cause to be renowned; elevate, uplift, raise in stature. cf. -tutumufu, obututumufu. ettutumu.
okusiba, okusibiikirira.
n., ekigambo ekitaliimu, bya ddoledole, akakerenge, akanyiikuuli, ebyatere.
get soaked. Yatotobala mu mivuluya gye. He was all decked out in his regalia. Yanywedde n'atotobala. He imbibed too much. He drank to excess.
conj. not expressed.
v., okuzannyazannya, okw egayaazagayaaza.
totter, reel; flit about; waver, hesitate, cf. taga, tagala, tagalimba.
v., okwebaza, okweyanza; t. you, weebale! pl. mwebale! thank-offering, ekirabo eky'okwebkza.
emmanduso, oluwero.
have a disagreement.
okwebaza.
v., okugegenga.
cause to become disentangled.
etc. cf. katuubo, omutuubo.
n., ebisoko.
unravel, take apart.
nzise) v.tr. kill; murder; destroy; ruin, abolish; cancel, okutta ku liiso, to narrow one's eyes (esp. as a warning); to signal with the eyes; to blink, okutta ku bigere, to slow down one's gait, okutta ku ddoboozi. to lower the voice, okutta ennyonta, to quench thirst. Ekyatta omwami nnakimanya. (prov.) What killed the master, I knew it. One should speak out before it is too late.
be, okusaanira okwe bazibwa.
v., okulongoosa, okukomola (wick).
arch, complain vehemently.
be killed.
conj. nti, nga, mbu.
n., olugendo olutono.
n., essubi (erisereka enju); old t., enkaajumbe.
v.i., okwesittala.
etc. Yettira ki? Why did he kill himself?
v., okusereka; vide okusulikira, okusereekerera.
v.tr., okwesi ttaza, okusiba enkalu, okusiba akakaayi, okusiba ekkoligo.
cause to ripen/become rotten.
arch, throw into panic.
ggwe, ku.
enkandaggo.
obubbi.
n., okuwangula, ekivvulu.
captivate, win over. Omuwala yamutengula omutima. The girl won his heart.
etc.; Bwe yatuuse yatuukidde ku kuyomba. When he arrived the first thing he did was to start a quarrel. Sirina antuukirayo. I have no one to go there for me to do the errand.
abwe.
v., okuwangula.
be sounded (of a cry of alarm). Enduulu etakidde. The alarm has sounded. A cry of alarm has gone up.
conj., ate, awo; vide ko.
n., ekibiina, ekitongole.
be disobedient to.
e- (n/n & li/ma) CSto.] lantern; lamp, ettaala ey'amasannyalaze, electric light, ettaala ey'omukono, portable lantern, lantern of the type which can be carried from place to place, ettaala z'oku nguudo, street lights, cf. akataala, ekitaala; ettabaaza.
reach; approach, v.i. happen, occur; be completed/achieved; be perfect.
adv., use lyokka, q.v.
okukwejemba, okukutakkuta, okusattira, okutyagira, okusennye nta.
release the hold on; release (e.g., a spring); unclasp.
two, three, etc.) and with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes, kuba mu ttaano, to get, lit. to have in (my) five (fingers). Gkitabo kindi mu ttaano. 1 have the book. I have got hold of the book. Yagamba nti ebintu byonna byali bimuli mu ttaano. He said that he had everything under control. cf. -taano.
also tuusiza (-tuusizza) lit. cause to arrive for, etc. (but usually rendered otherwise in translation). Ontuukiza ebbaluwa eno ew'omwami. Make sure you get this letter to the chief for me. Ebintu bye yabituukiza wano. He brought his things here first. Bwe nnatuukayo yantuukiza mu nsonga. When I arrived there he went straight to the point without any preliminaries.
adv., eri, eyo, wali, awo, wo, yo.
plight one's, okulayira.
blab, okutentegula ebigambo, to talk loosely/without discretion.
level down (e.g., earth); smooth down.
sb. pref., wa.
it., ennaku, obuyinike, obulemu, obwemi
okutakula emisinde, to run/go at a great speed, okutakula omuntu, to annoy /pester/nag a person. Yabatakuddeko olutalo. He provoked them/ picked a quarrel with them. Bakyatakula amazina. They are still dancing.
e- (n/n) [Eng. 3 necktie, okusiba ettaayi, to wear a tie; to cheat, defraud. cf. akataayi.
omwo.
v.i., okutegana, okweralii kirira, okwefulukuta, okukulubana, okutagala, okuteerukana; be in t., okulaba ennaku.
crush; beat soft.
e- (li/ma) big pool; pond; in the plur. amataba, flood, cf. ekitaba, olutaba.
them, bo, abo, ba, ba.
v.tr., okuteganya.
e- (li/ma) place where a war takes place, battlefield, cf. tabaala.
nene, gazi, a mubiri munene, a kipempe; (of vegetation, etc.) ziivu; (smoke) vide okuttunka.
ekibanvu, olutyatya.