n., obuzira, emmizi.

v. (fowl), okumaanya; (flowers) okunoga; (p. up), okusimbula, okukoola, okukandula. p. out (own hair), okwekongola. p. up courage, okuguma omwoyo. p. away, okusikula.

zira, a mmizi.

a- (ka/bu) kind of wild plant/weed, kukooza kagiri (often with the subject ennaku), to cause to suffer greatly, lit. cause to pluck off kagiri. Yankooza kagiri. He made me suffer greatly. Ennaku y'ensi ebakooza kagiri. They are having very hard times.

a- (la) colloq. walagi, a kind of very strong Kiganda liquor, lit. it plucks forth a tear. cf. kongola, ezziga.

fruit); pluck; snap off, snatch off; disconnect. v.i. loaf, kill time instead of working.

pluck off. okumaanyuula emiggo, to strike, beat.

pluck out (feathers, hair), okumaanya enkoko, to pluck a chicken.

come down in numbers (as fruit from a tree); be ripped off/plucked off; become undone.

o- (mu/mi) heart; fig. pluck, courage; spirit; mind. Ekika ky'Omutima, the Heart Clan. Omutima Omutukuvu, relig. The Sacred Heart. Omutima ogwa mpa nkuwe, the spirit of give and take, lit. you give me, I give you. cf. akatima, akatimatima, ettima.

pick on. oku- sokoola amannyo, to pick the teeth.

pick off; snatch from; quote, cite. Ebba- luvva ye esooka n'ebigambo bye yanokodde mu kitabo. His letter begins with words he has cited from a book. cf. ^noga.

feathers, insects, etc.). v.i. cut oneself off, stay alone.

-emaanya (-emaanyizza) v.i. refl. pluck oneself; walk in a wild or excited manner. cf. maanyuuka.

-emaanyuula (-emaanyudde) v.i. & tr. refl. pluck from oneself; pluck one's feathers or hair; walk off/go off in a rapid and excited manner. cf. maanya.