okusibako, okuteekako, okugattako.

thread (e.g., beads); pin, attach; put (on a spit, skewer). Twatungwa emimwa. Our lips were sealed. We were not permitted to speak. Effumu lyatunga omusajja. The spear pierced the man.

to give a look of amazement, be dumbfounded/stunned, lit. like a hunting dog who has thrown off the bell attached to him (used to signal the hunters).

remain firmly attached (to); adhere closely (to).

v.tr. appl. 2. intens. be extremely solicitous about; be constantly concerned with; attach oneself to.

attribute. okupaatiika erinnya, to nickname, dub. Yampaatiikako ebigambo. He attributed words to me (which I had never said).

-ebembeka (-ebembese) v.i. & tr. refl. attach to oneself; attach oneself to; impose oneself on.

climb onto; mate (of animals). okwebereka ku kagaali, to mount a bicycle.

okwetunga ku lunyiriri, to get into a line, take one's place at the end of a line, okwetunga ku muntu, to latch on' to a person,

attributive and other relationships. The prefix attached to -a is determined by the class of the preceding noun, e.g., ebitabo ebya Mukasa, the books of Mukasa; entebe ey'omuti (ey' = eya), the chair of wood, the wooden chair. An important function of a is that of forming ordinals from cardinals, e.g., mu myaka omusanvu, in seven years; mu mwaka ogw omusanvu (ogw' = ogwa), in the seventh year.

inject oneself; overdo things, okwepaatiika erinnya, to take an alias.

-erimbika (-erimbise) v.i. refl. attach oneself; become attached. cf. -erimba.

devote oneself (to); attac.li uneseii ^lo/, ue sioppea/ plugged up (e. g., of a drain), kwesiba bbiri, to be determined/resolved; to make oneself ready/prepared; to double one's effort, kwesiba ku muntu, to attach oneself to a person who doesn't appreciate (you), to latch onto a person. Amagezi gaamwesiba. She was at a loss as to what to do. ng'akyesibye ku kintu kye kimu yagamba nti..., and Still sticking to the same subject he said... Ennaku zaatandika okwesi ba. The days started to drag.