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.

make a turn; turn off; go astray; go wrong, err; go to the bathroom.

kyama, ku bbali.

go, okubula, okukyama, okuwaba; lead a., okukyamya, okubuza, okutana, okutiriboosa.

o- (bu/-) wrong, wrongness, error; going astray; crookedness, cf. -kyamu, lkyama.

a kyama.

be, okukyama, okuwunja wunja, okweweta, okugooma, okugongobala, okukangabala.

okukyama, okuwunjuka, okuwaya,

okusobya, okukyama.

okukyama, okuwunjawunja.

v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

a- (ka/bu) mistake, error, cf. 1 kyama.

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.

hatch (eggs); incubate; extend over, spread over, cover. Twalengedde olufu nga lumaamidde ekiwonvu kyonna. We saw that the fog had spread over the entire valley. Yali akyamaamidde ku bukulu bw'essomero. He was still the principal of the school, lit. covering the head position. Eggaali emaamidde. The bicycle has a flat tire, kumaumira ga butembetembe, to remain in a place without budging.

a- plur. (li/ma) period of growth; period of sprouting of seeds. Aka- kyama amamera tekagolokokeka. (prov.) The little tree (aka- implies akati) which is crooked when it grows does not straighten up. Evil habits acquired in childhood are not usually eradicated in adulthood. c f, mera.

ekyamagero.

a kyama; vide kukukuta.

ekyama.

a kyama.

a kyama, a kafubo.

mukyama; (talk p.) okukukuutana.

mukyama.

okubulubuuta, okukyama, okulalagga.

n., ekyama, enkiso.

adj., a kyama.

mukyama, mankwetu, munkukutu, kimugunyu; do s., okubbirira.

okukyama, okuwaba, okubula.

v., okukyama.

okukyama, okuseyaaseya, okuseyeggera, okuwambajja, okuleregga, okulalagga; (in delirium), okulogojjana.

v., okwogera ekyama.

ekitalo, ekikuuno, ekyama gero oba eky'amagero, ekyewuunyo, makunale; the act of wondering, use inf. of v. follg.

kyamukyamu; be z., okwenyoolanyoola, okwegonyaagonya, okukyamakyama.

okwogera ekyama, okw emunyamunya, okumuumuunya.

reveal; pass judgment, okutyemula omusango, to pronounce judgment (at a trial), okutyemula akyama, to reveal a secret, okutyemula amawulire, to break the news, okutyemula emmeeme, to frighten; to disturb/worry greatly; to shock.

bent; false, wrong, incorrect, cf. kyama,^obukyamu.