okuleka, okusuula; a. a plan, okuyiwa amagezi.

fulukwa; (wicked) bi nnyo, gwagwa.

o- adv. forlornly; in an abandoned condition, kufa bumbula, to die unattended; to be in a miserable condition and have no one come to one's aid. obufuzi bw'obumbula harsh/dictatorial rule.

a- (ka/bu) case brought against a woman demanding that she return to her abandoned husband.

ndese) v.tr. permit, allow; leave, abandon, leka has the following uses as an auxiliary verb: 1) followed by the infinitive it means stop, leave off, refrain from. Leka kusoma, Stop reading. 2) followed by the subjunctive it exp res ses a request or exhortation. Leka tugambe nti... Let us say that...

lekwa (-lekeddwa) v.i. pass, be left/abandoned, etc.

etc. ebintu ebitale- keka, indispensable things, omulimu ogu- talekeka, an essential task, a job which cannot be left undone. cf. mulekwa; lekulira.

make a turnabout, revert to something that one had formerly abandoned, cf. kyuka, kyukira.

e- (n/n) way of releasing, kuggya nta mu kintu, to give up/quit/abandon something. n'eby'okusoma babiggyamu enta, and they gave up their studies, cf. ta.

e- adv. in desperate straits, in distress; in desolation; in a state of abandonment.

adv. in a neglected or abandoned state. Omulambo gwasangiddwa nga gugudde ggalabanja ku kkubo okumpi n'ennyumba ye. The corpse was found abandoned on a road near his house, cf. galabanja.

etc.

turn away; send back (e.g., a bride to her husband whom she has abandoned).

v.i. wait around impatiently/in vain; loiter about; be abandoned/empty/unoccupied. okwandaakalala inf.

v.i. be empty/deserted/ abandoned/unoccupied. Amaka gangadde. The house is vacant/deserted. okwangaala inf.

v.i. become deserted/abandoned/vacated (originally of a termite hill); go away; fig. become stupid/'empty in the head;' become discredited. Obugagga bwe yalina bwonna bwafuluka. The wealth which he had has all disappeared. Yafu- luka mu busawo. He lost his reputation in (the profession of) medicine.

o- (mu/mi) edible rat, cane-rat, an animal slightly larger than a rabbit, Thryonomys swinderianus. Ekika ky'Omu- su, The Edible Rat Clan, kusigala omu nga musu, to be left alone, be abandoned by one's friends or associates (esp. in time of trouble), kukuba nga misu, to be numerous/abundant, cf. Wamusu.

o- (mu/mi) carefreeness; abandon, yielding to impulse; disregard (e.g., of danger), cf. yinaayina.

v.tr. appl. 2 throw away completely; abandon; become indifferent to; cease doing/concerning oneself with.

-etentegula (-etentegudde) v.i. refl. unburden oneself; talk on and on (esp. about oneself); talk with abandon.

refl. give up, sacrifice, abandon; deprive oneself of; get rid of. okweresa amasanyu, to give up pleasures, okweresa ebitiibwa, to renounce honors.

a new house, cf. lobuggya,2ekiggya, ‘-omuggya. ), remove from oneself; get rid of; abandon, give up (e.g., a bad habit). Yeggyako obubbi. He gave up stealing.