be, okuyimpawala, okw ekulira, okukunuuna.

be slow in cooking; refuse to ripen (of fruit); be stunted in growth (of persons); be silent, refuse to answer; remain motionless (when expected to act); sulk, okukona ku musomo, to fail a course and be obliged to repeat. Embooge ekonye. lit. The mbooge (a green vegetable which cooks easily) has refused to cook. Things have gone completely wrong.

fail to develop; grow thin; fail to become well cooked, cf. omukunduggu.

person of stunted growth.

fail to grow; fig. be brought to a halt (of a job, project).

cf. ^kona.

t-kiinnuunve) v.i. be stunted/slow in growth.

waste away; fail to achieve progress/ growth.

o- (mu/ba) one who is paralyzed in the legs (esp. a child); one who is stunted/retarded, cf. ziŋŋama.

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).

o- with the -a of rel. stunted, underdeveloped (esp. of animals); tough (of meat), cf. kundugga.

kwe- temerako ttaka, to do a great harm/disservice to oneself, lit. dig one's own earth (= grave).

-gubu adj. dirty; stunted; badly cooked. c f. guba.