be, okukwatibwa ensonyi.
e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).
e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/ soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).
get soft and mushy. cf. -bolu, -bovu, -bolerevu.
be, okusaakaatira; (hair) okutuukuuma.
a kifuta.
o- (iu/'nj swamp, marshy area covered with ssaalu (mace-reeds). cf. akasaalu, ekisaalu, essaalu.
a- (ka/bu) kind of creeping plant with fleshy leaves. It is used to wipe off banana sap.
e-: okutunula ekimogo, to cast a furtive/coy/shy glance. Saamukubako kimogo. I did not catch a glimpse of him. cf. moga.
ndodde) v.i. [from Lunyoro roora] look coy/shy (as a bride at her wedding).
o- no plur. (lu/n) shame; feeling of shame; bashfulness, shyness, cf. fa, ensonyi.
o- (lu/n) kind of marsh grass; marsh, marshy area.
o- (lu/n) soft, mushy mixture (often, but not always, of food), cf. tabuka.
o- (lu/n) swamp, marsh, marshy area; kind of creeper found in marshes.
to look coy/shy.
to look coy/shy; to be sleepless, have one's eyes open (in bed). Obudde bumoozoola. It is dawning. Ekiswa kimoozoola. The termites in the termite hill are getting ready to fly. cf. ^zoola.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree commonly found in marshy areas, Macaranga schwein- furthii.
e- (n/n) kind of bushy tree/shrub found in swamps, Myrica kandtiana.
e- (n/n) kind of bushy shrub or tree, Dombeya bagshawei & dawei.
e- (n/n) kind of plant of the genus Euphorbia resembling the cactus. It is of a fleshy structure and covered with small thorn s.
e- (n/n) shame; shamefulness; modesty, shyness; embarrassment, okukwasa ensonyi, to put to shame; to embarrass, okuggwa ensonyi, to be shameless/utterly lacking in good manners, cf. sonyiwa, sonyiwala, amansonyinsonyi.
ruffian; offensivly pushy person.
okutuukuuma enviiri, to have thick/bushy/unkempt hair.
a pudding). Ekikubo kyali kijebye. The road had become soft and soggy.
a- n/»r. (li/ma) shyness. Amansonyinsonyi gassa olugave. (prov.) Shyness caused the death of the anteater. Perhaps similar in sense to Nothing ventured, nothing gained, cf. ensonyi.
with the -a of rel. docile; quiet; peaceful; bashful. Ente ya kibonde y'eyiwa amata. (prov.) The docile cow spills the milk. (Used in describing an aggressive act by someone who is considered shy and retiring.) cf. bondeera. i
v.i. become flabby; be mushy; be or get mashed. Yandeetedde amenvu naye gonna nga ganyootose. He brought me bananas but they were all mashed up. cf. foofootoka, footoka.
of a tree with fruit, of a person with parcels), cf. -saakaativu.
v.i. redup. be shy/bashful.
-ewojjoola (-ewojjodde) v.i. refl. be shy/ bashful (esp. in a pretended or hypocritical way).
-eboolya and -eboolyaboolya (-eboolyezza- boolyezza) v.i. refl. be shy/bashful; act sheepish.
-ekookoota (-ekookoose) v.i. refl. go stealthily; be shy/diffident/evasive; be aloof; avoid being seen; avoid taking a position.
cf. saakaatira.
-ekwatakwata (-ekwasekwase) v.i. redup. refl. be shy/diffident/reluctant.
obese; huge; overgrown; full/bushy (of a beard), cf. zijjagala.