n., okwagala.
v., okwagala.
lungi nnyo.
o- (bu/-) love, liking, cf. yagala,
adj. (of price), kanufu; vide okuseera; beloved, agalwa.
ŋŋanze) v.i. be a favorite; be beloved; be popular.
darling, my beloved.
a- (ka/bu) loved one, sweetheart; wife. cf. biita.
e- (ki/bi) booby, idiot; slovenly person.
e- adv. in a haphazard/untidy/ slovenly way. Yesiba empina ekirijja. He dresses in a slovenly way.
rollover, roll along; spend (time), okukulungula ebigambo, to spend a yarn.
e- (ki/bi) plump little child; fat, slovenly youngster; trailer (on a car or truck), ebyana by'ennyaanya, tomato seeds, ebyana by'ebiwuka, eggs of insects. Ebijaguzo bijja kubaako n'ekyana. There will be tremendous celebrations, cf. omwana.
ndozze) v.tr. tell, recount, narrate, okulojja omukwano, to declare/express one's love. Kye nnalaba mu ... ndi fa nkirojja. What I saw in ... I will remember as long as I live, lit. I will die recounting it. Amulojja temumala. He is really amazed at him (in either a good or bad sense). Buli omu alulojja bubwe. Everyone tells it/describes it from his own point of view (said when different people give different reports of the same incident).
o- (lu/n) stocking; nylon (stocking); glove, enkampa ennyimpi, socks.
o- no plur. (lu/n) pampering; familiarity; impudence, with the -a of rel. very temporary, flimsy, frivolous. Omukwano gwabwe gwa lusuusuuto. Their love affair is a passing thing/built on sand. cf. suusuuta.
o- also olutinko no plur. (lu/n) infatuation, omukwano ogw'olutinkizo, mad infatuation, mad love. cf. tinka, tinkiza.
o- (lu/n) plover.
a- plur. (li/ma) wisdom; knowledge; device, stratagem; advice; wit; skill, amagezi ga bnlijjo, common sense, everyday knowledge, omuwi w'amagezi, advisor, okusala amagezi, to devise a plan. Yasa- langa gonna (gonna here = amagezi gonna). He used every expedient. He did everything he could. Amagezi tegaba g'omu. (prov.) Wisdom/cleverness is not the monopoly of one person. Okwagala kulya amagezi. (prov.) Love benumbs (lit. eats) the senses. Love is blind. Note: the gramm. sing, eggezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from the plur. cf. -gezi, kalimagezi, olugezigezi.
e- (n/n) star; planet; firefly; asterisk; slang beloved, cf. munyeenya.
e- (n/n) kind of bird, plover.
o- (mu/ba) (one who is) beloved. cf. yagala, yagalwa.
o- (mu/ba) one who loves, lover. cf. yagala.
olutuletule.
grown, sigh, ku- sinda mukwano, to be deeply in love.
be, okwevulunkanya, okufankana, okuligaaliga.
v.tr. infatuate, kutunula nkutijje, to have a feeling of compassion but not show it. Omukwano gubatijja. They are very much in love.
mjagadde) v.tr. want, desire; love; like; as aux. be about to, be on the point of, (to) almost... Okutya kwaya- gala okun.Simla eddalu. Fear almost drove me mad. Enkuba eyagala kutonnya. It is likely to rain.
yagalikika (-yaga- likise) v.i. neut. 1 & 2 be likableAove- able; be easy to like/love. Yali muntu ayagalikika. He was a likable person.
yagalibwa (-yagaliddwa) v.i. pass, be liked/loved, etc.
lose conscious ness; be in danger of death. Baagalana okuzirika. They love each other very much.
omwoyo.
v.i. recip. be pleased with each other; approve of one another; like one another; love one another.
v.i. be slovenly; become dissipated; suffer a deterioration in personality.
o- (mu/mi) [Eng. ] jersey, pullover.
v.tr. caus. 2 cause to want/love. Ekigendererwa ekikulu kwe kwagazisa abaana eby'obulimi. The chief objective is to make children like farming.
v.i. recip. like each other; love each other. Abagagga n'abagagga baagalana. fprou.J Rich people like each other. Birds of a feather flock together.
cf. bula, dda.
v.tr. caus. make a favorite of; take a liking to; take a fancy to; love; prefer. Asinga kuganza Olufalansa. He prefers French. French is his favorite. Obuganzi bukaayanirwa. To win a favor is something for which one contends/strives.
darling, beloved, cf. kabattanya.
o- (mu/ba) favorite person; beloved person, cf. suuta.
o- (mu/ba) favorite, favorite person; sweetheart, lover, darling, cf. ganja, Ssaabaganzi.
o- (mu/mi) friendship; romantic love, without the l.V. friend, ow'omu- kwano (plur. ab'omukwano or ab'emikwano) friend, cf. kwana, olukwano.
-evulunkanya (-evulunkanyizza) v.i. refl. be slovenly/untidy.
cf. ganja.