okulinnya, okuwalampa, okutemba.

e- no plur. (li/ma) kind of climbing plant used in native medicine to cure measles, fever, etc. cf. ekibombo.

e- (ki/bi) kind of climbing plant, convolvulus.

e- (ki/bi) framework for climbing plants; shelf, cf tinda.

nnanze) v.tr. climb; creep; spread (of creeping plants, fire, etc.); wander, travel all around; flourish.

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etc.; train (creeping plants); tack (needlework), okulandiza ennukuta, to write slanting/spidery letters, okulandiza ebigambo, to spread rumors; to betray confidences.

nninye) v.tr. step on; tread on; ascend; climb; mount, v.i. go up; increase (of price), kulinnya nnyonyi, to board an airplane, kulinnya mu kyoto, to refuse flatly, butalinnya wa muntu, to stay away from a person's house, kulinnya mu mboozi, to interrupt/butt in on a conversation. kulinnya gye gava, lit. to step on it (i.e., amazzi, water, implied by ga-) where it comes from, to cut off something good at the source, to spoil one's chances, ruin an opportunity, uw'aliiiuju mu mm ere nuya buli. I like him (her) very much, lit. even if he (or she) steps in the food, I will eat it anyway.

ascend; climb up. Yalinnyuka akasozi. He went up the hill.

a-: from linnya, ascend, q.v. Used in the phrase: Olabye malinnya amakka ga- naabula. You have managed to climb up, but you will have a hard time coming down. It is easier to get into trouble than to get out of it.

Landolphia florida.

stride along; advance by climbing or clinging to an object; spread.

climb up; seize, take possession of. Ki ekimutembye? What has gotten into him? Ebyo byonna byantemba ku mutwe. All these things kept going through my mind. Nnyinimu w'ataba, ebikere bitemba enju. (prov.) When the owner is not present, the frogs take over the house. When the cat is away, etc. Nnamusanze kimutembye. I found him in a bad mood, lit. a bad spirit (kizimu is implied by ki-) had taken possession of him.

mpalampye) v.tr. climb; climb up; climb on.

mpozezza) v.i. plead (one's case in court), v.tr. plead (a case, a cause); recount, tell. Omusibe awoza nti yatta lwa kwetaasa. The prisoner makes the plea that he killed in self-defense, kuwoza gwa mbwa ng'ate endiga erinnya ennyumba, to have double trouble, lit. to plead the case of the dog while the sheep is climbing up on the house.

nnyambuse) v.i. go up; go uphill; climb. okwambuka inf.

(la) kind of climbing plant from which a red dye is extracted.

ng'ate endiga ewa- lampa enju. (prov.) We are still pleading the case (omusango implied) of a cat giving birth to a dog, and then a sheep climbs up on the house. It never rains but it pours.

puffing as it went.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. Akuwaaniriza okulinnya bw'ogwa y'akuyita ‘kadduwannema.' (prov.) He who flatters you when you climb up calls you lame when you fall down. cf. bampaane, omuwaanyirizi.

v.tr. caus. cause to go up; make climb; raise. cf. amambuka.

(la) kind of climbing plant the leaves of which are used as a medicine to cure colic pains.

omuntu ata- linnyikako, a person who is exceedingly vain/proud.

v.tr. caus. cause to climb.

climb onto; mate (of animals). okwebereka ku kagaali, to mount a bicycle.

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ne mpalampa ne nnerimba ku muti ogumu, and I climbed up and held on to a tree. Nkwerimbyeko. I am dependent on you. cf. limbika.