okukwatako; g. one another, okukwatagana.

etc.

betaken/ taken away, etc.

okukwata, okuvumbatira.

be easy to scorn. Tagayika. He is not to be despised/a person whom one would despise.

okukwata, okuvumbatira; (mentally) okwetegereza.

cause to become licentious, etc. cf. -gwagwa, obugwagwa, ekigwagwa, omugwagwa.

mukodo.

as an aux. verb before a following inf. denoting desirability, suitability or obligation Ogwana okugenda okulaba ssengaawo. You ought to (should, have to) go and see your aunt.

essubi, omuddo, essenke, olumbugu, etteete, olukonzikonzi, embubbu, ebisagazi.

etc. okuggira essubi, to cut up grass (for thatch- ing)

enseenene, ejjanzi, eŋŋe nzigenzi, obwacaaka, nnabangogoma.

etc.; be careless/indifferent about; treat lightly.

fitting, etc.

essanyu.

njidde) v.i. burn, get burned

okusanyusa; be gratified, okukajjala.

okuwa.

etc.

entaana, amalaalo; g.clothes, amabugo.

become bad (with obudde, expressed or implied, as subject). Obudde bugayegga- ye. The situation has become worse.

enkokoto.

amazzi g'ennyama, omucuuzi.

q.v.

e- plur. amagya (li/ma) adze, knife with a curved blade.

come upon, fall upon by accident, cf. gwa.

ambubi; g. hair, envi; grow gray, okumera envi, okutuuluula, okutebekera.

consume slowly (of a disease), v.i. be dilatory, ‘beat around the bush.' (probably the redup. caus. of gaga, q.v.)

v.i., okulya; v.tr., okukolo bola, okunuubula.

e- plur. amagye (li/ma) army, amagye ag'oku ttaka, ground forces, land forces, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, amagye ag'oku nnyanja, sea forces, navy. Eggye lya Maria, relig. the Legion of Mary.

have room; correspond to; be equivalent; be fitting/suitable/appropriate, omuwendo ogugya mu nsawo ya buli muntu, a suitable price, a price which ‘fits' everyone' s pocketbook. Omukazi gwe yawasa tamugyamu. The woman he married is not suitable for him. Oba nno ezo emboga zigyamu nsimbi ki? I wonder what that cabbage is worth.

amafuta, omuzigo.

kind of tall forest tree, Pygeum africanum. cf. engwabuzito.

nene, kulu, a kitiibwa; (quantity) ngi.

protrude, project (often used of the teeth or lips).

be, it is the equivalent of the English prepositions to or from, gye ndi, where I am; to me. Yali afuukidde ddala wa luganda gye ndi. He had become as much as a relative to me. With a change in tone gye becomes an emphatic adv. of place, there, gy'ali (= gye a I i) he is there; he is well (in answering salutations). Idioms: Ekyo kiri gy'ali. That is up to him. Katonda gy'ali! God will avenge me. gye bujja, in the future. God is there = God knows what is best or Nze gye nnali nga jinamba nti ajja. As for me, I kept thinking he would come.

obukulu.

make wide, widen; expand.

show (the teeth). cf. kikinala.

eat, okweriira.

q.v.

omululu, omulugube.

luvu, a mululu, a mulugube; be g., okululunkana, okununka.

mimic; imitate.

Omuyonaani; (language) Oluyonaani.

n., erangi ya kiragala.

kugegemeza kaloboozi, to talk with a squeaky/high-pitched voice.

adj., a kiragala; (unripe) bisi;

enkobyokkobyo;

gimusa (-gimusizza) v.tr. caus. make fertile, fertilize; cause to grow well, ebigimusa, fertilizers. cf. -gimu, -gimufu, obugimu, ekigimusa.

omuwempe.

okulamusa, okubuuza.

ring (a tree); more commonly improvise, make up; forge, counterfeit; falsify, fake; camouflage, okuginga omukono, to forge a signature.

akatunda.

vide gray.

ennaku, obunaku, obuyinike; come to g., okukuba amavumira,

ekinyiigo, ensonga.

v.i., okunakuwala, okwennya mira; v.tr., okunakuwaza.

pamper.

zito, nene.

a ntiisa.

etc.; entertain at, etc. Yatugemu- lira mu nnyumba ye empya. He entertained us in his new house. cf. omugemuzi.

make, okwekonga, okwemoola, okwenyaata.

pamper, indulge, give excessive freedom to.

n., akamwenyumwenyu.

nnenze) v.i. go, go away; relieve oneself, ‘go.' Before a following infinitive it expresses future time. Tugenda kugenda. We are going to go. oku- lugenda, euph. to die, lit. to go on the journey (olugendo is implied by -lu-). Mu- naffe alugenze. Our friend is dead.

v., okumwenyamwenya, okufeenyeera, okusendula amatama, okuwena.

etc.; leak, leak out (of liquids).

okusa; (teeth) okunena, okuluma ensubi; (tools) okuwagala.

enso; (lower) olubengo.