fall, okwebaka, okwebaka otulo.

mmongoose) v.i. be sleepy/drowsy; doze; fig. be caught napping, be asleep at the switch.

e- (ki/bi) watch of the night; sleep, okukwata ekisisimuka, to sleep. Ali mu kisisimuka. Heis asleep. E Bu- ngereza twakubayo ebisisimuka bibiri nga tugenda mu America. We spent two nights in England on our way to America, cf. sisimuka.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

a- plur. (li/ma) the time between midnight and dawn, lit. the time for killing (tta) nspiiof* (a kind of termite which comes out at about midnight or slightly later). All mu mattansejjere. He is sound asleep.

e- (n/n) sleep. Yali mu ndoolo. He was asleep.

watch, kugenderera kwe- baka, to start falling asleep, be almost asleep. Agenderera kutuuka ku bwa Katik- kiro. He is aiming at attaining the premiership. Genderera ekyapa nti... Watch for the sign which (reads)...

-ebaza (-ebazizza) v. tr. caus. refl. thank; thank for. Yayagala okulaba Ppaapa amwebaze ebirungi by' atukolera. He wanted to see the Pope and thank him for all the good things he was doing for us. kwebaza muzimbi, to snore,be sound asleep.

-efuluusa (-efuluusizza) v.i. caus. refl. pretend to be snoring; pretend to be asleep. cf. omufuluusi.

-ebakiriza (-ebakirizza) v.i. & tr. appl. 2- caus. refl. put to sleep; send to sleep; pretend to be asleep.