tr., okulumika; v.i., (at nose) okwerumika, okukanuka.

guard jealously; cup, bleed. Siriddayo kukubiranga. I will never be jealous of you again. cf. ebbuba, ekibubiro.

etc. v.i. stop (of bleeding), ensanke n'ekamira, and the bleeding stopped.

e- (ki/bi) bleeding cup. cf. bubira.

e- also ekirasi (ki/bi) bleeding at the nose. cf. lasa.

e- (ki/bi) cupping horn, instrument or vessel used for cupping/bleeding, cf. lumika.

e- (ki/bi) bleeding cup, cupping horn, ekiwuubiiro ky'essimu, telephone receiver. okunyoola ekiwuubiiro, to drive a motorcycle, cf. wuubiira.

bleed by cupping; fig. eavesdrop on, spy on. kulumika muntu bigambo, to slander a person, falsely attribute words or actions to a person.

o- (mu/ba) cupper, bleeder, one who bleeds himself, cf. lumika, oniulumisi.

remove blood from (e.g., to relieve high blood pressure or, in the case of a cow, to obtain blood for consumption).

be squirted, spurt out, flow, flow forth; exude; bleed.

uipuubidde) v.tr. bleed (for medical purposes, e.g., to cure severe headaches), cf. ekiwuubiiro.

(la) bleeding gums.

o- (mu/ba) cupper, bleeder, one who has the occupation of bleeding others. cf. lumika, omwerumisi.

okutiiriisa ekitigi, to be insolent.

have a nosebleed.