mpoobye) v.i. mourn, lament, cry mournfully, wail, make a loud noise.

etc.

omuti; firewood, enku; (forest) ekibira; (plank) olubaawo.

a miti, bibira.

a muti.

enkonkonamuti.

q.v.

mpookodde) v.tr. dig up, digout, excavate, cf. wuukuula.

ebyoya by'endiga.

mpodde) v.tr. scoop out; hollow out (e.g., a tree in constructing a canoe).

mpooledde) v.tr. appl. okuwoolera eggwanga, to avenge, take vengeance on. Baamuwoolera eggwanga. They avenged him. Baamuwoolerako eggwanga. They exacted vengeance from him.

to take apart/strip the layers of the stem of a banana/plantain tree and lay them out in an orderly manner.

to take vengeance for/on behalf of. Baamuwoolerera eggwanga. They exacted vengeance on his beh alf.

vide jjowo.

mpoolyezza) v.i. groan, cry.

take pleasure; enjoy.

woomesa (-woome- sezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make pleasing; make interesting; do well, carry out well. cf. -woomu, -woomerevu, obuwoomi, obuwoomerevu, eki woomereze* oluwoo- merambuzi, empooma.

mpoonye) v.tr. seek; claim; go after, pursue (e.g., an enemy).

be pleadable (of a court case); be claimable.

mpootedde) v.i. calm down (after a strong emotion); be downcast/ dejected/sad.

cause to quiet down; make dejected/ sad. cf. -wooteevu.

woowe interjections used in shouting Nnakanda kuyita saawuiirayo yadde ampuuna nti woowayi. I kept calling but I did not hear anyone at all answering me.

oh dear. cf. wowoggana.

mpoowodde) v.i. make a clamor, cry, cry out. v.tr. cry out at; mock, ridicule.

mpoowoose) v.tr. calm down; sooth; rock to sleep (a baby), cf. -woowootezi.

or -wooyezza, mpooye) v.tr. calm down; soothe; appease; pacify; speak softly to.

-wooyezza- wooyezza) v.tr. redup. keep calming down, etc.

mpoozezza) v.tr. charge, levy (taxes, customs, tariffs, dues), emi- solo egiwoozebwa ku bintu ebiyingira n ebi- fuluma okuva mu ggwanga, tariffs imposed on imports and exports. Ani awooza aka- tale kano? Who collects the dues from this market? cf. eggwoolezo, empooza, omuwooza.

okuyonja, okuwoomesa, okugulika, okulyoka.

okuwooyawooya, okukka kkanya, okusiisiitira, okuwombeeka, okunyiiguula, okunyiigulula.

akaloosa, e vvumbe, akawoowo, okuwunya.

okuwalana (eggwanga), okuwoolera eggwanga.

e- (li/ma) collar/band of metal or wood; insulator for telegraph wires; sport discus.

okukaabira, okukuba ebi woobe.

okussa omukka; b. hard, okuweevuuma, okuwejjawejja, okuteetera; b. irregularly, okuwookeera.

akabira, ekisaka.

o- always plur. (bu/-) scraps of firewood, cf. oluku.

o- ( bu/-) small inedible ter1 mites.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

o- (bu/-) sweetness, savor. cf. wooma, woomerera.

o- (bu/-) tastiness, deliciousness. cf. wooma.

okuyita, okukoowoola; (name) okutuuma; (names = abuse) okuvuma;

okwola.

empampagama, empokowooko.

okulonda, okusiima; (pick out) okulondamu, okweroboza, okwebonanya; c. from, okwawulula; c. one's words, okuwoomesa emboozi.

be, okuwoomera abalezi.

v., okuyoogaana, okukaa yana, okutokota, okuwoowoola.

v., okukuŋŋaanya, okukukumba, okukunga; (tribute) okusolooza; (market dues) okuwooza; (all sorts) okuyombolereza; (poles) okusonda; (earth, etc.) okuyoola.

omuwooza, omusolooza.

n., ekiwoobe, omulanga, enkooka.

v., okukaaba, okulira, okuŋaŋala; vide okunyiiba, okuwanjaga. c. aloud, okwamira, okukooka. c. for help, okukuba enduulu. lament, okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwobba.

empooza ; c. house, eggwoolezo; c. officer, ssentala.

woo, pay court to.

okulowooza.

lungi nnyo, woomerevunnyo.

okulima; (a hole) okusima; (d. iip) okusimula, okubigula; (exhume) okuziikula; (potatoes, etc.) okusoggola, okusola; (d. out) okuwuukuula, okuwookoola.

okusima muttaka, okuligguula, okuwookoola.

carelessness, inevitability (in the sense of being obliged to do what one does not want to do) and even sheer exasperation. Tumaze ga- gendayo. We sent there just for the sake of going. Mumale gaddamu, temulowooza. Just give an answer, don't think about it first. Mala gakola. Just go ahead and do it. Don't spend too much time on it. Among the younger generation there is a tendency to drop the verbal stem which normally follows ga-. The meaning is implied from context, e.g., Twamala ga-. We simply went there (or simply did something else, dep ending on previous context).

v., okulowooza; okwagala.

okwerowooza. f. sickness, okwerwaza. f. death, okwefiisa. f. ignorance, okwewubya, okw ewugguusa, okwewussa. f. sleep, okwefuluusa. f. inability, okwekekkezza. f. exertion, okwepacca. f. madness, okweralusa. f. assent, okuttikkirira.

okunona, okukima, okugoberera; (come to f.), okuddukira, vide okuwoona.

enku; f. cut green, enkukku; go to fetch f., okusennya, okutyaba, okuziga.

akatundu; pi. bucekuceku; (wood) akati; (food) a kakunkumuka. fragrance, akaloosa.

fumbisa (-fumbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 make cook, cause to cook; cook with/using. Afumbya masannya- laze/nku. She cooks with electricity/firewood.

mpola, kasiiso, kimpowooze, nkuyo.

e- (li/ma) vengeance; rancor, okuwoolera eggwanga, to take vengeance. country, nation; tribe, okubeera/mu mawanga or emitala w'amawanga, to be abroad, ggwangamujje {lit. country-come), kind of drum used to summon the people in time of danger, oluyimba Iw'eggwanga, national anthem. Ku lwa Katonda ne Ggwanga lyange, For God and my Country (the motto of Uganda). Amawanga Amagatte, the United Nations. Amawanga agali mu luganda olumu ne Bungereza, the British Commonwealth (of Nations), cf. munna- ggwanga.

e- plur. amawoolezo (li/ma)

e- (li/ma) aroma; pleasant smell/ odor, okwogeza eggwoowo, to speak with a pleasant tone of voice, cf. akawoowo.

kind of tall forest tree, Pygeum africanum. cf. engwabuzito.

v., okuyita, okukoowoola.