join together, unite; sew/stitch together, v.i. recover from birth and suckling (of a farm animal), okutaba ebigambo, to make a plan with someone to do something; to plot together. Omuliro gutabye. The fire is burning profusely/is spreading. Tutabye. Here we come.

engage in war; go to war. v.tr. fight against, fight with; war with.

olutabaalo, omutabaazi, entabaazabakadde, ettabaaliro.

make peace between. cf. omutabaganya, entabagana, entabiro, entabwe.

stirred up (of a liquid); fig. become disturbed (of people); go wild; get angry.

okukkiriza, okutabagana, okuganya, okukkaanya, okukwana, okulagaana, okwetaba.

endagaano, okutabagana, okulagaana; make an agreement, okukola endagaano.

be, okusunguwala, okukwati bwa obusungu, okwekolobola, okwejuumuula, okutabanguka, okutuggubala; make angry, okusanguwaza, okukabiriza.

okuddamu, okwanukula; (when called) okuyitaba.

v., okutabaala.

n., olutabaalo.

okutabagana, okwenkana nkana.

omulwanyi, omutabaazi.

okutabagana, okussa eki mu, okweryana.

okukkiriza, okuganya, okutabagana.

a mpaka, ekitatabagana.

n., amataba.

olutabaalo, ekikwe kweto.

v., okulwana, okukontana, okutabaala; vide nkwangu.

n., amataba, omujjuzi, ebitaba, omutunga, ettumbiizi, mukoka.

okugenda. g. back, okuddayo. g. down, okukka, okukkirira, okusere ngeta. g. in, okuyingira. g. into (space), okugyamu. g. round, okwetooloola. g. up, dkiilinnya, bkwambuka. g. with, okuyita na . . ., okutaba gana. g. off (gun), okwekuba, okuvuga. g. down (inflammation), okukka kkana, okutoowolokoka. g. to and fro, okuddiŋŋana. g. on one leg, okusejjera, okukongojja. g. out, okufuluma (fire) okuzikira.

okutabagana, okwekwanya.

n., ettabaaliro.

katabalika.

obutabalika.

omutunga, amataba.

okutabaala, okukwekweta, okusanjaala.

olutabaalo, okutabaala, okulumba.

okuyunga, okutaba, okugatta, okuyimba.

hurl. Akasuka ly'ali nalyo taba muti. (prov.) lit. He who throws (the spear, effumu) which he has is not a coward. A person who does what he can is worthy of praise.

a- (ka/bu) millions; an enormously large number, lit. that which is not easily counted, cf. ^bala.

a- (ka/bu) disturbance; riot; uprising, okulangirira ebiseera eby'aka- tabanguko, to proclaim a state of emergency. cf. tabanguka.

e- (ki/bi) puddle, temporary gathering of water; stagnant water after rain. cf. olutaba, amataba, ettaba.

e-: okulya ekitabaazi, to eat hurriedly; to eat while standing up, lit. like a warrior ready for battle, cf. tabaala.

e- (ki/bi) echo, (la) one who speaks without being addressed, one who butts into a conversation, cf. yitaba.

ettaala, ettabaaza, ettawaaza; l.stand, ekikondo; l. wick, olutambi.

nnunze) v.tr. season, flavor, add flavor to; salt, okulunga taba mu mmindi, to fill a pipe with tobacco, okulunga kintu mu mmindi, to lose out on, fail to get., Bw'otoolime nnyo pikipiki gy'osuubira oku- gula ojja kugirunga mu mmindi. If you are not diligent with your cultivating you can forget about the motorcycle you were hoping to buy.

o- (lu/n) long pool/puddle of stagnant water, cf. ekitaba, amataba, ettaba.

o- (lu/n) military engagement, battle; war. cf. tabaala; olutalo.

ekiteebe, olutabazzi.

a- (li/ma) flood. The grammatical sing, ettaba means large pool, large puddle. cf. ekitaba, olutaba.

e- (n/n) duck, mbaatakabuzi, goose, cf. baatabaata.

okutabaganya, okuwolereza, okutakabanira.

omuwolereza, omutabaga nya.

ekitabalika.

i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person.

lit. it sends the old one(s) off to war. cf. omukadde, tabaaza.

e- (n/n) way of getting along together; cooperation; agreement, cf. ltaba, tabagana.

e- (n/n) joint; seam; center, central point, pivotal point; junction, intersection, point of convergence; border, entabiro y'amakubo, crossroads, cf. ^taba.

e- (n/n) trouble, source of trouble. cf. ^taba.

be pleasing to; be interesting to, interest; amuse, amawulire agatabanyumira, news which does not interest them.

okugonza, okukkakkanya, okunyiigulula, okugombolola, okutaba ganya; be pacified, okukkakkana, okuwoleera, okunyiigulukuka.

omutabaganya.

n., ekidiba, ekitaba; lie in pools, okulegama.

v. (oneself), okutabaana.

ekitaba, ettoomi.

blutabaalo, ekizindo.

v., okutabaala, okuzinda, okwaya.

okwetaba, okutabaganya, okugatta; be reconciled, okutabagana.

n., ettabaaliro.

okutaba, okutabaganya.

v.tr., okugolokosa, okuzuukusa. be roused (angry), okutabanguka.

v.tr. (plantain leaves), okubabula; (bark cloth) okwoteza, okubabira; make a s. smudge, okuwemba omuliro; s. tobacco, okunywa taaba, okunywa taba.

mutabani, omwana (bw'obulenzi).

v., okubukala, okutabagana.

cf. obutaaba, ssetaaba.

climb up; seize, take possession of. Ki ekimutembye? What has gotten into him? Ebyo byonna byantemba ku mutwe. All these things kept going through my mind. Nnyinimu w'ataba, ebikere bitemba enju. (prov.) When the owner is not present, the frogs take over the house. When the cat is away, etc. Nnamusanze kimutembye. I found him in a bad mood, lit. a bad spirit (kizimu is implied by ki-) had taken possession of him.

lit. the battle is not small, cf. tala, ssematalo; tabaala.

ttaaba, taba. t. pipe, emmindi. t. pouch, entago. false t., ssetaaba. fill a t. pipe, okuganga.

awamu; vide okutaba.