n., omuwendo; (tax) omusolo, empooza. rate, at any, kavuna, kasita. ratel, entawiilira.

okwanguya, okwanguyiriza, okukubiriza, okwongera embiro.

okulamula.

flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.

a frie nd)j dissociate oneself; be lost to. Ebibye bimubenguse. He no longer has anything.

e- from -kalu, dry, q.v. okutunula ebikalu, to look confused/worried/desperate, okwogera ebikalu, to quarrel.

cf. -biririvu.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

make disintegrate; wear away.

buulira and buuza. appear to be derivatives of the Same rout buul-. They are here treated separately, primarily for reasons of tradition and practicality. cf. ekibuuliriro, embuulira, omubuulirizi, omubuulizi, nnantabuulirirwa.

o- (bu/-) bachelorhood, single state, state of one who has never been married or who is separated from his wife, okuwona obuwuulu, to get married, lit. escape bachelorhood, cf. ^wuula, omu- wuulu.

o- (bu/-) temperateness; temperance; abstemiousness; restraint, self-control, cf. tangira, -etangira.

okulaawa.

laawe, laawo.

okutenda, okusuuta, okubbiramu.

atiikirivu, a kitiibwa; be c., okwatiikirira.

okujjukiza.

okusaasira, okutatira, okukubagiza.

okussa ekimu, okubeera gana.

okuyonja, okugulika, obw etojja.

v., okuteesa, okufumii tiriza, okusala amagezi.

okutegeeza, okunnyonnyola.

okwonoona, okujajamya.

okuwaŋŋanguka.

okubala, okumenya, okutontogola.

v.i., okufuumuuka.

okuyunga ebigambo, okutiiwuuka, okukanika, okusaggula, okuyingiriza, okudongwa.

okusunguwaza.

okuvuma, okuvumirira, okukolimira.

okusonyiwa, okuwonya omusango.

okuwanda amalusu.

okukwana.

okuziyiza, okufubira, okulya empinga.

deaden; crush, disfigure; destroy.; stifle, hold back, frustrate.

become wide open, spread apart (of the mouth, legs, usually in an exaggerated or unpleasant way); be/become tasteless (of food); become ineffective; diminish.

be taken apart/separated; get divorced (of a marriage). cf. -gatte, -egassi, obugassi, obwegassi, omugassi, engassi; gattika.

become bad (with obudde, expressed or implied, as subject). Obudde bugayegga- ye. The situation has become worse.

okuzaala.

enfuga; the British G., Ggavumenti y'e Bungereza; the Protectorate G., Ggavumenti En kuumi.

okwekulungula.

okugera olugero.

okuwaŋŋanguka.

okuteeka mukkomera.

be (skin), okuguba.

tamiivu; be i., okutamiira.

okulambula.

boom forth; become enraged, rise up in anger; talk in a harsh/abusive tone of voice.

a- (ka/bu) degenerate shoot of a plantain.

a-: okubeera ku katuubagiro, to be tired of waiting; to be frustrated by not getting what one wants, cf. tuubagira.

adj. excellent, first-rate, omuyimbi kayingo, a very talented singer, omuzinyi kayingo, a great dancer, omusambi w'omupiira kayingo, an outstanding football player, cf. yinga.

e- (ki/bi) measure, measurement; size; build; extent, with the -a of rel. moderate. Kirungi omwenge onywenga gwa kigero. You should drink beer in moderation. Obuyivu bwabwe si bwa kigero eki- bayinzisa okusoma ebitabo bino. Their education is not sufficient to enable them to read these books, cf. ^gera.

e- (ki/bi) heap of grass and soil piled on the border of a garden to separate it from another garden, cf. ^kuba.

e- (ki/bi) cluster; group; crowd; gang; concentration, ekikuukuulu ky'abantu, a group of people (concentrated in one area). cf. akakuukuulu.

up to the waist, as far as the waist. Nfukiramu caayi okukomya mu makkati. Pour out some tea for me up to the middle of the glass. Yankomya ku ssomero. He accompanied me to school, gye -komya + inf... gye -komya + inf., the more...the more. Gye tukomya okuyiga ennyo gye tu- komya n'okufuna obubonero obulungi. The more we concentrate on our studies the better our grades will be. \bamu gye baakomyanga okutendereza omwami naye gye yakomya n'okwenyumiriza. The more some people praised the chief, the prouder he became.

e- (ki/bi) \Lunyankole~\ separate area in a kraal where calves are kept apart from their mothers.

e- with the -a of rel. mediocre; moderate. Embaga yaabwe yabadde ya kiyabayaba. Their wedding was a mediocre (affair), mu ngeri ya kiyabayaba, in a mediocre manner, imperfectly, cf. -yabaya- ba.

e- (n/n) [Eng.] separate seat of a bicycle or motorcycle for a passenger; carrier, trailer.

e- (li/ma) -fruit of the mukobe q.v. (It has a thin skin, a texture resembling that of the potato and is eaten boiled.) Ekika ky'Ekkobe, the Kkobe Clan, kukomba ku kya kkobe eky'ettungulu kiwoomerera, to be frustrated in accomplishing one's objective; fail to obtain what one wants, lit. to lick at the skin (kikuta is implied, by kya) of the kkobe, (whereas) the skin of the ttungulu is the one that is sweet.

adj. expert, accomplished, outstanding, omuzinnyi kkungwa, a great dancer, omulimba kkungwa, an inveterate liar.

cooperate. cf. -kole, -kolerere, -kozi, ekikolwa, ekkolero, omukoza, omukozesa, omukozi, enkola, enkolagana, lenkolwa.

identical with the above, v.tr. frustrate, block; incapacitate. okukonera oluggi, to refuse to answer the door. Mmukonedde ebigenge ngalo. I have frustrated his efforts. I have blocked him (as leprosy does to fingers). cf. konoona.

hinder; frustrate; sabotage, subvert; spoil; arch. bewitch, cf. kkotoggo.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

make grow; bring up, rear; be a guardian to; promote, advance (in rank); develop; celebrate, emikolo gy'okukuza olunaku Iw'Amawanga Amagatte, ceremonies for celebrating United Nations Day. kukuza mpaka, to be argumentative.

occur; be in progress, progress; operate, function.

e- (ki/bi) equality; fairness. Akolagana n'abantu bonna mu ggwanga mu kyenkanyi. He cooperates with everybody in the country with complete equality, kyenkanyi or kyenkanyinkanyi as adv. equally; on equal terms; alike; level; abreast; cf. yenkana, yenkanankana.

ndaaye) v.tr. castrate. cf. -laawo, omulaawe.

v., okutaagula.

nnamudde) v.tr. judge; arbitrate; set a price (on the part of the seller). Bwe bagenda okukola kawungeezi y'alamula. When they go to work they do not come home until evening.

okuta, okusumulula.