obuzibu, kalumanywera; vide okukaluubirira.

mmambaze) v.i. walk with difficulty, walk with an uncertain gait (as one suffering from weakness or illness); toddle, walk in the manner of a young child.

o- (bu/-) darkness; hardship, pressure, difficulty; uncertainty, cf. guba.

o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -kalubo.

o- (bu/-) way out of a difficulty/dilemma. cf. watanya.

o- (bu/-) difficulty, cf. -zibu.

a- (ka/bu) difficulty, trouble; jam, ‘hot water.'

difficulty; problem; obstacle; dilemma.

a- (ka/bu) fiber-producing plant, Hibiscus diversifolius; crisis, difficulty, trouble. Awo akanyamberege we kajjira. That is when the trouble started, akanyamberege akaazaala ekkula, lit. a woman of low estate who brought forth a jewel (formerly used of a commoner whose son became a Kabaka, and later used in a more general sense), cf. ennyamberege.

a- (ka/bu) crisis, great difficulty, lit. it-takes-the-skin-off-of-a- wound. Bino ebiseera bya kasasambulabbwa. These are very difficult times.

a- (ka/bu) trouble, difficulty, disturbance.

struggle (with); be unable to go on. -Waaliwo akekejjanya oluggi lwa sitowa ye. There was somebody trying to force the door of his storeroom.

e- (ki/bi) plight, predicament, difficulty, dilemma, cf. bamba.

difficulty, ‘hitch.' Eby'ol ugendo Iwange byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. A problem developed about my trip. Ebintu byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. Things did not work out very well. Complications developed.

that which prevents accomplishment; bottleneck; difficulty. cf. lema, Iemya.

e- plur. (mu/mi) congestion in the lungs, difficulty in breathing, cf. laalira.

e- (n/n) trouble, difficulty.

e- (n/n) trouble, disturbance; difficulty, cf. gozoobana.

e- (n/n) trouble, difficulty, problem.

e- (n/n) old person who walks with difficulty; child who totters when he walks, amagulu ag'enkoboggo, small legs, disproportionate to the size of the body.

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.

squat down, kusindika asitamye, to have no difficulty in inducing a person to do something, lit. to shove somebody who is squatting down. cf. sutama.

n., omukutu, omuvo, akanyigo; (difficulty) ekibamba.

do with difficulty; fumble (with).

nzivuunuse) v.i. cross, go over (a hill); overcome, surmount (an obstacle, difficulty).

backwards, okwesendasenda. w. slowly, okulemba. w. with difficulty, okubambaga, okuba ttira. w. throwing out legs, okujaagira. w. fast, okweyaka, okweyasa, okwabuka, okweskawuula, okwesekula, okwesika, okwesikula, okwewawaagula, okwewuuba, okwewalakata, okupappuka, okusaabuuka, okusesegguka.

carry on with difficulty, have a hard time.

v.tr. caus. cause to struggle to one's feet; raise with difficulty.

na min(y)igo: adv. phrase with hardship/difficulty.

v.i. pant; breathe with difficulty; throb (of the heart); tick (of a clock). Aliko kateetera. He is extremely ill.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; ailment; problem, cf. gozoobana.

v.i. talk indistinctly/with difficulty (as one who has a cold).

v.i. travel with difficulty; journey for a long time.

to jack up (a car). Ndi ku jjeeke. I am in trouble/difficulty.

v.i. trot/run with difficulty; limp along.

kuseereza ligenda mugga, to find no difficulty in doing something, lit. make slippery the road (li- implies kkubo) which goes to the well.

drinks, beverages, kunywa taaba, to smoke tobacco, kunywa buzzi, to understand with no difficulty (e.g., a school lesson); to complete without any trouble (a task), lit. to drink like water. kunywamu kendo, to outdo others, lit. to drink from a small ladle, eggoolo okunywa, to be scored (of a goal in football), kunywa mpewo or ku mpewo, to enjoy oneself, have a good time, lit. drink some air. Tanywa gu- teeka. He is not one to be trifled with/to fool with, lit. He does not drink (beer) which has settled down. Zinadda okunywa. There is going to be a showdown. We (they) are going to have it out.

(-vuye) struggle along with difficulty; be confusedAn a state of confusion; be exhausted.

okutenga ekigwo, to hurl (a person) to the ground, okutenga olubuto, to massage the abdomen with a special medicine so that a child may be bom without difficulty.

v.i. drag oneself along with difficulty; be exhausted.

adv. with difficulty/hardship.

difficulty, hardship.

fail in; be overcome by; be unable to deal with, experience difficulty in dealing with. Talina ky'alemwa. There is nothing he cannot do. Nnemeddwa omulimu. I cannot do/I have failed to do the job.

okusembeesa olubuto (or ebbuto), lit. carry around a stomach (or big stomach), i.e., be fat/obese; be advanced in pregnancy, cf. sengeesa; tembeeta.

struggle with a heavy load.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; bad luck.

v.i. rare walk painfully/ with difficulty.

o- usually plur. emigandu (mu/mi) trouble, problem, difficulty.

v.i. struggle to one's feet; rise with difficulty.

walk with difficulty.

v.tr. raise with difficulty.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; problem; preoccupation; chore. Alina emitawaana mingi. He is very busy. cf. tawaana.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; chore, daily task; problem. Gyebale emi- teeru. Gyebale emirimu. Thank you for the work you are doing. (These phrases are used almost in the nature of a greeting.)

be seriously preoccupied (with); have difficulty (with), okwetojja n'omuntu, to have a difficult time with a person.

devote oneself (to); expose oneself (to); surrender oneself (to); sacrifice oneself (to); be proud/pompous/showy. Omwami oyo yeewa. That chief has a high opinion of himself. to go over (a hill); cause to overcome/surmount (an obstacle, difficulty). cf. emivvuunuko, enzivuunuko.