle is raging. Omusango gubumbujja. The trial is going on (and it has reached a high degree of intensity). cf. bbumbuzzi; 2bujja.

v.i. crouch to spring.

v.tr. caus. cause to crouch. cf. ki bundaaza.

cringe; be obsequious; move stealthily.

v.i. be emptied out; be poured out/down in great quantity; be spilled.

v.tr. turn over and empty; pour out/down; spill; fig. bestow on. Paapa n'amubunduggulako Ob wassaabasumba. and the Pope made him an Archbishop (= poured the Archbishopric on him).

bend over. cf. -bundufu.

oku- bungeesa olugambo, to spread gossip/a rumor.

close.

offer for sale. Ebyennyanja baabibunzanga mu byalo. They used to hawk fish in the villages. cf. omubunzi.

(la) [£ng.] whiskey.

n. county of Buganda. Amasiro ga Bassekabaka b'e Buganda gali Busiro. The tombs of the kings of Buganda are in Busiro. cf. essiro.

n. district to the east of Buganda.