v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.
e- plur. amayanzi (li/ma) large grasshopper, kusambira mabega nga jjanzi, to kick backwards; to be overconfident/sure of oneself; to be elated, cf. akayanzi.
a- (ka/bu) going backwards; retrogression, as an adv. backwards, kukuba kaddannyuma, to go back, retrogress. Kuba akaddauuyuma oiowooze... try to think back... cf. ^dda, nnyuma.
a-: okukuba akagogo, to stand firmly on one foot and move the other one backwards touching the ground with the toes (a disrespectful and insulting gesture mostly- employed by girls).
e- adv. backwards, aback, cf. ennyuma.
to drag the feet, rub the feet backwards and forwards on the ground.
backwards, okwesendasenda. w. slowly, okulemba. w. with difficulty, okubambaga, okuba ttira. w. throwing out legs, okujaagira. w. fast, okweyaka, okweyasa, okwabuka, okweskawuula, okwesekula, okwesika, okwesikula, okwewawaagula, okwewuuba, okwewalakata, okupappuka, okusaabuuka, okusesegguka.
eky'ennyumannyuma.
adv. formative of place frequently equivalent to the English prepositions to or at. Agenze e Kampala. He has gone to Kampala. It is not joined to proper nouns but is prefixed directlv to a number nf pronouns and common nouns, many of which acquire thereby an adverbial function, mabega, back; emabega, backwards, back, amaka, home; eka, at home, (in the direction of) home, waffe, our(s); ewaffe, at our house. cf. ewa.
in reverse (of a car).
v.i. move to and fro; move backwards and forwards; be in commotion; be agitated.
agitate. cf. akazunnano.
okwezza emabega (or ennyuma), to draw oneself backwards, recoil.
-esendasenda (-esenzesenze) v.i. redup. refl. keep moving back; withdraw; walk backwards.