etc.

v.i. & tr. leave/resign a position). Yalekulira. He resigned. Yalekulira ekifo kye. He resigned his position. cf. leka.

when you become crippled (instead), don't you say God did me a good turn? Be grateful that things are not as bad as they could be. cf Iema, obulema, omulema.

v.tr. caus. cripple; make lame.

v.i. & tr. be burdened down with (as a tree with fruit); be covered; be all over.

v.i. appl. 2 = intens. form of lembegga.

v.i. appl. = lembeka. cf. ennembeko.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. approach cautiously/slowly; deal carefully with.

v.tr. caus. cause to walk leisurely; do slowly/cautiously.

v.i. appl. remain stalled/at a standstill; refuse to budge; get stuck; refuse to go. Yalemera ewa kitaawe. She refused to leave her father's place. Ekisumuluzo kiremedde mu luggi. The key is stuck in the door.

v.tr. appl. 2 be impossible/extremely difficult for; be utterly too much for.

yalemerer- wa n'agwa nga yeevuunise. Just as he was at the top of the stairs he was unable to go on and collapsed/fell over.

fail in; be overcome by; be unable to deal with, experience difficulty in dealing with. Talina ky'alemwa. There is nothing he cannot do. Nnemeddwa omulimu. I cannot do/I have failed to do the job.

v.i. stroll; go slowly; be lazy. cf. omulendo.

v.i. be top-heavy; be upset/turned over.

v.i. neut. 2 be visible at a distance. cf. omulengezi.

wanvu.

forceful and sometimes implying the activity of more people.

tread; step on.

v.i. be notched/chipped.

v.i. recip. throw each other down; wrestle.

eriggwa (li/ma) thorn; spike; spine.

v.i. neut. be edible.

see under lya.

v.tr. caus. lie in wait for; spy on; watch secretly. cf. omuliimi.

Ar. ] silk.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep eating.

kuliisa bijanjaalo mpiso, to be careless/indifferent about things, kuliisa bujiiko, to be high and mighty, be ostentatiously rich, be ‘highbrow,' lit. to eat with (European) teaspoons, kuliisa maaso, to look at carefully, kuliisa ngalo, to eat with one's fingers, kuliisa njala, to eat ravenously. Jjangu ondiiseliise. Come and keep company with me while I eat.

mu maaso ga..., in front of... mu maaso gaffe, in front of us. kugenda mu maaso, to go forward, progress. Okubuuli- riza kukyagenda mu maaso. The investigation is still going on. ebiseera eby'omu maaso, the future, kukuba maaso ku muntu, to see/catch sight of a person. Yakubayo eriiso limu. He gave one glance, cf. akaaso, kaliisoliiso, ekiiso, Liisoddene, oluuso.

return to custody pending a trial.

v.i. recip. lie to each other; deceive/cheat each other.

v.tr. cause to overlap; put on top of.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. accuse falsely of lying/cheating.

etc.

plur. iden. (n/n) cemetery.

etc.

weed; fig. backbite, slander.

v.tr. appl. 2 wait; keep waiting; wait around for.

v.tr. appl. caus. postpone; defer till later.

bwe nningizza mu kisenge, when I glanced/peeped into the room.

okwegulira erinnya, to make a reputation for oneself. Erinnya lyo ggwe ani? What is your name. cf. sserinnya.

omuntu ata- linnyikako, a person who is exceedingly vain/proud.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep trampling on; ride roughshod over (the views or proposals of other people).

raise, hoist; trample on with/using.

amannyo ama- zungu, false teeth, dentures. (Amannyo) agali awamu ge galuma ennyama. (prov.) (Teeth) which are together bite the meat. In unity there is strength, cf. akannyo, olunnyo, olunnyonnyo.

v.tr. caus. cause to be adjacent; put next to each other; place side by side.

v.i. neut. be capable of being put side by side; be easy to make adjacent.

q.v.

mansion. cf. ennyumba.

endizabawuulu.

water, okukuba erizzi, colloq. to drink beer/liquor, okutema erizzi, colloq. to swim.

-llise,| v.i. neui. 'ue killauie, Lc easy to kill.

laba!

cf. kireeya.

or she) is incredibly beautiful. Ekiri mu ... tekirojjeka. What is (happening) in ... is unspeakable/indescribable. cf. lombojja.

give salvation to. Abalokole, members of a religious sect, lit. the saved onefe. cf. obulokofu, obulokozi, otnulokole, omulokozi.

invoke a curse against. cf. emiromyo.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep picking up; pick up all the time. Awagwa ekku tewabula bulondererwa. (prov.) Where a large piece of firewood falls there is no lack of little pieces to pick up.

get better; turn out well.

etc. cf. -longoofu, eddongooserezo, omulongoosa, omulongoose.

v.tr. caus. straighten out; make ready; correct; cause to improve; make better; med. operate on ( a patient). Kirungi okulongoosa ennimiro nga tonnaba kusimbamu kintu kyonna. It is a good idea to clear up the fields before planting anything there.

etc.; pick up with/by means of. cf. -londe, kalonda, akalondwalondwa, omulonzi, ennonda, entalondwa; londoba.

truck.

Hind.f, unit of measure for cloth (about four yards).

plur. balooya (la) [Eng-] lawyer.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. think of/about; figure out; try to remember; consider.

v.tr. appl. caus. think of; think in terms of. Tebalowooleza mu mawanga. They are not tribally minded.

v.tr. taste; try.

v.tr. caus. make taste/ try.

v.i. = lolobala stare vacantly/stupidly/idiotically; sit like a bump on a log.