v.i., okulwa, okwerabiriza; be delayed, okulabirirwa.

v.tr., okulwisa, obulindiriza, obulabiriza, obwezimbiriza.

mmandadde) v.i. take a long time, spend a long time; delay, tarry; spread out (in space); be spread out flat. cf. olubandaasi.

o- neg. inf. of-e sagga, to fan oneself, as adv. without delay, without hesitation; rapidly, quickly.

wait around a long time; linger; delay; spend a long time; languish.

e- adv. rare right away, without delay.

be late; be delayed/held up.

hold up; distract, divert the attention of. v.i. hesitate, delay. Ebyo byonna bye byabalabirizanga. All these things kept distracting them.

procrastinate; put off a promise; keep breaking a promise.

ndudde) v.i. delay; tarry, linger; be a long time; be late.

etc.

hold up.

lwisanya (-lwisanyizza) v.i. recip. caus. delay each other. cf. kulwa ddaaki, lwaddaaki.

be delayed/held nn

delay, okulazaalazaanya.

delay; slow down, lag; stumble.

(-ceereye) also spelled kyerewa v.i. Qjta.] be late/delayed.

v.i. recip. fly off together; jump off together. Taludde abuukanye n'omusajja omulala. Before long (lit. she did not delay) she ran away with another man. cf. bbuukamaziba, bbuukamugogo, bbuukizi, omubuusi.

(-kyereye) also spelled ceerewa v.i. [Su>.] be late/delayed.

okuzibiriza amaaso, to close the eyes.

v.i. appl. get stuck in/on. Nnawagamiddeko mu katale nga njagala okugulayo ku nva. I was delayed at the market because I wanted to buy some vegetables.

v.tr. appl. 3 caus. cause to be late; delay. Tonkeerereza. Don't make me late.

draw out, accentuate (words, sp eech).

o- (mu/mi) time, omuku gumu, once; without any delays or deviations from a route, directly (of a journey).

-ekunyizza) v.i. refl. be slow, take one's time, tarry, delay; hesitate.

delay, dawdle, be dilatory.

flies); brush away from oneself; search for everywhere. obuteesagga, without delay, in a hurry, lit. not to fan oneself.

-erabiriza (-erabirizza) v.i. appl. 2 caus. make oneself be distracted; cause oneself to be delayed; be late on purpose. cf. kalabiriza bazaar,a.

allow to accrue (of unfin ished tasks); allow to get out of hand; defer, delay, okwezimbiriza olugendo, to keep putting off a journey. Si kirungi kwezimbiriza mirimu. It is not desirable to let work pile up (on oneself). cf. ekizimba; zimbagala, zimbagatana.