ejjingirizi.
kabugira; vide kuka mala, kungwa.
e-: kukuba bbidde, colloq. to drink beer to excess, cf. embidde.
mpwedde) v.i. be finished/ ended; be completed (e.g., of a job); be exhausted/worn out. Mpweddemu amaanyi. I have no strength left, obulamu obutaggwa- wo, eternal life, okuggwaamu akakunkuna, to be completely convinced, have one's doubts removed, okuggwa ku muntu, to be ‘finished' with a person, no longer to trust him; to be utterly amazed at a person, ku- ggwaamu mazzi, to be on the point of death; to have just died, lit. to be exhausted of water. Aweddeemu amazzi. He is on the brink of death. Yanywedde n'aggwa. He drank to excess/got drunk. Yayambadde n'aggwa. She was dressed ‘fit to kill.'
pamper, indulge, give excessive freedom to.
e- no plur. (li/ma) abundance; excess. with the -a of rel. abundant; excessive; extreme, omulimu ogw'ej jingirizi, an enormous amount of work, omubbi ow'ejjin- girizi, a great thief, cf. yinga.
a- (ka/bu) chaff of malt floating on fermenting beer, okwemala akakya, to drink to excess.
do to extremes (in a bad sense). Ng'okamaze! You have really botched things up! In a more frequent usage kamala follows another verb and is translated by the English adverbs: extremely, very much, to a high degree. Omukyala yeraliikirira n'akamala.
rare be excessive (of prices); be very hot (of the sun ).
a- (ka/bu) small tree; small stick, okukola ekintu n'odda ne mu kati, to do something excessively/to an extreme degree; to do something wonderfully/efficiently. Yayimba n'adda ne mu kati. He sang wonderfully. Twalya ne lukubyako kati. We ate excessively and still had plenty left over. cf. omuti.
Afumbye bya katiiyiiko. She has cooked too much. cf. tiiyiika.
a- (ka/bu) body odor caused by excessive perspiration.
a ‘pig' (very insulting).
more than enough. Emmere afunye ya kifikkirizi. He has got more than enough food. cf. fikka.
e- no plur. (ki/bi) kind of skin disease characterized by a rash and excessive itching, kukuba muntu kikuku, to infect a person with a disease by the use of charms/witchcraft, cf. olukuku.
e- no plur. excess, with the -a of rel. excessive, kukola bya kkinyi, to act mischievously, do things to excess.
o- no plur. (lu/n) excessive liberality/generosity; prodigality, cf. gabangula, omugabanguzi.
o- (lu/n) excess of salt; fig. quarrelsome person.
o- no plur. (lu/n) a disease of the skin which causes excessive itching (esp. of dogs), cf. ekikuku.
o- (lu/n) open calabash or gourd used as a tumbler for drinking, kwemalamu ng'ogw'oluwa a wo, to act to excess (often used of talking or laughing), lit. empty oneself like the beer(omwenge implied by ogwa) of a tumbler, cf. ekiwaawo, empaawo.
a- plur. (li/tna) obesity, corpulence, excessive fatness.
o- less commonly amalubya plur. chatter, excessive talk, ow'amalubya, chatterbox, cf. lubyalubya.
plaster on, daub on; smear on to excess ('cosmetics, creams, etc.).
e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fallen) mpande causes the whole basket to be spilled (because the person carrying the basket stooDs to nick it up). Excessive attention to small things leads to the loss of large things, cf. ^oluwande.
e- (n/n) beer made with very little sorghum; excessively sweet beer. Ekiwoo- mereze ekitatadde kye kizaala enkenku. (prov.) Sweetness which does not cease produces nkenku. Excess may ruin something that is essentially good.
e- (n/n) advantage; excess; surplus; interest, kulya mu banno nkizo, to excel/ do better than your friends. Yatulyamu enkizo. He did better than we. He got the best of us. cf. Ikira.
thin person; one who is excessively thin and moves unsteadily.
e- (n/n) excess; excessiveness. with the -a of rel. extreme; excessive, essanyu ery'ensusso, extreme joy. obulumi obw'ensusso, agonizing pain, obuyinza obw'ensusso, excessive authority. Amulya- mu ensusso. He surpasses him. Yanjozaa- yoza bya nsusso. He congratulated me profusely. cf. sukka.
e- (n/n) a number (of units) less than ten; excess, some in addition (with the number not explicitly expressed). With the -a of rel. some odd, some in excess of, some few. ssiringi ttano ne ssente ez'en- susuuba, five shillings and some odd cents. Abaana ababaddeyo baabadde mu nsusuuba. The children who were there were less than ten. cf. suusuuba.
be loquacious. Usually in the phrase okusamwasamwa n'ebigambo, to talk too much/excessively.
etc.; exasperate; cause to be in excess.
err. v.tr. cause to exceed/go in excess of; spoil, injure; rape, okusobya ebiragiro, to violate regulations, okusobya omuzigo, to violate the traditions associated with the marriage ceremony. cf. obusobya, ekisobu, ekisobyo, omu- sobya, omusobyo, ensobi.
v.i. be excessive; be superfluous.
shake about, kusukumbula kyejo, to act in a spoiled manner, behave badly. cf. essukumbuli. night; sleep; remain, stay; live, dwell. Wasuze otyanno? Good morning, lit. How did you pass the night? kusula ku budde, to spend a sleepless night (esp. with one who is seriously ill). Yasuze mulwadde nnyo. He was very sick last night. Osula otya obulwadde? How are you now? (Said to someone who is very sick.) Tanywa si- gala asulayo bbiri. He smokes to great excess. Tanywa mwenge asulayo bbiri. He doesn't just drink, he gets intoxicated.
be in excess; be left over/superfluous, v.tr. exceed; excel, cf. ensusuuba.
adv. (also), era; (excessive) vide okuyinga, okuyitirira.
get soaked. Yatotobala mu mivuluya gye. He was all decked out in his regalia. Yanywedde n'atotobala. He imbibed too much. He drank to excess.
mpaanye) v.tr. praise excessively; flatter.
nnyimbye) v.tr. combine, join together; do in addition; tie, tie up. IJanli ba buggy a nr. bnyimbn okwlm nb'rnnl- ml e/.ilntuuln. They were of a jealous nature and, in addition, they were (combined being) excessively loquacious.
nnyinze) v.i. & tr. be excessive; be too much/too great; do to excess; exceed, surpass; overwhelm. Yatuuka eka ng'obusungu bumuyinze. He arrived home bursting with rage, lit. as rage overwhelmed him.
nnyinzizza) v.tr. be able; be able to handle; be able to do; do to excess. tuyinza okukikola, we can do it. Sikiyinza. I cannot do it.
do to an extreme degree. v.i. be excessive, act in an excessive manner.
v.tr. handle (excessively); finger; manipulate; mess about with.
inflate (e.g., a ball); blow on, play (a flute, or similar instrument). okufuuwa lulimi (olugwira), to speak a (foreign) language fluently, kufuuwa mukka mu kisero, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow air into a basket, kufuuwa kintu mu jinombe, to lose something, give up something for lost, lit. blow something through a trumpet, kufuuwa malenge, to do to extremes; to be extreme, lit. to blow on reed pipes. Tanywa mwenge afuuwa malenge. He drinks to great excess, okufuuwa omukka, euph. to pass wind, okuluuwa oluwa, to whistle, kufuuwa muntu bigambo, to rush to tell something to a person. Mukasa ye yabitu- fuuwa. Mukasa broke his neck to tell us about it. kufuuwa muntu ssente, to give a person money voluntarily as a token of appreciation. ekintu okujjula ne kifuuwa, to overflow, be completely full. Enkuba yatonnye n'omugga ne gufuuwa. It rained and the river flooded over. Yafuuwa ekiwa ng'akizza munda. He drew in his breath in surprise, lit. blew a whistle and brought it back inside, kafuuwe or (more often) kikafuuwe! God forbid! Don't say things like that! kufuuwa musaayi, to spurt blood, kufuuwa taaba, to smoke (tobacco). Nnabbubi yamufuuye. The spider got on him and caused a rash. Ofuuwako? colloq. Do you drink (alcohol)?
v.tr. spend lavishly (money); consume to excess (e.g., beer).
one who gives away all he has.
with the -a of rel. excessive. Anywedde gwa lutiiyiiko. He has drunk too much (gwa implies a preceding omwenge). cf. tiiyiika.
go beyond; step over; transgress; exceed, kusukka bwa mulamuzi, to become critical/very bad, to deteriorate (of a situation). Yalaba eki- gambo kisusse obw'omulamuzi. He saw that the matter had gotten out of hand, mu ngeri esusse, excessively, in an excessive way.
v.tr. raise (a price) excessively. c f. obukanga.
o- (mu/mi) surplus, excess, emyaka kkumi n'omusobyo, more than ten years, cf. soba, sobya.
v.tr. handle (excessively); finger; mess about with.
o- (mu/mi) cabbage tree, Anthocleista schweinfurthii. generous giver; one who gives wastefully or to excess, cf. gaba, gabangula.
v.i. appl. 2 be extreme/ excessive/beyond measure; be prolonged.
o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. huge, enormous; excessively long, omukukku gw'ebbaluwa, an extremely long letter.
-ebigika (-ebigise) v.tr. refl. overload oneself with; carry (something excessively heavy ).
talk excessively about oneself.
extreme, obukyayi obusuffu, excessive hate. cf. sukka.
-ekkya (-ekkizza) v.i. refl. stop; do to excess so that continuation is difficult or impossible. The specific act involved is expressed by a preceding verb. Yalya ne yeekkya. He ate until he could eat no more. Yayogera ne yekkya. He talked himself out.
-sukkulumu adj. exceeding; excessive; superior. cf. sukkuluma.
-eyitiriza (-eyitirizza) v.i. appl. 2 caus. refl. act to excess; go beyond all bounds; be meddlesome/intrusive; go where one is not wanted/invited.
superb, wonderful; excessive, extreme, obukyayi obuyitirivu, extreme hate. cf. 2 yita, yitirira.