v., okugumya, okusanyusa.

sanyufu, k ssanyu.

n'essanyu.

be boiling; fig. be cheerful; become exulted; get excited.

amuse, give pleasure to.

o- (mu/ba) backer, one who gives encouragement, advice and support to another; cheerer (e.g., at a fight); one who shoos away dangerous animals and birds from domestic fowl. cf. yasira.

beat the drums for, advocate strongly; cheer for.

interj. to cheer or urge someone on. go to it! keep it up! at him! with an alternation of tone dam it! oh hell! how could I have done that!

o- (mu/mi) shout of approval, oku- kuba emizira, to cheer. Awo emizira ne gitta. The cheers were deafening, lit. killing.

v.i. appl. 2 be or become lukewarm; begin to warm up; be heated up (from exertion or sickness); fig. become cheered up; become enthusiastic.

heat; fig. cheer up; make enthusiastic, kubugumya kamwa, to talk for the sake of talking. cf. -bugumye, ebbugumu, akabuguumiriro; olubugumu, nnabuguma.

hearten; cheer; give reassurance to. Kabwa kabbi kagumya mugongo. (prov.) A thieving dog must have a strong back. Those who play with fire must be prepared for the consequences.

cf. camuka.