o- plur. enjazi (lu/n) rock. cf. ebyaziyazi.
ejjinja eddene, olwazi.
e- rocky stretch, rocky patch. with the -a of rel. rocky, cf. olwazi.
cause to get sick; keep (a sick person) at.
o- plur. of olwazi, q.v.
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.
ridge in a rock. cf. lomugongo.
n., olwazi, ejjinja.
mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.