a- (ka/bu) small, niggardly portion/ helping of food. cf. mufumbakafu.

a- (ka/bu) consumption, tuberculosis; small chest, cf. ekifuba.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) privacy; private session, with the -a of rel. private. Bali mu kafubo. They are in private session.

adv. rapidly, at breakneck speed. with the -a of rel. rapid, headlong, embiro z'akafubutuko, breakneck speed, cf. fubutuka.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small black waterfowl, cf. fubutuka.

a- (ka/bu) large quantity, great amount- I have number abundance, nbu- fukunya bw'ensimbi, large sums of money.

creeping plant, lit. it spears (fumita) the lepers (bagenge).

a- (ka/bu) brisket, part of animal's chest usually containing a lot of fat. cf. fumita.

a- (ka/bu) nib, pen point; pen. cf. effumu, fumita.

a- also akafungulankete lit. which expose the underclothes, as an adj. sensational; sweeping, enkyukakyuka ez'akafungulankete, drastic developments/ changes, cf. fungula, olubugo, enkete.

Neoboutonia m elleri.

cf. funda.

a- (ka/bu) dust, as an adv. quickly; without stopping; like dust (enfuufu). kulaga kafuufu, to race away in a car, leaving one's pursuers behind, lit. to show dust.

at a great speed. cf. fuumuuka.

a- adv. at a great speed, lit. (the breeze; akawewo is implied by ka-) which blows away (akafuumuula) the termites (mpawu). Emmotoka yabayitako kafuumuulampawu. The car zoomed past them, with cap. Kafuumuulampawu, the tenth month of the Kiganda calendar, corresponding to October, cf. ^mwezi.

a- more commonly kafuumuuko adv. at a great speed, very fast. cf. fuuwuuka.

a- (ka/bu) small wave.

obusirusiru, akayisanyo, okafeetote, akafukunya, ejjingirizi.

ensolo; int. of abuse, kafulu, kookolirooko.

o- (bu/-) sureness, certainty; confirmation; proof, cf. -kakafu, kakata.

olukiiko lwakafubo.

be, okufuukafuuka, okukyukakyuka.

n., ekifuba, akakololo, akafuba, kya kyeggula.

a maanyi, gumu, ka kafu; be d., okumalirira, okukakata.

e- (li/ma) spear; spear tip. cf. fumila, fumuggula, akafumu, ekifumu.

okugaana, okuwera; God forbid! kikafuuwe!

nene, tiibwa, kafu.

change constantly.

more emphatically fuukanafuukana v.i. (redup.) become unrecognizable; become completely changed/ transformed; become disfigured, fuukanya (-fuukanyizza) v.tr. caus. alter/change completely; change beyond recognition. cf. kyefuula, omufuusa, munnanfuusi, enfuukafuuka, -nnanfuusi.

gumu, kakanyavu, kalubo, kakafu, kakummemme; vide kali bobbo. h. luck! int., manti! be h., okukakanyala, okukaluba. be h. for, okukaluubirira. harden, okukakanyaza, okugumya.

a mukwano, a kafubo.

a- (ka/bu) committee, commission, akakiiko akafuzi, executive committee. cf. 2kiika, olukiiko.

e- (ki/bi) chest; breast; bosom; measure of length (from the center of the chest to the end of the arm); cough, cold in the chest, flu. okwekuba mu kifuba, to repent; to reconsider one's position, cf. ^akafuba, olufuba.

q.v. quickly; without stopping.

o- adv. near, nearby; almost, nearly. followed by ne = near, close to. okumpi n'ennynmba ye, near his house. Kumpi kikakafu nti..., It is almost certain that... kumpimpi adv. rather near, quite close. cf. -mpi, wampi.

stingy cook. cf. fumba, akafu.

o- (mu/mi) moon; month, omwezi omuto, the new moon, okulwala omwezi, to be in a menstruation period, omwezi omukazi (- ttoggo, q.v.), the rainy season between February and June, lit. the feminine month, omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. The Luganda names of the months are: Gatonnya, January; Mukutulansanja, February;. Mukulukusabitungolungo, March; Mugulansigo, April; Muzigo, May; Ssebaaseka, June; Kasambula, July; Mwaka musajja, Muwakanya, August; Mutunda, September; Kafuumuulampawu, October; Museenene, November; Ntenvu, December.

e- (n/n) change(s); develop- ment(s). cf. fuuka.

akafumu.

a person who never grows up, a Peter Pan, lit, one who does not leave off being young like the small breast of a bird.

ekkalaamu ya bwino; (nib) akafumu; p. holder, ekijugo.

akakono, akafuba, kalusu.

a kyama, a kafubo.

olukiiko olwakafubo.

mangu, kakku, kapapiiro, kafuufu, kkuutwe, kalaako.

kakafu, tuufu.

obutuufu, obukakafu.

nnambaalaala, nnakafuga.

akafubitizi, enfulubiru.

or kafuuwe God forbid! Don't say things like that! cf. fuuwa.

pursue; fire (from a job), kufuumuula misinde, to pursue/chase closely, kufuumuula kagaali, to ride a bicycle at a very fast rate, kwefuumuula bwefuumuuzi, to try to cultivate but with no results; to putter around ineffectively. Talima yeefuumuula. He isn't just cultivating but doing a great job of it. He is an expert cultivator. cf. kafuumuuko; tuumuuka.

inflate (e.g., a ball); blow on, play (a flute, or similar instrument). okufuuwa lulimi (olugwira), to speak a (foreign) language fluently, kufuuwa mukka mu kisero, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow air into a basket, kufuuwa kintu mu jinombe, to lose something, give up something for lost, lit. blow something through a trumpet, kufuuwa malenge, to do to extremes; to be extreme, lit. to blow on reed pipes. Tanywa mwenge afuuwa malenge. He drinks to great excess, okufuuwa omukka, euph. to pass wind, okuluuwa oluwa, to whistle, kufuuwa muntu bigambo, to rush to tell something to a person. Mukasa ye yabitu- fuuwa. Mukasa broke his neck to tell us about it. kufuuwa muntu ssente, to give a person money voluntarily as a token of appreciation. ekintu okujjula ne kifuuwa, to overflow, be completely full. Enkuba yatonnye n'omugga ne gufuuwa. It rained and the river flooded over. Yafuuwa ekiwa ng'akizza munda. He drew in his breath in surprise, lit. blew a whistle and brought it back inside, kafuuwe or (more often) kikafuuwe! God forbid! Don't say things like that! kufuuwa musaayi, to spurt blood, kufuuwa taaba, to smoke (tobacco). Nnabbubi yamufuuye. The spider got on him and caused a rash. Ofuuwako? colloq. Do you drink (alcohol)?

(la) rare domineering woman. cf. fuga.

main, enfuukafuuka ssinziggu, important developments/changes, amayinja amanene gasinziggu, huge/enormous rocks, ensonga ssinziggu, main/chief matters.

chase out; flush out (an animal), okufubutula akagaali, to drive a bicycle at great speed. cf. effubutusi, akafubutuko, akafubutusi; -efubitika.

see kafuumuulampawu.

(la) kind of cooking banana.

terror (with reference to persons). omunywi kafulu, an inveterate drinker, omubbi kafulu, professional thief, kafulu mu kuddaabiriza emmotoka, an expert in repairing automobiles.

or kikafuuwe God forbid! Don't say things like that! cf. fuuwa.

^obufumbo, effumbiro, kifumba- mutuku (under mutuku), olufumbirwa, olu- fumbofumbo, mufumbakafu, ^omufumbi, omufumbiro, omufumbo, mufumbyannanda, enfumbiraganwa.

stab with. cf. -fumite, effumu, akafumu, kafumita- bagenge, omufumisi, omufumite; fumuggula.

v.i. neut. be capable of being shortened. Ebigambo byange tebifunzika. My comments cannot be easily reduced in length. cf. -funda, -funze, obufunze, kafunze.

confirmed, cf. kakata, obukakafu.

feel or be self-assured/confident of oneself. cf. -kakafu, obukakafu.

cf. kafuuwuuko.