okulabirira, okusobola, okufuga; be manageable, okusoboka.
govern; control, master; manage; domineer, iord it over; tame; keep (domestic animals). kufuga busungu, to control one's anger, kufuga kidduka, to drive a vehicle with skill.
-fuzi, obufuge, obufuzi, effu- gabbi, omufuge, omufuzi, enfuga, nnaka- fuga.
okujjirwa obuzibu obuta- gendeka, to be faced with insurmountable difficulties.
group, assemble; pile, pile on; burden, overwhelm. Nze tonkuluumulira bigambo bye sisobole. Don't burden me with things which I can't manage.
a-: from linnya, ascend, q.v. Used in the phrase: Olabye malinnya amakka ga- naabula. You have managed to climb up, but you will have a hard time coming down. It is easier to get into trouble than to get out of it.
e- (n/n) manner of running (an operation); direction, management, cf. dduka, ddukanya.
be able to cope with; be able. Nsobola okugenda. I can go.
be manageable. Usually in the neg. Ta- tembeka. He is intractable/not easily governed/hard to deal with.
amangu nga bwe kisoboka, as soon as possible.
v.i. be possible; be manageable. Tckiyinzika. It is impossible.
operate, run. Baminista abanaddukanya Gavumenti, the Ministers who will run the Government. cf. obuddukiro, obuddusi, ekidduka, eki- ddukano, ekiddukiro, ekidduko, okudduka, omudduse, omuddusi, omudduukirizi, enzirukanya.
o- (mu/ba) poor person; person in misery/wretchedness; disturbed/troubled person. Omunaku kaama. (prov.) A poor person is a yam (he is neglected but can still manage), cf. -naku, nakuwala, obu- naku, ^ennaku.
-ekolobola (-ekolobodde) v.i. refl. scratch itself; fig. become furious; be no longer manageable.
overreach oneself, 'bite off more than one can chew;' be presumptuous, show off. Leka kwepampalika ku luku lunene lutyo! Don't struggle with such a large piece of wood (because you cannot manage it).