omusege.

Walumbe y akigaba. (prov.) lit. That which upon dying you have not given away, Walumbe gives it away. You can't take it with you. Walumbe amuttutte e Ttanda. He has died, lit. Walumbe has taken him to Ttanda (the place of the dead). cf. olumbe.

q.v.

omukazi.

nnabaana.

to express care/concern/sympathy for. Ku kyalo tewali yaŋŋambako nti wo wayi. In the village there was no one who expressed any concern for me (e.g., when I suffered a misfortune).

ekitalo, ekikuuno, ekyama gero oba eky'amagero, ekyewuunyo, makunale; the act of wondering, use inf. of v. follg.

mpamatuse) v.i. rush forth, rush out, dash out, burst out; be flushed out (as an animal from a bush).

v., okwewuunya, okuwuniikirira.

q.v.

mpuunye) v.i. make indistinct sounds; moan, groan, v.tr. answer, reply to; reply with a grunt; respond to, react to. Teyampuuna n'akatono. He didn't answer me at all.

a kitalo, a kikuuno.

mpambye) v.tr. take prisoner; capture; confiscate; commandeer, appropriate; reserve (an item for purchase), ask a merchant to set aside (an item for subsequent purchase, without however making a deposit).

bodily part); be broken off, snap off (of a branch).

kitalo.

be captured, etc.

mpogodde) v.tr. break off snap off.

etc.

n., empisa; be w., okutera.

omuti; firewood, enku; (forest) ekibira; (plank) olubaawo.

etc.

a miti, bibira.

wambisa (-wambisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to capture, etc.; capture by means of. cf. omuwambi, omuwambe, omuwambo.

a muti.

mpambaatidde) v.tr. hug to oneself; embrace; clutch; hold tight to.

roam about.

enkonkonamuti.

etc.

ebyoya by'endiga.

mpambazze) v.i. wander around in distress.

mpuunuunye) v.i, groan, moan; make indistinct sounds, mumble, v.tr. admire, express one's admiration of (originally by murmuring appreciatively).

vide jjowo.

banish. Yayita wano jjo ng'ennaku zigenda zimuwambazza. He passed here yesterday in a very distressed/ distraught frame of mind.

etc.; become colder/cooler; calm down, become quiet.

ekigambo; (news) amagambo, ebifa; (order) ekiragiro; (promise) okulagaana.

mpambatanye) also wambagatana v.i. be loaded down with, carry (something which completely fills one's arms).

etc. cf. wuuna.

a bigambo bingi.

cf. mberi.

etc. Mpoleza amazzi ago. Cool that water for me.

n., omulimu.

make a pause, refresh oneself. cf. -wolu, obuwolera, eggwolu, kawoza- masiga, amawolu.

caus. cause to wander about. Omwana agenda amuwuunyeeza mu masomero. He keeps moving the child from school to school.

v., okukola omulimu; w. very hard, okufaabiina, okufuba; w. way through, okwefubitika.

etc.

mpoze) v.tr. lend (money); give (on credit).

mpuuse) v.tr. sup, sip. kuwuuta buva, to do with the greatest of ease, lit. to sup like sauce (cf. enva). Ebibuuzo nnabiwuuse buva. I had no trouble in answering the questions (on the examination). Ekigezo kyamuwuuta buva. He failed the examination completely. cf. Kawuuta.

omukozi, omupakasi.

mpambuse) v.i. run off, abscond (secretly, as a thief or a person fleeing something undesirable; illicitly, as a woman running off with someone else s

be lent.

rare ku- wuutukula mmere, to eat a great deal.

v., okubaatabaata.

omulimu.

v., okunyeenya; (tail) okutenga.

ekkolero.

lit., you greeted me. The word is derived from the title of a popular song.

wolereza appl. forms of ^woza, q. v.

oipuuye) v.tr. pack/place banana leaves over (food in the pot before it is cooked), cf. akawuuwo.

«., empeera, omusaala, omukemba; pay w. to, okupokera.

ensi.

grief or terror.

v., okusinga.

a nsi.

mpuuyizza) v.tr. abduct, spirit away. cf. omuwuuya.

be, okwekinika.

olusiriŋŋanyi, ekisokomi,enjoka embisi; (intestinal) enfaana, kawuukuumi; cut w., omutemu.

tnpuuzuumye) v.i. move around in a daze, go blindly on.

eggaali.

be, okuwumba.

cf. ekyemmanga, lemmanga.