bargain for. Waaliwo kopi ya ... emu ne ngikansa ngigule. There was one copy of ... left and I offered to pay a good price for it.
to bargain on a price. cf. -lamule, -lamuzi, obulamuzi, eddamula, omulamuzi, nnamula.
nnonze) v.tr. gather up, pick up; pick out; select, choose; elect; describe completely. Kuno si kutta kulonda. This is a great bargain, lit. it is not killing (a game CtTtl TTl al) but merely picking it up (from the ground), okulonda mu bangi, lit. to select from among many, to choose (a wife). Baabu)onda. They had a fight or They went running after each other, lit. picked up the footsteps (abuwuufu is implied by -bu-). Ekibiina kyakubidde waggulu mu kulonda. The party won an overwhelming victory in the elections.
e- no plur. (li/ma) selling; sale, bargain. ekintu eky'ettunzi, article for sale, ebirime eby'ettunzi, cash crops, cf. tunda.
mponodde) v.tr. acquire cheaply, buy at a bargain (esp. something desirable).
njosanye) v.i. bargain; haggle. okwosana inf.
okutunda omwoyo, to risk oneself or one's life in doing something difficult or dangerous. Okugenda ewaabwe nga kutunda omwoyo ng'enkoko emira ensanafu. Going to their place was taking one's life in one's hands, lit. like the chicken who swallows biting ants. Ebigere bintunze. My feet have betrayed me/led me into trouble, kutunda buliwo, to sell for cash, kutunda layisi, to sell at a bargain price/on a sale.
selling at bargain prices, as an adv. cheap(ly), at reduced price, omukazi owa layisi, a woman of ill repute.
v., okulamula, okugulaana, okwasana.
-gulirire, obuguzi, egguliro, egguzi, olugula, amagula. omugulirizi, omuguzi, engulansigo, enguzi.
(-lagaanye) rarely lazaana v.i. recip. agree; make an agreement/bargain/ contract/covenant; make an appointment; promise mutually.