nnambye) v.tr. mark, place a mark on; underline.
nnambadde) v.i. be stiff; lie stiff; lie still; lie stretched out.
nnambise) v.i. go straight ahead, v.tr. stretch out, lay out straight; keep/bold straight. Omusota baagusse ne bagulambika mu kkubo. They killed the snake and stretched it out in the road, okulambika ebigambo, to state matters as they are, set matters straight.
etc.; prescribe for. Yamulambira eddagala. He prescribed medicine for him.
nnambudde) v.tr. call on, visit; tour; inspect (during the course of an official trip), eby'okulambula, tourism.
be visited, etc.
take on a tour, show around. cf. obulambuzi, omulambuzi.
nnambizza) v.i. be casual, act in a lazy /halfhearted way. Ayogera alambya. He talks in a lazy way.
embalasaasa, essalambwa (puff adder).
omubiri; (dead) omulambo; (person) omuntu; (headless) ekiwuduwudu; (company) ekibiina.
o- adv. in an all out manner, wholeheartedly, wholely, completely, cf. -lamba.
o- (bu/-) tourism, eby'obulambu zi, iden. cf. lambula.
o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.
okukyalira, okulambula.
omulambo, omubiri.
be, okugalamba, okugala banja, okwekubira gudiikudde.
omulambo, omutulumbi.
be, okulambya.
okulinnya.
v., okusunsula, okusanirira, okulambulula.
adj., tuufu, lamba, lambi rira; be c., okutuukirira, okumaliriza, okumala, okukome kkereza.
okulwana, okuwakana, okukalambira.
omulambo, omutulumbi; (headless) ekiwuduwudu.
okuzingulula, okutuggulula, okulambulula, okugombolola.
nyiikivu; be eager, okw ewunta, okukalambira.
lamba, lambirira, tuufu.
omuggazi; (of royal house) Mulamba.
a malala, lalambavu; be h., okwenyumiriza, okwekuza, okunigga, okugaaga, okukuumiira.
be, okwekubira gudii kudde, okugalamba, okuzinzibala.
okukebera, okwekkaanya, okwetegereza, okulambula.
omukebezi, omulambuzi.
okulambula.
a- also akafungulankete lit. which expose the underclothes, as an adj. sensational; sweeping, enkyukakyuka ez'akafungulankete, drastic developments/ changes, cf. fungula, olubugo, enkete.
etc.; magnify (e.g., the seriousness of a situation), kukalambiza mpaka, to persist in arguing, remain adamant,
a- (ka/bu) lamb, small sheep, cf. endiga.
a- (ka/bu) small hoof; paw of an animal, okulambuza obunuulo, to walk barefooted. cf. ekinuulo.
ndal am badde) v.i. be/look erect and stiff; be warped; fig. be recalcitrant/rebellious; be haughty.
v., okulimba, okudyeka, okutema amagembe. l. down, okugalamira, okwebaka, okwegalika. l. as dead, okulambaala. l. in wait, okuteega. l. in pools, okulegama.
gulumivu, kulumbavu; be l., okugulumira, okulalambala.
v., okutonnyeza, okuteekako akatonnyeze, okulamba, okutona.
o- plur. abaana (mu/ba) child. When referring to the young of animals mwana is sometimes, but not always, shifted to the mu/mi class, omwana gw'endiga, lamb, but omwana w'embuzi, goat, kid. mwana wattu, friend, my friend/pal (often used as a term of address), cf. akaana, ekyana, olwana, lyana, nnabaana.
omuvuzi, omuvunja; front p., omulambi.
okulambula.
okulambira.
essalambwa.
be, okukalambala.
okuteeka, okussa. s. down, okussa wansi. s. upright, okusimba, okuwangiza. s. sail, okuwanika amatanga. s. in line, okukolonga, okusimba olunyiriri. s. apart, okwawula, okutereka. s. the stroke, okulamba. s. at naught, okunyooma. s. a table, okutandiika emmeeza. s. out on a journey, okusitula. s. forth (explain), okutegeeza, okunnyonnyola. s. on (attack), okulumba. s. on fire, okwokya, okwokerera. s. a trap, okutega. s. right, okulongoosa. s. side by side, okuliraanya, okusengeka. s. to work, okukolo, okukoza. s. (dog) on, okuweerera. s. limb, okuyunga. s. teeth on edge, okunyenyeera.
omusota, empiri, embalasaasa, essalambwa, ttimba, ettemankima.
e- (li/ma) puff adder, Bitis gabonic a.
amanguago; vide okulambika.
v.tr., okuleega, okutalika, okutege, okugolola; (logs) okulambiikiriza, okulannama; s. out for, okukunuukiriza.
v., okulengera, okulambula; (land) okukuba mmayiro.
to remove a spell/incantation/hex. okulambulula omuntu, to exorcise a person, free a person from the effects of a spell or of spirit possession, cf. ekitambo.
disentangle; straighten out. okutandulula ku ki- gere, to start going, start on a trip, n'ata- ndulula ku kigere mu ssaawa ez'akawungee- zi n'agenda mu kibuga, and he started out in the evening hours and went to the town. cf. lambulula.
n., olugendo, olukyaia, okulambula.
okuzingulula, okulambulula.
v., okukyala, okubunga, okulambula; okulanya. v. constantly, okubeyuka, okuseya, okusereggana. make a short v., okubandagala. be on a v., okugenyiwa, okunyegera.
v.i., okweweta, okugonyoka, okulalambala; v.tr., okuweta, okweweesa.
tuufu, Iamba, lambirira.
pr.n. formerly title of the chief gate-keeper in the palace of the Kabaka.
o- adv. stiffly; stretched out. okutambula omulambaalo, to walk/proceed straight ahead without looking to either side. cf. lambaala.
o- (mu/mi) first stretcher/seat in a canoe.
o- (mu/mi) corpse, dead body.
o- (mu/ba) inspector; tourist. cf. lambula.
adv. in a neglected or abandoned state. Omulambo gwasangiddwa nga gugudde ggalabanja ku kkubo okumpi n'ennyumba ye. The corpse was found abandoned on a road near his house, cf. galabanja.
(la) kind of large gonja banana.
lit. he is as soft as ripe bananas, cf. ekyenvu.
omwana gw'endiga.
v.i. be indifferent; be careless/negligent; take matters lightly.
v.i. & tr. appl. be indifferent/careless (about). cf. omugalambi.