v.tr., okuzibikira, okuziyiza. be blocked, okuziyira, okuziba.

n. (for drum), omuwulugwa; (for cap) effolooma; (pulley) essirlngi.

omusiru.

e- (n/n) [Su>., Port.'f form for blocking caps or fezzes; colloq. head; big head. Yanyeenya effolooma ye. He shook his head (in amazement or disagreement).

e- (li/ma) (augm. of kigere, q-v.) large foot, okulinnya eggere mu_, stop, block, suppress; intervene in. For a proverb with eggere see sambya.

e- (ki/bi) block placed under the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from rolling; fig. stumbling block.

that which prevents accomplishment; bottleneck; difficulty. cf. lema, Iemya.

e- (ki/bi) blockage; congestion; suffocation; constipation, ekiziyiro mu buta- ssa, asphyxia, interruption of breathing, kufa kiziyiro, to be overcome by the lack of fresh air; to die from lack of air. cf. ziyira.

e- (li/ma) high grasses which block the road in the rainy season.

bar, shut up (e.g., a hole).

identical with the above, v.tr. frustrate, block; incapacitate. okukonera oluggi, to refuse to answer the door. Mmukonedde ebigenge ngalo. I have frustrated his efforts. I have blocked him (as leprosy does to fingers). cf. konoona.

cut up; peel (e.g., matooke); block up (a hole), okwekonjera amatooke, to peel matooke for oneself.

hinder; frustrate; sabotage, subvert; spoil; arch. bewitch, cf. kkotoggo.

grow dark; be obscured; be thick/luxuriant; be blocked/ impeded, okukunira amaaso, to go blind; to be blind. Obudde bukunidde. It has grown dark.

make dark; block, impede. cf. -kunivu, akakunizo, kkunikkuni.

e- (ki/bi) stumbling block, cause of scandal, cause of offense, hindrance. cf. -esittala.

blockhead.

e- (n/n) stump of a tree; fig. obstacle, stumbling block, cf. ekikonge.

enkonge, ekisittaza.

clutch; constrain; block, obstruct. cf. vunvubika.

etc.; do until dark. Obudde Lukwago yabuzibiza wano. Lukwago was here until dark.

block, hinder, prevent.

be impeded/blocked.

block, frustrate.

v.i. be impeded/blocked/ prevented; be encumbered; be congested/ crowded; be constipated; be dark/impenetrable (to vision).

o- (mu/mi) log used to bank up earth; log at the entrance of a house used as a step; threshold; fig. stumbling block, obstacle.

block, impede, cf. vuvuba.

o- (mu/mi) branch, part of a tree spread out to block a road or path; obstacle, obstruction, cf. akasanvu.

adhere; be blocked/hindered; hang suspended. Eggumba limulaalidde mu mumiro. A bone has got stuck in his throat, cf. emiraalira.

v.i. be deadened/ blunted (as an instrument); become crumpled; be crushed/disfigured; become handicapped; be blocked/stymied/frustrated.

v.tr. block; obstruct; hinder passage to; bar. v.i. become blocked/obstructed. Ekkubo lizibye. The road has become blocked. Ekkubo balizibye. They have blocked the road. Obudde buzibye. Night has fallen. It has become dark, okuziba amaaso, to go blind; to blind, make blind, okuziba amatu, to become deaf, okuziba emimwa, to become dumb; to make dumb, okuziba ebinnya, to fall in ditches/ holes.

make blind , to do until dark Twakola ne tuzibya. We worked until dark.

v.i. appl. be blocked up. v.tr. block up; close up; cork up; fill in (a hole).

reach a dead end.

okwekiika mu kkkubo lya..., to stand in the way of, block the way of.

skirt along; put oneself in the path (of); block with one's body; interpose oneself, cf. obukiika, amakiikakiika, omukiikiro.