v., okubigita, okubojja, okugangaza.
wear around the shoulders. Yanagira omunagiro gw'eddiba ly'engo. He wore a leopard-skin cape. cf. omunagiro.
right up until the present, even now.
omunnaggwanga.
nag, urge with troublesome persistence; pursue closely, follow behind.
rare pester, importune, nag. v.i. be full, be filled up.
e- plur. (ki/bi) wrong side, reverse side; rough/fibrous/unfinished surface, n' essaati nnagyambalira ku bikukujju, and I even put on the shirt inside out.
o- (bu/-) spying, espionage. c f. ketta.
be, okusuulayo ogwa Nnagamba.
nnagante.
obukessi.
omugenyi, omunnagwanga.
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.
Munnagwanga.
trot; skip cavort about, frolic, cf. kannagguluba.
okuyeeyereza, okwogera amakinnaggule.
a- (ka/bu) delicate, attractive, well-proportioned person (e.g., a woman with soft and beautiful skin), cf. omubiri.
a- (ka/bu) mouth, kamwa koogera or nze kamwa koogera, I the speaker, I myself, kuta kamwa, to be quarrelsome. Mba sinnaggya bigambo mu kamwa emmotoka n'egwa. I hardly got the words out of my mouth when the car turned over. Tonjasa- miza akamwa! Shut up! (See yasama.) cf. omumwa.
in a hurry.
a-: okusiba akanyaaga, to talk too much, engage in annoying/incessant chatter, oku siba akanyaaga ku muntu, to pester/nag/ behave in a domineering manner towards someone.
to come on the run, come in a hurry (to a place where one's presence is required), cf. guluba.
group, assemble; pile, pile on; burden, overwhelm. Nze tonkuluumulira bigambo bye sisobole. Don't burden me with things which I can't manage.
be adjacent; be neighbors. cf. omuliraano, omuliraanwa.
ndoopye) v.tr. accuse; denounce; slander; tattle on; expose, reveal, mu ddoboozi eryaloopa obweraliikirivu, in a voice which showed anxiety. Guno nagwo musango muloope. This is a terrible situation.
0- (lu/n) Luganda, the language of Buganda; without caps, brotherhood; relationship. ow'oluganda, relative, relation; member of a brotherhood, amawanga agali mu luganda olumu ne Bungereza, the British Commonwealth, plur. ejinanda, relations, relatives. Ab'oluganda bita, bikonagana ne bitayatika. (prov.) Relatives are like calabashes, they knock together but do not break. Blood is thicker than water, cf. Obuganda, Omuganda, sseruganda.
o- (lu/n) kind of small tree with sharp thorns. The poles formed from this tree are used in building, cf. omukanaga, enkanaga.
a-: okwogera amakinaggule, to mock, jeer. cf. kinagguka.
cf. olukanaga, enkanaga.
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.
okulabirira, okusobola, okufuga; be manageable, okusoboka.
enkima, engeye, ekigwagwa, emmunyungu, nnagawe.
cf. -gagga.
teenager, lit. young blood, cf. omusaayi, -to.
okuleka, okwerabira, okugalabanja, okusuulayo ogwa nnaggimba, okwerittira; n. oneself, okw efaakanya.
e- (n/n) kind of thorny tree with hardwood. Tajja kunkwasa ku nkanaga. He won't make me do that. He won't make me go to that extent, lit. cause me to grasp the thorny tree. cf. olukanaga, omukanaga.
e- (n/n) way of grasping/handling/ managing/ruling attitude, cf. kwata.
omusango ogwa Nnaggomola. case of a monstrous crime.
huge, nnagwano w'essaja, a giant of a man.
e- (n/n) way of walking, gait; way of going; way of traveling; travel; transportation; way of managing/directing, cf. tambula.
e- (n/n) destined time; appointed time, designated time; fixed time. Wano we nnagambira mu mutima gwange nti entuuko zange zaali zituuse, saali wa kuwona. At that point I said to myself {lit. in my heart) that my time was up and that there was no escape, cf. tuuka.
e- (n/n) manner of running (an operation); direction, management, cf. dduka, ddukanya.
vide okunaga.
gagga; vide bijooto, bikokye, ssebintu, mwome, nnagajja, ssegaali; (of soil) gimu; get rich, okugaggawala, okufuggala.
ekikuta, ekikakampa, eggamba, (disease of goats) nnaganga.
v., okulwanagana, okukuba gana; (of noise) okufaakuuza.
be able to cope with; be able. Nsobola okugenda. I can go.
strike at; pierce; make stabbing movements at. oku- sokya omutuba, to strip a barkcloth tree. okusokya ekiso, to knife, okusokya omuntu, to nag, needle
n., omugenyi, munnaggwa nga.
ekkuŋŋaaniro.
okutakula emisinde, to run/go at a great speed, okutakula omuntu, to annoy /pester/nag a person. Yabatakuddeko olutalo. He provoked them/ picked a quarrel with them. Bakyatakula amazina. They are still dancing.
be manageable. Usually in the neg. Ta- tembeka. He is intractable/not easily governed/hard to deal with.
be in opposition. cf. -lwauyi, eddwaniro, ekirwanire, omulwanyi, omulwanirizi, ennwana.
empalana; walaggana.
amangu nga bwe kisoboka, as soon as possible.
or Nnagajja pr.n. female lubaale; common name in the Lugave Clan.
(la) dewlap of a dog.
mu mmere banteereddemu nnaganga wa ki? What have I eaten, what sort of hideous thing have they put in my food? Omukulu bw'atakwata mu kisibo, embuzi zifa nnaganga. (prov.) If the person in charge does not take over in the pen, the goats die of nnaganga, i.e., if the leader does not perform his tasks the whole organization deteriorates.
(la) dewlap of a cow or ox. cf. ente.
(la) Patas monkey; with cap. given name of some women of the Monkey Clan.
pr.n. the name of a lubaale who was invoked against drought or famine. Her temple was in Bulemeezi.
to be neglectful/indifferent; to ignore, pay no attention; to give up as lost.
e- (n/n) excrement.
nag, make jibes at.
pick on. oku- sokoola amannyo, to pick the teeth.
mu nnaggwanga.