v.i., okusaanuuka, okuseebenge rera, okukereketa, okwaga, okunnyuukirira, okwanjulukuka.
v.tr., use c.form of for eg.
blow on. oku- fukuta emivubo, to blow with a pair of bellows. okufukuta amazzi, to gargle with water, okufukuta ekyuma, to melt metal (e.g., with a blowtorch), kuwoza gufukula, to talk nonsense (gu- implies muliro, fire), kufukuta lulimi, to speak a language (usually English) fluently. Bwe yatuuse mu dduuka n'afukutira omutunzi Oluzungu nga gw'alufukutira talina ky'aggyamu. When he arrived in the store he spoke English to the salesman, but the person to whom he was talking did not get anything out of it.
a- plur. (li/ma) slag, waste from smelting; kind of reddish-brown rock found in barren areas.
a- plur. (li/ma) [Lunyoro] iron ore; waste from the smelting of iron ore.
v.i., okudduka, okusaalimba, okwetereekerera; (leak) okugenda; (spread) okugererera; (wheel) okuyiringita. r. out (end), okuggwawo. r. away, okubomba, okuwunga, okunoba, okuwkmbuka; (melt) okukereketa; (flow) okukulukuta; (of eyes) okubolokota. r. very fast, okwewenya, okweyera, okukwenyuka, okusirimuka, okupirimpya.
royal, kalindaluzzi.
dissolve; fig. deteriorate.
extend, be extensive; be stout; be flattened. Entebe ey'aba- biri mu bbaasi ayagala agituuleko bw'omu ayagaagale nga Lwera. He likes to take a double seat in the bus and spread all over it like Lwera (a flat treeless area between Buddu and Mawokota). okwagaagala inf.
of bees); respond excitedly/enthusiastically (of a crowd of people).
infuriate; disturb.
v.tr. caus. cause to melt.
drool, okukenena endusu, to drool/dribble saliva. Bajja kukenena ennyo emitima. They will become heartsick/very sad.
run down (of a liquid), emmeeme n'emukereketa, and he was worried.