n. ensonda; v.i., okuloba.
omulobi.
rare wrangle.
v.i., okulengejja.
okuzingulula, okutuggulula, okulambulula, okugombolola.
okuzingazinga.
take to pieces; analyze; disengage; untangle.
recip. become intertwined, get entangled.
disentangle, unravel; straighten out, settle. cf. -gombye, eggombolola.
etc.; entangle; fig. complicate, make complicated.
v.tr., okuwanika, okwanika; (strangle) okutuga. h. oneself, okwetuga. h. curtain, okutimba. h. head, okutunula kibundaaza, okukoteka.
a- (ka/bu) small elbow; angle in a wall, akakokola k'entebe, the arm of a chair, okusaako kakokola tondeka nnyuma, to run for one's life. cf. olukokola.
bicker, wrangle, cf. twatwalikana.
hang down, hang suspended, dangle.
ndeekeemye) v.i. cavil; wrangle, bicker; talk in a loud voice.
nnengezze) v.i. hover; hang in the air, be suspended above the ground; dangle; droop.
okutaagulataagula.
e- (n/n) corner; angle, ensonda ezeesigibwa, reliable sources/quarters.
clasp each other; become entangled with one another; crisscross, intertwine; tie, reach a tie (in an athletic contest). cf. -sibe, obusibe, ekisiba, ekisibo, olwesibyo, omusibe, omusibi, ^ensibo.
e- (li/ma) stone, brick or ball of clay used for cooking. Three of these are usually arranged in the form of a triangle. The pot is placed on top and the firewood is inserted through the openings at the sides, amasiga is now also used to designate the cooking area of a stove or oven, essiga is also the term applied to the largest subdivision of a clan. cf. obusiga.
okutuga.
rip up; scratch up; mangle; mutilate. cf. -taagufu.
cause to become disentangled.
unravel, take apart.
disentangle; straighten out. okutandulula ku ki- gere, to start going, start on a trip, n'ata- ndulula ku kigere mu ssaawa ez'akawungee- zi n'agenda mu kibuga, and he started out in the evening hours and went to the town. cf. lambulula.
v., okuzingazinga, okugo mbeza; get tangled, okwetugga. tankard, ekikompe.
choke; kill; fig. rebuke harshly, cf. tuga.
quarrel noisiiy, squabble, wrangle. cf. kwakwalikana.
okuyombagana, okuba bbatta, okutwatwalikana.
n., oluyombo, empaka.
omuyombi.
njasinkanye) also yasiikana v.i. shout; bicker, wrangle. okwasinkana inf.
also kijjamalenge (la) baby bom with feet first. (Formerly it was thought that such a child would grow up to he a criminal. It was often strangled and buried at the crossroads. Hence the word sometimes has the meaning of unknown corpse.) cf. olulenge.
v.i. be encumbered; be overburdened; have more than one can handle; become entangled.
etc.; entangle, tangle. Omubbi baamugombeza emikono ne bagisiba. They made the thief cross his hands and tied them up.
v.tr. recip. caus. cause to get intertwined/tangled up.
cf. Nnamugeta; gota.
v.i. conv. 2 become untangled/unraveled.
eggemo.
o- (mu/ha) one who fishes with a hook, angler, cf. loba.
a short-necked man, lit. who is lacking (-bula-) a place where he could be strangled (see tuga).
v.i. conv. 2 be or become disentangled/unraveled.
hang (a person).
v.i. conv. 2 become straightened out/unraveled/disentangled.
v.tr. conv. 2 straighten out; unravel; untangle; fig. start. Nnali nnambulula olugendo. I was starting my joumey.
roll/fold badly.
-egombeza (-egombezza) v.i. appl. caus. refl. become entangled.
-egombaganya (-egombaganyizza) v.i. recip. caus. refl. get oneself intertwined; tangle oneself up.
-etuga (-etuze) v.i. refl. strangle oneself; hang oneself.
tense up; frown, scowl. Obwenyi bwamwetugga. His face became contorted with rage.