n., akamogo, ekko, ebbala, ekibambya.

v., okwonoona.

longoofu, tukuvu.

okuleka, okwebalama, okw ewala, okwerekereza; (from food) okusiiba enjala.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.

a- (ka/bu) blemish, stain, spot; defect; grudge, rancor. Omulungi tabulako kamogo. (prov.) A beautiful person does not lack a blemish. Nobody is perfect.

e- (ki/bi) spot, stain; type, kind; species, cf. ebbala.

e- (ki/bi) stain, smear; scar of a burn.

e- (ki/bi) dirty mark, stain, cf. kuya.

o- (lu/n) stream of dripping liquid (e.g., tears running down the face, a liquid spilled on a table, etc.); mark/stain left by a liquid, cf. kulukuta.

colloq. be drunk. cf. ebisaabwa, ssaabwe

okubeezesaawo.

sustain; plaster; place (a mixture of mud between the reeds of a house under construction prior to the stage described under womaj.

flow (as a pool of liquid on a solid); become stained/smeared. Essowaani zonna yazirese awo nga zigerereddeko emmere. She left all the plates there encrusted/stained with food.

engezi.

v.i. hold out; make an effort.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep holding up; keep supporting; sustain.

v.i. be or become dirty/filthy/ stained; be stunted; grow poorly; be badly cooked; become hardened/inured; be resistant to cleaning; become worn (e.g., of a path).

okwebalama ekibuuzo, to avoid a question.

abstain from, -ezira + infinitive, all that is needed, immediately upon. Leero yezira kunywa ku mwenge, n alyoka atandika okuyomba. All that he needs is to take a little drink and he starts arguing. Abasajja kyezira kuwulira ku nduulu nga badduukirira. All that is needed is for the men to hear the alarm and they rush to the rescue.

deny oneself, abstain from; postpone, put off.

-etangira (-etangidde) v.i. refl. be temperate/abstemious. v.tr. refl. refrain from; abstain from; hold oneself back from. cf. obwetangize.