bi, gwagwa, seegu; be f., okujamawala.

a-: kukwata kalippo, to be filthy/extremely dirty; to be tightly closed; to be tightly packed/jammed together. Essaati ye ekutte kalippo. His shirt is filthy.

cause to become filthy.

v.i. become dirty/ filthy; get dusty.

v.i. be immersed; be smeared; become filthy.

mu mmere banteereddemu nnaganga wa ki? What have I eaten, what sort of hideous thing have they put in my food? Omukulu bw'atakwata mu kisibo, embuzi zifa nnaganga. (prov.) If the person in charge does not take over in the pen, the goats die of nnaganga, i.e., if the leader does not perform his tasks the whole organization deteriorates.

o- (mu/ba) filthy/dirty person, cf. jama.

o- (mu/ba) (physically) dirty/filthy person, cf. obuligo.

v.i. be or become dirty/filthy/ stained; be stunted; grow poorly; be badly cooked; become hardened/inured; be resistant to cleaning; become worn (e.g., of a path).

cf. -gubaasiivu; guba.

v.i. become dirty/ filthy/soiled.

v.i. be or become immoral/ licentious/indecent/filthy.

to look filthy (like a person with a beard who is dribbling).

be immersed (in mire, etc.). okutubira mu mize emibi, to become enslaved to bad habits, kutunula gatubidde, to look filthy (ga- implies amazzi, water).

v.i. become dirty/ filthy.

spoiled, kuba mugagga muvundu, to be filthy rich. Alina akamwa akavundu. He has a foul mouth, cf. vunda, ekivundu.

filthy, cf. gubaasiira; guba.

filthy; unrefined, uncouth.

indecent; filthy, cf. gwagwawala, obugwagwa, ekigwagwa, omugwagwa.

dirty, unclean, untidy. cf. jamawala, obujama, omujama.