adj., menyefu, kutufu, atifu.

be, okumenyeka, okukutuka, okwatika, okutondoka, okubwaguka, okusonjoka.

crack, crackle; give off sparks, flare up; burst, explode; blow up; throb, tinglejfo/ the fingers, etc.); be very hot (of sunshine); come out, debouch (of a small road or path); fig. break out (of war, sickness, etc.). Olutalo lubaluse buto nate mu Bulaaya. War has broken out again in Europe.

v.i., vide be broken. b. free, okwesumattula, okubanduka, okutenduka. b. out (rash), okufuutuuka.

o- adv. like a needle, kuwenja buyiso, to search diligently for, search high and low for. kukutuka buyiso, to be terminated/broken off (of a frie ndship). cf. empiso.

e- (li/ma) small lump of earth, broken-up piece of hard soil.

n. (hoe), omuyini; (knife) ekiti; (shield) omuwambiro, omukonda; (jaw) ekigingi; (pot) e'ŋŋ ngo. broken hoe h., ekiyinigi. fix in h., okuwanga. take out h., okuwangula.

e- (ki/bi) piece of a broken pot, potsherd. cf. oluggyo.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi; half of a bunch of bananas broken off. See enkuyu & enkwekwe.

e- (ki/bi) splice; joining; setting of broken limb. cf. yunga.

nderembuse) v.i. be broken/split; fig. burst out laughing; talk loudly, be noisy; quarrel; walk a long way.

e- (n/n) bananas/plantains which have been broken off of the bunch; small bunch of bananas/plantains which have been separated from the main stem; portion of a kiwagu, q.v. cf. waguka.

e- (n/n) suspensory bandage (e.g., as worn by a person with a broken arm), c f. funga.

e-: akambe ak'engera, a knife the handle of which has been broken or removed, kuzir.ys r.gcra, to pester, annoy, persecute.

e- (n/n) grog, pieces of broken pots ground up and mixed with clay in making pottery, cf. ebisibosibo.

cf. olugoye.

break, get broken.

be detached, be broken off (e.g., of plantains from, the stem).

be broken off (of branches).

bodily part); be broken off, snap off (of a branch).

v.i. be broken into pieces/smashed/shattered.

rot; deteriorate, get out of control. Kawaali ataamye. Smallpox has broken out.

collapse; drop dead, die unexpectedly fas from a heart attack or stroke).

to quarrel/struggle with a person, okukutuka ekiwalaata, to develop baldness. Obuguzi bukutuka. The deal is settled. The matter is concluded.

v.i. neut. be broken/ crushed; give in; relax one's demands/conditions. Obudde bumenvese. The heat of the day has started to diminish (about 3 P.M.). cf. -menye, -menyefu, obumenye, kamenya, kamenyambazzi, kimenyoomenyo, omumenyi.

kukuba kkoolaasi, to macadamize/pave (a road).

v.i. be broken off; snap off; be finally settled; be clearly defined/ decided; euph. die.

v.i. be crumbly /easily broken into crumbs (of sweet potatoes).

fall off; be broken off.

ideo. representing the sound of something being broken or snapped in half. cf. kutuka.

v.i. be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds; be smashed/wrecked; be old and broken down; fig. be exhausted/ fatigued.

has broken off a very young/immature stalk of sugarcane.

v.i. be broken into pieces; be demolished/shattered; fig. walk fast and far.

v.i. be or become cracked/ broken. okwatika inf.

o- (mu/ba) bonesetter, person skilled in the Kiganda art of setting broken or dislocated bones, cf. yunga, obuyunzi.

dislocate (a part of one's own body). Yeevunye omukono. He has broken his arm.

of a branch of a tree), cf. koonoka.

-emenya (-emenye) v.i. refl. get broken/ fractured; humble oneself; give in; apologize; admit guilt. Yatwemenyera. He apologized to us.

-kutufu adj. broken; torn. cf. kutula.

broken, ekiso ekimenye, pocket knife, emmundu emmenye, breachloader. emmotoka emmenye, a convertible (automobile). cf. menya.

very ‘broken' Luganda. cf. menya, menyeka.

easily broken into crumbs (of sweet potatoes), cf. kuumuuka.

kweyaguza luggyo, to be destitute/impoverished/down and out, lit. to scratch oneself with a piece of broken pot. kweyaguza mpanvu, to scratch oneself up and down, lit. with long (nails, njala is implied). cf. kwagula, olukwagulo.

smashed, cf. sensuka.

smashed, cf. sensuka.

cf. yatika.