olukato.
okuyoogaana, okuleekaana.
n.,oluyoogaano, akacwano.
okwavula, okukuba enda, okw ewalula, okwekulula, okugaganyuka. c. along, okukenemuka; c. through hole, okukwebera. crazy, lalu; become c. for, okw esoma.
okulembeggerera, okulanza lanza, okugolooma, okunaaninga.
rare crawl along; trudge along.
fall sprawling on the ground; roll over.
jjnannalamye) v.i. flop down; lie sprawled, lie sprawled out.
shout, yell, bawl, make a lot of noise.
e- also kyaziyazi adv. crosswise. okntuula ekigazigazi, to sit sprawled out, sit in a very relaxed manner; to feel at ease in the company of others. Atuula kyaziyazi omugumba ky'atuula ku mbaga. She takes up a lot of space like a childless woman at a wedding party, cf. -gazi.
drag out one's speech.
nnembezze) v.i. talk very slowly, drawl.
o- (lu/n) awl, sharp puncturing instrument; pointed instrument resembling a needle used in weaving baskets; injection, inoculation, okutuula ku nkato, to be in a very difficult situation, cf. ekkato.
a- adv. okwebaka amagalanju, to sleep on one's back/in a sprawled-out position. okuleka ebintu amagalanju, to leave things strewn about/unattended, cf. galanjuka.
a- also amagalangajja adv. in a sprawling position; in confusion, cf. -egal angajja.
e- plur. (mu/mi) shouting; brawling, wrangling, cf. leekaana.
walk slowly, plod along; creep along, crawl along.
vide entalama.
mpalakase) v.tr. scrape; fig. reprimand severely, bawl out; criticize. Enjala yali etuwalakata bulala. We were extremely hungry, lit. hunger was scraping us extremely.
njavudde) v.i. crawl, creep, go on hands and knees.
etc. okwavuza amaviivi, to crawl on one's knees.
o- (mu/mi) very small space only large enough to crawl through, cf. kwebera.
king, etc.). eby'okulya, food, okulya obwami, to assume the chieftainship, kulya mu ndago, to sing, kulyamu luyi, to slap, kulyamu kikonde, to punch with the fist, kulya mazzi, euph. to drink a lot of beer, lit. water, kulyamu lukwe, to plot, conspire, kulya kijaja or kigagga, to eat very well/in great style, kulya muntu kimuli, to interrupt a person in bi? conversation. kulya nkoko bbiri, to give one's sister in marriage to two men (thereby receiving the gift of two chickens), kulya misinde, to run very fast, kulya butaaia, to roam at large, be on the loose (e.g., of an escaped prisoner), kulya bulamu, to enjoy life, have a good time, kulya eki- banja/emmayiro, to come into land/an estate, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okulya obugenyi, to receive food or presents while a guest, okulya enguzi, to take a bribe, okulya engere, to walk fast, okulya ensimbi, to steal money, okulya ensowole, to take something (e.g., the chieftainship) when one is incompetent or unprepared. Genda olye enkoko yo. You have had a lucky escape/a narrow escape, lit. go and eat your chicken. Omuwala yamulyamu omwoyo. The girl won/stole his heart. Obusungu bwandya. I was consumed with anger. Mwana muwala, oyo andya omutwe! I am completely enamored of that girl, lit. she eats my head. Baagala kumulyamu maaso. They wanted to bawl him out/upbraid him severely. Okulya ennyingi si kuggwa maddu. (prov.) To eat a lot is not to get rid of one's appetite. The more you have, the more you want. Amaanyi sigalya. (prov.) Force does not prevail. Physical strength alone does not accomplish things. Ky'otonnalya tokyesunga. (prov.) What you have not yet eaten, do not anticipate. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. Kye walyanga bw'olaba ennaku olekayo. (prov.) What you used to eat — when you experience hard times — you give up. One must adjust to circumstances/ calamaties.
v.i. sit in a sprawled out manner; plop down.
okuyoogaana, okukaaba, okuleekaana, okujogoolikana.
e-: kugwa ŋŋanzi, to fall unconscious; to collapse from sickness/fatigue/thirst, etc.; to be sprawled out in a relaxed position.
cf. omukwebero.
v. i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled out manner.
colloq. bawl out, excoriate.
v.i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled-out manner.
ebyewalula, creeping things, reptiles, etc. cf. ^wala.
-ebeteka (-ebetese) v.i. refl. sit down carelessly; flop down; sprawl out.
-egaata (-egaase) v.i. refl. sit in a sprawled-out manner.
spread oneself out full length. cf. amagalangajja (amagalangajjo).
amagalanjula.
-ekulula (-ekuludde) v.i. refl. drag oneself; creep; crawl. Ensimbi ze zekulula. He is stingy /tight. cf. omukululo.
sit sprawled out; be at ease. cf. gaziwa, gaziya.
and (his) feet went sprawling.