buses, etc. cf. bboyi.

damage; rum, hurt.

kukuba ttena, to play tennis.

amatendo g'abatuukirivu, litany of the saints, amatendo is also used as an invar, adj. wonderful, magnificent, excellent, indescribable, ekizimbe amatendo, a magnificent building, ekitabo amatendo, a wonderful book. cf. tenda.

with or without the -a of rel. half full. Ekita kyabadde ttengettenge. The gourd was half full.

ekissi, omussi.

ne wattira. (prov.) You cultivate a small area and it is well cared for. It is better to be successful in a small job than a failure in a big one.

to go to waste (of things); to perish completely, kutta ttogge, to destroy completely; to massacre/exterminate completely.

See ddutnbi.

plur. iden. or zi ttooci (n/n) [from Eng. torch] flashlight.

q.v. Amenye ekikajjo ekito be ttottololo.

v.i. recur; happen again; start all over again. Obulwadde buttuse. The disease has recurred.

publicly and in broad daylight, completely in the open.

(n/n) [Eng. ] tray.

v.tr. caus. cause to flow.

ttwalatugende

pers. subj. pref.. 1st pers. p/nr. wo

water; otuzzi, a drop of water; a very small amount of water.

v.i. be alone/lonely/ isolated; be depressed.

be immersed (in mire, etc.). okutubira mu mize emibi, to become enslaved to bad habits, kutunula gatubidde, to look filthy (ga- implies amazzi, water).

implicate.

hang (a person).

v.i. recip. choke each other; fig. be at each other's throats. cf. tugumbula.

v.i. conv. 2 become untied/unknotted; become unfastened; become unraveled.

v.tr. conv. 2 untie; unfasten; unravel.

v.tr. conv. release one who is hanging himself or being hanged.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. keep sending/deputing.

pulsate rapidly or painfully (of the heart, of a headache, etc.); be beaten (of drums). Omu- tima guntujja. My heart is beating rapidly, kutujja muntu kikonde, to give a person a hard punch.

v.i. appl. 2 keep throbbing; be beaten all the time/constantly (of drums).

cf. omutujju.

to involve oneself in obligations beyond one's capacity; to go into debt; to ‘bite off more than one can chew.'

v.i. be clean; be clear (of the weather); be pure; be holy.

v.i. appl. 2 grow pale.

consecrate.

v.i. be or become sharp.

v.i. appl. 2 burst out/break out all over.

okutulika enseko, to burst into laughter. Yatulika n'akaaba. He burst out crying.

v.i. become contagious (of a disease).

v.tr. caus. cause to burst/explode.

v.tr. appl. caus. sharpen for.

v.tr. caus. cause to swell; put into a rage.

v.tr. bind; fasten; twist; press firmly; fig. treat harshly; handle roughly.

v.tr. enrage.

depute, commission. Antumye okukulaba. He has sent me to give greetings to you.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to quarrel/fight. cf. omutumbiikano.

v.i. swell; spread; expand.

promote; popularize, okutumbula ku ddoboozi, to raise the voice, okutumbula ebbeeyi y'emmwanyi, to raise the price of coffee, ebintu ebisinga okutumbula ku busuubuzi. the things which are most conducive to promoting/developing trade.

v.i. neut. be sendable; be easy to send/depute.

okutunda omwoyo, to risk oneself or one's life in doing something difficult or dangerous. Okugenda ewaabwe nga kutunda omwoyo ng'enkoko emira ensanafu. Going to their place was taking one's life in one's hands, lit. like the chicken who swallows biting ants. Ebigere bintunze. My feet have betrayed me/led me into trouble, kutunda buliwo, to sell for cash, kutunda layisi, to sell at a bargain price/on a sale.

v.tr. appl. 2 sell all the time/continually; hawk.

remove (a chigger, a thorn), okutundula envunza, to remove a chigger.

v.tr. caus. cause to throb.

thread (e.g., beads); pin, attach; put (on a spit, skewer). Twatungwa emimwa. Our lips were sealed. We were not permitted to speak. Effumu lyatunga omusajja. The spear pierced the man.

adv. at close grips; close together.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep sewing; sew all the time; sew hurriedly/ hastily.

okutunguka ku magumba, to lose weight, become all skin and bones.

old-fashioned holed money, etc.); detach (e.g., meat from a skewer).

v.i. be soft and fragile.

v.tr. conv. 2 un- sew; unstring; unpick.

to pay).

v.i. have a tart/ sharp/bittersweet taste; be sweetish.

v.tr. cause to blaze; cause to rise up; drive away. cf. cuncumuka.

oku- tunula ku —, to face, face towards; look towards. kutunula muntu mu mutwe (or mu nviiri), to look down on a person, to be indifferent towards a person, lit. look at a person in the head (or hair). Ennyumba zitunula ku luguudo. The houses face the street. Yatunula ng'amazeewo. He stood looking with a vacant/blank expression on his face. Obudde butunula. It is dawn. It is twilight.

v.i. recip. look at each other.

v.tr. appl. cans. cause to look; look with/by means of.

to look fierce, oku- tunuza obumalirivu obwereere, to have a very determined look.

2 omutunzi, ettunzi, ettundiro.

motorcycle); shoot up (of young grass, plants ).

v.i. become renowned/ famous; become publicized/well-known.

appear; bob up (from under water).