obudde.

o- (bu/.) time; weather; occasion, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, obudde obw'okukyuka, half time (in football). okuzimba ng'obudde, to become sullen/gloomy/inorose lit. swell like the weather. Obudde bukedde. It has dawned. also The time has come (to act). Obudde bwali busse. It was late afternoon.

o- (bu/-) meekness, humility; submissiveness; quiet, calmness, composure; coolness (of weather), cf. -kkakkamu.

adj. (food), wolu; (water) nyogovu; (weather) a mpewo.

adj. (of wits) siru; (blunt) koŋŋontevu; (weather) obudde obw'ekikome; be dull, okulungubala.

a- (ka/bu) time; time of day; weather. Ng'akadde kakaalaamye! How hot the weather is! cf. obudde.

e- more frequently ekiddedde no plur. (ki/bi) cloudy/overcast weather.

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

e-: obudde bw'ekikome, cloudy weather, cloudy day.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) with the -a of rel. calm; gentle, as an adv. calmly, gently. Ayogera kimpoowooze. He talks in a very calm manner. Obudde bwa kimpoowooze. The weather is pleasant, olutalo olw'ekimpoowooze, the cold war.

e-: obudde obw'ekinnyikaggo- be, damp, cloudy weather, cf. nnyika, eggobe.

e- with the -a of rel. cold; damp (of the weather). Leero, bwa kitto. It (obudde, weather, is implied) is cold today.

overcast (of the weather). Obudde bwa kizimiira. The sky is overcast, cf. -^zima, zimiira.

e- with the -a of rel. dark, gloomy (of the weather).

e- (n/n) being; state, condition, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, okuva mu mbeera, to get out of sorts, to become worked up/disturbed, lit. leave one's (usual) State, eby'embeera z'abantu, community development, public welfare, cf. ba, beera.

e-: emmere ennuma, food without vegetable sauce, main dish without vegetable sauce. Sirikuleka wabi, akuleka ku mmere nnuma. (prov.) lit. 1 will not leave you in a bad situation, he leaves you (eating) food without any vegetable sauce. Description of a fair-weather friend.

c- (u/n) day of clear weather during the rainy season.

go (in bad weather or under difficult conditions); wander about in a distraught frame of mind.

skin, etc.); cool oneself off; become cool (of the weather). Olwa leero obudde buwewedde. It has become cool today.

swell up; fig. become angry/furious, okuzimba nga budde or okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like the weather or the bush, i.e., to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncommunicative.

be or become swollen (often fig., from anger, sullenness, etc.); take up too much room; be desolate; be gloomy (of the weather), cf. -zimbagavu; zimba, zimbagatana.

v.i. be clean; be clear (of the weather); be pure; be holy.

(la) hot/dry season; hot/dry weather.

become clear; clear up. Obudde bwerudde. The weather has cleared up. v.tr. clean out, clear out; cause to appear; bring to light; reveal, expose, okwerula ekibanja, to clear a plot of land.

o- (mu/mi) damp, cloudy weather.

v.i. be or become ugly (often but not always referring to persons); put on a sour/ugly face. Leero ate ng'obudde bubizze bulala. My, how wretched the weather has become.

v.i. stumble/stagger along in bad weather.

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

v.i. be bright; be light; be clear (of the weather); be dumbfounded/ amazed/speechless.

v.i. become tarnished; rust; become weather-beaten; lose freshness.

of salt); raise one's voice in anger. Obudde bukaalaamye. The weather has become very hot or The situation has become very serious/critical.

avert, ward off (disease, bad weather, calamity).

-efuukuula (-efuukudde) v.i. refl. be stirred up/agitated; change rapidly (of weather); be rough (of the sea); grow worse (of illness); fig. become angry/annoyed. cf. -fuukuuvu, amafuukuule.

sparkling white (of objects which have been cleaned); bright, clear (of the weather). Twagenda obudde bwamufu bulungi. The weather was very bright and clear when we left. cf. yamuka. i

revise one's opinions; change all of a sudden. Obudde bwefu- kulula mangu ddala enkuba n'etonnya. The weather changed all of a sudden and it (started to) rain. cf. ekifuko, omufuko, enfuka.