okusumulula, okuta.

e- (n/n) trigger (of a gun or trap); accelerator (of a car); shutter release (of a camera); switch, cf. banduka.

be released. kupasuka misinde, to run at a great speed.

release. Yamupasulako omukazi. He stole his wife.

release; free. v.i. leave, depart. Nnata omuti ne nneesuula wansi. 1 let go of the tree and threw myself to the ground. Bwe twamala okulya ne tuta. When we finished eating we left, kuta bi- gambo, to pour out a torrent of words (of a hostile nature). Tota mabi. Don't give up, there is still hope.

release the hold on; release (e.g., a spring); unclasp.

release one another. cf. olutata, omute, enta, sitakange.

be released/set free.

release, free for/at, etc.

tegulula (-teguludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 untrap, remove (from a trap); release (the spring of a trap).

akanasula ebifaananyi, shutter release of a camera.

‘let oneself go;' be visible from a distance/exposed to view/clear. Nkweta mulanga. I am not concerned/involved. It is not my affair.

v.tr. caus. cause to let go/release.

v.i. neut. be rel e as able/ capable of being released/easy to release. Embwa eyo teteeka. That dog can't be let loose.

v.i. conv. become released/detached/unjoined.

set free; strip the bark from (a barkcloth tree), kuyimbnla muntu ku mugwa (or ku nkondo), to release a person from a rope (or peg), i.e., give a person freedom to look after himself (sometimes with the implication that he may make bad use of this freedom). kuyimbula muliro, colloq., to drive very fast, step on the gas.'

lit. I have tied you there, i.e., I charge you to remain fixed in your present position until I release you. per ext. traffic lights.

o- (mu/ba) one who has been released/ freed (from prison, captivity, etc.). cf. ta.

v.tr. conv. release one who is hanging himself or being hanged.