n., amata; vide omusununu, amasunde, bbongo, enti.
v., okukama, okulamula; be a good milker (cow), okugabiza.
amata aga bbongo, curdled milk.
amata amasunde.
ebbongo.
adj., ggya; (milk) su, sununu; (meat, etc.) bisi.
or the name of the animal being milked).
etc. v.i. stop (of bleeding), ensanke n'ekamira, and the bleeding stopped.
milk all the time; ply a person (with liquor, beer, etc.).
go dry, cease giving milk (of a cow).
kamisa (kamisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make milk, cause to milk; milk by means of/using.
e- with the -a of rel. fresh (of milk ).
o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.
e- (ki/bi) container used for milking cows foriginallv aovlied only to those made of wood, calabashes and gourds).
o- (lu/n) layer of cream which collects on milk; scum on the top of a liquid. cf. akabubi.
o- (lu/n) pipe-stem euphorbia tree; colloq. milk. Yatuwa caayi ng'alimu n'olukoni. He gave us tea with milk. cf. enkoni.
a- plur. (li/ma) milk. cf. otuta.
milk, q.v. amaaso ga nnamata, eyes with a great deal of white in them.
e-, (n/n) core of a small boil; blackhead (on the nose or face); dark surface layer of a knife which is worn away when it is sharpened; first milk after childbirth.
okuggyako olububi; s. along, okuseeyeeya.
adj., the milk is smoked, amata gawunya lukka.
n., oluwalo, bkisanja; do in t.f okukola empalo, okukola ebisanja. turn, v.i., okukyuka. t. aside, okuwunjuka. t. sour (milk), okukwata. t. on the back, okugalika. t. over, okugalanjuka. t. back, okukomawo, okudda. t. over (as ankle), okubudama. t. up (be found), okuvumbuka. turn, v.tr., okukyusa. t. upside down, okuvuunika, okusulika, okutiiruula. t. right side up, okuvvuunula. t. out, okugoba, okufulumya. t. over in mind, okufumiitiriza. t. inside out, okufuula. t. up (lamp), okuseesa. t. down (lamp), okuddiriza. t. down (of screw), okunyoola.
o- (tu/-) drop of milk, tiny amount of milk. cf. amata.
nnyonse) v.i. & tr. suck, draw liquid (especially mother s milk) into the mouth. okuyonka inf.
tea without sugar or milk, lit. dry tea.
o- (mu/mi) twine net for carrying small water pots or milk pots; fig. spider's web.
go sour (e.g., of milk), kufa mwoyo, to become disheartened/depressed. kufaako nsonyi, to die of shame/embarrassment. (Ebintu) bifa bantu. You cannot always win/be successful/get what you want (said in self-commiseration after a failure). Akanaafa tekawulira nnombe. (prov.) lit. The little (animal, akasolo, implied) who is to die does not hear (the sound of) the horn. Danger comes unawares. The infinitive okufa or okufa obufi serves as an intensifier for a preceding verb. Yazina okufa. She danced a great deal/ with great intensity. Omuwala yafaanana Nnambi okufa obufi. The girl resembled Nnambi in every detail. She was the very image of N.
with the -a of rel. docile; quiet; peaceful; bashful. Ente ya kibonde y'eyiwa amata. (prov.) The docile cow spills the milk. (Used in describing an aggressive act by someone who is considered shy and retiring.) cf. bondeera. i
of food, milk or fig. of a child); go wrong morally; get damaged/ ruined (e.g., of a mechanical implement). Yayonooneka omutwe. He went insane.
v.i. & tr. appl. caus. have/give a lot of milk (of breasts).
obulo) which has spilled cannot be scooped up. No crying over spilt milk. okuyoola inf. cf. omuyoolerero.
apprehend; arrest, capture; rape; /ig. comprehend, ‘catch on to.' v.i. touch; adhere; turn sour (of milk); freeze (of water); coagulate (of blood); be contagious/infectu- ous (of a disease); be intoxicating (of liquor), okukwata omuliro, to catch fire, okukwata wansi ne waggulu, to become furious, hit the ceiling; to become very dangerous/serious (of a situation), okuwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonistad. okukwata amateeka, to obey the laws; to memorize the Ten Commandments, emisomo egikwata ku by'obulimi, courses relating to/about/ concerning agriculture, ebintu ebitakukwata- ko, things which do not concern you. obu- lwadde obukwata obukoko obuto, a disease which strikes young chickens. Obulwadde buno bukwata. This disease is contagious. Yakwata lya mu Buyindi. He started off for India, lit. took (kkubo, road, is implied) to India. Obudde bwali bukutte. It had become dark. Omusango gwabakwata. They were found guilty. Ndese bakutte. I have left them eating. Jjangu tukwate. Come and join US in eating, kllkwata eyr. n'pyr, be very large/extensive. Yazimba enju ekwata eyo n'eyo. He built a large house/a house covering a large area. Yankwata mu liiso. He deprived me of something. He did me out of something. Omwami oyo ebyambalo bye bimukutte bulungi. The clothes of that gentleman are very becoming/fit him perfectly.
okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuva ku mabeere, to be weaned. cf. ^ekibeere, lubeerebeere, omubbeere.
abakozi abasunda amafuta, gasoline-station attendants, kusunda mata, to deliver milk to customers, kusunda lu- buto, to come empty-handed; to come where one is not wanted/invited, kusundasunda lubuto, to breathe rapidly in and out. kusunda bintu, to buy a lot of things; to dispense many things (as food at a social gathering, etc.).
o- with the -a of rel. fresh (of milk). Amata ga musununu. The milk is fresh.
o- (mu/ba) omusunzi w'amata or musundamata, one who sells milk from house to house with a bicycle, cf. sunda.
o- (mu/ba) generous person, liberal person; one who distributes, distributor. omugabo w'awata, milk distributor (mu/mi) divisor in arithmetic, cf. gaba.
out of repair (of a mechanic al contrivance); sour (of milk); false. Ekyo mu kulaba kwaffe kifu ddala. This in our opinion is completely untrue/out of the question/lacking in validity. cf. Ifa, ffeffeffe.
amata ana- sunde, buttermilk, cf. sunda.