waste away; fail to achieve progress/ growth.

v.i. contract cancer. cf. kookolo.

v.tr. cause to crow; fig. cause to cry out in pain/displeasure. cf. kookolirooko.

cf. kookola, omukookolo.

make a gesture of offering something without intending to do so, tease by

v.tr. uproot; weed out. Tugenda kukoola muddo mu luggya. We are going to weed the yard.

v.i. detonate loudly; go off (of a gun).

to touch lightly on a subject, mention in passing, hint at. Ebi- gam bo ebyo byankoona. These words offended me/hurt my feelings/came to me as a shock.

quarrel, come into conflict. cf. enkoonamasonko.

v.tr. redup. knock all the time/repeatedly; knock all over.

snap; fig. obtain, acquire (a position). Bakoonodde ebifo ebya waggulu. They have gotten good jobs/high positions. cf. -koonofu.

v.tr. caus. cause to knock; knock with/using.

v.tr. caus. cause to stoop/bend.

(n/n) [Eng.] course (of study).

v.tr. tearaway; tear off; snatch away.

v.i. become tired/fatigued; become weary; get fed up. Akooye. He is tired or (colloq.) He is drunk.

make an appeal to.

vulgarize. cf. -kopi, kopokopo, omukopi.

v.tr. hurt; injure; pain; fig. offend.

v.i. be or become empty/ vacated (of a termite hill).

kiki? What has caused you to hang your head? cf. ssekkoteka.

v.i. work futilely/in vain; go away dejectedly/rebuffed/empty-handed. cf. koggoka; sottoka.

( kozczza) u.ii. caus. cause to work; work or make using/with.

v.tr. dip (a morsel of food in relish or gravy J.

obukovvu, omugogge, omukogge.

is also used as the first element of hundreds of verb-noun phrases in which it loses its primary meaning and serves merely to give verbal force to the following noun. A few illustrative examples are given here, but since a complete listing would be unwieldy, even if possible, the compounds are listed under their final or noun element. akalulu, vote; okukuba akalulu, to vote, ekikonde, fist; okukuba ebikonde, to box.

v.tr. strike; beat; hit. Akaato kaffe kaali kakubyeko abantu. Our little boat was full of people. Akuba mu buli kasenge konna obwenyi. He pokes his head into every room. Yali ankubye ama- bega. He turned his back on me. Kati eby'okusoma mbikubye amabega. 1 have now finished my studies. Munnaffe Kampala amukubye amabega. Our friend has left Kampala. Yanneekubako ndyeko katono. He implored me to eat a little. Kakubye. I am in luck. Things are going my way. Kawundo kakubye eddirisa. lit. The bat has struck against the windowpane (used in reference to a woman who is carrying nn an illicit affair). Mu nju temuli kakuba. The house is completely silent/deserted. There isn't a soul stirring in the house, lit. there is nothing which is striking.

v.i. recip. beat/ strike each other.

the Holy Spirit.

bungle (a piece of work), okukubirira emimiro, to make a clicking sound in the throat (to express disappointment or an unpleasant surprise). Ekyazze, okubirira kijja. (prov.) lit. (The animal, ekisolo implied) which has come, it comes (although) you try to drive it away. One cannot alter destiny.

v.i. roar; growl; bellow.

v.i. become expert/skilled/ proficient.

v.tr. make/enable (someone) to become expert/skilled/ftrofi- cient.

stick out; jut up; rise up.

v.i. mildew; become moldy.

f'-kukumve) not used in the simple form.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. push along together (as sweepings). cf. nnamunkukumbo.

tremble; start, start up; give a jump, jump up. okukukumuka olutiko, to have goose- flesh.

frighten off (e.g., birds from a bush).

move stealthily; shuffle, scuffle, make a scuffling noise.

v.i. recip. = kukuta.

v.tr. recip. caus. = kukusa.

v.tr. caus. cause to mildew; make mouldy. cf. obukuku.

go forward (e.g., in one's career).

v.tr. redup. caus. develop; cause to grow.

v.i. recip. caus.

leave.

v.tr. caus. appoint as leader; put first; cause to go ahead. Mu bulamu bwaffe kiki kye tusaana okukulembeza ensimbi? In our life what should we put ahead of/regard as more important than money? cf. obukulembeze, omukulembeze.

(-kulise) restricted to the imperative in the simple form Kulika! {plur. Mukulike!) Congratulations! Well done!

including, lit. there being there, abantu musanvu nga kuliko omubaka w'olukiiko, seven people including a representative of the assembly, cf. -li (under ba).

the appl. form of kula, q.v.)

v.tr. caus. congratulate.

v.tr. appl. caus. congratulate for/on behalf of.

v.i. be underdone (of food).

v.tr. scratch. cf. lunkulubuse.

wash away, okukuluggusibwa kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil. cf. kulukuta.

okukulukusa amaziga, to pour forth tears. Katonda atukulukusiz- zamu ennema. God has poured forth his grace on us. cf. ekilpilukuto, olukulukuse, Nkuluku- santungo; kulugguka.

mess up; trample; crumple/ fold roughly; be harsh/hard on.

v.tr. caus. make prominent; cause to stand out; fig. exaggerate; make proud/conceited.

v.i. gather together/ mCVC 1 n H crO'.vd /horrl A arffA

pass (time). kukulunga kirevu wansi, to rub one's beard on the ground, i.e., to be obsequious/ highly deferential, okukulunga amalusu ng'enkuyege ey'ekyanda, to roll saliva like termites in the dry season, i.e., to waste one's time/breath.

v.tr. appl. 2 make round.

okukulungutanya ebigambo, to be deceptive/evasive in one's speech, engage in double-talk. cf. omukulungutano, omukulungutanya, enkulungutanyi.

v.i. become concentrated/ localized.

go away; swagger; strut around, emiggo egi- kumba, walking sticks.

v.tr. appl. 2 to work continually at building (a fire); to blow on (a fire) constantly to keep it going.

move along (of a crowd) cf. enkumu.

gibe, jeer.

v.tr. caus. expose (someone) immodestly.

v.tr. be amazed at (esp. in a negative way); be disgusted with; express one's amazement at.