okukwakula, okusikula, okukatula, okusikambula.

snatch away. cf. nyakula.

e- (ki/bi) snatching; pilferage, tendency towards theft; thief, pilferer. cf. kwakkula.

fruit); pluck; snap off, snatch off; disconnect. v.i. loaf, kill time instead of working.

grasp; snatch away; take away.

steal; snatch, seize; plunder, cf. omunyakuzi; kakula, kwakkula.

pull at, jerk; snatch away, okusikambula engere, to walk fast, okusikambula akasimu,

snatch; snatch away, okusikula emisinde, to run off at a great speed.

o- (mu/ba) one who snatches; thief. omunyakuzi w'ensawo, pickpocket. cf. nyakula.

v.tr. tearaway; tear off; snatch away.

v.tr. pull; pull at; stretch; snatch; seize by force; fig. attract; coax. Ensonga ze yamuwa zamusika n'akkiriza. The reasons which he gave tempted him/ won him over and he agreed, okusika omu- gwa, to have a tug-of-war. okusika engere, to walk fast, okusika emisinde, to take to one's heels, okusika omuntu oluyi, to give a person a hard siap. okusika empswo, to be very proud.

pick off; snatch from; quote, cite. Ebba- luvva ye esooka n'ebigambo bye yanokodde mu kitabo. His letter begins with words he has cited from a book. cf. ^noga.

v.tr. takeaway quickly; steal; snatch away. cf. kwekwenyuka.

take in the hand, grasp.

pilfer, steal; adopt, appropriate, take over, okupakula empisa, to adopt a custom (esp. a bad custom).

adopt, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign), okuwakula entalo, to pick fights, look for trouble, okuwakula ejin_ambo, to pick up rumors, spread rumors, okuwakula empisa, to take over alien/undesirable customs, okuwakula obulwadde, to contract a disease, okuwakula eŋŋombo, to pick up mannerisms of speech, okuwakula enjuki, to take honey from bees.

strike, okukatula emiggo, to beat severely with sticks, cf. omukatuzi.

okubakula olutalo (oluyombo), to start a fight (quarrel), cf. pakula; baka.