n., ebintu; (cloth) olugoye.
v., okujjuza, okusembekera.
o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.
gobble up, stuff oneself with. cf. senke- nya.
cram in; sweep, push (e.g., rubbish into a corner); corner (e. g., a criminal, a rat); solve, get to the heart of (a crime, a problem). cf. effumbiko.
cram into; drive into a corner.
cram, pack; pile. Ensawo bagikoomekeddemu ppamba. They have stuffed the bag with cotton.
cram, cram in.
stuff, oku- vuubiika emmere mu kamwa, to cram the mouth with food.
v.i. become dim/indistinct (of a light); smolder (of a fire); be muffled (of a noise); be stuffed up/clogged up (of the nose, ears).
v.i. have the nose stuffed up; produce a sound similar to that characteristic of a congested nose. cf. bifeekeera; feesa.
(n/n) [lnd.1 triangular snack made out of dough and stuffed with ground meat and/or rice.
gorged/stuffed (with food or drink); be huge/immense.
(-fumbise) also fumbeka (-fumbese) v.i. be jammed/stuffed in; be full/crowded to capacity.
adj. in great abundance; to the ultimate. Enkuba yali etonnya funduukululu. It was raining cats and dogs. Twalidde funduukululu. We stuffed ourselves. We ate an enormous amount, cf. fundika, funduukulula.
-ekoomekera (-ekoomekedde) v.i. refl. be packed/stuffed. Baali bekoomekedde bbaasi. They were packed in the bus.
stuff oneself, v.tr. refl. cram into, stuff into.
okwe- pakira emmere, to stuff oneself with food.