gayaavu; be i., okugayaala, okunaanya; okulagajjala, okuleeya, okulendera; make i., okugayaaza.

obugayaavu, obunaanya.

omugayaavu, omunaanya, omufaadanga, enfamba.

mmambadde) v.i. be mischievous, act mischievously; be unbridled/reckless/wild.

loiter, be lazy; wander from job to job.

olukoba.

o- (bu/-) laziness; idleness. Obugayaavu buzaala obunafu. (prov.) Laziness produces weakness, cf. gayaala.

o- (bu/-) laziness; idleness; finickiness, choosiness. cf. naanya.

n., ensonga; make idle excuses, okulonzalonza.

e- no plur. (li/ma) sloth; idleness; boredom, blase feeling, cf. gayaala.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) orneriness, ill- natured disposition; bumptiousness, quality of being loud and bumptious. Omunafu ayinza kababba. (prov.) An idle person excels in boastful talk. It is easier to talk about something than to do it. Alina aka- babba or Wa kababa. He is a loud-mouthed person.

nnangadde) v.i. stand motionless; stand idle. cf. obulanga, nnangaazi.

ndeeye) v.i. be lazy/idle;

nnonzezza- lonzezza) v.i. hesitate, vacillate, stall; be indifferent; make idle excuses.

o- plur. ennambo (lu/n) rumor; idle talk; gossip, cf. gamba.

o- no plur. (lu/n) idle chatter; gossip; undue familiarity, ow'olunderebu, busybody.

e- (n/n) idler, good-for-nothing; ignorant person, cf. butantala.

e- (n/n) idler; lazy person.

stall; make idle/false excuses. Yasooka kupalappalanya nga bw'atalina ssente. At first he made the excuse that he didn't have any money.

roam around; loaf, be an idler.

idle, loaf; putter around.

v.i. be lazy/idle/indolent/slothful.

v.i. be or become lazy/ idle/indolent.

idle around.

naughty; unbridled, reckless, wild. cf. bambaala.

idle. Obutamiivu twain u fuula omugayaavu okusinga ekyennyan- ja. Drunkenness made him extremely lazy, lit. lazier than a fish. cf. gayaala.

feeble; idle, lazy. cf. nafuwa.