okukaaba amaziga, okulira, okukoboka.

okukaaba.

wail, mourn, weep; suffer; have no place to go, be homeless.

cram in; sweep, push (e.g., rubbish into a corner); corner (e. g., a criminal, a rat); solve, get to the heart of (a crime, a problem). cf. effumbiko.

carry away (of a storm or hurricane).

kaabisa (-kaabisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to cry/weep, etc. cf. -kaabya, Mukaabya, Mikaabya.

a- also akafungulankete lit. which expose the underclothes, as an adj. sensational; sweeping, enkyukakyuka ez'akafungulankete, drastic developments/ changes, cf. fungula, olubugo, enkete.

e- (ki/bi) parched/arid place; bald patch on the head, kukaaba kiwalakate, to go through the motions and sentiments of weeping without actually shedding tears, cf. walakata.

e- adv. aimlessly; in confusion; with great effort, kukaaba kiwalazima, to weep hysterically.

nzise) v.i. go down, come down, descend; sink. Omuwendo gusse. The price has gone down, kukka ntuuyo, to sweat profusely, kukka maziga, to weep silently, kukka kitakata, to have a lucky/ narrow escape, kukka bbeeyi, to go down in price; (of people) to become a has-been/ a nobody.

the floor, the body); clean away, sweep away. Mukoka yakoka ebisasiro byonna. The pools of rainwater swept away all the trash, cf. mukoka.

ndize) v.i. weep, cry; mourn.

weep for; mourn, mourn for.

lit. he who causes to weep. cf. kaaba.

o- (ms/ba) one who sweeps, sweeper. cf. lyera.

e- (n/n or la) kind of plantain whose units grow very close together, lit. it-makes-the-bachelors-weep. cf. lira, omuwuulu; mukubyakkonde.

e- adv. incessantly, continually (with verbs of speaking, weeping, quarreling, etc.), cf. olukeremete.

formerly the title of the sweeper of the Kabaka's courtyard. c f. lyera.

e- (n/n) rare sweepings; rubbish, junk.

v., okwera. s. up in hand, okukukumba. s. along (tr.), okufumbiikiriza. make a clean s., okufaakuuza.

royal, Masiko, nnakyeyo.

wail; mourn; weep. okuyaaya inf.

njeze) v.tr. sweep; sweep out; brush. Ababbi banjera. Thieves have stolen all my things. okwera inf.

cause to sweep. cf. 2-yere, olweyo.^omwezi, nnakyeyo.

endizabawuulu.

clear (e.g., a yard).

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. push along together (as sweepings). cf. nnamunkukumbo.

neigh, roar (of animals); sound (of a drum, horn, motor, etc.).

to refuse flatly, lit. to lick that which digs (enkumbi, hoe, is implied). okukomba obulamu, colloq., to enjoy life, have a good time, okukomba amazzi, colloq., to drink a great deal of beer, okukomba amannyo ng'embwa, to lick one's chops in anticipation of food or (more frequently) drink, okukomba ssente, to acquire money without much effort, to ‘clean up.' okukomba ku kantu, to eat a little bit, taste a little bit; to drink a little bit. Ge balira ge bakomba. They are in great distress, lit. The tears (amaziga is implied) they weep they lick. Yasula takombye ku mpeke ya tulo. He didn't get a wink of sleep all night.

tearful. cf. lira.

e.g., yera, sweep (imperative); okwera, to sweep (infinitive). Verbs of this type are listed under y- rather than e-. Reflexive verbs with the initial e- are listed immediately under their non-reflexive counterparts: esamba, kick oneself, is contained in the entry for samba, kick. Reflexive verbs which do not have non-reflexive counterparts are alphabetized on the basis of their second letter: -ebaka, sleep, is listed under b.

disappear; end, pass away (of a period of time). Obudde bweyeze. It is late.