v.tr. lure; entice; tantalize; make a gesture of offering (something) without intending to do so.

v.i. run fast.

v.tr. takeaway quickly; steal; snatch away. cf. kwekwenyuka.

v.i. slink along; shuffle along; go stealthily; drag oneself along.

pr.n. formerly the title of the hereditary ruler of Busoga.

cf. ddaaki.

pr.n. county of Buganda in which Kampala is located.

pr.n. county of Buganda.

no plur. (la) type of mat constructed with large strips of palm leaves

v.tr. appl. visit; visit at/in.

v.tr. conv. send off (a visitor).

v.i. conv. regain the right road; straighten out; be disabused of error; turn away from wrongdoing.

obukyamu, akakyamu.

adv. quickly. Yatukyalira

He called at our home but did not stay long. cf. -yangu.

(la) sores on the feet caused by chiggers.

v.i. recip. hate one another.

e- (ki/bi) offering made to a lubaale. Ebyo byawongo! This is absolute nonsense! cf. wonga.

more frequently spelled caayi. (la) tea.

v.tr. caus. receive as a guest/visitor.

v.i. neut. to be the sort of person one likes to have as a visitor. Nnassiwa takyazika. Nnassiwa is a difficult person to have as a visitor.

conj. as soon as. Kyazira mwami we kuvaawo ng'adda mu tulo. A s soon as her husband left she went back to sleep.

q.v.

traitor, cf. fuuka, fuula, -efuula.

(la) kind of water lily.

(n/b) [Eng. ] (bank) check.

(-kyereye) also spelled ceerewa v.i. [Su>.] be late/delayed.

v.tr. caus. cause to be late.

plur. bakyeruppe (la) white person; in the plur. white people.

(la) comet.

(la) kind of yam.

voluntarily, of one's own accord, cf. yagala, -eyagala.

to pursue slowly but without letting the person followed get away.

cf. yokya, olukowe.

okukyuka mu ddiini, to change one's religion, okukyuka nga ssaawa, to be as changeable as a chameleon (lit. clock). Yali akyuseeko ku bwongo. He was mentally disturbed/insane.

boss around, give commands to.

okukyusa obuwufu, to retrace one's steps, okukyusa ebigambo, to twist the meaning of words.

v.i. neut. be convertible; be capable of being changed; be translatable.

etc. cf. olukaayano, enkaayana.

be forced. See kakaabiriza and -ekakaba which are more frequently used.

a* adv. quickly, hurriedly, c /. saabuuka.

a- (ka/bu) trouble, difficulty, disturbance.

e- adv. rare right away, without delay.

kijjagana (-kijjaganye) v.i. recip. hate each other, loathe one another, kijjakijjana also has a non-reciprocal use: aggravate, be obnoxious to, molest.

e- (ki/bi) bird; large bird. cf. ennyonyi.

e- (ki/bi) cloth; towel; duster; napkin; handerchief; turban, ekitambaala ky'okummeeza, tablecloth, ekitambaala ky'omutwe, head scarf, cf. akatambaala.

come to an agreement, v.tr. agree on, come to an agreement on. Twakkaanyizza omuwendo. We agreed on a price.

become emaciated, cf. yondoba.

e- (ki/bi) container used for milking cows foriginallv aovlied only to those made of wood, calabashes and gourds).

a- (ka/bu) clamor, uproar, kukuba hflvn tn matp o crrAay clamor.doud outcry (esp. of a large group of people). cf. olwayo.

a person given to joking, cf. saaga.

a- (ka/bu) danger; trouble.

e- (ki/bi) something awesome; something terrible, misfortune, lit. something which produces a burning sensation, as an adv. at a great speed, ekibabu kya musisi, a catastrophic earthquake. Yagenda kibabu. He went off in a great hurry, cf. babuka, olubabu.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) gloomy, threatening weather (usually in the evening). Kyali kijjaggulwe It was threatening to rain.

e- (ki/bi) kind of kikooyi, q.v.

plead (often in vain).

e- (ki/bi) [5a'., Pers.~\ print, type; printing press; printing establishment; road sign; poster; patch, ekyapa ky'ettaka, land title, ebyapa by'emmotoka, number plates of a car. kuwandiika mu kyapa, to print / as opposed to writing with normal handwriting). kukuba byapa, to patch up clothing; to repair a tire; to survey land. Lipoota eyo teyakubibwa mu kyapa. This report was not printed/published, cf. akaapa.

compel.

be troubled; be hard up.

a- (ka/bu) arrow, dart; sharp pain in the chest.

a- (ka/bu) a large sum, a sizable amount (esp. of money) . akavangata k'ensimbi, a large amount of money. cf. omuvangata.

e- adv. hurriedly; urgently, with the -a of rel. hasty, hurried, okuteesa okw'ekibagubagu, a hasty decision.

e- (ki/bi) sacrifice, sacrificial slaying, cf. tamba.

e- no plur. (li/ma) rudeness, harshness; ill temper.

arch, squat, sit on the haunches.

e- (ki/bi) a string containing one hundred cowrie shells used for money; one hundred; century, ekyasa eky'ab if it the twentieth century.

omugongo.

a- adv. hurriedly; hastily; carelessly. cf. saalimba.

a- (ka/bu) wad, bunch, ball (of string, hair, fibers, etc.). cf. ekivumbo. j. as long as, so long as.

e- var. of ekibejjagalo, q.v.