that • Luganda Dictionary

thatch n., essubi (erisereka enju); old t., enkaajumbe.

thatch v., okusereka; vide okusulikira, okusereekerera.

tindika (-tindise) v.tr. bury cover up (e.g., a gourd so that when the inside decays it can be easily cleaned; bananas so that they may ripen prep aratory to ma

tiwuuka (-tiwuuse) v.i. act in an exaggerated manner overdo things; try to create an impression, okukola eby'akatiwuuko, to act/do things in an exaggerated way. -to adj. young, not fu

tokkoowenja adv. everywhere all over. Ekya- tabula obufumbo buno Iwa musajja kutambula tokkowenja mu bakazi abalala. What ruined this marriage is the fact tha

ttaano the form of -taano (5) used in counting (one two, three, etc.) and with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes, kuba mu ttaano, to get, lit. to have in (my) five (fingers). Gkitabo

ttama e- (li/ma) cheek; insolence, impertinence. okubutika amatama, to remain silent, keep quiet, okukuba amatama, to be all talk, be lo

ttuulawamu e- no plur. (li/ma) staying in one place, sedentariness. Yalaba ng'ettuu- lawamu limuzimbyeko akayumba. He felt that staying in on

tuumuuka (-tuumuuse) v.i. be emitted/escape with force (of a strong smell smoke, steam, gas, fire, etc.); be detonated; fester (of a wound). Omusajja oyo atuumuuka bulala. That man is very hot-tempered.

twaliriza (-twalirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. entice cajole, coax. v.i. keep doing; continue on; keep going; stay on. Twalirizaako. Keep on, don't give up. Mweddemu muleme kutwalirizi

tambulikika (-tambulikise) v.i. neut. 2 be easy to walk with. Omuntu ow'engeri eyo atambula olundayandaya tatambulikika naye. A man like that goes the long way around, it is hard to walk with him. cf. obutambuze, amatambulire, omutambuz

teeka (-teese) v.i. neut. be rel e as able/ capable of being released/easy to release. Embwa eyo teteeka. That dog can't be let loose.