v.tr., okumwa; s. oneself, okwemwa.

e- (li/ma) crest of a bird (esp. of cranes); tuft of hair on a shaven head, okutala ejjoba, to shave the head except for one tuft of hair.

a- (ka/bu) tuft of hair left when the rest of the hair is shaved or combed down.

adj. & adv. with the head or beard cleanly/completely shaven; smooth, without blemish (of the skin). Amwedde omutwe kawerette. He has shaved his head completely.

e- (ki/bi) patch of hair left unshaven on the top of the head; hair combed to stand up. cf. sunsumala.

o- (lu/n) ok umwa oluge, to shave all but the crown of the head. cf. omuge.

o- (lu/n) area above the forehead and temples from which the hair has been shaven, cf. enkiiya.

be shaved.

-mweredde) v.tr. appl. shave in/at/for, etc.

be shaved in, etc.

e- (n/n) area near the temples and forehead where the hair has been shaven away, okutema enkiiya or okumwa enkiiya. to shave a portion of hair extending above the forehead, cf. olukiiya.

etc. kusaayira kiswa, to shave the head (of young children) with a razor, lit. to clear around a termite hill.

ejjoba, ekisunsuli.

cause to hatch; unmake, uncover (e.g., a bed); clear out; perform the birth rites for (a child), give a name to (a child when his head is first shaved). Note: yalula in some of its meanings is a conversive of yala, to spread, q. v.

lit. place where no man's hair can be shaved, okugenda e zzirakumwa, to die. cf. zira, mwa.

v.tr. shave.

v.tr. caus. make shave; shave with/using.

akamweso, omumwi.

charge, okutala ejjoba, to shave the head except for one tuft of hair.

o- (mu/mi) okumwa omuwempe, to shave the hair completely off of the head.

o- (mu/ba) giggler, one who indulges in persistent and foolish laughter, cf. mwenyereketa. one who gives a shave; arch, barber, cf. mwa.

-emwa (-emwedde) v.i. refl. shave oneself.