v., okubbira, okwetutubika, okutubira, okusaanawo, okukka, okuyegaayega; I have a sinking feeling, emmeeme engudde.

nzibidde) v.i. dive; sink, go under water, bbiramu, fig., relig. become immersed in, be utterly dedicated to (God).

etc.

okujja; (come here) jangu! (come in) yingira! c. back, okukomawo. c. near, okusembera. c. out, okufuluma. c. out into, okufuumuuka, okuggukiramu. c. off, okubebbuka, okuwaguka. c. out (of handle), okukuukamu, okusowokamu. c. to an end, okukoma, okuggwa. c. upon, okusanga, okusisinkaniriza. c. on suddenly, okuzinduukiriza. c. up, okwambuka. c. down, okukka, okuwanuka. c. to one's senses, okweddamu. c. and go, okwesussa, vide okuwalattana, okuyengeetana.

a- (ka/bu) crossword puzzle. cf. sisinkana.

nzise) v.i. go down, come down, descend; sink. Omuwendo gusse. The price has gone down, kukka ntuuyo, to sweat profusely, kukka maziga, to weep silently, kukka kitakata, to have a lucky/ narrow escape, kukka bbeeyi, to go down in price; (of people) to become a has-been/ a nobody.

okusisinkana, okusanga, okutuukana, okukuŋŋaana; bem., okusaana, okugwana.

e- (n/n) meeting, rendezvous; confrontation; meeting place; crossroads. cf. sisinkana.

grind (grain, flour). Abasa n'abasa, baasisinkana mu Kijonjo. (prov,) Those who milled, they met at Kijonjo. This is the final statement in a story in which two thieves simultaneously outsmarted each other.

v.i. sink; drown; disappear; be submerged; be destroyed. Ebbwa lisaanye? Has the wound healed?

bring (people) together for a meeting.

v., okusisinkanyiriza, okuzinduukiriza; okuwuniikiriza; take by s., okutana, okukanga, okutebya, okugimba; be taken by s., okwejjuukiriza.

do usually (followed by an inf.); be on the point of doing (followed by an inf.); do quickly or do early (followed by a finite verb). Twa- teranga okusisinkana mu butale. We used to meet each other at the market. Yali anaa- tera okufa. He was on the point of dying. He was about to die. Otera n'omala. Try to finish quickly. Otera n'ojja. Try to come.

njasinkanye) also yasiikana v.i. shout; bicker, wrangle. okwasinkana inf.

v. tr. caus. cause to dive/sink.

o- (mu/mi) one who swallows, swallower; glutton. Ekizikiza kiyamba mumizi. (prov.) Darkness helps a greedy eater (because no one is watching). Basisinkanye omumizi n'omuwuwuttanya. (prov.) lit, They have met the glutton and the one who gulps hot food. An irresistible force has met an immovable object, cf. mira.

sisinkana.

disappear; sink, set (of the sun); end, come to an end.

come upon.

v.i. pass. be met.

ensisinkano; sinnaana.

be immersed (in mire, etc.). okutubira mu mize emibi, to become enslaved to bad habits, kutunula gatubidde, to look filthy (ga- implies amazzi, water).

be immersed; fig. become involved. cf. eddubi; -etubika.

keep on; do again. Amagezi ge geeyongera. His knowledge/wisdom increased, yeeyongedde n'agamba nti, he went on to say that, he further stated that. Nneeyongerako mu maaso ne nsisinkana omujaasi omulala. I continued on a short distance ahead and met another soldier.

-ennyika (-ennyise) v.i. refl. immerse oneself; sink. Omutima gwamwennyika. His heart sank. He became very sad.

-etutubika (-etutubise) v.i. refl. sink; be immersed. cf. tubira.