v.i., okuzunga, okwenjeera, okuyuuguuma; v.tr., okuwuuba, okunyeenya.
kukuba budinda, to know thoroughly, have down pat. Oluswayiri balukuba budinda. They know Swahili very well. cf. eddinda, amadinda.
sway, wobble, rock; toss and turn (of a sick person); feel weak; be spoiled.
0- no plur. (lu/n) Swahili, the Swahili language.
toss (of a body of water); sway gently, cf. essingisira.
Omuluŋŋaana; (language) Oluswayiri.
one who is non-committed, sit-on-the-fence; one who is easily swayed, lit. a-give-me (mpa)-somewhere- (we)-I-may-fall (ngwa). nnampa- wengwa ng'akawundo, as neutral as a bat (which has characteristics of both birds and animals), neither fish nor fowl, ensi zinnampawengwa, neutral nations.
njuuguumye) V.I. shake, sway, move irregularly to and fro.
etc. Omusango gutuyuuzizza. The case has kept us very busy, yuuzavuuza (-vuuzizzayuuzizza) V.TR. CAUS. REDUP. keep shaking, keep causing to sway. cf. yuugana, yuuguuma, yuuya.
sway, oscillate. Emmeeme entengee- tera. I feel sick at my stomach. I feel upset/worried.
V.I. sway; move about; shake.
CF. -yuuganyi, omuyuu- ganyi; yuuga, yuuguuma, yuuya.
v.i. sway from side to side
0- (mu/ba) a Swahili.