okulabika, okunnyulukuka, okunaawuuka, okupapankuka.

q.v. come up, emerge (from water); be revived/restored; recover. Bbuka! Gesundheit! (Said to one who has sneezed.)

a- (ka/bu) accident; misfortune, ebis eera eby'akabenje, period of emergency, kugwa ku kabenje ka mmotoka, to be involved in an automobile accident, kwabula kabenje, to miss being involved in an accident; to come out of an accident unscathed.

a- (ka/bu) disturbance; riot; uprising, okulangirira ebiseera eby'aka- tabanguko, to proclaim a state of emergency. cf. tabanguka.

e- (ki/bi) time; period of time, ekiseera ekinene, a long time, ebiseera eby'eddembe, leisure time, ebiseera eby'omu maaso, the future, abakozi ab'eki- seera, temporary employees, gavumenti ey'ekiseera, provisional government, ebiseera eby'akabenje, period of emergency, okukuuma ebiseera, to be on time, okumala ebiseera, to waste time. cf. akaseera.

e- (ki/bi) burning torch kept through the night (esp. in a chief's compound) for easy provision of fire in emergencies or at the beginning of the day.

come forth (e.g., from water, from the bush, from a hiding place).

cause to emerge/come forth; take out; pull out, drag out; get, obtain.

come (from); be adopted/taken over (e.g., of a foreign custom).

v.i. conv. 3 emerge (from water); be drawn out (of water).

emergency, dangerous period/situation, mu kiseera kino ekya kanaayokyaani, in this period of crisis.

v.i. spring forth with determination; start off/out; emerge.