okwavuwaza; be impoverished, okwavuwala.

the poor lady (in the sense of unfortunate, not necessarily impoverished), cf. ssempala.

impoverish. cf. -(y)avu, obwavu, omwavu.

v.i. become impoverished; become destitute; suffer greatly. Bw'odooba bw'ogwa awabi ng'eyali munno akwerabira. (prov.) When you become destitute, when your situation becomes bad (lit. you fall into a bad place), then he who was your friend forgets you.

v.tr. caus. impoverish; bring great sufferings upon.

kweyaguza luggyo, to be destitute/impoverished/down and out, lit. to scratch oneself with a piece of broken pot. kweyaguza mpanvu, to scratch oneself up and down, lit. with long (nails, njala is implied). cf. kwagula, olukwagulo.

impoverished, cf. yavu- wala, obwavu, omwavu.