be, okuwuliriza.

embukutiro.

be, okutunula ekimama, okblabankana.

e- adv. inattentively, without paying attention. Yavuza kimama. He drove carelessly.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

ndabankanye) v.i. be inattentive, look around in a distracted way.

o- (bu/-; negligence, carelessness, inattentiveness. cf. lagajjala.

strain; set fa trap, omutego); trap; trip (in football), okutega emikono, to stretch out the hands (with palms open to receive something), okutega amatu, to perk up the ears, listen attentively, okutega amannyo, to look foolish, laugh foolishly.

v.i. be inattentive; be absentminded; grope about; fail to see.

go wild; revolt. Omwana amagalala bulaia. The child is restless/ stubborn/willfully inattentive.

v.i. be inattentive/scatterbrained/careless.

projecting; fig. rebellious; inattentive, cf. sasamala.

inattentive, cf. lagajjala.