n. (bean), omugoyo, magera.

v., okugotta, okusogola.

o- (bu/-) kind of tall grass used for thatching and for mashing mbidde.

o- adv. like food. Ekyuma ekyo kiyitirivu mu kusa amayinja, kigalya bumere. This machine is very effective in crushing stones, it smashes them to bits, lit. eats them like food. cf. emmere.

crush, pound. cf. ekigotla; sotta.

mix up; stir together; mash, mash up; crush. Ebigezo byangoya. I flunked the examination, cf. omugoyo.

e- (ki/bi) mash made from dried plantains, consumed particularly in time of famine.

e- (ki/bi) lit. that which pounds, masher; pestle, cf. gotta.

e- (ki/bi) pestle used for grinding flour or mashing vegetables, cf. sotta.

o- no plur. (lu/n) excellently cooked mash of plantains.

bean soup, bean sauce.

e- (n/n) small ball of mashed plantain which is dipped in relish before eating. Tanyigirwa mu nnoga. He cannot be pushed around, cf. 2 noga.

v.tr., okumenya; be smashed, okumenyeka, okucekukacekuka.

mash, etc.

v.i. be crushed/ mashed/squeezed very hard.

v.i. be crushed/ trampled/mashed; fall to pieces (of overcooked meat); fig. be utterly exhausted.

v.i. be broken into pieces/smashed/shattered.

o- (mu/mi) mash of sweet potatoes and beans; hodgepodge, heterogeneous mixture; mess. cf. goya.

v.tr. crumble; mash up; smash.

v.i. become flabby; be mushy; be or get mashed. Yandeetedde amenvu naye gonna nga ganyootose. He brought me bananas but they were all mashed up. cf. foofootoka, footoka.

kusotta kagali, to pedal a bicycle.

v.i. be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds; be smashed/wrecked; be old and broken down; fig. be exhausted/ fatigued.

-sensuse, sensebuka, sesegguka.

pound.

v.i. become crippled/ deformed; become disfigured; be smashed/ shattered; laugh in a stupid manner.

smashed, cf. sensuka.

smashed, cf. sensuka.