v.i., okudduka, okusaalimba, okwetereekerera; (leak) okugenda; (spread) okugererera; (wheel) okuyiringita. r. out (end), okuggwawo. r. away, okubomba, okuwunga, okunoba, okuwkmbuka; (melt) okukereketa; (flow) okukulukuta; (of eyes) okubolokota. r. very fast, okwewenya, okweyera, okukwenyuka, okusirimuka, okupirimpya.

v.tr., r. up (price), okuwanika omuwendo; r. down (abuse) okugeya, okuvuma.

n., omubombi.

omuddusi.

run a., okudduka; take a., okuggyawo, okuggyamu; throw a., okusuula; go a., okuvaawo; empty, okuyiwa.

-bamye) v. i. become wild/fierce; go wild, run wild; act wildly.

e- (li/ma) hollow-stemmed perennial mountain bamboo, Arundinaria alpina. It is black in color as opposed to nkaawo which is yellow.

lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).

e- (li/ma) [from Eng. boot] trunk of a car.

e- (1 i/m a) [Sw., Port.] well-made box (not of the throw-away variety); chest; trunk; safe.

mminze) v.tr. drive away, chase; drive (an automobile); ride (a bicycle). okubinga emisinde, to chase quickly; to run fast; to drive/ride fast.

flow profusely (of tears, particularly in cases of diseases of the eyes).

omubombl; -ebomboola.

ekikoomi, ebirungu.

o- (bu/-) running; racing; ability to run/race. cf. dduka.

o- adv. in the long run, finally, in the end.

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

o- adv. quickly, swiftly (only of running), cf. embiro.

o- (bu/-) intoxication, drunkenness. cf. tamiira.

e- plur. (ki/bi) cosmetics. cf. lungiwa.-erungiya.

kiyiro (kiyiriro), oluyiro. yiriba (-yiribye, njiribye) v.i. run off; go off.

bulijjo, ennakuzonna, emirundi mingi, lutata.

cf. ccoppa.

okumemettula, okumeketa, okubebena, okumegenya.

adjective or adverb, completely, thoroughly; really; very, extremely. Kirungi ddala. It is very good, ddala requires the applied form of the verb. Bakyamidde ddala. They have gone completely astray, cf. naddala.

niziruse) v.i. run; run away; flee.

take to flight; run, progress (e.g., a project or work); have diarrhea. Emirimu gyabwe giddukana bulungi. Their work is progressing well, eddagala ery'okuddukana, laxative.

e- plur. amadukundu (li/ma) trunk (of an automobile).

come to the assistance of.

run a, okulemagana.

omunywi; (drunkard) omutamiivu.

get, okutamiira.

omutamiivu.

obutamiivu.

rumble; hurry, rush, move quickly; race, run. okuduma embiro, to move at a great speed, dumya (-dumizza) v.tr. caus. cause to thunder; make rush/hurry/travel at great speed. cf. duduma.

v., okubuuka; (run away) okudduka.

omukulembezi omukulembeze.

emirundi mingi.

snort (as an animal); grumbld.

mpwedde) v.i. be finished/ ended; be completed (e.g., of a job); be exhausted/worn out. Mpweddemu amaanyi. I have no strength left, obulamu obutaggwa- wo, eternal life, okuggwaamu akakunkuna, to be completely convinced, have one's doubts removed, okuggwa ku muntu, to be ‘finished' with a person, no longer to trust him; to be utterly amazed at a person, ku- ggwaamu mazzi, to be on the point of death; to have just died, lit. to be exhausted of water. Aweddeemu amazzi. He is on the brink of death. Yanywedde n'aggwa. He drank to excess/got drunk. Yayambadde n'aggwa. She was dressed ‘fit to kill.'

run out of. Omu- sajja oyo taggweebwako nsimbi. This man never runs out of money.

okumirungula, okufunkula.

okuwuuna, okukema, okufuma; (animals) okufugula.

nnumbudde) v.tr. run into (e.g., a hostile animal); fail prey to; be a victim of, contract (an illness).

enkumu, omuteeko, ebbenga, emmiino, engululu. dung h., olubungo. h. of weeds, ekirungu. h. of dirt, entuumo.

roam about aimlessly (used disparagingly of drunks, unemployed persons, loafers, etc.).

a- (ka/bu) small elbow; angle in a wall, akakokola k'entebe, the arm of a chair, okusaako kakokola tondeka nnyuma, to run for one's life. cf. olukokola.

a- (ka/bu) small hand/arm; trunk of an elephant; consumption, tuberculosis. cf. omukono.

in a hurry.

a- (ka/bu) remote comer (e.g., of 1 a trunk, container, room).

a- adv. rapidly, swiftly. okudduka embiro za kawewuko, to run very fast. cf. wewuka.

runner; courier. cf. wulukuka.

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) stump of a limb, truncated limb, omukono ogw'ebikunku, a hand without fingers, cf. akakunku.

e- (ki/bi) drink, beverage, lit. that which is drunk, cf. nywa.

e- (ki/bi) log; trunk, cf. ebiruliruli, enduli.

e- (ki/bi) kind of very tall softwood tree whose bark yields a strong white cloth, Antiaris toxic aria,

e- (ki/bi) flavor, flavoring; seasoning; delicacy, cf. lunga.

e- (ki/bi) usually plur. ebirungu weeds.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

e- (ki/bi) sickle/knife for pruning / first used by the Basoga).

rare prune. See kongojjola.

to come on the run, come in a hurry (to a place where one's presence is required), cf. guluba.

flow down, run down (usually, but not always of liquids); fig. pass (of time), okukulukuta kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil.

to settle a dispute. Ekimala empaka kusirika. The way to settle a dispute is to keep silent or On points of dispute it is best to wait and see kumala bwoya ku n turn be, to keep (someone) running ragged, annoy (someone) by keeping him on the go all the time, lit. finish off the hair on the calves of the leg. kumala mmya, to put (someone) in his place, take down a peg. kumala muntu maanyi, to take the wind out of someone's sails, kukamala, to cause trouble (ka = akabi or akabaate). Okamaze. Now you have gone and done it.

run away.

make off; run fast; do to an intense degree (in association with a prec eding negative verb). Tazina akwekwenyuka. He does not just dance, he dances exceptionally well.

ndaze) v.i. go, go away. v.tr. show, indicate, point out; take leave of, indicate one's intention to depart; announce one's arrival, indicate one's intention to arrive. Kirungi okulaga bakadde bo ng'olina gy'ogenda. It is a good idea to tell your parents if you are going anywhere. Vauuagamu oiunwe. He pointed his finger at me. He pointed me out. olunaku olulage, the appointed day.

nnonze) v.tr. gather up, pick up; pick out; select, choose; elect; describe completely. Kuno si kutta kulonda. This is a great bargain, lit. it is not killing (a game CtTtl TTl al) but merely picking it up (from the ground), okulonda mu bangi, lit. to select from among many, to choose (a wife). Baabu)onda. They had a fight or They went running after each other, lit. picked up the footsteps (abuwuufu is implied by -bu-). Ekibiina kyakubidde waggulu mu kulonda. The party won an overwhelming victory in the elections.