n., ennaku, obunaku; vide ttayo.

v., okunakuwaza; be distressed, okunakuwala.

o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.

disturb; make anxious; distress; hurt.

e- (n/n) described in previous dictionaries as: sternum, sternal cartilage; pit of the stomach; internal bodily part. It is now used almost always in a figurative sense: heart, soul, seat of the emotions. It occurs in hundreds of phrases and expressions of which the following is a sampling: mu ngeri ya kawanika mmeeme, in a frightening way. kwekuba mmeeme, to reconsider, emmeeme n'enfa, and my heart sank/I was utterly distressed. Nze emmeeme yangwa wala. I became very depressed. Otukubye wala emmeeme. You have really given us a scare. Emmeeme yamudda mu nteeko. He felt relieved, lit. his heart went back in place, ow'emmeeme etawaana amangu, one who is easily nauseated. Emmeeme entye- muse. 1 am terribly anxious/concerned/ shocked. Kino kyali ng'ekyawanula emmeeme ye. This seemed to relieve him/ calm him down. Emmeeme katale, ky'esiima ky'egula. (prov.) The heart is like going to market — it buys what it wants. Emmeeme gy'esula, ebigere gye bikeera. fprov.J Where the heart sleeps is where the feet- go in the morning, i.e., when you sleep with the intention of doing something, that is what you do. Emmeeme etefumba kigambo ekwo- geza munno ky'atagenda kwerabira. (prov.) lit. The heart which does not fashion well the spoken word makes you say what your friend will never forget. The spoken word can never be retracted.

e- adv. in desperate straits, in distress; in desolation; in a state of abandonment.

mpambazze) v.i. wander around in distress.

banish. Yayita wano jjo ng'ennaku zigenda zimuwambazza. He passed here yesterday in a very distressed/ distraught frame of mind.

oh dear. cf. wowoggana.

mpowogganye) v.i. shout; cry out in alarm; cry in distress.

v.i. be distressed/distraught; be in agony; wander about futilely.

reduce to distress.

o- (mu/mi) confusion; untidiness', mess; distress; trouble, cf. gogologolo.

(-nyaamye) also nyaamanyaama (-nyaamyenyaamye) v.i. (redap.) run off in a distressed/fearful state; rush off in panic.

to refuse flatly, lit. to lick that which digs (enkumbi, hoe, is implied). okukomba obulamu, colloq., to enjoy life, have a good time, okukomba amazzi, colloq., to drink a great deal of beer, okukomba amannyo ng'embwa, to lick one's chops in anticipation of food or (more frequently) drink, okukomba ssente, to acquire money without much effort, to ‘clean up.' okukomba ku kantu, to eat a little bit, taste a little bit; to drink a little bit. Ge balira ge bakomba. They are in great distress, lit. The tears (amaziga is implied) they weep they lick. Yasula takombye ku mpeke ya tulo. He didn't get a wink of sleep all night.

gesticulate wildly; wail, cry; be in great distress.

miserable; distressed; sorrowful, cf. nakuwala, obunaku, omunaku, ^ennaku.