Ai! E! Wobwe!

e.g., yogera, speak (imperative); okwogera, to speak (infinitive). Verbs of this type are alphabetized under y- rather than o-.

maybe. oba...oba, either...or. oba oli awo, perhaps, oba si ekyo, otherwise, or else.

adv. probably; very likely; it just may be; perhaps.

ne butandika okukwata. And it began to grow dark. Yalaba obudde bukaaye. He saw that the situation had become very serious. Yazze mu budde bwennyini. He came right on time. Obudde bunkubye. Woe is me! Yajja obudde buyise. He came too late. Obudde bwaluzibirirako Kampala. Night fell when we were still in Kampala, cf. akadde.

to look happy, to ‘put on a happy face.' cf. sanyuka.

a Lunyoro loanword which is more common, cf. menya.

get cooked; be fermented (of beer); be exhausted /ment, a struggle). Njidde. I am worn out. Njidde amazzi. The water has scalded me. Njidde emikono. My arms have been burned.

make a hissing sound; clang.

vide O !

okwagaagala, okuba ndaala, okubebeetala; sound f., okugogooma.

until, okutuusa ku Lwokuna, until Thursday, okutuusa lwe nnadda engulu, until I regained consciousness. kutuusaawo (following a neg. finite verb), to that extent, that much. Tayimba kutuusaawo. He doesn't sing that well. He isn't that good a singer.

okuddukana omusaayi, okuwaluka omusaayi.

inf.

inf.

inf.

inf. cf. -(y)abirivu.

inf.

inf.

inf.

inf.

inf.

omusajja omu, one man. abanlu abamu, some people. cf. 2-mu.

pron. somebody else. cf. ^-ndi.

adv. therein.

clothes (as opposed to a uniform).

interj. that's right! that's so! that's it! there you are! (when another is telling a story) and then what? go on! cf. -tyo.

abantn abeebunduggula mu nsi eno, the people who poured into this country.

(n/n) [_Eng. ] overalls.

personal nouns). Owange akoze ki? What has mine (e.g., child) done? as an interj. to catch someone's attention, hey, you! you there! cf. -ange, abange.

enjaaye, enjaga; o. pipe, ekibindi.

omulabe, omuwakanyi.

e bbanga, ekiseera.

okuziyiza, okulwana na.

rel. form of okwole kera; (different), lala. o. side, emitala w'eri. go in o. directions, okuyisiŋŋanya. be o. to, okwolekera.

okuziyiza.

okukola obubi, okujooga, okuyigganya, okucoccacocca, okutyanka, okuzitoowerera; be oppressed (breathing), okukeeyerera.

inf. form of v. foreg.

zito, kambwe.

omuyigganya, omujoozi.

gagga; vide bikokyo, bigooto.

oba, obanga. oracle, consult, okunyegera.

a kamwa.

mukamwa; to reply orally, okudda mu mukamwa; to read orally, okusoma akamwa.

omucungwa.

ebigambo, okubuulira.

omwogezi, omubuulizi.

olusuku.

akatuuka.

okulagira; (set apart) okw awula.

amaduudu, akalulu, akasera; one who gives drug in o., magunda; try by o., okunywa amaduudu, okunywa akasera.

n., ekiragiro; (custom) empisa.

v., okulagira. put in o., okulongoosa, okugonjoola, okutegeka. be in o., okuttira. be out of o., use okufa.

etteeka.

emizinga.

amatale.

ennanga.

omukubi w'ennanga.

o- (bu/-; negligence, carelessness, inattentiveness. cf. lagajjala.

okulongoosa, okulagira.

hold an, okukukuluma.

ensirabo.

empuliru, olusekeso.

okusooka, olubereberye; use v., okusinziira, okuvaamu; (cause) ensonga.

yiiye.

v.i., okusinziira, okuvaa mu, okutandika, okuzabauka.

v.tr., okubanga, okuyiiya, okugunja.

essaala, okusaba.

n., eky'obuyonjo; vide endege, entabwa.

v., okuyonja, okuwunda.