v.tr. caus. 2 deliver (a child); help to deliver.

oku- zaama as intens. extremely, very much. Ayambala okuzaama. He dresses extremely well. Yeetonda okuzaama. He apologized profusely.

v.i. get lost; disappear; be away for a long time.

v.i. conv. be found; reappear.

v.tr. conv. find again; cause to reappear. cf. zaama.

v.tr. caus. cause to give birth.

v.i. & tr. play; act (in a play); play a trick on.

v.tr. caus. intens. force to play; tease; play around with. Olaba embvva ezannyiikiriza ekiriba ng eneekirya. (prov.) When you see a dog playing around with a hide (you know that) he will eat it. This is apparently a variation of the cat and mouse' theme. cf. kazannyirizi, ekizannyiro, oluzannva, omuzannyi, omuzannyirizi, omuzannyo.

v.i. appl. 2 play all the time; play the clown.

trifle with, make light of. eky okuzannyisa, toy. Katonda tazannyisibwa. God is not mocked.

v.tr. lay (a baby in a cradle1 cf. sazika.

v.tr. block; obstruct; hinder passage to; bar. v.i. become blocked/obstructed. Ekkubo lizibye. The road has become blocked. Ekkubo balizibye. They have blocked the road. Obudde buzibye. Night has fallen. It has become dark, okuziba amaaso, to go blind; to blind, make blind, okuziba amatu, to become deaf, okuziba emimwa, to become dumb; to make dumb, okuziba ebinnya, to fall in ditches/ holes.

_ ziba when the appl. form is required.

oku- zibiikiriza enseko, to suppress one's laughter.

v.i. appl. be blocked up. v.tr. block up; close up; cork up; fill in (a hole).

v.i. appl. 2 caus. be overtaken by darkness.

okuzibiriza amaaso, to close the eyes.

ekizibik(ir)o, muzibe, zzibi.

v.i. be or become difficult/k ard.

v.tr. appl. become difficult for.

make blind , to do until dark Twakola ne tuzibya. We worked until dark.

to resolve with determination, used in sentences of the following pattern: Bwe siikwase mmese eno olwa leero nga nziga ngalo. I'll be damned if I don't catch that rat today.

breasts which do not hang down.

v.i. become tarnished; rust; become weather-beaten; lose freshness.

tarnish (e.g., a reputation).

v.i. conv. be exhumed/ disinterred; come out of the grave.

despise. cf. ekiziimuziimu.

caus. of ziika. s. r.

v.i. walk heavily; walk far.

garments); be overgrown (of bushes), ng'olufu luzijja- gadde wonna. and the mis t/fog was heavy all over.

v.i. appl. 2 perish; die out; disappear; be ruined/destroyed/ 2 obliterated.

destroy.

v.i. [Sw. ] be extinguished.

become worse.

ekyuma ekizimbu- lukusa, magnifying glass, galubindi ezi- mbulukusa, microscope. cf. ekizimbulukusa; yimbulukusa.

q.v.

a sound); die down, fade away (of a fire), cf. -zimeevu, kazimeera; zimiira (under zima).

see ^zima.

v.i. appl. grow dark/ dim/overcast; become faint.

v.i. appl. 2 be almost lost to sight (as an airplane); disappear on the horizon; become fainter and fainter (as a voice); go on and on. Yazimirira nnyo ng'ayogera ku bintu bingi. He went on and on talking of many things.

draw out, accentuate (words, sp eech).

v.i. redup. dance all the time; dance with little enthusiasm.

storm; plunder; take by surprise, cf. ekizindo, omuzindo, “mmuzinzi.

v.i. be stopped up/ clogged; per ext. be hoarse; be somewhat deaf. cf. omuzindaalo.

v.i. get up early in the morning.

v.i. become numb/ stiff/cramped; become lame/crippled/paralyzed.

roll/fold badly.

to be perplexed.

surround.

v.tr. appl. caus. surround; besiege.

v.i. conv. 2 become unwrapped/unrolled/untwisted/un- wound.

fail to grow; fig. be brought to a halt (of a job, project).

paralyze, cripple. cf. omuziŋŋamu.

see sanga.

okuzinya ekintu, to keep moving a thing from one place to another, okuzinya oluguje, to disturb, give (a person) no peace, okuzinya omuntu engera, to bother a person, give a person no peace.

okuzinyisa amaaso, to roll the eyes.

v.i. be somber/ gloomy; be cold/unresponsive/indifferent. Amawulire gano gankuba wala era n ensi yonna n'enzinzibalira. This news disturbed me very much and the whole world seemed gloomy to me.

reject, refuse (e.g., food., a present); abhor, v.i. be taboo/ forbidden. Eddagala lino lizira omunnyu. This medicine cannot go together with/cannot be mixed with salt, ekibala ekizira, forbidden, fruit.

v.tr. embalm; rub a little butter on the forehead of a deceased person. (This is part of an old funeral ceremony known as *taking leave of the dead/)

lose conscious ness; be in danger of death. Baagalana okuzirika. They love each other very much.

v.tr. caus. cause to faint; render unconscious; bring to a state near death.

v.i. & tr. leave off sitting (of a hen); leave unhatched. Enkoko ezirizza amagi amcka? ilow many eggs has the hen left unhatched? cf. enziriza.

v.tr. conv. overcome an initial refusal by offering another present. Ka njije nkuzirule. Let me offer you another present. cf. -zire, omuziro, omuzizizizi, omuzizo, wazira, zzirakumwa, zzirakuno.

v.tr. appl. 2 overburden: oc.c.rec..-.: he difficult for; be difficult for ... to deal with.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. overburden with; overwhelm with.

v.i. be heavy; be hard; weigh fig. be difficult to deal with. Ekizungirizi kizitowa ttani mukaaga. The space vehicle weighs six tons.

v.i. neut. be preventable. Ekyo kyali tekikvavinza kuziyizika.

v.i. be impeded/blocked/ prevented; be encumbered; be congested/ crowded; be constipated; be dark/impenetrable (to vision).

v.i. recip. hinder one another.

as a pillow), okuzizika omulwa- dde, to prop up a sick person, put a pillow under the back of a sick person.