essanyu.

amuse, give pleasure to.

c- (u/'n) armpit. mu nkwawa, under the arm. okukuba enkwawa, to express joy or pleasure by beating one's sides with the upper parts of one's arms, okubeera mu nkwawa za..., to be completely under the domination of..., to be a stooge of... oku- yita mu nkwawa, to disappear, slip away.

e- (li/ma) joy, gladness; happiness; pleasure, cf. sanyuka.

take pleasure; enjoy.

v.tr. cause to crow; fig. cause to cry out in pain/displeasure. cf. kookolirooko.

refl. give up, sacrifice, abandon; deprive oneself of; get rid of. okweresa amasanyu, to give up pleasures, okweresa ebitiibwa, to renounce honors.

rely on. Ky'otonnalya tokyesunga. (prov.) lit. What you have not yet eaten, don't count on it. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

-esazisa (-esazisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 refl. cause to cut oneself; cause to cut oneself with/using; cause to separate/divide, kwesaza bulala, to be in a flutter, be excited about an anticipated pleasure, kwesaza ng'ow'akagatto akamu (lit. be excited like a person with a single shoe) = kwesaza bulala. Engabi n'ejja yeesaza mu kisaawe. And the bushbuck came cutting across the field.

-ejaga (-ejaze) v.i. refl. bustle about; busy oneself; move around excitedly; openly express one's excitement/pleasure.