okuziyiza.

ekiziyiza, enkonge,

e- (ki/bi) sudd, mass of floating vegetation which obstructs the course of a river (esp. the Nile).

e- (ki/bi) floating vegetable matter that forms obstructive masses in a body of water.

clutch; constrain; block, obstruct. cf. vunvubika.

block, frustrate.

o- (mu/mi) branch, part of a tree spread out to block a road or path; obstacle, obstruction, cf. akasanvu.

v.tr. block; obstruct; hinder passage to; bar. v.i. become blocked/obstructed. Ekkubo lizibye. The road has become blocked. Ekkubo balizibye. They have blocked the road. Obudde buzibye. Night has fallen. It has become dark, okuziba amaaso, to go blind; to blind, make blind, okuziba amatu, to become deaf, okuziba emimwa, to become dumb; to make dumb, okuziba ebinnya, to fall in ditches/ holes.