verb stem

gaadimu w'essolo, a monstrous animal.

adj. red (of the color of cattle).

v.i. & tr. refuse; forbid; prevent; deny; withhold.

etc.; defend, exculpate. Yagaani- rayo. He refused to come out/come back. Kiberu oyo mmugaanira, tasobola kubba. I stand up for/defend/exculpate Kiberu, he could not steal. Akambe nkamusabye naye akagaanidde. I have asked him for the knife but he has refused to let go of it/ part with it.

v.tr. caus. cause to chew; chew with/using cf. entagaaya.

apportion; appoint, designate (e.g., a general as chief of a military expedition). Ky'ofa togabye, Walumbe y'akigaba. (prov.) What you have not given away by the time you die, Walumbe (death) gives it away.

v.tr. redup. keep giving; give indiscriminately.

share with one another; distribute; be alloted, have a share. Ggwe wagabana ki? What was your share? What did you get? Okunoga emmwanyi ennaku zino kutuga- banye. At present (these days) the harvesting of the coffee is keeping us completely occupied/is our exclusive preoccupation. Enkomerero y'omwezi eneetuuka ddi ne tugabana? When will the end of the month come so that we can get paid?

(-gabattuse) also gabattukana (-gabattukanye) v.i. move about in a clumsy/graceless/awkward/unsteady manner; run heavily.

give all the time; feed, take care of (a child). Omwana atalijko amugabirira takula bulungi. A child who does not have someone to feed him does not grow up well.

v.i. & tr. appl. caus. have/give a lot of milk (of breasts).

v.tr. entertain (socially); treat generously; bestow lavishly.

despise; discredit; discard. Naavve ogadyagadya nnyo ebya banno. You too, you are always belittling what others do/other people's things or affairs.

go bad (of food).

v.i. recip. struggle (with); grapple (with).

v.i. be or become rich/wealthy.

v.i. be languid/inert; become lazy. cf. engajaba; gojoba.

cf. egga- labanja.

v.i. be exhausted/very tired; be languid; lack vigor; be in a state of disarray.

by p araly sis or a birth defect).

v.i. be indifferent; be careless/negligent; take matters lightly.

v.i. & tr. appl. be indifferent/careless (about). cf. omugalambi.

v.tr. caus. cause to lie; lay. Omwana mu- galamize awo. Have the baby lie over there. cf. olugalaamiriro, engalama.

vacillate; be clumsy. kugalanga- tana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to walk unsteadily; to be unsteady or clumsy in what one is doing, lit. to be unsteady like the bicycle of one who is learning (to ride). Ensonga ze bigalangatana. His affairs are in bad shape.

v.tr. roll over; cause to roll on the ground.

to lie on one's back.

v.tr. set down on the back; turn over on the back.

Pers.] spectacles, eyeglasses, galubindi eziraba ewala, binoculars, field glasses, galubindi ez'omusana, sunglasses, galubindi ezizimbulukusa or galubindi ezigezza, magnifying glass, microscope; telescope.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep saying; say all the time.

annoy. Obwedda oyo yajigambiriza nti tugende. He is the one who has kept pestering me to go with him, lit. that we should go.

yield.

v.tr. drive out termites with the sap of the ggandu plant. cf. ggandu.

v.tr. treat (a sickness). Omuganga teyeeganga. A doctor does not treat his own iilness. cf. omuganga.

v.i. be worn out; be weak; be decrepit; be all skin and bones. cf. omugangatika.

v.tr. be solicitous about have consideration for; deal leniently with.

v.tr. appl. 2. intens. be extremely solicitous about; be constantly concerned with; attach oneself to.

v.i. <£ tr. appl. 2 caus. be stingy (with)/frugal (with)/ niggardly (about). Omukyala oyo aganiri- za nnyo. That lady is very frugal/makes every effort to economize. cf. omuganirizi.

to look for something right under one's nose.

v.tr. allow; permit; give approval to; authorize.

profit. Obuyigirize bu ganyula buli muntu. Education profits everybody.

v.tr. caus. make a favorite of; take a liking to; take a fancy to; love; prefer. Asinga kuganza Olufalansa. He prefers French. French is his favorite. Obuganzi bukaayanirwa. To win a favor is something for which one contends/strives.

okuganzika oluba wansi, to lie down, rest, lit. set one's jaw down.

v.tr. caus. 2 cause to win favor; make popular.

v.tr. caus. cause to profit; make profitable/useful.

put together; unite, unify; compensate.

v.tr. unite; put together; combine (different things); mix; harmonize. cf. gatta.

people who are incompatible); mix up, jumble. Leka kugattiriza mirimu. Do not try to do more than one job at a time.

(n/n) \jdng.~\ government.

v.tr. scorn; despise; have contempt for.

v.i. be lazy/idle/indolent/slothful.

give a false sense of security; cause to lose zeal or interest; distract, provide distraction for.

v.i. recip. despise one another.

etc.

belittle; mock.

v.i. become wide.

v.i. talk nonsense.

v.i. talk in a high- pitched voice.

become greater.

-gezze, obugevvu, amagejjo, omugejjo.

avert, ward off (disease, bad weather, calamity).

donate; entertain; arch, bring gifts of food or drink. Bwe twatuuka awo n'atugemula okuyitira. When we arrived there she entertained us lavishly. Ogemula bitali bibyo. You give away things which do not belong to you.

v.i. become old; become tired/fatigued; become weak from illness.

v.i. recip. go at each other (often in a verbal or physical fight).

watch, kugenderera kwe- baka, to start falling asleep, be almost asleep. Agenderera kutuuka ku bwa Katik- kiro. He is aiming at attaining the premiership. Genderera ekyapa nti... Watch for the sign which (reads)...

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. advance with caution.

v.i. be strained (of salt solution from ashes).

cause to contract leprosy. cf. -genge, ebigenge, omugenge.

v.i. become old/weak; deteriorate; become deformed; break down (of machines).

v.tr. conv. send away/ send off from a visit.