mpabudde) v.tr. inform, announce to; warn; alert.

naye; (except) wabula, wazira.

wabula, wazira.

okulabula, okuwabula.

a- (ka/bu) accident; misfortune, ebis eera eby'akabenje, period of emergency, kugwa ku kabenje ka mmotoka, to be involved in an automobile accident, kwabula kabenje, to miss being involved in an accident; to come out of an accident unscathed.

beat; whip.

wabula.

njabudde) v.tr. go through, go over, traverse; live through, pass through (a period of time); dismiss (a meeting), v.i. depart, leave. Bwe yatulengera n'ayabula. When he saw us he went away. Omwaka guno tagwabudde. He did not live through this year. Omugga tugwabudde mu ddakiika ntono. We passed over the river in a few minutes. okwabula inf.

oku- bulajinanya ensimbi, misappropriate money, embezzle funds.cf. ^ebbula, ebbuliro, embulakalevu, embulakayu, embulakirevu, omubuze, ^wabula.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep picking up; pick up all the time. Awagwa ekku tewabula bulondererwa. (prov.) Where a large piece of firewood falls there is no lack of little pieces to pick up.

do in a hurry, oku- kwabula emirimu, to do one's work in a hurry.

^-wabudde; v.tr. conv. bring back in line; bring back under control; disabuse; set straight.

conj. but; except; unless. Tojja kuyita bigezo wabula ng'osomye nnyo. You will not pass the examinations unless you study hard. cf. bula.

v.i. recip. warn one another. cf. -labufu; ^wabula.

o- (mu/ba) chairman, presiding officer; president, omukubiriza w'oludda oluwabula gavumenti, the opposition leader (in government), cf. ^kuba, kubiriza.