n., akabina.

v.i., okugota, okuwetuka; (under weight) okuguggubira; b. down, okuvuunama, okuleeba.

v.tr., okuweta, okumenya; (bow) okujuta.

mmenzebenze) v.i. hobble along, walk painfully, walk with the back bent forward, bendegera (-bendegedde, mmendegedde) v. tr. make restitution for; reimburse; pay for (lit. and fig.); be accountable to. Ojja okubende- gera ebinaddawo. You will suffer the consequences (lit. that which will follow). Aliba abatutteyo alimmendegera. Whoever takes them there will have to answer to me for it.

e- (n/n) [Sw., Port.'] flag, banner.

pain (of the back).

akabendebendo, ekiyitirirwa.

e- more frequently ebbendobbendo (li/ma) roof pad; edging of arch of porch of hut. cf. akabendobendo.

o- (bu/-) softness, suppleness, pliability. Obugonvu bw'olujegere, ge maanyi galwo. (prov.) The suppleness of a chain is its strength. A strong tree bends with the wind. cf. gonda, -gonvu.

bend over; squat; crouch; sit. cf. ekibutamu.

okutiitiibya, okuwemba, okubendegera, okukwanya.

vide ngote; be c., okubenduka.

akabendobendo.

ebbendera.

keep folding, bending, etc.; crumple.

sag, tip; bend; move/walk in a sluggish manner.

bend down, bend over; be bent; be warped; be crooked; be wrecked/damaged.

gadigadi, gojegoje, bbende.

a- (ka/bu) arch, roll of reeds under the edge of the roof. cf. ebbendo.

a- (ka/bu) curve, bend; buttocks. cf. bina, embinabina.

a- (ka/bu) lit. one-which-de- feats-the-elephant. a kind of small tree, Gardenia thurnbergia. It is so supple in nature that it bends instead of breaking.

quite a walk. Okuva. e Kampala okugenda e Mubende kasiniino. It is quite a distance from Kampala to Mubende.

bend, bend over; snap; break.

usually kootakoota (-koose- koose) v.i. (redup.) be bent/bent over; walk with a stoop, okukootakoota mu ga lumonde, lit. to bend over in the sweet- potato leaves (ga implies malagala, leaves), i.e., to try to hide, but to be found out; to want to do something but to fail because of the wrong approach/technique.

bend to the side, okukubiira ensingo, to turn one's neck to the side (to express unhappiness, disapproval or irritation).

bend over (so that the head is lower than the knees); beg everywhere.

bend, bend over.

ndasizza) v.tr. shoot (an arrow); hit (with an arrow); fire (a shot, a gun); flick, flick away (with the finger); kick with the back legs (of a locust), okulasa eki- faananyi, to take a photograph, okulasa emboozi, to converse, okulasa entula, to press ntula fruit to make the seeds come out. okulasa akasolya, to bend the reeds of a roof to the frame (in building a house).

o- with the -a of rel. hard, unbending, exacting (of persons), omuntu ow'olu- wazo, a hard exacting person, kukwasa luwazo, to rule harshly/with an iron hand.

a- always plur. (li/ma) fat (particularly on the hips), okubinnla amabende, to put on weight.

to nod the head, bend the head down, kumenyeza ppamba, to break off the middle bud of a young cotton plant.

e- (n/n) emmese emmende, pigmy field mouse, cf. olubende.

ebbendera.

okutangirira, okubende gera.

emmese, akabalaga, olubende; (edible) omusu, omwene, akabalanga.

n., ebendera.

okukootakoota, okuvuunama, okukutama; vide okubendabenda, okusensera.

etc. okutambulira ku bu- nkenke, to walk on tiptoe, okutambulira omuntu, lit. to travel around because of somebody, i.e., to obtain magic formulae, medicines, potions, etc., and use them to hex a person, to bend him to one's will or do him bodily harm.

red, ebendera.

bend down, bend over; bow in respect.

mpese) v.tr. bend; turn. v.i. turn, veer, okuweta ekkoona, to turn a comer, okuweta obuwufu, to retrace one's steps, okuweta ekikonde, to make a fist. Omusajja yawetamu n'addayo. The man turned and went back.

etc. Ekimbe kimuwetedde ku ndiri. A serious disease has confined him to bed.

incline to one side; conclude, finish, oku- wunzika ensonga, to conclude one s arguments. n'awunzika ng'agamba nti..., and he concluded by saying that... ekifo eky'ok uwunzikamu ekiwanga, a place to rest/sleep, lit. to bend down one's skull.

•nnyinamye) v.i. bow down, bend down.

okufunya akagalo (or akamwa), lit. to bend the finger (or mouth), i.e., to refuse to provide a person with information or with something which he had desired, okufunya engalo, to clench the fists.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep bendin.ff/foldins: fold all the time.

olufunyiro, nnabeefunye.

v.i. neut. be easy to bend; be bendable; be supple/flexible.

nnantawetwa.

e bbendera.

v.tr. cause to ache; throw out of joint. Endwadde yammendula omugongo. The illness give me a backache.

cf. Nnamugeta; gota.

ebendera.

v.i. conv. straighten up; unbend. cf. kotama.

a house); destroy; capture (a stronghold); bend at the joint; close (a pocket knife, umbrella); refute, counter; retract; mention, refer to. okumenya akawonvu na kagga, to go into great detail, lit. mention the little valley and the little river, okumenya olu- kanda, to perform the rites at the birth of twins, okumenya emisoso, to give the details. okumenya ku mutwe, to nod the head. Musoke yamenyawo Mayanja mu bugagga. Musoke has now outstripped Mayanja in wealth.

snap; fig. obtain, acquire (a position). Bakoonodde ebifo ebya waggulu. They have gotten good jobs/high positions. cf. -koonofu.

(-vunze) more commonly vungavunga (-vunzevunze) v.i. & tr. redup. fold up; fold roughly; crumple; bend out of shape; disfigure. Emmotoka ye baagitomera ne yevungavunga. They ran into his car and it was completely twisted out of shape. Omusango gwe yawawaabira omulangira baaguvungavunga. The lawsuit he brought against the prince was completely hushed up.

v.tr. caus. cause to stoop/bend.

v.i. bend; overhang; droop; become limp. cf. kireebereebe; leebeeta.

v.tr. fold; bend; twist.

v.tr. redup. bend completely; keep bending.

kiki? What has caused you to hang your head? cf. ssekkoteka.

o- (mu/mi) flat rump, emmotoka ey'omuserebende, sedan, saloon car.

bend over. cf. -bundufu.

v.tr. bend; curve.

the order of the words in a sentence), okusulika omu- twe, to bend the head, mu kusulika baa- gamba nti..., in conclusion they stated that...

o- (mu/mi) kind of tall timber tree, witch tree of Mubende Hill, Pterygota sp.

-eweta (-ewese) v.i. refl. bend oneself; be bent/crooked; turn; wind about.

cave in. cf. akabina, embinabina.

work very hard, occupy oneself intensively.