okukendeeza, okukkakkanya; be reduced, okukendeera, okukkakkana; vide munyoto.

etc.; get for, provide; give greetings for another. Omundabira. Give him my regards. kulabira mu maddu, to be overjoyed to see (something, somebody). okulabira ku..., judging from, compared with. Kino kitono nnyo okulabira ku nkuba etonnya wano mu K. This is very little compared with the rain that falls here in K. kulabira awo (a high-frequency phrase which is difficult to reduce to any simple English equivalent): to get or see something by surprise or unintentionally; to do something without having made plans. Simanyi oba nga nnaagenda, leero nnaalabira awo. I do not know if I am going, I shall have to see/I really have no definite plans. Nnaalabira awo nga bandeetedde ku kamere. I was surprised when they brought me a little food. Baalabiraawo nga bazannya. They happened to be playing. Ndabira awo ekitabo kyange. You see that book of mine over there, give it to me. awo nga nkulabira or awo we nnalabira (stylized ending for a fable or tale). So the tale endeth.

etc. cf. -mumunyavu.

reduce to distress.

selling at bargain prices, as an adv. cheap(ly), at reduced price, omukazi owa layisi, a woman of ill repute.

o- (mu/mi) fire, ekidduka eky'omu- liro, motor vehicle, okusala ku muliro, to reduce the speed (of a vehicle), okukwata omuliro, to catch fire, okuwulumula omu- liro, to drive at a great speed, akaato ak'omuliro, motorboat, emmotoka n'agi- ssaamu omuliro, and he started the car. cf. biriroliro, ekiriro.

v.tr. hammer smooth; reduce to small pieces; sift.

v.tr. wear out; reduce to rags/tatters. cf. -kansufu.

allot; abbreviate; cross; decide, kusala kkubo, to cross the street, kusala musango, to judge a case, give a verdict, kusalwako nsiriba, to be very lucky, kusala kirimi, to interrupt (a person who is speaking), kusala magezi, to devise a plan, kusalako bigambo, to slander, speak slanderously, kusala byayi, to relieve oneself, ku sala ku ddoboozi, to lower the voice, kusala ddiiro, to join the opposition (party), kusala mu lugendo, to postpone a trip, kusala ku misinde, to reduce one's speed, kusala mu- wendo, to state a price, kusala ttikiti, to purchase a ticket, kusala mikono, to vaccinate. kusalako, to cross the legs, kusala bintu, to agree on a bride price, okunywa omwenge obutasalawo, to drink beer endlessly/without stopping, ebinyumu ebita- salawo, endless diversions/amusements, okusalawo kwa gavumenti, the decision of the government, buli amusala mu maaso, everyone who passes in front of him. Ebintu byansala. Things have not gone my way.

v.i. neut. be capable of being shortened. Ebigambo byange tebifunzika. My comments cannot be easily reduced in length. cf. -funda, -funze, obufunze, kafunze.

-emalaamala (-emazeemaze) v.i. refl. carry on/work at a reduced level of activity (as of a sick person who has not yet resumed his normal routine).