n., essaala.
v., okukuŋŋaanya, okukukumba, okukunga; (tribute) okusolooza; (market dues) okuwooza; (all sorts) okuyombolereza; (poles) okusonda; (earth, etc.) okuyoola.
omuwooza, omusolooza.
o- (ka/bu) discharge of the eye, substance which collects at the corner of the eye after a long period of sleep. The sing, (akajonjo) is less frequently used, cf. ebijonjo.
o- (bu/-) dirt, filth (esp. that which collects on the body).
collective) kind of bird, ringdove. A single specimen is kakaamu- kuukulu (plur. bukaamukuukulu). It is considered a bird of ill omen.
an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.
collective), akawawa (ka/bu) gadfly.
e- (ki/bi) collection; abundance.
e- (ki/bi) clump of plantains; place where rubbish is collected for burning. cf. teekera.
gather; pick up; search all over to get; contract ( a disease); pick up (a woman of ill repute), cf. kikombooza, kikomboozo.
collect, bring together.
o- (lu/n) layer of cream which collects on milk; scum on the top of a liquid. cf. akabubi.
collective) swarm of young locusts. An individual specimen is kalu- sejjera, q.v. engatto za lusejjera, tennis shoes, cf. sejjera.
okutemagana ng'aga mukene, to sparkle like (the sauce, amazzi is implied) of mukene fa common simile). cf. akamukene.
collective) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. An individual specimen is akamulya (plur. zimulya).
sing, used collectively (la) kind of tiny ant. They collect in large numbers on uncovered meat, bones, etc. munyeera w'abantu, a huge gathering of people, kuteevuunya nga munyeera, swarm/ be crowded together like ants (said of a crowded gathering of people). cf. obu- nyeera.
collective) kind of bean. A single specimen is kimutikke, plur. bimu- tikke.
e- (n/n) remains, remainder. Ensi- galira ebanjwa mugezi, (prov.) The remainder (of a debt) is (only) collected by a wise man. cf. si gal a.
okujjukira.
ebiyengo; collect one's r., okwekukumba.
try to produce. Sakiriza ku maanyi oveeko mu nnyumba. Try to pull yourself together so that you can come out of the house for a while. Yagezaako okusakiriza enseko naye ne zimubula. He tried to find something to laugh at but failed. cf. akasaka, ekisakiro, omusasi, ensaka.
enku); pain, ache a great deal. Amagumba gansennya. My bones pain me.
etc. okwesennyera akaku akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble on oneself, lit. to collect for oneself a piece of firewood which has biting red ants in it. cf. kasennyanku.
gather; collect (money, taxes); requisition, cf. omusolooza; omusolo.
bring together; collect (in several trips). Oyo y'asombye ebigambo. He is the one who has caused all the trouble. Asombye obulwadde. He is a carrier of a disease.
ensombabyuma; sombojja, sombooka.
go on collecting little by little. cf. ^omusonzi.
pile up, collect in a heap.
miscellany, collection of various things, lit. take (it) and let's go.
enku). okutyaba amazina, dance a great deal, dance with great enthusiasm.
etc. okutyabira muntu kalimu obuwuka, lit. to collect for a person (akaku, small piece of firewood, implied) in which there are small insects, i.e., to cause trouble for someone, okwetyabira akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble down upon ones'elf. cf. omutyabi.
collective) also kiwakka, plur. biwakka. large black evil-smelling ant which preys on nswa (termites). Wakka awunya, nga ggwe omulumbye ku nswa ze. (prov.) (If you say that) the wakka smells, it is you that disturbed him feeding on his nswa. If you remain in dirt you cannot expect to stay clean.
mpoozezza) v.tr. charge, levy (taxes, customs, tariffs, dues), emi- solo egiwoozebwa ku bintu ebiyingira n ebi- fuluma okuva mu ggwanga, tariffs imposed on imports and exports. Ani awooza aka- tale kano? Who collects the dues from this market? cf. eggwoolezo, empooza, omuwooza.
collect indiscriminately, gather fall sorts of things). okuyomboolcreza inf.
(la) official in charge of a marketplace. One of his chief duties is the collecting of dues from the owners of various stalls.
known collectively as Mujaguzo. cf. 2Wuula.
obulo) which has spilled cannot be scooped up. No crying over spilt milk. okuyoola inf. cf. omuyoolerero.
okusonda ssente ez'okumulwala e Bulaaya, to collect money to send him to Europe, okusonda ensonga, to think of reasons, devise reasons.
to frown, raise the eyebrows in scorn/contempt.
i.e., the people were calm and collected.
o- (mu/ba) collector (of taxes, rent, money, etc.) cf. solooza.
o- (mu/ba) lit. one who collects. Akabi tekabula musombi. Trouble is not lacking a cause, cf. somba.
o- (mu/ba) tax collector; bibl. publican. cf. wooza.
place where dues are collected. cf. wooza.
o- (mu/mi) framework structure built around an anthill to help in the catching and collecting of nswa. Thick materials, such as banana leaves, are placed over the structure so that the nswa will not fly away but will collect in holes dug for the purpose. See nvubo.
o- (mu/mi) group; collection; party, troop; side.
o- (mu/ba) editor (of a newspaper or periodical); collector, cf. kuŋŋaana, kuŋŋaanya.
-etuuma (-etuumye) v.i. refl. be piled up/ collected in a heap. cf. entuumu.