be, use neg. form of okuyinzika, okusoboka; an i. person, entambazi, entaate.

okujjirwa obuzibu obuta- gendeka, to be faced with insurmountable difficulties.

o- (lu/n) laugh. Taggyikako lu- kamyo. It is impossible to get a laugh out of him.

e- (n/n) flute, pipe. Omwana oyo ndere. This child is impossible/hopelessly wiLd. cf. lakalere, omulere.

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

v.tr. appl. 2 be impossible/extremely difficult for; be utterly too much for.

v.i. be possible; be manageable. Tckiyinzika. It is impossible.

v.i. pass. Ewa jjajja teviibwa nga totutte bikajjo. It is impossible to leave grandmother's without taking sugarcane.

play the clown; waste one's time on attempting the impossible.

-eyagula (-eyagudde) v.i. refl. scratch oneself. Abantu bano bazibu ng'adduka yeeyagula. These people are impossible to deal with/are utterly unreliable, lit. are as difficult as a person who runs while scratching himself.

-ekkya (-ekkizza) v.i. refl. stop; do to excess so that continuation is difficult or impossible. The specific act involved is expressed by a preceding verb. Yalya ne yeekkya. He ate until he could eat no more. Yayogera ne yekkya. He talked himself out.

-ebaalinga (-ebaalinze) v. i. refl. try to do what nnp is impossible of doing; exert oneself in vain; walk/act in a careless or hasty manner. cf. akabaalingo.

hard; difficult to deal with, impossible' (of people), kutuuka wailbu, iu gel into Liuuble/uifficuities/ danger, kuba muzibu kulaba, to be hard to equal/find/come by (e.g., an experienced carpenter), cf. zibuwala, obuzibu.