okuwejjawejja, okuweevuuma, okulookalooka, okuwankawanka..

eppantuli.

be, okubadala.

a- (ka/bu) small stump, engatto ey'akakondo, a pair of high-heeled shoes, empale ey'obukondo, pants/trousers with suspenders, cf. ekikondo.

adj. tight, tight-fitting, empale kamiimo, very tight-fitting pants, cf. miima.

carries torches and scares his companions; the name of the game itself, lit. scratches (takulira) fire (muliro).

a- (ka/bu) pair of short pants; shorts, cf. empale.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) breathlessness; panting; nervousness, flutter, cf. egguggwe.

ndaaselaase) v.i. be thirsty; pant from thirst; move about hastily/in a hurry, cf. lakasira.

o- (lu/n) long (pair of) pants, cf. empale.

o- (lu/n) panting, puffing, hard breathing, cf. wejjawejja.

adj. empale matankane, pants of an intermediate length, neither long nor short (such as those worn by returning war veterans), cf tankana.

e- (n/n) pair of pants/trousers/ knickers; underwear, cf. akawale, olu- wale, sseruwale.

e-: empale endabada, oversized trousers/pants.

also nigguuka (-nigguuse) v.i. be haughty; be flippant; be scornful.

turn up the nose; take things lightly; be indifferent/ carefree.

etc.

produce smoke; smolder; be rampant, rage (of an epidemic); rage (of a battle); be numerous, swarm, teem. Omukka tegunyooka watali muliro. There is no smoke without fire. Obunafu bw'alina bunyooka. He is terribly lazy.

nnannyini.

pants, pair of pants. cf. empale.

lit. let us take (it) down (from the racks) for ourselves, empale eya twewanulire, ready-made pants, cf. wanula.

mpansewanse) v.i. pant, breathe spasmodically.

mpeekedde) v.i. pant, breathe quickly, cf. wuukeera.

mpeemye) v.i. pant, be out of breath.

mpeevumye) v.i. pant, be out of breath, breathe hard.

-mpezzewezze) v.i. pant, breathe hard, be out of breath.

mpejjedde) v.i. pant, be breathless; talk incessantly; talk nonsense; plead, importune. Twakanda ku- wejjera nga tatufaako. We kept pleading, but he showed no concern for us.

mpuukedde) v.i. pant, breathe quickly, cf. weekeera, wookeera.

let become overgrown; exterminate; destroy. cf. omuzisa, nnamuzisa. a person who engages in talk rather than action.

v.i. pant; breathe with difficulty; throb (of the heart); tick (of a clock). Aliko kateetera. He is extremely ill.

annoy. cf. akateetera, oluteeteru.

(n/n) pair of pants/trousers.

v.i. speak slowly and deliberately; speak flippantly.

to prod/poke a fire, keep a fire going; to step on the gas (in driving), okuseesa empale, to pull up one's pants, okuseesa ebigere, to drag the feet, okuseesa omuntu emiggo, to beat a person (with sticks). Ensiri zaata- ndika okutuseesa obunnyo. The mosquitoes began to bite us, lit. push their little teeth. Balamu bas eesa gwaka. (prov.) The living ones keep the fire going. A person is liked as long as he is alive and in a position of respect.

o- (mu/ba) person who is indifferent/ unconcerned; flippant person; happy-go- lucky person, one who enjoys a good time. cf. badala.

v.tr. caus. cause to pant.

to trick; to play a certain children's game in which the participants attempt to deceive each other.

pants/trousers with a cord on the inside instead of a belt.

v.tr. caus. cause to pant/be out of breath.

v.tr. caus. cause to pant/be out of breath. cf. oluwejjowejjo; wejjera.

begging).

cf. omubadazi.

an important lubaale in the Kiganda pantheon. (Katonda) ky'aterekera omulamu, tekivunda. (prov.) What God lays in store for a person does not spoil, cf. tonda, Obwakatonda.

-efungizizza) v.i. Sc tr. appl. caus. refl. roll up (pants or sleeves), tuck in (clothes); fig. gird oneself, prepare oneself (to do something).