okubetenta, okutogonyola, okusekulasekula, okubebeetaza; be squashed, okubebeetala.

e- (ki/bi) small dried slice of young pumpkin or squash.

e- (n/n) pumpkin, squash.

v.tr. crush; squash; squeeze hard.

v.tr. crush; crumble; squash; chew up; consume; eat up.

v.i. neut. be crush- able; be easy to crush/squash. cf. -betentevu.

v. i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled out manner.

byabyatala.

o- plur. emyungu (mu/mi) a type of vegetable which resembles squash or cucumbers. It is eaten cooked. Ebiyigibwa yalyanga mungu buteesokoola. He did not have the slightest difficulties with his studies, lit. he ate mungu without having to pick his teeth.

v.i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled-out manner.

(-byabyatazizza) flatten out; squash. cf. babaatala.

cf. betenta.