gagga; vide bijooto, bikokye, ssebintu, mwome, nnagajja, ssegaali; (of soil) gimu; get rich, okugaggawala, okufuggala.

obugagga, ebintu, emmaali,

okwefuusa. a. riches, okwejolabya. a. friendship, okwesanyiriza, be affected, okwerogoya. speak affectedly, okudaadiira, okuteregga.

omugagga bifeekeera, an extremely rich person, cf. feekeera.

very wealthy person. as an invar, adj. very rich, wealthy, omusajja bijooto, a very rich man.

rich person.

o- (bu/-) richness, wealth, omusolo gw' obugagga, income tax. Si mugagga muvundu. He is extremely rich, lit. he is not rich, he is rotten. Minista w' eby'obugagga, Minister of Natural Resources, cf. -gagga.

o- (bu/-) abundance. Yatuuka mu bwaliri. He became rich. cf. ^yala, yalira.

okugaggawaza.

adj. mugagga ffugge, an extremely rich person, one who is rolling in wealth, mubbi ffugge, great thief, master thief.

make wealthy. cf• 'gagga.

e- (n/h or la) ostrich.

cf. -gagga.

o- (mu/ba) arch, rich person, cf. obwome.

e- (n/n) bag; handbag; pouch; sack; pocket; fund, sum of money set apart for a specific objective, ensawo ey'omu ngalo, woman's pocketbook; briefcase, kukwatira nsawo, to be about equal. Mu bugagga Mukasa akwatira Musoke ensawo. Mukasa is about as rich as Musoke. cf. omusawo.

mmaaya.

cf. -gagga.

Trichilia redacta.

Trichilia redacta.

etc. kwanjaza mu nsimbi kali, to be extremely rich, kwanjaza ngalo (or magalo), to finger everything indiscriminately. cf. yanja.

be poured out; spill; overflow; fall down, collapse; pour in (as a group of people); fail, come to naught (of a plan), okuyiikamu, to strike it rich; to have a stroke of good luck. Nva kuyiikamu. I have just been paid. Alina amaaso gayiika buyiizi. She has gleaming eyes.

also byoto (la) very rich person.

a rich or influential man.

(la) [from Eng. (bank) notes)] a very rich person.

kuliisa bijanjaalo mpiso, to be careless/indifferent about things, kuliisa bujiiko, to be high and mighty, be ostentatiously rich, be ‘highbrow,' lit. to eat with (European) teaspoons, kuliisa maaso, to look at carefully, kuliisa ngalo, to eat with one's fingers, kuliisa njala, to eat ravenously. Jjangu ondiiseliise. Come and keep company with me while I eat.

v.i. recip. like each other; love each other. Abagagga n'abagagga baagalana. fprou.J Rich people like each other. Birds of a feather flock together.

v.i. be or become rich/wealthy.

(la) rich person; influential person.

o- (mu/ba) rich person, cf. -gagga.

(la) extremely rich person.

wealthy, byagi w'oguyinja, a huge rock, abasajja babyagi, wealthy men.

-zito adj. heavy; fig. difficult to deal with. Lutwama muzito okukolagana nave. Lutwama is a difficult person to cooperate/work with. abazito mu nsawo, rich people, lit. those who are heavy in the pocket. Musajja wa linnva zzito. He is an important man, lit. man of a heavy name. Nakku muzito. Nakku is pregnant, cf. zitowa.

spoiled, kuba mugagga muvundu, to be filthy rich. Alina akamwa akavundu. He has a foul mouth, cf. vunda, ekivundu.

wealthy, cf. gaggawala, obugagga, omugagga, munnagagga, nnagagga, ssegagga.

please; cajole; flatter, v.i. refl. be obsequious. Teyeguya kugaggawala. He doesn't stoop to obsequious practices to become rich.