okuleka, okwebalama, okw ewala, okwerekereza; (from food) okusiiba enjala.

okwebalama ekibuuzo, to avoid a question.

abstain from, -ezira + infinitive, all that is needed, immediately upon. Leero yezira kunywa ku mwenge, n alyoka atandika okuyomba. All that he needs is to take a little drink and he starts arguing. Abasajja kyezira kuwulira ku nduulu nga badduukirira. All that is needed is for the men to hear the alarm and they rush to the rescue.

deny oneself, abstain from; postpone, put off.

-etangira (-etangidde) v.i. refl. be temperate/abstemious. v.tr. refl. refrain from; abstain from; hold oneself back from. cf. obwetangize.