n., okukanga, ekikango.

okukanga; (of rain) okubindabinda, okuyinda.

o- also guleerere, o- (gu/ga) big, ugly cloud; large, threatening cloud, cf. ekire.

defy, menace, cf. kanga.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) gloomy, threatening weather (usually in the evening). Kyali kijjaggulwe It was threatening to rain.

e- (ki/bi) toll or fee imposed on a vendor setting up a stall in a market; preliminary. Ekyo kikyali ekituuza. This is only the beginning (e.g., of a parent threatening even sterner punishment for a recalcitrant child), cf. tuula, tuuza.

e- (n/n) kind of small ground frog which discharges an offensive secretion "'hen threatened.

soomya (-soomezza) v.tr. challenge; threaten; defy; provoke; annoy; exasperate.

(-gugunze) more commonly -egugunga (-egugunze) v.i. refl. be startled/excited/ agitated; engage in disturbances; riot; rebel. Obudde bwegugunga. The sky looks threatening.

v.tr. caus. intimidate; threaten.

v.i. have a look of disgust. v.tr. view with disgust/scorn; look at threateningly; be rude/insolent toward. cf. kimbuula.

to become dangerous/terrifying/threatening. Envubu zeefudde bbereeje ku bizinga bino. The hippopotamuses have become a major threat on these islands.

v.i. be cloudy; be overcast; be on the verge of rain. Twavaayo ng'obudde butandise okubinduuka. IVe left as it started to threaten to rain.

v.i. be menacing/threatening (of the weather). Bw'eyinda si bw'elonnya.

(prov.) lit. As it threatens is not how it rains. The end is not necessarily like the beginning.

dark, threatening rain clouds.

intimidate.