nnantawetwa.

ebiweweeza emimiro, soft drinks; refreshing drinks (coffee, liquor, etc.). akabaga ak ebiweweeza emimiro, cocktail party. cf. -weweevu.

equal; complete (a sum); be of a considerable amount/quantity. Yali aweza emyaka nga musanvu egy'obukulu. He had reached about seven years of age. Yali ensimbi aziweza. He had quite a lot of money. He was well off. Yalina ettwe ng'aliweza. He had a very big head.

v.tr. caus. cause to pant/be out of breath. cf. oluwejjowejjo; wejjera.

ki? kiki? w. do youcall it? okiyita otya? what is his name? erinnya lye y'ani?

'ani?

lwaki?

plur. wiiki or zi wiiki (n/n) [.Eng. ] week.

calm down; become indifferent, lose interest. Ekiwola bakikwasa engalo. (prov.) lit. That which cools down, they take a hold of it with the fingers. One should not respond to a difficult situation by panicky or impulsive action, engabi eyakula n'ewola, a full-grown bushbuck, lit. one who has grown and cooled.

become quiet. Ng'owoleredde! How is it that you have become so quiet?

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. plead for; defend.

v.tr. appl. caus. give an account to; tell about; plead before.

v.i. roar.

v.tr. cause to roar. cf. empologoma; wuluguma.

(la) [perhaps from Eng. orderly] bodyguard.

v.i. have the appearance and taste of old warmed-over vegetables; fig. look sad/dejected; look stupid.

(la) [Eng. J altar.

v.i. cave in; become hollow; become perforated.

(-womoggodde) i). tr. cause to cave in; perforate.

v.i. neut. be healabie; be easy to heal; be easy to avoid. Lubyamira tawoneka. It is not an easy thing to recover from a case of pneumonia. Omu- lamu tawoneka. (saying) It is hard to avoid a living person, i.e., Am I glad to get rid of him! Am I glad he has gone! cf. obuwonero.

v.i. appl. 2 recover/heal gradually.

v.tr. appl. make an offering to (a lubaale).

v.tr. appl. 2 make an offering for/on behalf of.

all over, everywhere, wonna we, wherever, wonna we tugenda, wherever we go.

v.tr. caus. 2 heal/cure with/by means of; cause to be treated by; assist (in childbirth). Omusaawo ye yamuwonyesa. The doctor assisted at her delivery.

interj. expressing strong emotion oh!

v.tr. caus. cause to mourn. cf. ekiwoobe.

office

(woomye) vi. be tasty or good to eat/ drink; be pleasant/nice; be attractive; be interesting; be well dressed. Tugende tu- woome. Let's go and eat.

suit, be becoming to. okuwoo- mera abalezi, to be cute/plump/attractive (of a baby), lit. be pleasing to the nurses. Olugoye olwo lumuwoomera! That dress fits her perfectly!

taste sweet (to), etc.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. give t aste/savor to; lend interest/ charm to.

v.tr. appl. caus. make pleasing/pleasant for.

(n/n) [Eng.] hotel; restaurant.

(-wooye) [from Sw. oa] marry (used by Muslims).

v.i. appl. 2 begin to wither; fig. be dejected/depressed.

depress. Amawulire g'okufa kwe gaatuwotookereza. The news of his death depressed us very much.

v.i. be hollow; be hollowed out; become empty/vacuous.

v.i. wither; shrivel up. cf. wotoka.

(la) [Eng. ] oil.

who promised us the fish? cf. mpozzi.

v.i. lose color; be changed beyond recognition.

mislead. Amaaso gange gaali gampubaanyizza. My eyes had deceived me. cf. akawubyo.

v.tr. appl. (M eanings the same as those of wuba; used when an appl. form is required by the grammar.)

v.tr. caus. redup. keep misleading/leading astray; put off of the scent.

ekiwugiro, omuwuzi.

v.tr. caus. stupefy; make stupid.

v.tr. caus. cause to nap.

v.tr. caus. 2 cause to fan; fan with/using.

(la) kind of melon.

v.i. neut. be heard; sound; be audible; be famous/well known.

obey, be obedient to; feei, perceive, sense. Simuwuliddeemu. I defeated him easily.

-ewulize, obuwulize, obwe- wulize, eggulire, ekiwulirizo, empulirizo, munnamawulire, nnatnpulirazibi.

v.tr. appl. caus. listen to; listen carefully to; listen with a stethoscope; feel.

v.tr. caus. cause to swell.

okuwulugumya olukomo, to telephone, okuwulugumya amasasi, to fire bullets/ shots. Yawulugumizza ejjinja. He hurled a stone with great violence. cf. akawulugumo, ekiwulugumo; wologoma.

v.i. tinkle; rattle; rumble; roll about (as an object in a container). Alina amaaso agawulunguta obuwulungusi. She has ‘rolling' eyes, i.e., very attractive eyes.

v.i. become unthreaded; become unknotted; become unraveled.

slip (of a knot); unravel. cf. empuluttulizo.

pants/trousers with a cord on the inside instead of a belt.

adv. quickly; hastily.

v.i. become worm-eaten; be bored by insects.

uncover, etc. okuwumbulula akamwa, to speak, say, talk.

v.i. appl. rest in; vacation in.

cf. kawummunta.

give repose to; cause to retire; suspend (from school).

v.i. be full of holes; be pierced; be penetrated.

v.tr. put holes in; pierce; jab; dig into; penetrate. cf. -wumuggufu; fumuggula.

v.i. (with obudde as subject) become evening. Obudde bu- wungedde. Evening is coming on.

darkness); do until evening/dark. Yanywa obudde n'abuwungeeza. He drank until nightfall. cf. akawungeezi.