n., olubambo, enninga, olusuubo, akati.
v., okubamba.
mmambye) v. tr. stretch out, peg out (e.g., a skin to dry).
be stretched out/pegged out.
bambulukuka (-bambu- lukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 become unpegged; get unstuck; blister, peel off (of skin). .
bam bis a (-bambisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 St 2 cause to spread out/peg out; use for pegging out.
kampegawano adv. up until now; by now; as of now; all this time, okuiuusa kampegaano, up until now. cf. mpegaano.
e- (ki/bi) post, pole; large peg. ekikondo kya mailo, milepost, cf. aka- kondo, enkondo.
to settle a dispute. Ekimala empaka kusirika. The way to settle a dispute is to keep silent or On points of dispute it is best to wait and see kumala bwoya ku n turn be, to keep (someone) running ragged, annoy (someone) by keeping him on the go all the time, lit. finish off the hair on the calves of the leg. kumala mmya, to put (someone) in his place, take down a peg. kumala muntu maanyi, to take the wind out of someone's sails, kukamala, to cause trouble (ka = akabi or akabaate). Okamaze. Now you have gone and done it.
e- (ki/bi) sacrifice (often in a religious sense); victim, butt; despicable person or thing; scapegoat, animal or fowl to which sickness is transferred.
munnakuzino, kampegaano.
o- plur. emmambo (lu/n) wooden peg used for stretching a skin/hide; tent peg. kussaako mmambo (with amaaso as indirect object), to look/watch intently. Amaaso yagassaako emmambo. He watched intently, cf. bamba.
o- (lu/n) long stick; peg; skewer; blackhead. kuyita ku luti, to have a narrow escape. cf. ^omuti.
o- (lu/n) long head, kwetikka lutwe, to put the blame on, accuse falsely, kutwala lutwe, to accuse, blame, ab'olutwe olusuffu, scapegoats, those who get blamed for everything, cf. omutwe.
o- (lu/n) comb of a cock, okubojja ku luwonzi, to humble, bring (someone) down a peg. okulinnya ku luwonzi, to defeat, overcome, win over.
e- (n/n) goat, okusiba amatu g'embuzi ku muntu, to make a scapegoat of a person, lit. pin the ears of the goat on someone.
as of now. See the more common kampegaano.
e- (n/n) stump; stake; peg. cf. ekikondo.
ki- rondamu nnawalubwa. (prov.) The epidemic picks out the unlucky ones. Not all evildoers are apprehended or blamed, but only the unlucky ones.
kaakano, kaakati, kampegaano, Ibero, mbwano.
nnawalubwa, a lutwe.
nnantaganyula.
okubambula.
ekibambulira, olubambo, nnabbambula; bambika.
set free; strip the bark from (a barkcloth tree), kuyimbnla muntu ku mugwa (or ku nkondo), to release a person from a rope (or peg), i.e., give a person freedom to look after himself (sometimes with the implication that he may make bad use of this freedom). kuyimbula muliro, colloq., to drive very fast, step on the gas.'
henpeck. Abikka e bi biri tabojja. (pwv.) He who (tries to) cover two (anthills) does not pick up (any termites), okubojja ku luwonzi, to humble, bring (someone) down a Peg-