v.i., okweddamu omwoyo.
gwagwa; this water is impure, amazzi gano galimuobuwuka.
nzijudde or njijudde) v.tr. dish up, serve (food); uncover (food). (Ki- ganda food is cooked with a covering of banana leaves and therefore has to be uncovered before eating). Kye nnava nsigala ku bwa kinejjulira. For that reason I remained a bachelor, (kinejjulira means literally it will serve itself.) cf. -jjule, eki- jjulo, kinejjulira, lujjudde.^olujjula, olu- jjuliro,
adj. huge, enormous; great; very important, olukunnaana kasiggu, a huge meeting, a gigantic rally.
e- (ki/bi) parade; demonstration; rally; display.
a- adv. naturally; properly. cf. obuwangwa.
e- (n/n) small beads generally made of plant seeds, cf. olukwanzi.
mukamwa; to reply orally, okudda mu mukamwa; to read orally, okusoma akamwa.
adj. tremendous, earth- shaking, lit. tree-uprooting, olukunnaana ssigulamiti, a tremendous rally/meeting. cf. sigula, omuti.
when used, are generally suffixed directly to the word: jjajjange, jjajjaawo, jjajjaawe, jjajjaffe, jjajjammwe, jjajjaabwe; bajjajjange, etc. cf. obujjajja.
etc. okutwalira awamu, generally, in general, ng'otwaliddemu ne..., including, if you include.
a- adv. in one place; together, awamu ne, together with, okutwalira awamu, in general, generally, akatale ak'awamu, common market, emirimu egy'awamii, joint enterprises, work done in common. Balina ebintu eby'awamu ebibagatta. They have things in common which unite them. Agali awamu ge galuma ennyama. (prov.) lit. The teeth (aga- implies amannyo, teeth) which are together bite the meat. In unity there is strength.
v.i. stand up; get up; arise; be straight/erect; be correct; be upright/morally correct.
it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of a rascal who was ultimately apprehended and literally cooked. E Namirembe kya- fumbye mutuku. There has been a great celebration at Namirembe.
of food, milk or fig. of a child); go wrong morally; get damaged/ ruined (e.g., of a mechanical implement). Yayonooneka omutwe. He went insane.
to sit up all night with one on the brink of death; to go through the night when one is on the brink of death, tebuukye means literally it will not dawn, i.e., before dawn he will be dead. cf. Miya.