q.v.

v.i. be distressed/distraught; be in agony; wander about futilely.

reduce to distress.

v.tr. rummage in/ among; search in.

v.i. be bothered/troubled/distraught; move about restlessly/in a distraught manner.

v.i. get tom; get scratched up.

v.tr. rescue; save; salvage; come to the support of.

v.i. become wild; run wild; lose all self-restraint.

v.tr. drive wild.

v.tr. caus. cause to become wild/lose self-restraint. cf. -taalu.

rot; deteriorate, get out of control. Kawaali ataamye. Smallpox has broken out.

q.v.

v.i. become wild (in one's behavior); be beside oneself; go crazy; become deranged; go haywire.

defend.

taata omuto, father's brother, uncle.

also taaba (la) tobacco.

drive all over; keep in motion; handle roughly, okutabaaza emmo- toka, to drive recklessly, okutabaaza ebiro- woozo, to turn over one's thoughts, okutabaaza embaazi, to wield an ax. Yatabaaza mukazi we. He abused his wife (with beatings, quarrels, etc.). Olumbe lumutabaaza. He is very ill.

cooperate; be reconciled

upset, okutabangula emirembe, to disturb the peace. cf. -tabangufu, akatabanguko, omutabanguzi.

v.tr. sprinkle water on (a fire).

(n/n) small kerosine lamp. cf. katadooba.

v.i. redup. keep staggering; tremble.

v.i. be turned upside down.

search thoroughly; investigate thoroughly.

v.tr. caus. cause to stagger.

v.i. conv. 2 be or become disentangled/unraveled.

v.i. work hard; struggle; strive; be zealous; take pains.

v.i. become warm.

v.i. settle down/reside in a place for a long time; become a mutaka (q.v.).

v.tr. caus. Olwalengera maama we ng'ajja ng'obuluulu atakiza be wu-wu-wu-wu-wu. When she saw her mother coming she let out a great whoop.

v.tr. caus. cause to scratch; scratch with/using. Baamutakuza emisinde. They caused him to take to his heels. They pursued him at a great speed.

charge, okutala ejjoba, to shave the head except for one tuft of hair.

His eyes are bloodshot. He is drunk.

v.tr. caus. cause to rust.

cf. matalisi, omutalisi.

v.tr. save (for future use); spare; preserve.

v.tr. disgust; sicken.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to become disgusted with each other.

okutambulako, to take a walk, ku- tambula nga weerinnyako, to walk slowly/ cautiously/fearfully, lit. stepping all over oneself.

tatambulikika naye. A man like that goes the long way around, it is hard to walk with him. cf. obutambuze, amatambulire, omutambuze, omutambuzi, entambula.

deliver; walk/go with/by means of. okutambuza ebigere, to go on foot, okutambuza eggaali, to go by bicycle, okutambuza amaaso, to let one's eyes wander, okutambuza essimbo, to walk with dignity, okutambuza ekibiina, to direct/ run an organization, okutambuza ekyuma, to operate a machine, okutambuza omutwe, to slip off of the bed while sleeping. Kati atambuza omwaka gwe ogwa 42. He is now in his 42nd year.

v.i. get drunk.

v.i. neut. be a cause of disgust; be easy to be disgusted with. Tatamika. He is not a person one would dislike/be disgusted with.

v.i. become infected; fester; grow septic.

v.tr. be the source of an inadvertence/accident for. Ekyo kyantana. This slipped past me. This was an accident/ mistake on my part.

v.i. vomit.

an anomalous verbal root which always takes the subject prefix ka- {the implied noun subject is akabi) and a direct object (usually p ronominal). In meaning it corresponds most closely to Eng. dare, singa kantanda ne nzita ku kamu ku busolo obwo, if I dared kill one of these little animals. Nyjende? Teka- kutanda. Shall I go? Don't you dare.

v.tr. layout; set out; set (a table); saddle (a horse); carpet (a room).

v.tr. conv. 2 remove; clear fa table); unsaddle (a horse). cf. amatandiiko.

give propitiatory gifts.

v.i. be bright; be light; be clear (of the weather); be dumbfounded/ amazed/speechless.

v.i. appl. 2 be very clear; be dumbfounded/stupefied/amazed,

explain; enlighten; make clear by means of. gaalubindi eta- ngaaza, field glasses, spyglass; telescope.

v.i. [Sw. ] wander about aimlessly; be at a loss for words; be in a daze.

overturn; provoke, annoy.

q.v.

v.tr. caus. 2 = tanza. cf. omutango.

entaputa.

importune; prevail on. cf. omutayirire, omutayirizi.

v.i. be busy/preoccu- pied.

obuzibu obutawaa- nya ennyo ensi yonna mu kaco kano, difficulties which are preoccupying the entire world at the present time. cf. akatawaano, omutawaana.

v.i. be busy; be agitated; be restless; move to and fro. Omutwe gunta- wuka. My head is in a whirl.

oku- tawula omuliro, to brandish/wave a torch.

akeetawulo, ekitawuluzi.

okukuba tayipu, to type, operate a typewriter.

appl. 2 of tawa; q.v.

v.tr. caus. cause to bustle about; bother.

1-tebvel v.tr. outwit; foil; hafflo ?( obuteba; tebuka.

settle down.

take by surprise.