n., ekivume, obuvumi, amavumirizi.

v., okuvuma.

o- (bu/-) tendency to be insulting; habit of insulting, cf. vuma.

to lose one's head over something; to lose one's sense of values because of something. N'obugagga nno bwe butyo tebubama- langamu nsa. And do not, in that way, let (the desire for) wealth get the better of you/ cause you to lose your perspective. Okuvuma omusomesa kimumalamu ensa eri b'asomesa. To insult the teacher causes him to lose respect in the eyes of the students he is teaching.

also fudumbala (-fudumbadde) v.i. put on airs, strut, flaunt oneself (often used in a very insulting sense).

peel off; remove the scales from; unstick; fig. reproach, chide; insult. cf. eggagamba, eggamba, ekigagamba.

e- (1 i/ma) spot (either permanent, as the spot on a leopard, or temporary as a spot of dirt, etc.) cf. ebigondo. bones, skeletons; dead relative(s). okuvuma amagufa, to insult grossly (by offensive references to a dead relative).

a-: okukuba akagogo, to stand firmly on one foot and move the other one backwards touching the ground with the toes (a disrespectful and insulting gesture mostly- employed by girls).

a ‘pig' (very insulting).

e- (ki/bi) gruel of crushed green beans, okulya ekiguude, to insult grossly, slander maliciously.

e- (ki/bi) insult, reproach; abuse; curse, cf. vuma.

e- (n/n) kind of animal supposedly having very keen sight, kulaba nga ndabi, lit, see like an ndabi. Used mostly in sentenc es of the following pattern: Yandaba nga ndabi n'atandika okunvuma. The minute he saw me/as soon as I came he started to insult me.

e-: (emmere) ennimire, (food) cultivated by (others). Olya nnimire. You eat food cultivated by others (a very insulting expression, implying that the wife to whom it is addressed is lazy and cannot grow her own food), cf. lima, limira.

e- with the -a of rel. pointed (of the head), ensoomi y'omutwe, pointed head (when used figuratively this phrase is very insulting). cf. -soomi.

revile, slander be abusive towards.

abuse one another.

revile (with a personal object or a following preposition).

insult continually.

vumisa (-vumisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be insulted/ reviled; bring into disrepute; insult/revile with/using. Mwana mubi avumya nnyina. (prov.) A bad child brings its mother into disrepute.

a present, a favor, etc.).

v.i. be or become fat (of animals; it is insulting when used with reference to human beings).

v.i. be insulted/offended; become touchy/quick to take offense.

c f. ensaata.

o- (mu/ba) member of any of the Northern tribes (very insulting).

etc.; descend upon; begin. Bwe yajja yakkira ku kunvuma. When he came the first thing he did was to insult me. Omanyi ebintu gye byakkira? Do you know how the matters were settled?

abusive, cf. vuma.

kutambula nga weegaba, to walk with open movements, throwing out one's arms and legs (highly insulting if said of a woman).

-ennyula (-ennyudde) v.i. refl. leave or stop work of one's own accord. Yanvuma ne yennyula. He insulted me terribly.

whereas, given that. Ogidde onvume, sikyatambula naawe. Since you have insulted me I will no longer go anywhere with you. Kintu agidde atuyise atyo, tumale gamuvaako. Since K. has treated us this way, let's just leave him alone.