Queen's Tower clock (in Kampala),

neigh, roar (of animals); sound (of a drum, horn, motor, etc.).

etc. Bw'ofuna akukaabirako naawe weeyongera. (prov. ) When vou find someone to cry with you, you even cry harder.

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 keep crying for; keep mourning for.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. cause to cry/mourn for.

cf. ekikaabugo.

v.tr. start work/begin operations in a rough/provisional way. Guno omulimu tukyakaabula mukaabule. We are just starting the job (and we have a general idea of how we are going to go about it).

(la) meat obtained from the breast of a goat or ox.

1 playing card, etc.).

v.tr. crack; strain; stretch.

v.tr. do or make in a hasty and slipshod manner.

night is not lacking/is still present. (Said of a hypocrite, one whose public actions are different from his private thoughts). cf. ekiro.

intens. used with -lungi Mulungi kaalaala. She is very/extremely beautiful.

of hot pepper).

of salt); raise one's voice in anger. Obudde bukaalaamye. The weather has become very hot or The situation has become very serious/critical.

provoke; goad, prolong an argument with.

stroll.

(la) kind of small yam which grows wild and is eaten in time of famine.

(la) scrapings of flesh taken from the hide of an animal when readying it for drying.

(la) iris of the eye.

plur. bukaamuje kind of ground squirrel.

(la) poor person (in the sense of lacking wealth); poor person (in the sense of being unfortunate and the object of pity).

kaamulali omuse, ground pepper, kaamulali ow'empeke, chillies.

(la) kind of black soldier ant which bites fiercely. Eyawukana ku mugendo y'efuuka kaasa. (prov.) lit. (The nsan afu) which separates itself from the trail becomes a kaasa (an ant which is even fiercer). (Said of someone who flouts the accepted standards of the community and engages in questionable conduct.)

(la) rare kind of insect resembling a soldier ant.

shocking; precious, rare. Emmotoka yajjira ku misinde gya kaasammeeme. The car came at a shocking rate of speed.

pass the marriageable age. cf. -kaatuufu, enkaatu.

v.i. be bitter/sour/unpleasant to the taste; become enraged/quarrelsome; become serious/bad (of a situation). Obudde abange bukaaye, omukyala wunno ataawa. The situation is indeed grave, the lady is on the brink of death.

See emmwanyi.

v.i. drink greedily; gulp down; eat/drink without minding the taste.

v.i. protest; argue; dispute.

v.tr. appl. protest about; argue about; dispute over.

quarrel with.

v.i. appl. 2 be very bitter. Amazima gatera okukaayirira abamu. The truth is usually very bitter for some people. Emmere abantu yabakaayirira. The people felt very bitter/the situation was very bad for them, lit. the food became bitter to the people, okukaayirirwa kaamu- lali omuntu gw'aba talidde, to have a bitter taste from peppers one has not eaten, i.e., become worried or involved in matters which do not concern one.

v.i. be tasteless; be tough (of food); be harsh/rude (of speech ).

v.i. & tr. eat (something which is not tasty).

to laugh out loud, laugh raucously, cf. baalinga.

(n/n) [E-ng. ] cupboard.

v.tr. do/accomplish in a rough/slipshod way; throw/hurl down.

hack. cf. bajja, bajjabajja.

okukabala amazina, to dance a great deal, dance with enthusiasm.

(la) hair on the chest.

with the -a of rel. bulging, protruding. olubuto lwa kabanika, a protruding stomach.

v.i. work hard; struggle; be very busy; be bothered.

pester, annoy.

a person who is unstable/fickle/unable to carry a task through to its conclusion, cf. batuka.

v.i. be or become profligate/sexually immoral.

(n/n) lining of back of kkanzu. Kyusa kabba! Go away! Get lost!

(n/n) pair of pants/trousers.

plur. bakabbira (la) colloq. thief. cf. bba.

(la) title of the second wife of the Kabaka; as a common noun favorite wife.

plur. bukabini (ka/bu) [Eng. ] bathroom; toilet.

to put on a little weight.

make discontent.

(la) priest (of a non-Christian religion). cf. bona.

(la) bleeding gums.

(la) kind of convolvulus used by fishermen for making fish traps.

v.i. speak in an irritable/ snappish/surly manner.

scold. cf. -kabufu (-kaabufu), omukabusi.

(la) kind of banana for making beer; per ext. beer.

v.tr. slap. Yamukabu- lamu oluyi. He gave him a slap.

a short-necked man, lit. who is lacking (-bula-) a place where he could be strangled (see tuga).

cf. bula, dda.

Eng. kaputj adv. completely destroyed, ruined, ‘kaput.' Enkoko zonna zaafa kabuti mu muliro. All the chickens were completely destroyed in the fire. Omupiira gwagwa kabuti. The ball missed the goal/went astray.

also butyampa (la) very small person or animal; dwarf.

plur. kabuuti or zi kabuuti (n/n) long heavy coat (esp. of the type worn by the night watchmen).

no plur. (la) inferior variety of cassava characterized by extreme bitterness. cf. nnakacaacaali.

to be wild, uncontrollable.

secondary syphilis.

to put on a little weight.