okusiima, okusanyiikira.

a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.

etc.; appreciate for, etc.

preferably; that's more like it, that is good, that I can understand/appreciate. Yansaba waakiri mmireko enkambi. He asked me at least to take a sip. Waakiri okufa ne tuta- fugibwa oyo. We would rather die than be governed by that person. Mpulira waakiriko. I am feeling a little bit better.

v.tr. be pleased with; like; approve of; appreciate. Akutwala ekiro omusiima bukedde. (prov.) lit. He who takes you in the night you appreciate in the morning. Saidof someone who makes hard demands which ultimately turn out to be for one's own good.

devote oneself (to); attac.li uneseii ^lo/, ue sioppea/ plugged up (e. g., of a drain), kwesiba bbiri, to be determined/resolved; to make oneself ready/prepared; to double one's effort, kwesiba ku muntu, to attach oneself to a person who doesn't appreciate (you), to latch onto a person. Amagezi gaamwesiba. She was at a loss as to what to do. ng'akyesibye ku kintu kye kimu yagamba nti..., and Still sticking to the same subject he said... Ennaku zaatandika okwesi ba. The days started to drag.