okuziyiza, okufubira, okulya empinga.

deaden; crush, disfigure; destroy.; stifle, hold back, frustrate.

a-: okubeera ku katuubagiro, to be tired of waiting; to be frustrated by not getting what one wants, cf. tuubagira.

e- (li/ma) -fruit of the mukobe q.v. (It has a thin skin, a texture resembling that of the potato and is eaten boiled.) Ekika ky'Ekkobe, the Kkobe Clan, kukomba ku kya kkobe eky'ettungulu kiwoomerera, to be frustrated in accomplishing one's objective; fail to obtain what one wants, lit. to lick at the skin (kikuta is implied, by kya) of the kkobe, (whereas) the skin of the ttungulu is the one that is sweet.

identical with the above, v.tr. frustrate, block; incapacitate. okukonera oluggi, to refuse to answer the door. Mmukonedde ebigenge ngalo. I have frustrated his efforts. I have blocked him (as leprosy does to fingers). cf. konoona.

hinder; frustrate; sabotage, subvert; spoil; arch. bewitch, cf. kkotoggo.

etc.; eat as sauce/relish, okuliira omuntu empinga, to frustrate a person, make obstacles for a person, okuliira amaluma, to eat a meal without sauce or relish. Leeta enva ze tunaaliira emmere. Bring some vegetable relish which we can eat with the main dish. Naye nga ebyo byonna bibaliira ki emilwe? But why should all this worry/ bother you?

and dialectal lumonge) (la) sweet potatoes, omunwe gwa lumonde, one/a single sweet potato. Zinsanze ezaasanga lumonde mu ttaka. I am extremely depressed/dejected/frustrated, cf. akamonde, nnammonde.

e-: okuliira empinga, to frustrate, spoil things for. Ebyo byonna byamuliira empinga. All these things ruined his chances. Aba yeeriiridde yekka empinga. He is asking for trouble. He is bringing trouble on himself.

block, frustrate.

v.i. become stuck; stay in one position; stagnate; become blunt; become frustrated; fail.

v.i. be deadened/ blunted (as an instrument); become crumpled; be crushed/disfigured; become handicapped; be blocked/stymied/frustrated.

reach a dead end.