akakunkumuka, akakomwako mwa, akasennyente.

v.tr., okumulungula, okubumbulula.

v.i., okusebbuuka.

crumble; break into pieces.

crumble.

e- plur. (ki/bi) crumbly stone used in pottery, cf. lensibo.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

make disintegrate; wear away.

a- (ka/bu) crumb, scrap, cf. kunkumuka.

a- (ka/bu) fine particle(s)/ flake(s); crumb; dust, ssukaali wa kasennyente, very fine sugar.

break off; crumble; fall to pieces.

break off; cause to crumble. cf. mogoka.

collapse, break to pieces, fall to dust.

e-: omunnyu ogw'ensero, white friable (crumbly) salt.

decompose (of a corpse). Ettooke likunku- muka. The bunch of plantains has ripened to the point that the fruit is almost falling off. Akunkumuka ng'aseka. He is doubled up with laughter.

v.tr. crumble; mash up; smash.

v.i. crumble; disintegrate; be worn down; fade.

v.i. keep crumbling away/disintegrating.

eat away at; gnaw at, gnaw away at. cf. -sebbuufu, -sebbuukirivu.

v.tr. crush; crumble; squash; chew up; consume; eat up.

v.i. be crushed/ crumbled.

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

v.tr. tear to pieces; crumble to pieces; peck at furiously; fig. heap abuse on.

o- (mu/mi) mound, heap, mass (esp. of matooke and other food); large quantity of food placed in a banana leaf for cooking. Kino kyandibadde kuva ku muwumbo n'odda ku kitole. This would be preferring a crumb to the loaf. cf. ^wumba.

v.i. break off; be chipped off; crumble; fall to pieces.

o- also munnyo, o- (mu/mi) salt, omunnyu ogw'ensero, salt which is white and crumbly, omunnyu mawewule, salt which is very fine and white, omunnyu kabumba, brownish salt, omunnyu gw'olu- kalabule, salt which has a very strong taste, omunnyu gwa magadi, salt which occurs in large chunks, omunnyu gwa kisula, salt characterized by fairly large lumps. Omunnyu gwa biswazzi. The salt is insufficient. There is not enough salt. cf. olunnyu, olunnyunnyu, otunnyu.

twist oneself, make contortions.

easily pulverized. cf. sebbuuka.

sebbuukirira.

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