n., omwasi.

v., okwasimula.

q.v. come up, emerge (from water); be revived/restored; recover. Bbuka! Gesundheit! (Said to one who has sneezed.)

o- (mu/mi) sneeze; bad omen (it is considered bad luck to sneeze at the beginning of a trip or on undertaking a new enterprise). okutema omwasi, to sneeze. Ya- vuddemu omwasi. He (finally) said something. He (finally) made a statement. Ba- nkuulamu omwasi. They got a response from me. They got a reaction out of me. cf. yasimula.

njasimudde) v.i. sneeze, v.tr. sneeze out; fig. be disgusted with, give up on, have no more to do with. Nkwasimudde. I have had quite enough of you. okwasimula inf.

v.tr. caus. make sneeze. cf. omwasi.