ccocce.

o- (bu/-) fierceness, fury, as adv. fiercely, furiously, kutunuza bu swandi, to have a fierce look. Yalwanyisa buswandi He fought furiously.

fly into a rage; quarrel furiously.

also twalana (-twalanye) v.i. recip. take each other; fight furiously, attack each other fiercely; swell, swell up.

njabizza) v.tr. caus. finish the funeral rites/the period of mourning/the ceremony of olumbe; wreck, ruin, overwhelm; rip (e.g., cloth); dismantle, v.i. depart, leave, okwabya olumbe, to carry out/ conclude the ceremony of olumbe. Obusungu Mw. Kintu bw'alina bujula kumwabya mutwe. Mr. Kintu is furiously angry, lit. the anger he has is on the point of splitting his head.

v.ir. appl. look furiously at (with amaaso as object). Yamuvulumulira amaaso. He looked furiously at him/cast a furious glance at him.

cf. cocca.

v.tr. tear to pieces; crumble to pieces; peck at furiously; fig. heap abuse on.

to fight furiously; to play/compete furiously (e.g., of two opposing teams ).

v.i. be or become warm/ hot (both of things and persons); fig. warm up (to a subject); become excited; get enthusiastic. Olwayanze omupiira luti, embooge yabadde tannaba na kubuguma aba Kenya ne bateeba eggoolo. The game had hardly started when the Kenya team made a goal, lit. the embooge had hardly warmed up. Ebifuba byababugumye. They wrestled furiously.

cf. -twaggufu, -twavvu, twazzi, ekitwaggu, ekitwavvu.

-ekanama (-ekanamye) v.i. refl. become angry/sullen; glare furiously.