okugera emmundu, to aim a gun.

hypothecate. c f. 3 gera>

v.i. & tr- = gereka. Yagerekera amannyo. He has overlapping teeth. c f. en gereka.

joke. v.tr. okugerenjula ebigambo, to twist words, alter the meanings of words, cf. %era, omugerengejjo, omugerenjuzi.

flow (as a pool of liquid on a solid); become stained/smeared. Essowaani zonna yazirese awo nga zigerereddeko emmere. She left all the plates there encrusted/stained with food.

engezi.

v.i. appl. pass. be used as a model/pattern/standard of measure/standard of comparison.

see gera.

v.tr. reimburse; compensate.

cf. Nnamugeta; gota.

backbite.

put to test; take as an example; compare; take into account, okugeza, for example. Gezaako! Have a try!

i.e., be limited to just a little. cf. -gere, eggerezo, ekigero, ekigezo, lolugero.

v.tr. caus. 2 cause to test/try; test ( another person); test/try with/ by means of.

v.i. grow learned/ wise; become clever; show off one's knowledge.

v.tr. caus. cause to become wise/learned; make clever.

v.tr. caus. fatten; fig. exaggerate.

puffing as it went.

(la) [Eng. ] gum; glue.

adv. in a neglected or abandoned state. Omulambo gwasangiddwa nga gugudde ggalabanja ku kkubo okumpi n'ennyumba ye. The corpse was found abandoned on a road near his house, cf. galabanja.

(la) kind of large gonja banana.

v.i. appl. 2 = ggiira.

q.v.

v.tr. caus. cause to take; cause to take away; cause to move.

q.v.

cf. Iggya.

to slide down a steep slope on a stem of a plantain (mu go go).

ideo. with a bang. Yasamba oluggi be ggu be ggu. He kicked the door with a bang.

v.i. open. Oluggi lwagguka. The door opened.

ekintu kye tuggukizaako amaaso, the first thing which we notice.

see ^gguka.

ffrom Eng- gray] with the -a of rel. gray.

an exciting/sensational wrestling bout, lit. which causes (a crowd) to gather, cf. gumba.

v.i. be impenetrable; be thick (as a growth of foliage).

emphasize; corroborate; do to an extreme degree, n'aggumiza nti, and he emphasized that. Ekifaananyi kyandinnyambye okuggumiza amazima gange. The picture would help me corroborate the truth of my statement. Yazinye n'okuggumiza n'aggumiza. She danced and danced. cf. -ggumivu, omuggumiro.

ggwa-a-a ideo. with a thud. Ekit ereke ne kigwa be ggwa-a-a! And the parcel fell down with a thud.

no plur. period between noon and 1P.M.

dimish; end completely, disappear; be completely used up.

v._tr. take by surprise. Abagenyi bano batugimbye. These guests have taken us by surprise. Otulo tuba- gimbye. Sleep has come upon them unexpectedly.

v.i. be fertile/fruitful; flourish; fig. prosper.

a certain place; where-do-you- call-it. cf. 2-ndi, gundi.

v.i. & tr. redup. perform repeatedly or with intensity (the actions listed under the simple form).

v.i. spring up; grow quickly; grow profusely.

to show kindness, okugira ekisa, to show kindness, okugira ekyejo, to act insolently, gira is used primarily as an auxiliary verb with no constant English equivalent. It indicates action at intervals or continuous action for a period suggested by the English phrases every now and then, once in awhile, keep on. Nnagira nga ne mbakubamu essasi. Every now and then I would fire a shot at them. Tosuula ngabo ogira owazaako. Don't give up (lit. throw the shield), but keep on trying/just give it a try. Omu ku bakuumi kwe kugira nti... One of the guards went on to say.

v.i. Sc tr. appl. treat; behave towards. Nze tongirira kyejo. Don't be insolent to me.

reach shore. v.tr. drive away; dismiss; chase; defeat, beat (e.g., an opponent in a game); drive, steer (a boat or vehicle); seek, go after (an objective); reject (a request), okugoba ebigere, to follow in the footprints of, follow the tracks of. okugoba ensonga, to be fair, just; to stick to the facts; to dismiss a case for lack of evidence, okugoba emmotoka, to drive a car; vulg. to vomit, okugoba ettale, to land, arrive at the shore.

ekigobero, olugoba, amagoba, omugoba, omugoberezi, omugobya(gobya); ^gobola (gobolola).

v.tr. recip. caus. keep driving/chasing away; badger incessantly-

okugobereza amaaso, to follow with the eyes, omwana abadde agobereza omwaka ogw'okubiri, a child who was nearing/approaching his second year. Omulabe bwe yatulaba n'atugobereza amasasi. When the enemy saw us he drove us off with bullets.

v.i. clash together.

v.tr. caus. cause to clash together. cf. golongolana.

v.i. resist obstinately; be or become stubborn.

v.tr. split and detach (the layers of a plantain stem preparatory to laying them out for drying).

v.i. stand/rise to one's feet with effort/in a clumsy manner; recover (from an illness); make a dull/flat sound; croak (as a frog).

v.tr. caus. cause to struggle to one's feet; raise with difficulty.

v.i. be congested/encumbered/crowded. cf. -gogottevu.

(la) fold; crease.

v.i. stand up; get up; arise; be straight/erect; be correct; be upright/morally correct.

straighten; correct. cf. -golokofu, golola, obugolokofu.

iron; correct (an examination); correct (a defect, an error), okugolola omukono, to raise one's hand, okugolola emimiro, to clear the throat.

get dark. Enjuba egoloobye. The sun has set. Obudde bugolooba. It is getting dark.

mutter.

v.i. appl. 2 intens. keep grumbling; grumble a great deal.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to get intertwined/tangled up.

etc.; entangle, tangle. Omubbi baamugombeza emikono ne bagisiba. They made the thief cross his hands and tied them up.

v.i. conv. 2 become untangled/unraveled.

(n/n) the national dress of Baganda women (see also bodingi and busuutij.

v.tr. caus. cause to move all over; cause to stampede. c f. gomoka.

v.i. sleep soundly; become very tired/exhausted.

give in; feel worse (of a sick person). ebigambo ebigonvu, soothing words.