v.i. appl. 2 keep getting soft; grow very soft.

v.i. talk indistinctly/with difficulty (as one who has a cold).

be ruined. Obugagga obwo bwonna bwagonnomoka. All that wealth went to waste/was spoiled.

v.tr. hurl to the ground; pour down; ruin. Yagonnomolwako mangu ekifo ekisava. He was soon given a very good position.

v.i. hobble.

(-googombye) also gogomba v.i. be stubborn; continue unabated.

v.tr. wait for; wait around for.

v.i. retrogress; fall behind; go out of favor. Ekisa kye tekigooka. His kindness knows no bounds/is unequaled.

to have a delicious meal/a feast, gookya lit. = the matooke (implied by ga- which here becomes go-) which are hot. cf. yokya.

see ggoonya.

affairs).

botch up; harm.

v.tr. fold; bend; twist.

v.tr. redup. bend completely; keep bending.

v.i. be or become dirty/filthy/ stained; be stunted; grow poorly; be badly cooked; become hardened/inured; be resistant to cleaning; become worn (e.g., of a path).

cf. -gubaasiivu; guba.

etc.; be hardened/inured to. Nze emiggo nnagigubira dda. 1 have long since become accustomed to/inured to beatings. Obudde bungubiridde. I am in trouble/difficulties/a trying situation.

inure. cf. -gubu, obugubi; gubaasiira, -gubaasiivu.

to raise cain, engage in horseplay (of young children). gudu (la) kind of large, edible mushroom.

v.i. be unresponsive; be inert; stand by helplessly; stand by and do nothing.

eat greedily/ gluttonously; pasture in salty fields. cf. engugo.

cf. -guggubivu.

make a thumping sound.

v.i. be panicked; make off in a panic; stampede.

(-gugunze) more commonly -egugunga (-egugunze) v.i. refl. be startled/excited/ agitated; engage in disturbances; riot; rebel. Obudde bwegugunga. The sky looks threatening.

v.i. work quickly; do quickly; rush.

(-gujubye) more frequently gujuubana (-gujuubanye) v.i. be greedy; be gluttonous.

devour.

v.tr. - gujula.

okugujuuba- nira emmere, to be gluttonous about food.-

up to now, up to the present, to this day.

-gulirire, obuguzi, egguliro, egguzi, olugula, amagula. omugulirizi, omuguzi, engulansigo, enguzi.

that's right, that is so, lit. (the matter; omusango, is implied) is thus.

v.i. neut. be easy to buy; be purchasable.

cast a spell on.

ennyumba eya gulofa, a house with more than one story, cf. ggoloofa.

lean to one side. cf. -gulukivu.

be in turmoil; be lively/agitated. Yasula agulumba. He spent a restless night.

v.i. be very high/tall.

v.i. be shaky/unsteady.

v.i. be firm/solid; be faithful; be brave/courageous; dare; have the nerve/ boldness (to).

ekigumbo.

v.tr. conv. 2 disperse; disband.

v.tr. caus. gather together/assemble.

v.tr. be patient with, support patiently; endure.

v.i. recip. be tolerant of each other; have patience with each other.

v.i. neut. be easy to endure/put up with. F.bibonerezo ebyo tebigumiikirizika. These punishments are unendurable. cf. guma.

hearten; cheer; give reassurance to. Kabwa kabbi kagumya mugongo. (prov.) A thieving dog must have a strong back. Those who play with fire must be prepared for the consequences.

gumiikiriza, ŋŋumyamutwe.

as an adj. such and such, ekintu gundi, something or other, such and such a thing. Leka tugambe nti omu- kunnaanya w'amawulire gundi asindise omusasi we ow'amawulire mu kifo gundi. Let us say that such and such a newspaper editor has sent his reporter in such and such a place. c(. gindi, ^-ndL

v.i. exist for a long time; be of long standing; stay or be in a place for a long time; be well preserved.

v.tr. caus. maintain/keep/have for a long time; cause to last. cf. -gundiivu.

v.i. pass the marriageable age (of girls); be no longer marketable (of commodities ).

form; devise, think up. cf. omugunzi.

train.

stupid expression on one's face.

overburden.

v.i. fly off; start up fas a flock of birds).

v.tr. cause to fly off.

v.i. be fooled; be deceived.

v.tr. caus. fool; deceive; trick; catch off guard.

(-guyizza) also guyaaguya v.tr. (redup.) dupe; beguile; lead (someone) on.

v.tr. caus. cause to buy; sell; buy with/using. Omubbi aguza ngalo. (prov.) A thief makes purchases with his fingers.

occur; fail (in an examination), kugwa butaka, to fail to hit the mark, fail, be unsuccessful, kugwa mu bintu, to hit upon a good thing, have a stroke of luck, get a high or rewarding position, kugwa nsimbi, to go bankrupt, kugwa muntu, to become enamored of/‘fall for' a person, kugwa ku muntu, to backbite/ slander a person in his absence, butagwa kintu, not to miss anything. Omukazi oyo tagwa mikolo. That woman never misses any big occasions, kukigwako, to experience misfortune/tragedy/disaster. Abaana abo bakiguddeko. Those children have really had their share of misfortune, kugwa mu ttaano, to finally receive/get what one has anxiously wished or expected, lit. to fall in five (fingers). Ku Lwomukaaga omu- fumbi w'ettooke ajja kungwa mu ttaano. On Saturday I am getting married/the girl will finally be mine, lit. the cooker of matooke will fall in my five (fingers), kugwa mu buwufu, to follow in the footsteps of; to follow what anotheris saying, ‘catch on.' Yali tannaba kumalayo bigambo ne mmugwa mu buwufu. I understood what he was saying before he was finished talking. Akabenje ak'amaanyi kaaguddewo olunaku lw'eggulo. A serious accident happened yesterday. Kino kyamuguddeko bugwi. This came to him as a great surprise. Ekigambo kino olwamugwa mu kutu... When she heard this..., lit. when this word fell in her ear. Abagenyi baatuguddeko bugwi. The visitors came to us unannounced/unexpectedly.

v.i. be or become immoral/ licentious/indecent/filthy.

v.tr. appl. be suitable/seemly for; be fitting for; be worthy of; behoove. Kiryowa agwanira obwami. K. should be made chief. He is worthy of chieftainship.

v.i. recip. fall on one another; come upon one another unexpectedly.

v.tr. appl. caus. judge worthy of; wish (something) for (someone). Tukugwanyiza obukulembeze. We think you worthy of the leadership. cf. nnakigwanyizi; Isaana.

v.i. be or become shameless/dissolute/immoral.

disgrace.