v.i. eat slowly and with the mouth closed.

beat.

v.i. masturbate ( m al e).

v.i. persevere; persist; insist; exert oneself..

okufunya akagalo (or akamwa), lit. to bend the finger (or mouth), i.e., to refuse to provide a person with information or with something which he had desired, okufunya engalo, to clench the fists.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep bendin.ff/foldins: fold all the time.

olufunyiro, nnabeefunye.

abridge, condense; appropriate; include; cut short (one who is speaking ).

v.i. neut. be capable of being shortened. Ebigambo byange tebifunzika. My comments cannot be easily reduced in length. cf. -funda, -funze, obufunze, kafunze.

v.i. be stingy. cf. omufuta.

v.tr. put down/dump down roughly.

v.i. become; change.

etc.

v.i. be stirred up/agitated; be upset/troubled; fig. become annoyed.

see fuuka.

upset. Leka kufuula bye nnayogera. Don't distort what I said.

pursue; fire (from a job), kufuumuula misinde, to pursue/chase closely, kufuumuula kagaali, to ride a bicycle at a very fast rate, kwefuumuula bwefuumuuzi, to try to cultivate but with no results; to putter around ineffectively. Talima yeefuumuula. He isn't just cultivating but doing a great job of it. He is an expert cultivator. cf. kafuumuuko; tuumuuka.

kufuu- muuka misinde or kufuumuuka mbiro, to run/ travel very quickly.

transform; distort, v.i. perform magic.

a wound).

inflate (e.g., a ball); blow on, play (a flute, or similar instrument). okufuuwa lulimi (olugwira), to speak a (foreign) language fluently, kufuuwa mukka mu kisero, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow air into a basket, kufuuwa kintu mu jinombe, to lose something, give up something for lost, lit. blow something through a trumpet, kufuuwa malenge, to do to extremes; to be extreme, lit. to blow on reed pipes. Tanywa mwenge afuuwa malenge. He drinks to great excess, okufuuwa omukka, euph. to pass wind, okuluuwa oluwa, to whistle, kufuuwa muntu bigambo, to rush to tell something to a person. Mukasa ye yabitu- fuuwa. Mukasa broke his neck to tell us about it. kufuuwa muntu ssente, to give a person money voluntarily as a token of appreciation. ekintu okujjula ne kifuuwa, to overflow, be completely full. Enkuba yatonnye n'omugga ne gufuuwa. It rained and the river flooded over. Yafuuwa ekiwa ng'akizza munda. He drew in his breath in surprise, lit. blew a whistle and brought it back inside, kafuuwe or (more often) kikafuuwe! God forbid! Don't say things like that! kufuuwa musaayi, to spurt blood, kufuuwa taaba, to smoke (tobacco). Nnabbubi yamufuuye. The spider got on him and caused a rash. Ofuuwako? colloq. Do you drink (alcohol)?

rage (of a storm).

v.i. appl. 2 become tired/heaw with fatigus. Qmukono gun- fuuyirira olw'okuguwanika. My arm feels tired from holding it up in the air.

kufuuyirira kanwe (or kagalo), to wish someone bad luck; to wait impatiently for a desired event, lit. to keep blowing on one's little finger. Fuuyirira enkuba ereme kutonnya. Keep your fingers crossed (make a wish) that it won't rain. Nga bw'ampisizza bw'atyo nja kumufuuvirira agwe ebibuuzo. Since he has treated me in this fashion, I hope/I am going to make a wish that he flunks his examinations.

entebe ezitafuuyiriza mugongo, comfortable chairs, chairs which do not strain the back.

omufuuyi, omufuuyiro, enfuuyirizi.

okufuuyiza omusulo, colloq. to urinate, as an adv. in the phrase okulya fuuyiza, to eat too much; to eat without any discrimination/sense of selection.

carry out a search through (a house, building, premises, etc.). cf. fufula, fufuza.

engalo. little f., nnasswi. first f., olunwe, nvamumba. second f., kkwemmembekedde. thumb, ekinkumu.

okusiika, okukalanga.

v., okutogaatoga, okutoŋŋoo nya.

ekikalango, fulampeni.

okumala, okusonjola, okumaliriza, okutuukiriza, okukuba ssaanya, okumalamu, okulamya, okukunja, okusulikira, okuwemm enta.

enku, amanda.

n. (good surface), ensaana; (end) enkomerero.

omudduse.

keep folding, bending, etc.; crumple.

be, okuggwa; be well f., okunana.

okutuukiriza, okutuusa.

n., omuliro. grass f., oluyiira. bonfire, ekikoomi. make a f., okukuma omuliro; v. (set f. to), okwokya, okw okerera, okuteekera, okubabuukirira, okuyeekera. f. a gun, okukuba emmundu.

gwa ggabogabo..

etc.

ekitawuliro.

become, okujjula, okufembe kera, okufeeta.

emmunyeenye.

to the, kampwerenda.

ekyoto.

kulu; vide musera.

enku; f. cut green, enkukku; go to fetch f., okusennya, okutyaba, okuziga.

be, okuwera.

gumu, nywevu, a maanyi; be f., okunywera, okwesimbiggi riza, okuguma, okubebeetera.

be, okutereera.

funyisa caus. 1 & 2 of funa, q.v.

ebbanga.

okujjula, omusera.

q.v.

geregere, gulugulu.

okuwammanta, okuyanza engalo.

obunywevu, obugumu.

okunyiikaala, okusunguwala, okuloma; give off fumes, okufuumuuka, okunyooka omukka.

establish oneself, get oneself situated.

oluberyeberye, okusobka. be f., okusobka. use for f. time, okwangula.

make, okukiina, okuduula.

omuggulanda.

omulimu.

ebibala eby'omwaka; vide okutembula.

finish, okwabya olumbe.

belittle; despise; abuse; undermine.

okusooka, oluberyeberye.

e bbinikiro, omuzindaalo.