to stand at attention; to stand motionless/ rigid without moving, kwetikka butengerera, to balance on the head, kujjula butengerera, to be full to the brim. cf. tengerera.
o- neg. inf. of yenkana- nkana. obutenkanankana mu kusuubula- gana, unfavorable balance of trade.
a- (ka/bu) loose flesh adhering to a wound; hangnail; fig. edge; brink. Obulamu bwabwe bull ku kalebwerebwe. Their lives are in the balance. Bali ku kalebwerebwe k'okutandika emizannyo. They are on the point/verge of starting the games.
ebbalirirwe, obubazi, akatabalika, ^einbala, embalirira, ^omubazi.
n. (scales), minzaani.
v., okutengerera; b. self, okwetengeka.
v.i. balance oneself; stand without moving; stand without supporting oneself (of a child learning to walk).
be balanced; settle down (in a chair, to one's work); be peaceful/calm, regain one's composure; get straightened out; be corrected. Tukwate mpola byonna bijja kutereera. Let's take things easy, everything will be straightened out. ku- tereera bubya, to sit like a dish, i.e., to sit doing nothing, sit like a bump on a log.
v.i. slip; stumble; trip; lose one's balance.
-etengerera (-etengeredde) v.i. refl. balance oneself; balance what one is carrying on the head; stand rigid/erect. Omwana kati yeetengerera. The child now is able to stand/bas passed the creeping stage. cf. obutengerera, entengerera.
smooth; calm. Gundi oyo omutwe gwe gulinga ogutali mutereevu. So- and-so acts as if he is not quite levelheaded/as if he is mentally unbalanced, cf. tereera.