okudduka, okubomba.
trouble oneself over.
n., ebyoya eby'endiga.
fail; be destroyed/ruined/wrecked; be exhausted/tired out.
v., okutunda bukanu; be fleeced, okugwa amanu.
empingu.
adj., k mbiro.
omubiri; (dead) ennyama.
a kifuta.
be like; look like; be similar; seem, appear. Obulwadde buno bulaanana kawaali. This disease resembles smallpox. Mwenna mu- faanana. You are all alike. Banno ba- faanana batya? What are your friends like? Afaanana ng'alya. He seems to be eating, obutafaanana nga bulijjo, unlike the usual situation, in an unusual manner. oku- faanana ne + noun = like, just like. okufaanana n'amawanga amalala, just like other nations.
gonvu; be f., okugonda.
okulasa; (flies) okusagga.
v., okukankana, okupapala, okutemireza.
okudduka; (bird) okubuuka.
okutya.
okusuula, okukanyuga, okukasuka, okusimbaggula; f. down, okutandaggira; f. oneself about, okwaziirana.
embaalebaale.
okukuba entoli, okulasa.
entegetege ne zimu- famba, and he became timid/he stood shaking in his boots, lit. his tendons became weak.
okuzannya.
be, okubadala.
okusenguka.
v., okuseeyeeya, okuyenjeera, okubbulukuka, okutengejja.
n., ekisibo, eggana, ekirindi.
v., okukuŋŋaanira awamu.
okubalula, okubandula, okuweweenyula.
grin idiotically.
n., amataba, omujjuzi, ebitaba, omutunga, ettumbiizi, mukoka.
draw air into the nose; snuffle; snort, kufeesa bukula, to snort like a rhinoceros. cf. feekeera.
on the, wansi.
rare be fat/corpulent; be short and stocky.
okugangalama.
okwetubinkiriza.
obutta, mutere, ensaano.
v.i., okugimuka, okubimbi jjukana.
gobble up, stuff oneself with. cf. senke- nya.
v.tr., okugalula, okuwera.
okukulukuta, okugenda, okugera; (of menses) okukuuluula; f. into (tributary), okufukako.
n., ekimuli; (of maize) ejjange, akanuunu, akatundwe.
pers. pron. 1st plur. we; us. ffekka, only we, we alone, ffembi or ffembiriri, we two. ffenna, all of us, we all.
v., okwanya, okumulisa,
e- (n/n) [Sto., dr.] silver; fig. money.
okupala ppalanya, okukyukakyuka; (abscess) okubola.
ffuffuffu and ffuffululu (with a preceding be) ideophones used to intensify fu, dead. Fntpgpka eno nfu be ffeffeffe. These arrangements are completely upset/ ruined. Emmotoka nfu be ffuffululu. The car is a complete wreck, cf. ^fa, -fu.
a mboozi; vide okutontoma.
v.i., okumyuka.
e-: kubulako ffiire, to die without leaving a trace, cf. ^fa, fiira.
v.tr., okubigita.
e- (li/ma) place where many deaths occur, c f. ^fa, fiira.
endere, omulere.
e- (n/n) [Sio.] whistle (the instrument).
okupapala, okwewojjoola; be in a f., okupakala.
e- no plur. (li/ma) jealousy, rancor, hard feelings.
n., enswera, embwa, ekivu, akabu, akaduli, akatugu, akawawa.
e- (n/n) [Su>., Port.'f form for blocking caps or fezzes; colloq. head; big head. Yanyeenya effolooma ye. He shook his head (in amazement or disagreement).
v., okubuuka; (run away) okudduka.
e- (li/ma) kind of large poisonous lizard, omuntu ow'effubutusi, an abrupt/rude/short-tempered/unpleasantly aggressive person, cf. fubutuka.
olugero.
engwizi.
e- (n/n) dust; sawdust; fine powder, cf. olufufugge.
okuyiiya.
n., ejjovu, engagize.
e- no plur. (li/ma) harsh/oppressive rule; misrule. cf. fuga, -bi.
a kitalo,a lugero.
v., okubimba, okufuukuula, okusuukira, okujugumba.
adj. mugagga ffugge, an extremely rich person, one who is rolling in wealth, mubbi ffugge, great thief, master thief.
n., amaaso; make faces at, okukongoola.
essubl.
e-: kukola bya ffujjo, to make a mess of, leave in a state of chaos/utter confusion. cf. fujja.
v., okukobojjana.