yombi, a kbbabba; vide katoloba; be q., okwetolobojja, okuto akaana; vide obwasira.

o- (bu/-) quarrelsomeness. Wa buyombi. He is quarrelsome, cf. yomba.

o-: okulagako obwasira bw'omutwe, to have a quarrelsome disposition.

a- (ka/bu) mouth, kamwa koogera or nze kamwa koogera, I the speaker, I myself, kuta kamwa, to be quarrelsome. Mba sinnaggya bigambo mu kamwa emmotoka n'egwa. I hardly got the words out of my mouth when the car turned over. Tonjasa- miza akamwa! Shut up! (See yasama.) cf. omumwa.

cf. to lob a.

o- no plur. (lu/n) quarrelsomeness, pugnacity (in a physical sense), ow'olu- gono, a pugnacious person. Alina olugono- gono. He is the sort of person who gets into fights, cf. eggono.

o- (lu/n) excess of salt; fig. quarrelsome person.

quarrelsome (person), omukambwe nnaluwali, a very fierce person.

, a-: okuta akaka, to speak forcefully; to speak violently; to make a strong denunciation/criticism; to be very quarrelsome.

cf. toka.

o- (mu/ba) quarrelsome person; blusterer; swashbuckler, cf. kontana.

o- (mu/mi) lip; beak, omumwa gw'ennyindo, nostril, ow'omumwa, quarrelsome person (esp. a husband who quarrels with his wife), okufuna eky'okuzza eri omumwa, to get something to eat, lit. to bring back to the lip. okubega emirawa, to pucker one's lips (as one on the brink of tears or who feels an aversion), okukwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonished, kuggya mumwa ku muntu, to stop slandering a person, kuggya mu kintu mumwa, to have eaten enough, be surfeited with food. Omumwa gumuli mu nnyindo. He is very angry, lit. his lip is in his nose. Obunyo- nyi tubukwata mimwa. We wake up early in the morning, lit. the little birds we catch them by the beaks, cf. obumwamwa, akamwa.

v.i. be bitter/sour/unpleasant to the taste; become enraged/quarrelsome; become serious/bad (of a situation). Obudde abange bukaaye, omukyala wunno ataawa. The situation is indeed grave, the lady is on the brink of death.

mutter angrily to oneself (as of a drunkard, a quarrelsome old woman).

-ecwacwalikana (-ecwacwalikanye) v.i. refl. become quarrelsome/contankerous/ angry. cf. akacwano.

speak in a loud/quarrelsome voice.