okulaba, okutunula, okulengera; (understand) okutegeera, okwetegereza; (visit) okukyalira, okulaba ; (see off) okuwerekera.

olunyiriri, lessiga.

place on top of (e.g., food over plantains in the same Pot) fig- burden with.

leave quietly and unnoticed; move away slowly; fade away slowly; disappear.

move along (esp. something heavy); move steal thily/surrepti tiou sly.

be milled/ ground.

of sa, q.v.

n., ensigo, empeke, akasigirirwa; vide embo, empambo; (offspring) ezzadde.

omwaka ogw'okusiga.

be, okubaamuenkenyera.

make depraved/dissolute, etc.cf. -seegu, obuseegu, omuseegu.

okunoonya; vide search,

be easy to mill. cf. omusi, enso.

q.v.

arch, accuse, denounce.

okufaanana nga, okuba nga.

lungi; be s., okusaana, okugwana.

be, okulabika.

urge.

due to malnutrition, illness, etc.).

nnabbi, omulaguzi.

charge (someone) too much. ‘Bakuseera,' takwa- zika. (prov.) (He tells you) ‘they are overcharging you,' but he doesn't lend you anything.

etc.

q.v.

q.v.

be i pushed along/pushed forward.

slide; j fall off/down; become loose; swerve; fig. fall into discredit.

etc.

level, level off. cf. -seeteevu, omuseetwe.

okutokota.

float; i glide, soar; cruise along (as a car).

etc. ekikoba ekiseeyeeyesa omuntu ng'agudde mu mazzi, a large belt which enables a person who has fallen in the water to float, life preserver. cf. sooyooya.

omuseese, omweramannyo, omwoloola.

okuwaabira, okuloopa, okulanga, okumemeka, okuwemuukiriza, (falsely) okuwaayiriza, okulyolyoma, okuseekeeta, okuliikiriza, (face to face) okukobojjana.

v.tr., okuseesa, okuserula; (money) okuwola.

bulijjo, edda n'edda lyonna, ennakuzonna, buli kaseera.

do for, okuseeneeka.

v., okusseekimu, okubeera awamu.

a- the form of the -a of rel. used after plur, nouns of the mu/ba and la classes. For an additional function in noun phrases see^wa.

the personal name of such a twin. See wasswa, kato and nnakato,

e- (n/n) [Eng.] seedbed.

e- (li/ma) large body. Eyeerabye ebbiri talagulwa. (prov.) lit. He who sees himself (as having) a mighty body does not accept prophecy. Pride cometh before a fall. cf. omubiri.

okufiisa, okuggyako; be bereaved, okufiirwa, okuseega.

okwegayirira.

e- see ekikanja.

cover up; close (a lid, a book), okubikka ku maddu, to restrain one's desires or passions, okubikka ebibiri, to do two things at once, both of which require considerable attention, okubikka emiggo, to give a sound beating to, lit. cover with sticks. Lugaba abadde akyatubisseeko akasubi. God was still protecting us, lit. covering us with a blade of grass.

e- see ekisale.

e* plur. (ki/bi) trash, litter, rubbish. See ekisasiro.

e-: okulaba ebitulenge, to see poorly, look at an object without being able to distinguish it clearly, okutunula ebitulenge, to look without seeing.

e-: kulaba biyenjeeze, to see poorly (esp. because of illness).

okusamwassanvwa, okulaasa; okuseetula.

v. (destroy sight), okuzibya amaaso; (deceive), okulimba, okuseemya.

v., okuseeneeka.

be, okuseeterera.

waabommwe, waaboobwe.

waabommwe, waaboo- bwe.

mmonze) v.tr. cause to whirl around, spin, okubonga enje, to spin nje (a game flayed with the seeds of mpafu fruit).

be ou'^e rinp have just the right degree of ripeness (of fruit, etc.). cf. emboosa, embooseera.

also boyaana (-boyaanye) v.i. be dizzy; be delirious, rave (of a sick person); toss about restlessly; be disturbed/ troubled; seethe, be in a turmoil, boyaanya (-boyaanyizza) v.tr. caus. make dizzy/delirious, etc. cf. akaboyi; boyonga.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

o- (bu/- ) asylum, refuge, sanctuary, omunoonyi w'obubudamo, seeker of refuge, refugee, cf. budama.

o- see akaduli.

o- (bu/-) subjection, forced rule, colonialism, mu biseera by'obufuge, in colonial days. cf. fuga. bufumbo, o- (bu/-) marriage, the marital state, obufumbo obw'ekitala, civil marriage, cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

e- no plur. (n/n) west, lit. (where) falls-the-sun. See gwa, enjuba. Contr. ebuvanjuba.

bujiji see obugigi.

o- (bu/-) office of overseer; overlordship; bishopric; diocese (Prot.). cf. laba, labiriza, omulabirizi.

adj. & pron. each; every; all; everyone, buli kiseera, all the time, always, buli kimu, everything, buli kyonna, everything. buli wonna, everywhere, buli wantu, everywhere, na buli kati, even now, up to the present time, buli gye bagenda, everywhere or wherever they go. buli lwe bagenda, every time or whenever they go. buli ayagala okujja, everyone or anyone who wishes to come.

o- see akalombolombo.

o- (bu/-) med. fracture. See

hair); be bent/inclined; be on a slant; stoop, slouch; be poured. Olw'obuwanvu atambula abunduka. Because of his height he walks with a slouch. Ebintu ebiggya mu kiseera ekyo byabundu- kiranga kumu mu Buganda. At that time (all sorts of) new things were coming into Buganda at once.