omukazi omuyombi.

katikkiro.

omuyimbi.

omulimu, okuyitibwa.

bubble up; foam, froth; spurt up (as of water in a hot spring or lava in a volcano), v.tr. squirt out; foam with; give off (foam, liquid).

okwogera n'eddoboozi eddene.

more frequently vulumula (-vulumudde) v.tr. okuvulumula amaaso, to open the eyes wide and move the pupils about rapidly as an expression of anger, okuvulumula emmotoka, to drive a car at great speed.

a ddobooziddene.

eddoboozi, akanyego.

ereere; make v., okudibya; become v., okudiba.

olusozi olw'omuliro.

fire a, okutindikira.

stammer, speak indistinctly; fidget. Tonvulungutanirako. Leave me alone. Stop interfering with me.

bigambo bingi; be v., okubabuukiriza ebigambo.

confuse; twist, distort (e.g., a statement of fact).

ekitabo, omuzingo.

ngi; vide olufulube, olufuubanja.

abound, be be present in large numbers.

lwa kisa;

revile, slander be abusive towards.

okwetunda.

kyeyendere.

revile (with a personal object or a following preposition).

omwegombi.

insult continually.

egombi.

ekisesemye.

vumisa (-vumisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be insulted/ reviled; bring into disrepute; insult/revile with/using. Mwana mubi avumya nnyina. (prov.) A bad child brings its mother into disrepute.

v., okusesema, okutanaka; be vomited, okutunuka.

a mululu, lulu; eat voraciously, okujujumbula.

omulugube, omutuubo.

abuse one another.

n., obweyamo.

v., okweyama obweyamo oba okweyama obweyamo, okulayira. voyage, n., olugendo lw'okunnyanja.

get better.

v., okuyita kunnyanja.

vurnulula (-vumuludde) v.tr. conv. cure; be an antidote to; arch. remove a curse from, okuvumula ennyonta, to slacken thirst. cf. -vumi, obuvumi, ekivumo, amavumiro.

kopi, ggulu.

empisa embi, obuggulu.

ensega.

etc. kuvumbagiza lyanyi, to grab forcefully, seize by force.

food, to be kept for later use); put under cover; hide.

turn up, appear; be discovered; come to light, be revealed, amaloboozi ne gavumbukako waggulu, and the voices grew louder. Omuntu eyamutta yavumbuka. The person who killed him was found.

appl. be found in, etc. v.tr. come out at; charge (as an animal).

ye- and yo- differ from other verbs in that their infinitives cannot be predicted from the stem. Some verbs retain the initial y-; the remainder drop it and the ku- of the infinitive is replaced by kw-, e.g., yamba, kuyamba; yagala, kwagala; yenga, kuyenga; yera, kwera; yomba, kuyomba; yokya, kwokya. For verbs of the above type the infinitive is listed immediately after the simple form.

vumula, vumulula conv. forms of vuma, q.v.

break, get broken.

-vunaanibwa (-vunaaniddwa) v.i. pass, be held responsible. Avunaanwa ogw'okutta muganda we. He is charged with the murder of his brother.

decay, go bad, spoil.

etc.

ekivundu, nnakavundira, evvundira.

bend down, bend over; bow in respect.

q.v.

stuff, oku- vuubiika emmere mu kamwa, to cram the mouth with food.

whiten; make light, ebyerusa, cosmetics intended to make the skin lighter.

dig up; dig deep; delve; plow.

etc.

okuvuurauula emmotoka, to drive a car at great speed. cf. envuumuulo.

'q.v.

vuunyuula (-vuunyudde) v.tr. eat ravenously, gobble up.

buzz; rumble; mutter, murmur; grumble, cf. oluvuuvuumo, evvuuvuumira.

clutch; constrain; block, obstruct. cf. vunvubika.

okuvnvunkana n'emmere, to be greedy about food, be gluttonous, okuvuvunkana n'ebintu, to be greedy about things/possessions.

to result in a conviction. Gwamukka mu vvi. He was convicted. He lost the case (gw = -gu- which implies omusango, charge). Yankubira mavi. He begged/implored me.

e- (n/n; wine.

e~ (li/ma) knee.

nzivodde) v.tr. blaspheme, curse, cf. obuvvoozi, omuvvoozi.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ashes. Olwa Vvu, Ash Wednesday, kukuba vvu, to be scornful, scorn. Tonkubira vvu. Don't treat me scornfully. Omuvubuka yagudde ekigwo eggulo, kati vvu. The youth had a fall yesterday and now he is dead, lit. ashes. Oba tolina ky'oyogera nuuna ku vvu. Stop telling me that nonsense, lit. if you have nothing to say, suck on ashes, cf. kivuvu, oluvu.

e-: okukola ebya vvulugu, to do a

omufumbira ya bigere, mwenna ne mwenkanya evvumbe.