empeta.

v., okuyunga, okugatta, okusiba.

okutemya, okutemereza.

kutemya bukofu, to blink like a guinea fowl, i.e., be wide awake, cf. enkofu.

okwetulinkiriza.

okulanga, okuyitanya, okusulinkanya.

e- (ki/bi) eyelid, okutemya ekikowe, to wink; to blink, nga kutemya kikowe, in an instant, cf. olukowe.

e- (li/ma) mesh of a net; link (in a chain), mu kkowe lino, in this regard, in this respect.

o- (mu/ba) presumptuous person; usurper, interloper; self-appointed person. cf. -etulinkiriza.

possessor, nnannyini nnyumba, owner of the house; master of the house, nnannyini kutu, drum of the ear. bannannyini mugenzi, the relatives of the deceased. nnannyini mukolo master of ceremonies. nnannyinimu, owner of the house; husband, cf. Innyini, obwannannyini.

okwaŋŋanga, okwetulinki rira, okwetema; (suppose) okulowooza; p. on one's strength, okweginika.

okuyiriba.

q.v.

v.i. blink, okutemya n'okuzibula or okutemya ekikowe, in the i.winkling 01 an eye, very quickly, kutemya bukofu, to be alert/wide awake, lit. blink like a guinea fowl, ow'erimu kutemya ku w'abiri, a person with one (eye, eriiso implied) to blink at one with two (eyes). This is used of an event, gathering, celebration, etc., which is very impressive or of enormous magnitude, okutemyako, to give a hint to by winking. Akutemyako, oyagala wa mbazzi? (saying) He has winked at you, do you want the one with the ax (to tell you)? Do you need a roof to fall down on your head?

nzise) v.tr. kill; murder; destroy; ruin, abolish; cancel, okutta ku liiso, to narrow one's eyes (esp. as a warning); to signal with the eyes; to blink, okutta ku bigere, to slow down one's gait, okutta ku ddoboozi. to lower the voice, okutta ennyonta, to quench thirst. Ekyatta omwami nnakimanya. (prov.) What killed the master, I knew it. One should speak out before it is too late.

okubundula, okuvuunika, okuliga, okusulinka; (liquids) okuyiwa.

okunaayira, okuwaŋŋama, okwetulinkirira, okwetumiikiriza.

o- (mu/mi) normally linked with another noun by the -a of rel. one, a single (one), unit, omunwe gwa lumonde, a sweet potato, eminwe gy'amatooke, several plantains, cf. olunwe.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. hack/chop with/by means of. v.i. blink continually.

ring, sing (of noise in the ears). Amatu gampaawaala. My ears are humming.

move stealthily; shuffle, scuffle, make a scuffling noise.

v.i. slink along; shuffle along; go stealthily; drag oneself along.

go across, okusalinki- riza awo mu bitooke, to take a short cut.

to look staringly, look without blinking.

act presumptuously; usurp, appropriate, cf. omwetulinkirize.

attributive and other relationships. The prefix attached to -a is determined by the class of the preceding noun, e.g., ebitabo ebya Mukasa, the books of Mukasa; entebe ey'omuti (ey' = eya), the chair of wood, the wooden chair. An important function of a is that of forming ordinals from cardinals, e.g., mu myaka omusanvu, in seven years; mu mwaka ogw omusanvu (ogw' = ogwa), in the seventh year.