omugina.

o- adv. like food. Ekyuma ekyo kiyitirivu mu kusa amayinja, kigalya bumere. This machine is very effective in crushing stones, it smashes them to bits, lit. eats them like food. cf. emmere.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) insolence, impertinence; touchiness.

a- plur. obuuma (ka/bu) small ma- chine;tool; instrument; device, cf. ekyuma.

e- (ki/bi) [Sw., Pers."] sewing machine.

e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

limisa (-limisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to cultivate; cultivate by means of. okulimisa ebyuma, to use machinery in farming. cf. obulime, obulimi, obulimiro, eddimwa, akalimiro, ekirime, ennima, ennimiro, ennimisa.

ekyuma; sewing m., ekyalaani.

of a machine); segment; section (of a book, document).

e- (n/n) touchiness. Wa ntondo. He is touchy/easily offended.

mpandudde) v.tr. spit; spit out; fig. blurt out; eject, throw out; dismiss (an employee). emmundu ewandula amasasi, machine gun. cf. wanda, ekiwandulo.

v.i. become old/weak; deteriorate; become deformed; break down (of machines).

deliver; walk/go with/by means of. okutambuza ebigere, to go on foot, okutambuza eggaali, to go by bicycle, okutambuza amaaso, to let one's eyes wander, okutambuza essimbo, to walk with dignity, okutambuza ekibiina, to direct/ run an organization, okutambuza ekyuma, to operate a machine, okutambuza omutwe, to slip off of the bed while sleeping. Kati atambuza omwaka gwe ogwa 42. He is now in his 42nd year.