okuluma, okumeketa, okubwatuka.

okumemettula, okumeketa, okubebena, okumegenya.

v., okumasamasa, okwakaya kana, okunyereketa; (lightning) okumyansa.

v., okumasamasa, okutanga lijja, okunyereketa, okuteŋŋeenya.

okumeketa, okukesula; (of pain) okujigija.

a- (ka/bu) glitter, shine, polish; kind of shrub, false Physalis. The seeds (nsiiti) are used in games by children. cf. nyereketa.

light-skinned, neither very dark nor very light, omuwala owa katakketakke, a light-skinned girl.

gnaw at, nibble.

v., okuseka, okumwenyereketa, okukuba embeekuulo, okumwetuka, okutema akalali, okutyetyemuka; vide akakule, kimwege. laughter, enseko, akalali.

a kutunda.

v.i., okusaanuuka, okuseebenge rera, okukereketa, okwaga, okunnyuukirira, okwanjulukuka.

glitter; be oily (of the skin), cf. akanyereketo.

glisten; be shiny/glossy; be oily (of the skin), cf. nyereketa.

v.tr.y okuluma, okubalagala; okumeketa, okujigija, okusennya, okujijiira; be in p., okunyolwa, okulumwa.

v.i., okudduka, okusaalimba, okwetereekerera; (leak) okugenda; (spread) okugererera; (wheel) okuyiringita. r. out (end), okuggwawo. r. away, okubomba, okuwunga, okunoba, okuwkmbuka; (melt) okukereketa; (flow) okukulukuta; (of eyes) okubolokota. r. very fast, okwewenya, okweyera, okukwenyuka, okusirimuka, okupirimpya.

okwaka, okwakaayakana, okumasamasa, okunyereketa.

okugaaya, okumeketa.

v.ir. pay wages to.

v.tr. chew (something hard); crunch; nibble at; gnaw. Amagumba gammeketa. My bones ache.

giggle.

v.i. pass the marriageable age (of girls); be no longer marketable (of commodities ).

o- (mu/ba) giggler, one who indulges in persistent and foolish laughter, cf. mwenyereketa. one who gives a shave; arch, barber, cf. mwa.

run down (of a liquid), emmeeme n'emukereketa, and he was worried.

(-kese) rare cut off. See ketula.

-emeketa (-emekese) v.i. refl. act as if one is chewing; smack one's lips.