okufula omwana; (a custom) okupakula empisa.

okufuuka omwana.

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

come (from); be adopted/taken over (e.g., of a foreign custom).

out); be taken/carried off; be taken over/ adopted.

cleverly persuade/dissuade (someone who is doing or plans to do something objectionable).

v.i. be proud and cocksure; adopt an attitude of defiance; be truculent/ arrogant.

pilfer, steal; adopt, appropriate, take over, okupakula empisa, to adopt a custom (esp. a bad custom).

appropriate, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign, such as customs, ideas, etc.) Ebyo ebigoye ebikadde obi- wakan kudd e wa? Where did you ever dig up those old clothes? Awakankudde emize. He has picked up bad habits. cf. wakula, kakankula, papankula.

adopt, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign), okuwakula entalo, to pick fights, look for trouble, okuwakula ejin_ambo, to pick up rumors, spread rumors, okuwakula empisa, to take over alien/undesirable customs, okuwakula obulwadde, to contract a disease, okuwakula eŋŋombo, to pick up mannerisms of speech, okuwakula enjuki, to take honey from bees.

select; be finicky/selective about; adopt, eggwanga lya Katonda eryebonanye, God s chosen nation.

hold as an abomination. Nze nneddira mpologoma. The lion is my totem. I am a member of the Lion Clan. Yeddira kutambula ekiro. He detests/considers it an abomination to go about at night. Omwana gwe twatuma yeddira mu kuzannya. The child we sent on an errand went playing instead.

have returned, cause to be returned/restored to oneself; cause to adopt as a totem, obuteddiza, neg. inf. as an adv. without limit/restriction; to an extreme degree.