a mpola; be s., okulwa, okulemba.

mpola.

o- (bu/-) gruel/porridge made from millet or banana meal, kuyoya busera, to be tired and hungry. Mpolampola, ayiisa obusera. (prov.) Very slowly, he cooks (good) porridge. Slow but sure.

o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.

consume slowly (of a disease), v.i. be dilatory, ‘beat around the bush.' (probably the redup. caus. of gaga, q.v.)

keep (someone) waiting; be slow with; cause to languish.

a- adv. okutambula akasiiro, to walk slowly, stroll casually, cf. ^siira, -esiira.

a- adv. slowly, at a slow pace. cf. sooba.

cf. enkennembi.

e- (ki/bi) fruit which is slow in ripening, cf. kona.

be slow in cooking; refuse to ripen (of fruit); be stunted in growth (of persons); be silent, refuse to answer; remain motionless (when expected to act); sulk, okukona ku musomo, to fail a course and be obliged to repeat. Embooge ekonye. lit. The mbooge (a green vegetable which cooks easily) has refused to cook. Things have gone completely wrong.

nnembye) v.i. stroll, walk leisurely, walk slowly, okulemba olw'e Kaganga, to die.

nnembezze) v.i. talk very slowly, drawl.

o- adv. slowly, in a dilatory manner, ow'olukobo, a person who is slow in his movements and takes forever to accomplish a task. Ayogera lukobo. He talks long and tediously.

o-: okulya olukyamunya, to eat slowly and deliberately.

o- no plur. (lu/n) listlessness, slowness, as an adv. lazily, in a listless way. ow'olulembe, a slow-moving person. cf. lemba.

o- adv. okulya olumenku, to eat slowly and deliberately, cf. menkula.

o- no plur. (lu/n) endless talk; long conversation, okukuba olumokko, to talk endlessly, okulya olumokko, to eat very slowly.

o- (lu/n) dawdling, dallying, slowness, tardiness. Alina oluteererezo. He dawdles/lingers\too much.

e- adv. slowly; gently, softly; quietly, mpolampola, gradually, by degrees. Akwata empola atuuka wala. (prov. j Who proceeds slowly goes far. Slow but sure. Mpolampola, ayiisa obu- sera. (prov.) Slowly and carefully, he cooks the porridge. Easy does it. cf. kawola.

chew quietly and slowly with the mouth shut.

drawl.

absorb water slowly.

make moist slowly/gradually.

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

walk slowly, plod along; creep along, crawl along.

also -esiira (-esidde) v.i. refl. linger, dawdle; work slowly; walk slowly, ne ntambula nga nneesiira, and I walked slowly, I dawdled along, cf. ^aka- siiro.

delay; slow down, lag; stumble.

walk stealthily, move carefully, advance in a stalking manner.

sooberera (soobe- redde) v.tr. appl. 1 & 2 move towards, approach quietly/slowly/cautiously.

cf. sooba.

e- (li/ma) slowness, kutambuza ssiiso, to walk slowly.

begin slowly, obudde nga butandiikiriza okukya, as it gradually began to dawn. cf. amatandika, omutandisi, entandikwa.

drawl.

nzise) v.tr. kill; murder; destroy; ruin, abolish; cancel, okutta ku liiso, to narrow one's eyes (esp. as a warning); to signal with the eyes; to blink, okutta ku bigere, to slow down one's gait, okutta ku ddoboozi. to lower the voice, okutta ennyonta, to quench thirst. Ekyatta omwami nnakimanya. (prov.) What killed the master, I knew it. One should speak out before it is too late.

a slow, indecisive person. Ebintu bino birimu ttimba. These matters are not progressing well.

immerse /e.g., a ladle in a bowl) producing a gurgling/ bubbling sound. Otutubika mpola togunta- miiza. Dip slowly and don't get me drunk.

backwards, okwesendasenda. w. slowly, okulemba. w. with difficulty, okubambaga, okuba ttira. w. throwing out legs, okujaagira. w. fast, okweyaka, okweyasa, okwabuka, okweskawuula, okwesekula, okwesika, okwesikula, okwewawaagula, okwewuuba, okwewalakata, okupappuka, okusaabuuka, okusesegguka.

trudge along.

o- (mu/ba) one who takes (kwata) things slowly (mpola); a calm, deliberate person who does things carefully without rushing.

to walk slowly but with great assurance and deliberation.

o- no plur. (mu/mi) hunger, lit. (that which) cuts slowly, cf. tema, mpola.

t-kiinnuunve) v.i. be stunted/slow in growth.

cf. empola.

puffing as it went.

v.i. approach slowly/cautiously.

adv. in small quantities/amounts; in a trickling manner. Amaziga gajja culuculu. The tears came slowly trickling down (her) face.

dissolve; fig. deteriorate.

v.i. speak slowly and deliberately; speak flippantly.

v.i. walk deliberately/ slowly; strut; speak very slowly and deliberately.

v.tr. caus. cause to strut; cause to speak slowly.

v.tr. take away slowly/ gradually; steal one by one; ferret out (information).

to cook slowly, take forever to cook (with a personal subject).

to pursue slowly but without letting the person followed get away.

v.tr. eat slowly and with deliberation; sip (a liquid).

v.i. be slow/indecisive in one's actions.

slip over; move along slowly.

v.i. walk in a slow and dignified manner.

slide along, okusee- ! tula emitala, to move along from hill to hill, okuseetula olugambo, to gossip, okuseetula emboozi, to talk on and on.

cf. kalusejjera, lu- sejjera.

v.tr. caus. - soobeza. Nnasoobya omukono nkikwateko. I moved my hand slowly forward to touch it. cf. akasoobo; sooboya.

v.tr. bore into; eat into; enter slowly; penetrate; infiltrate; fig. undermine.

o- (mu/ba) child slow in learning to walk.

act slowly.

the hand).

cf. seeyeeya.

v.tr. caus. cause to walk leisurely; do slowly/cautiously.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. approach cautiously/slowly; deal carefully with.

okutambulako, to take a walk, ku- tambula nga weerinnyako, to walk slowly/ cautiously/fearfully, lit. stepping all over oneself.

v.i. stroll; go slowly; be lazy. cf. omulendo.