a- plur. obuuma (ka/bu) small ma- chine;tool; instrument; device, cf. ekyuma.

watch over; guard; protect; maintain, keep, okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, okukuuma olu- bugo (nga lubaale mubbe), to guard the bark- cloth (after the lubaale has been stolen), to close the barndoor after the horse has been stolen. Akuuma omwami akira akuuma ente. (prov.) He who looks after a chief is better off than he who looks after a cow.

dkwekuuma, okwekengera.

be, okusaakaatira; (hair) okutuukuuma.

o- adv. tightly, firmly, closely; rigidly, strictly, okukuuma obutiribiri, to guard closely, okukuuma essaawa obutiribiri, to be absolutely punctual. Omusawo omulwadde amukuuma butiribiri. The doctor is keeping a close watch over the patient.

o-: mu bigambo by'obuuma, in money matters, obuuma is the plur. of 2akuuma, the dim. of ekyuma, q.v. for further meanings.

okukuuma, okutereka, okulabirira;

be, okwegendereza, okw ekuuma, okwerembereza.

okwagala, okukuuma, okulabirira.

obukuuma, obuzibira, okutakabana; (in court) okuwolereza.

okukuuma.

enziku, enjoka ensajja, ekisununu, enjoka za kisombi, lukuumabintu, lukuumawaka.

v., okukuuma; be on one's g., okwekuuma, okwekeka, okwekengera.

okukuuma, okukweka.

take, okwekuuma, okwege ndereza.

grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma.

okukuuma, okutereka. k. on, okunyiikira, okufuba. k. up to work, okukalaabiriza. k. waiting, okukalanga.

e- with the -a of rel. hard, solid (e.g., of potatoes).

e- (ki/bi) time; period of time, ekiseera ekinene, a long time, ebiseera eby'eddembe, leisure time, ebiseera eby'omu maaso, the future, abakozi ab'eki- seera, temporary employees, gavumenti ey'ekiseera, provisional government, ebiseera eby'akabenje, period of emergency, okukuuma ebiseera, to be on time, okumala ebiseera, to waste time. cf. akaseera.

e- (li/ma) ekkuumiro ly'ebisolo, game preserve, cf. kuuma.

e- (ki/bi) secret, mu kyama, se- retly. okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, obulamu bw'omuntu obw'ekyama, a person's private/personal life. Yankuba ekyama. He took me aside privately and told me a secret.

e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

awaka.

v. (watch), okulabirira, okukuuma; (be careful) okwekuuma; (object) okunyiiga.

okuliisa, okujjanjaba, okukuuma.

okukuuma, okulabirira, okujjumbira.

n., okwekuuma; take p., okwekuuma.

v., okukuuma, okutereka.

okukuuma, okulabirira; p. oneself, okwegema.

v., okukuuma, okulabirira.

v., okukuuma.

a kikuuma.

okutoola, okutwala, okuddira, okwemakula. t. away, okuggyawo. t. off, okuggyako, okubereekulula; (clothes) okwambula; (bedding) okwalula; (boots) okunaanula. t. out, okuggyamu; (tooth) okukuula. t. city, okumenya. t. in from drying, okwanula. t. inside, okuyingiza. t. care, okwegendereza. t. care of, okukuuma. t. a walk, okutambulako. t. hold, okukwata. t. off the head, okutikkula, okw etikkula. t. oath, okulayira. t. breath, okussa omukka. t. down, okuwanula; (house) okw abya, okuzimbulula; (tent) okusimbula. t. leave of, okusiibula. t. up, okusitula; (mats) okwalula; (choose) okulonda, okweroboza.

okukuuma, okujjanjaba.

okutuukuuma enviiri, to have thick/bushy/unkempt hair.

a- adv. home, at home. Bwe bagenda okulima ffe tusigala tukuuma waka. When they go cultivating we stay behind and mind the house, cf. eka, amaka.

v.i., okutunula; v.tr., okukuuma, okutunuulira, okwekkaanya.

o- (mu/ba) guard; guardian, omu- kuumi w'ekiro, night watchman, cf. Ikuuma.

kwekuuma butiribiri, to be very careful about one's manners/conduct. Njagala okwekuumira ku luguudo. 1 want to keep up with the times.

protective. Gavu- menti Enkuumi, the Protectorate Government. cf. 1 kuuma.