gayaavu; be l., okugayaala, okunaanya, okuleeya.

loiter, be lazy; wander from job to job.

n., enjuki ensajja; (termites) enswa; (lazy person) omugayaavu. droop, v.i. (of plants), okuyongetuka.

etc.; be careless/indifferent about; treat lightly.

rare be lazy; be languid. cf. engojoba, gajaba.

reach a high point of intensity; be involved/ complicated (referring to a situation, either in a favorable or unfavorable sense). Gu- jabagidde: ng'omunafu azadde kaiiira. iii (low high low) interj. expressing surprise and flat contradiction I just don't believe you. (prov.) It is complicated affair, just as when a lazy cultivator gives birth to a heavy eater.

ndalanze) v.i. be indifferent/lazy/unconcerned about consequences; be reckless.

nnambizza) v.i. be casual, act in a lazy /halfhearted way. Ayogera alambya. He talks in a lazy way.

lebevu; (lazy) gayaavu.

ndeeye) v.i. be lazy/idle;

ndeze) v.tr. nurse (a child); bring up, rear. Omwana bw'omulera era bw'akula. (prov.) lit. As you bring up a child, so he grows. An adult is the product of his childhood training, okulera engalo, to twiddle one's thumbs, be lazy.

adj. lazy; weak.

nafuwala (-nafuwadde) v.i. become weak/feeble; become lazy.

nafuwaza (-nafu- wazizza) v.tr. caus. cause to be weak, weaken; make lazy; discourage. cf. -nafu.

e- (n/n) idler; lazy person.

one who does not wish to dirty his fingers by doing work, lit. pretty-fingers. cf. engalo, nana.

e- (n/n) lazy/languid/earless person. cf. gojoba.

e- (n/n) weak, lazy person.

e-: (emmere) ennimire, (food) cultivated by (others). Olya nnimire. You eat food cultivated by others (a very insulting expression, implying that the wife to whom it is addressed is lazy and cannot grow her own food), cf. lima, limira.

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

produce smoke; smolder; be rampant, rage (of an epidemic); rage (of a battle); be numerous, swarm, teem. Omukka tegunyooka watali muliro. There is no smoke without fire. Obunafu bw'alina bunyooka. He is terribly lazy.

lebevu, langa vvu, jenjeevu; (lazy) gayaavu; get s., okulebera, okulangaala, okujenjeba, okuddirira, okukennemba.

foolish person; lazy/dull person.

v.i. act in a casual/trifling manner; treat lightly; be indifferent; be lazy.

v.i. be languid/inert; become lazy. cf. engajaba; gojoba.

suffice; be correct; fit, suit. Waddanga erinnya lye lyamutuuka. The name Waddanga suited him. Ebibuuzo byonna yabituuka. He got all the questions right. Mukasa si munafu kutuuka awo. Mukasa is not that lazy/weak. Yatuuka n'agamba nti.... He even, said that... Nteekwa okubawayiza ebyantuukako. I should tell you about the things that happened to me. Awo olwatuuka nga... Once upon a time... bwe gutuuka awo ne gunyuma, that is where things get (the story gets) interesting.

v.i. stroll; go slowly; be lazy. cf. omulendo.

e- (n/n) lazy/careless/useless person. with the -a of rel. lazy, useless, engajaba y'omukazi, a lazy,careless woman. cf. gajaba.

o- (mu/ba) weak/lazy/cowardly person.

o- (mu/ba) lazy person, cf. naanya.

v.i. be lazy/idle/indolent/slothful.

give a false sense of security; cause to lose zeal or interest; distract, provide distraction for.

v.i. be or become lazy/ idle/indolent.

make an effort (esp. of one who tends to be lazy).

-erigomba (-erigombye) also -erigoya (-erigoye) v.i. refl. act silly; carry on in a foolish or reprehensible manner; act lazy; be affected/overly coy.

work half-heartedly; do busy work (as one recovering from an illness). cf. -gayaavu, obugayaavu, eggayaalo.

idle. Obutamiivu twain u fuula omugayaavu okusinga ekyennyan- ja. Drunkenness made him extremely lazy, lit. lazier than a fish. cf. gayaala.

-edeeya (-edeeye) v.i. be lazy; act sloth- fully. Alima yedeeya. She does field work in a slothful manner.

feeble; idle, lazy. cf. nafuwa.