so nga si bwe kiri. You might imagine that it is a big place, but such is not the case.

of a mat); be wrong, go wrong; be or become pregnant before marriage, abantu kikumi n'okusoba, over and above a hundred people. Ebintu bisobye. Things have gone wrong.

v.tr. appl. confuse; baffle; perplex. Atusobedde. He has confused us. We cannot make him out. Ebi- gambo binsobedde. Things have gone badly forme, ebigambo kusobera eka ne mu ki- bira, to have trouble/confusion on all sides, lit. at home and in the forest.

v.i. appl. caus. recip. have a disagreement/misunderstanding with each other.

amangu nga bwe kisoboka, as soon as possible.

v.i. recip. get along with each other; be capable of handling each other. cf. obusobozi.

v.tr. caus. enable; make possible.

v.tr. spear to death; pierce with a spear or sword.

investigate. cf, amasoggola, omusoggozi.

v.i. be crushed/ trampled/mashed; fall to pieces (of overcooked meat); fig. be utterly exhausted.

nag, make jibes at.

nag each other.

(-sojjanyizza) - sojja. cf. sojjogola.

upbraid, criticize severely. cf. sojja.

v.i. walk cautiously/gingerly; move stealthily.

ensoka.

of objects in a container),

v.tr. empty out.

pick on. oku- sokoola amannyo, to pick the teeth.

lit. hunger is prodding me.

v.i. & tr. caus. suck (on) noisily (in eating).

cf. olusolobyo.

v.i. fall; drop.

v.i. go off singly; go off alone without looking back.

v.tr. caus. drop (in); let slip (in); dump.

v.i. & tr. throw (a stick at the opponent's stick) in the game of mbirigo.

v.i. approach slowly/cautiously.

kusoma Missa, to say mass. Amaze eby'okusoma. He has completed his studies.

v.i. congregate; gather in a crowd; go or come in large numbers.

v.tr. caus. cause to brinp- toppthpr/erdl ppf otr

olusoma, olusomisomi,omusomi, omusomo, essomo, essomero.

cross over fa body of water); euph. die, pass away.

v.tr. take away slowly/ gradually; steal one by one; ferret out (information).

ensomoko

v.i. dip lightly into.

cf. omu- sono, omusonyi.

okusonda ssente ez'okumulwala e Bulaaya, to collect money to send him to Europe, okusonda ensonga, to think of reasons, devise reasons.

v.i. taper; grow slender; be conical.

v.tr. caus. cause to taper; put up in sheaves.

to point the finger at. okusonga engero, to tell stories/p arables/pro verbs.

be proud.

v.tr. bring to a point; cut to a point; sharpen.

kusongoza mimwa, to pout. cf. -songovu.

v.i. be broken off; snap off; be finally settled; be clearly defined/ decided; euph. die.

choose, separate (from); travel through, cover far distance). Olukuŋŋaana lwasonjolera ddala ennaku ennungi ssatu. The meeting lasted for three full days.

v.i. drag oneself along with difficulty; be exhausted.

v.i. walk in a slow and dignified manner.

v.tr. insert; slip in; put in; push in.

v.tr. tear to pieces; crumble to pieces; peck at furiously; fig. heap abuse on.

v.tr. take bit by bit.

v.i. & tr. sting; smart; burn; hurt.

v.tr. defy; provoke. cf. sonsa.

v.i. be ashamed.

v.tr. caus. cause to to forgive.

v.tr. appl. caus. cause to move forward/approach carefully; bring carefully towards.

v.i. be straight/ erect; be well proportioned.

v.tr. caus. - soobeza. Nnasoobya omukono nkikwateko. I moved my hand slowly forward to touch it. cf. akasoobo; sooboya.

okole kino. Do this first.

v.i. be first; be the first one to; do first. Si ye yasooka okulaba ensi- buko y'omugga ogwo. It is not he who was the first to see the source of this river.

v.i. go beyond; exceed; excel; be on a higher level; get out of line. Bano basooloobye bannaabwe. These individuals have (excelled their comrades. mu nsi ezisoolooba mu 50, in over fifty countries.

v.tr. anticipate a person in doing something); beat (a person) to. Yansoona. He beat me to the draw.

act slowly.

the hand).

put in first position. cf. kasooka, kasookedde, omusoosi.

v.tr. serve (food); fig. bring up (a subject); present f a bill).

v.i. slosh in mud; get covered with mud. cf. ekisooto.

v.i. conv. quarrel with one another; have a tiff.

v.i. conv. appl. quarrel over. cf. sowaana.

cf. seeyeeya.

make a sucking noise with the lips as an expression of contempt.