okukema, okusendasenda, okukwenyakwenya.

ekikemo, okukemebwa.

omukemi.

okugezaako, okwewanga.

dig up (e.g., potatoes, plants with deep roots, etc.); fig. view with contempt, shrug one's shoulders at (as an expression of contempt).

o- (bu/-) contempt, disdain. cf. nyoomooia.

okunyooma, okugaya.

be, okujolonga, okugayirira, okunuga, vide omuzizizizi.

disrespect or scorn; indicate by one's movements an attitude of pride or contempt.

be treated with contempt, etc.

e- no plur. (li/ma) mutual contempt/disparagement/belittling. cf. gaya, gayannana.

gobesa (-gobesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to chase/go after; cause to be expelled; cause to arrive/land; cheat, kugobya nkaaga, to fail in one's attempt. Ennyana togigobya muggo munene gutyo! Do not go after the calf with such a a big stick.

e- contempt, disrespect, mu ngeri ey'ejjoogo, contemptuously, in a bullying manner, cf. jooga.

be contemptuous of, treat contemptuously; despise; misuse, abuse.

domineer; be inso- solent to, show contempt for; defy.

be tempted, etc.

kemesa (-kemesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to tempt; tempt with.

e- (ki/bi) test; trial; temptation; usually in the plur. (school) examination. cf. Igera.

-kiiyizza) v.tr. disdain, view superciliously, view with contempt.

e- (ki/bi) trial, test; temptation. cf. ^kema.

be rude to; view with hostility /contempt. cf. kimba.

contemptible little fellow.

e- adv. with a contemptuous look, contemptuously, mockingly, kutunuu- lira kiziimuziimu, to look askance at, look at with contempt/raised eyebrows, cf. ziitnuula.

ndabye) v.tr. see; perceive; find; get; greet, v.i. be conscious; be alive; be awake; be alert/perceptive, kulaba nnaku, to suffer greatly, experience hardships, kulaba binene to experience major troubles/difficulties, butaiaba muntu, to be proudly contemptuous of someone. kutuuka walaba, to attain a high station, get oneself in the limelight, kwessa

o- (lu/n) large packet of salt, kusi- tula lubaya, to lift a very heavy load; to attempt a very difficult task (esp. something in which others have failed). Anti laba, zitutte olubaya! Look who has just passed by (esp. of somebody disliked- zitutte = empewo zitutte, the winds have taken). See also ekkerenda.

o-: okulyamu olugaayu or okuyisaa- mu olugaayu, to lift one's leg and pass it over someone sitting down. This was commonly done by children as a sign of disrespect. It was believed that the person over whom the leg was passed would never grow any taller. The phrase may be used figuratively in the sense of look down on, show contempt for, defy. cf. gaayula.

o- no plur. (lu/n) presumption; vanity; showing off; tendency to attempt what is beyond one's power, okukola ebintu eby'olwetumbu, to bite off more than one can chew. cf. tumbuka.

to look with contempt, cf. nuga.

e- always plur. (n/n) eyebrows, oku- tikka ensige, to raise the eyebrows (esp. in contempt), cf. ekisige.

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

look down on, view with contempt; make light of; show disrespect for. cf. obunyoomoofu, nyooma.

allure; tempt; persuade; attract.

make a, okusooza (sign of contempt).

mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.

mpendudde) v.tr. hook and draw towards oneself; reach for and encompass; incite, allure, tempt, induce.

move about in a carefree manner; do whatever one pleases; take things casually lightly; be scornful/contemptuous. Tosuubira nti alikuleka n'oyinaayina emirembc gyonna. Do not expect that he will permit you to keep doing whatever you like forever. Mbwa zaafa, amagunju gayinaayina. (prov.) The dogs died, the wild cats now move about freely. When the cat's away the mice will play. cf. yinala, omuyinooyino.

v.tr. caus. cause to grimace. Yankongooza ebigere. lit. He made a gesture of contempt at me with his feet. He viewed me with contempt. cf. ekikongoolo.

o- (mu/ba) contemptuous foreigner.

v.tr. view with disgust/disdain/contempt; show an aversion to.

cf. seemya.

make a gesture of offering something without intending to do so, tease by

cf. kaseemeza, omuseemi, omuseemya.

v.tr. pull; pull at; stretch; snatch; seize by force; fig. attract; coax. Ensonga ze yamuwa zamusika n'akkiriza. The reasons which he gave tempted him/ won him over and he agreed, okusika omu- gwa, to have a tug-of-war. okusika engere, to walk fast, okusika emisinde, to take to one's heels, okusika omuntu oluyi, to give a person a hard siap. okusika empswo, to be very proud.

o- also omuseemya (mu/ba) seducer, tempter, cf. seemya.

despise; discredit; discard. Naavve ogadyagadya nnyo ebya banno. You too, you are always belittling what others do/other people's things or affairs.

to frown, raise the eyebrows in scorn/contempt.

o- also omusiguze (mu/ba) one who entices another away from the path of duty or virtue, tempter; seducer; adulterer. cf. sigula.

o- (mu/ba) tempter, cf. ^kema.

make a sucking noise with the lips as an expression of contempt.

to trick; to play a certain children's game in which the participants attempt to deceive each other.

rare in fu- ganda~\ view with contempt, cf. nnugunugu.

put to the test; tempt.

v.tr. scorn; despise; have contempt for.

despise. cf. ekiziimuziimu.

v. tr. redup. make a first attempt at; draft; do in a makeshift way.

o- also mugayizi (mu/ba) scornful/ contemptuous person, cf. gaya, gayira.

play the clown; waste one's time on attempting the impossible.

-ekongolobojja (-ekongolobozze) v.i. refl. attempt something beyond one's ability/ capacity.

held in contempt. cf. nyooma.

be high/exorbitant (of prices); become furious; go off half-cocked, attempt what one cannot do. cf. wanika.

-ekanikirira (-ekanikiridde) v.i. refl. attempt something beyond one's capacities.

spiteful, contemptuous. cf. kiiya.