n., akamwenyumwenyu.
omunyuli, enkwenge.
amayengo.
etc.; use for pinching/scratching, okusuny * ku muntu, to warn someone, get an idea across to someone by a wink or a gesture.
blwebagyo, olukoba, olufuvu.
a nsonyi; rel. form of v. foreg.
v., okumwenya, okumwega; s. at, okusekera.
n. (origin), ensibuko.
be, okusisiwala, okunyiwa.
fetch continually (food, information, etc.).
senseguka = sensuka, q.v.
labiriza, omulabirizi.
Ssetaani.
omuwemu.
v., okwerogoya.
v.i., okwekanga, okwegugumula; (on a journey) okusitula.
omusawo, omubaazi.
try to produce. Sakiriza ku maanyi oveeko mu nnyumba. Try to pull yourself together so that you can come out of the house for a while. Yagezaako okusakiriza enseko naye ne zimubula. He tried to find something to laugh at but failed. cf. akasaka, ekisakiro, omusasi, ensaka.
divulge, reveal (e.g., secrets).
a ssetaani.
act, okuwemuka.
okukuba.
v.tr. (begin work, etc.), okutandika, okwalika.
ekkabyo; vide okumimiira.
ensawo, ennyambalizo.
okugulu.
omuweesi.
v., okukanga, okutiisa, okusisiwaza; be startled, okwekanga, okwesisiwala, okwegugumula, okumagalala.
okulowooza, okuteebe reza.
rub smooth; grate fin making powder); stir in order to dissolve, kusira kiyobyo, to waste one's time, do something in vain.
lit. chief shepherd, cf. sumba, omusumba.
okunyiya, okunyiyisa; be satiated, okunyiwa.
akasiisira.
essasa.
enjala.
okuvvuunuka.
to, bukolokolo.
n., ekifaanbnyi; out of s., vide olubyabya.
n., omukka.
okufa enjala.
okusinga, okukira, okulyamu ensusso.
be converted to Islam.
hero. cf. -zira.
etc. Tonsundirako lubuto. Get away from me, lit. don't shake your stomach in my direction. cf. -sunde, ^omusunzi, essundiro.
essanyu; (payment) okuliwa, okutangirira.
v., okubumba, okufaananya; (wood) okubajja.
v.i., okunyooka.
omuyala.
ekkanzuy'ekkanisa.
salwa (-saliddwa) v.i. pass, be cut, etc. okusalibwa emikono, to be vaccinated (on the arm).
convert to Islam, make a Muslim of. cf. salamuka, Omusiraamu.
e- (li/ma) collarbone.
squat on one's haunches.
lungi, esigwa, tuufu.
n., omugabo, ekitundu, omugereko, omutemwa.
v.tr. (plantain leaves), okubabula; (bark cloth) okwoteza, okubabira; make a s. smudge, okuwemba omuliro; s. tobacco, okunywa taaba, okunywa taba.
n., embeera; (by nature) obuwangwa; (nation) eggwanga.
ensobi, ensuusuuba.
cut in pieces. Oteekwa okukola ennyo ate nga tosalaasala mu kuyiga kwo. You should work very hard and not interrupt your studies.
adj. (with food), kkufu; pleased, siimi; be s., okukkuta, okwesiima, okwesunyako, okumatira.
v., okussa ekimu, okugabana.
adj., the milk is smoked, amata gawunya lukka.
v., okugamba; s. a case, okusimba ensonga.
v., okusisinkanyiriza, okuzinduukiriza; okuwuniikiriza; take by s., okutana, okukanga, okutebya, okugimba; be taken by s., okwejjuukiriza.
walk slowly, plod along; creep along, crawl along.
e- (li/ma) mallet used for the first beating of barkcloth. cf. saaka.
scoff at, deride publicly, cf. ^omusunzi.
okukkusa; be satisfied, okwenyinya.