okunyooma, okugaya, okuŋoola, okunanula.

belittle; despise; abuse; undermine.

be easy to scorn. Tagayika. He is not to be despised/a person whom one would despise.

be contemptuous of, treat contemptuously; despise; misuse, abuse.

to showoff, put oneself in the limelight. Laba erikuleese. Go away. Get out of here, lit. See (the road, ekkubo is implied by eri-) which brought you. Gundi oyo talaba! So-and-so is very proud/putting on airs. Ng'olabye. I am sorry for you now. I sympathize with you. Nkukubye nga ndaba. I have hit you on purpose/intentionally. Obalaba. Say hello to them for us. En- nyumba yaabwe eraba buvanjuba. Their house faces east. Bwali tebunnalaba. It was before dawn (bu- implies obudde). Ndaba ku ki? lit. What do I see? (A friendly greeting to a guest, particularly an unexpected one). Bo bakola nga bwe balabye. They do just as they please, mu kulaba kwange, in my view, according to the way 1 see it. Tandabamu kantu. He despises me/ has no respect for me. Onookiraba. You will be sorry. You will find out, lit. you will see it.

e- (n/n) kind of small poisonous ant; fig. sharp/stinging pain. Omumpi w'akoma w'akwata, ensolosozi eruma atudde. (prov.) A short person can only grasp as far as he can reach {lit. where he stops is where he grasps), the nsolozi bites (only) the person who is sitting down. A person who does what he can is not to be despised, cf. akasolosozi.

look down on, belittle.

nyoomoola.

etc.

look down on, view with contempt; make light of; show disrespect for. cf. obunyoomoofu, nyooma.

be made to pass, etc. Yayisibwamu amaaso. He was overlooked/despised.

(-jereze) also jerenga (-jerenze) v.tr. deride; belittle; despise.

o- (mu/ba) balky person, one who constantly refuses requests, despises gifts, etc. cf. zira.

o- (mu/mi) head (in the lit. sense); head, chief, leader; heading, caption, headline. cjinambo ezitalina mutwe na maguiu, baseless/unfounded rumors, kussa mutwe nn maguiu ku bigambo, to make exaggerated statements, kufumba mutwe, to ponder, think intensely, kuba na mutwe mubi, to be unlucky, have bad luck. Tewali amuwa mutwe. There is none who can outsmart him. Omutima (or omwoyo) gundi ku mulwe, I am very worried, lit. my heart is in my head. F>kinlu kino kyamulya omutwe. This (matter) obsessed him, lit. ate at his head. Ya- nninya ku mutwe. He despised me greatly, lit, stepped on my head. Yakuza mutwe nga mmale. He is stupid/empty-headed, cf. olutwe, emjtwelwe, etlwe.

despise; discredit; discard. Naavve ogadyagadya nnyo ebya banno. You too, you are always belittling what others do/other people's things or affairs.

sneer at; despise.

v.tr. scorn; despise; have contempt for.

etc.

belittle; mock.

v.i. recip. despise one another.

despise. cf. ekiziimuziimu.

v.i. recip. despise one another. cf. -kiiyi.

held in contempt. cf. nyooma.

take a dislike to; pretend to dislike, act as if one despised.

-egayagaya (-egayegaye) v.i. refl. (redup.) despise oneself; think little of oneself; talk oneself down.