v.i., okuwotoka, okuwotookerera.

wotofu.

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms which grow on withered plantain leaves (ssanja).

e- (ki/bi) dry/withered plantain leaves used in making packages, containers, pillows, etc., and in thatching huts. cf. essanja.

e- with the -a of rel. omukazi ow'ekiwaama, a woman with withered breasts; a woman who cannot shed tears.

o- with the -a of rel. aggressive, enterprising; old and withered (of an old woman), olukawuule lw'omusajja, an aggressive, enterprising man.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. dried up, withered, cf. wotoka.

e- (li/ma) dry/withered piantain leaves, cf. obusanjasanja, ^ekisanja.

mpotose) v.i. wither, fade, shrivel; fig. become listless and depressed, lose one's energy/strength.

wotosa (-wotosezza) v.tr. caus. cause to wither. cf. -wotofu, empootowooto, mpotokwa, muwotokwa, wowootoka.

nnyengeetuse) v.i. droop, wither (of plants); become tired out/ exhausted, lose stamina. okuyengeetuka inf.

nnyongobedde) v.i. wither; be weak/sickly; be dejected/depressed. okuyongobera inf.

etc. cf. -yongobevu, obuyongobevu.

tire out. cf. yenjebuka.

grow rigid; euph. die; become well established (of a practice); be firm/resolute; stand up for oneself, okukala amaaso, be be brazen-faced, erinnya ne likala, and the name ‘stuck.' Bw'otokala tolya. If you don't stand up for yourself, you will never get ahead.

v.i. appl. 2 begin to wither; fig. be dejected/depressed.

depress. Amawulire g'okufa kwe gaatuwotookereza. The news of his death depressed us very much.

v.i. wither; shrivel up. cf. wotoka.

depressed, cf. yongobera.