a ntiisa, bi nnyo.
usually m the neg. -tagambika, unspeakable, indescribable. obulwadde obutagambika, unspeakable/horrible disease. cf. eggambo, akagambo, kalirugambo, eki- gambo, olugambo, am again bo, entagambwa.
e- (ki/bi) something unusual/outside of the ordinary; an extraordinary happening. Kino kibejjo. This is horrible/terrible.
adj. huge, enormous; tremendous; magnificent, grand, unparalleled, omwoleso gw'obusuubuzi kkuulaamalungi, a gigantic trade exhibition, olukwe kkuulaamalungi, a monstrous plot, enjala kkuulaamalungi, a horrible famine. Okubuulira kwabadde kkuulaamalungi. The sermon was magnificent, cf. kuula, -lungi.
o- with the -a of rel. horrible; hideous; loathsome, olunnabe lw'omukazi, a witch of a woman, olunnabe lw'embwa, a vicious dog. olunnabe Iw'obwavu, hideous poverty.
omusango ogwa Nnaggomola. case of a monstrous crime.
nnawookeera w'olutalo. a hideous war. nnawookeera w'obwavu, abject poverty.
o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. horrible, hideous, obnoxious, omucumuliru gw'omukazi, a horrible woman.
ki ekyamukozesa kityo? What ever made him act in this horribLe manner?