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.)

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

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

cf. enkennembi.

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- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

slip over; move along slowly.

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.

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.

steady headache.

v.i. walk/move slowly (as one burdened by a heavy load).

a very hard tree), kubebba mpola, to eat or drink slowly.

v.tr. eat into slowly (often of insects.)

v.i. eat slowly and with the mouth closed.

intrude (where one is not wanted).

stroll.

-esoobolola (-esoobolodde) v.i. refl. move slowly/cautiously. cf. -soobolokofu.

-erembereza (-eremberezezza) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. approach cautiously/ carefully/slowly; be deliberate and slow in one's actions (towards). cf. olulemba.

to walk slowly looking from side to side.