go sour (e.g., of milk), kufa mwoyo, to become disheartened/depressed. kufaako nsonyi, to die of shame/embarrassment. (Ebintu) bifa bantu. You cannot always win/be successful/get what you want (said in self-commiseration after a failure). Akanaafa tekawulira nnombe. (prov.) lit. The little (animal, akasolo, implied) who is to die does not hear (the sound of) the horn. Danger comes unawares. The infinitive okufa or okufa obufi serves as an intensifier for a preceding verb. Yazina okufa. She danced a great deal/ with great intensity. Omuwala yafaanana Nnambi okufa obufi. The girl resembled Nnambi in every detail. She was the very image of N.

v.tr. caus. ?destroy; ruin; wreck; exhaust.

v.i. move with a scuffling/rustling noise (esp. of one moving through a trackless area).

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make like; cause to resemble.

v.i. neut. Eki- teeteeyi tekikyafaananika. The dress is no longer recognizable/is in very bad condition. cf. ekifaananyi, enfaanana.

v.tr. caus. liken to; make like; compare to; cause to resemble; find resemblances with. Omwana bamu- faananya kitaawe. They say the child looks like his father.

Ar.f\ horse, less commonly used than embalaasi, q.v.

v.tr. instruct; indoctrinate; teach.

v.i. be slovenly; become dissipated; suffer a deterioration in personality.

abate; be last (in class, in athletic competition).

degrade; cause to diminish; disparage, belittle*

v.i. be burdened down; be overwhelmed; struggle; be troubled. Yajja s'sbys n'ef'eJ'mh*. He came and ate his fill. cf. fudemba.

v.i. have the nose stuffed up; produce a sound similar to that characteristic of a congested nose. cf. bifeekeera; feesa.

v.tr. put down/place down carelessly; dump down.

delve all over; move everywhere, go all through. Nnawulira embwa ng'ejja efeffetta. I heard a dog come sniffing all over.

(la) large banana at the extreme end of the first bunch of a gonja cluster.

the short end of the stick.

e- (li/ma) mole-rat ' fukiila -fukuzi.

cf. omufundi.

(n/n) [ring-] foot (unit of measurement).

vvakwo!

v.i. pass. Tebafiibwako. No attention/concern is being given to them. Nobody cares about them. cf. obutafaayo.

v.i. appl. 2 die for/on behalf of.

(la) fabric resembling silk.

e bbendera.

(-foofootose) also footoka (-footose) v.i. be or become soft/soggy/ flabby.

chase out; flush out (an animal), okufubutula akagaali, to drive a bicycle at great speed. cf. effubutusi, akafubutuko, akafubutusi; -efubitika.

continue endlessly. Baalya ne bafudemba. They ate and ate/overate.

v.i. be deadened/ blunted (as an instrument); become crumpled; be crushed/disfigured; become handicapped; be blocked/stymied/frustrated.

sniff around; be inquisitive. cf. fuuza.

v.tr. appl. 2 rule/ domineer completely; rule ineffectively.

v.tr. appl. grunt at; snort at.

q. v.

v.i. spit. cf. effujjo.

okufuka amazzi, to urinate, okufuka ebigambo, to let loose a torrent of words (usually of a hostile character).

okufukamiza amaviivi abiri, to kneel on two knees. cf. enfukaamirizi.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. cause to water; use for watering.

as of a burrowing animal), okufukula emigongo, colloq. to dance, cf. fukuzi, effukuzi, enfukulo.

v.i. shake; be shaken out (as the contents of a container); be poured out. Enkuba efukumuse. It has rained in torrents.

okufukumula amaziga, to cry profusely.

try to influence; instigate, banne ne bamufukuutirira nti essajja lya kumutta, and his companions incited him with the allegation that the man was going to kill him. Yatufukuutirira ebigambo naye yatuvaako bukumbu. He overwhelmed us with talk but he left us unchanged. cf. effukutu.

v.i. speak in a foolish and irritating manner; sniff around.

v.i. become deserted/abandoned/vacated (originally of a termite hill); go away; fig. become stupid/'empty in the head;' become discredited. Obugagga bwe yalina bwonna bwafuluka. The wealth which he had has all disappeared. Yafu- luka mu busawo. He lost his reputation in (the profession of) medicine.

ekifulukwa, nnabefululabiswa (under nnabe).

v.i. come out; go out.

throw out; publish; issue; spend.

teem. Abanlu abaali ku kisaawe okulinda Kabaka baali bafuluuta bufuluusi. There were droves of people at the airport awaiting the arrival of the Kabaka.

‘cook up.' okufumba omutwe, to think, okufumba ku mutwe, to bother one's head. Tewali n'omu afumbye ku mutwe. There is no one who has given any thought (to it), okufumba ennyimba, to compose songs, okufumba ebigambo, to make up stories.

v.i. Sc tr. redup. play at cooking (as children); cook in an indifferent/desultory way. fumba Emmere yamala gafumbafumba. She just threw the food together.

reach a dead end.

(-fumbise) also fumbeka (-fumbese) v.i. be jammed/stuffed in; be full/crowded to capacity.

^obufumbo, effumbiro, kifumba- mutuku (under mutuku), olufumbirwa, olu- fumbofumbo, mufumbakafu, ^omufumbi, omufumbiro, omufumbo, mufumbyannanda, enfumbiraganwa.

okufumbirira omugole, to wait on a bride (a series of functions traditionally performed by the paternal aunt and sister-in-law of the bride, including instructions, special care, etc.).

only disp aragingly of a man).

and I heard people talking, lit. pouring forth voices.

stab with. cf. -fumite, effumu, akafumu, kafumita- bagenge, omufumisi, omufumite; fumuggula.

effumu.

bring into disrepute. cf. -fumye.

v.i. be or become narrow; be restricted/confined; keep/appropriate for oneself. Afunze n'ensimbi zaffe. He has kept our money for himself.

cf. omufundeero.

v.i. appl. pass. be knotted; be ended.

ekifundi- kizo), funduukululu; fumbiikiriza.

adj. in great abundance; to the ultimate. Enkuba yali etonnya funduukululu. It was raining cats and dogs. Twalidde funduukululu. We stuffed ourselves. We ate an enormous amount, cf. fundika, funduukulula.

v.tr. caus. push/ shove forcefully.

v.tr. tuck into the belt (as a kkanzu or other item of clothing preparatory to working or fighting).

v.i. become crippled/ deformed; become disfigured; be smashed/ shattered; laugh in a stupid manner.

become resolved/ determined. Ka nkufungize emiggo. Let me give you a good thrashing.

expose.

enfuna.

v.i. make a gurgling sound; break wind.