adj., zibe wa maaso; b. in one eye, a ttulu; b. man's buff, kantuntunu.

v. (destroy sight), okuzibya amaaso; (deceive), okulimba, okuseemya.

okusiba kantuntunu.

obuzibe bw'amaaso.

mugoya.

a- (ka/bu) cloth placed over the eyes; game of blindman's buff, okusiba abantu kantuntunu, to pull the wool over people's eyes, deceive people.

grow dark; be obscured; be thick/luxuriant; be blocked/ impeded, okukunira amaaso, to go blind; to be blind. Obudde bukunidde. It has grown dark.

a- plur. (li/ma) wisdom; knowledge; device, stratagem; advice; wit; skill, amagezi ga bnlijjo, common sense, everyday knowledge, omuwi w'amagezi, advisor, okusala amagezi, to devise a plan. Yasa- langa gonna (gonna here = amagezi gonna). He used every expedient. He did everything he could. Amagezi tegaba g'omu. (prov.) Wisdom/cleverness is not the monopoly of one person. Okwagala kulya amagezi. (prov.) Love benumbs (lit. eats) the senses. Love is blind. Note: the gramm. sing, eggezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from the plur. cf. -gezi, kalimagezi, olugezigezi.

a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also nnamugoya.

lit. one who is stopped up. muzibe w'amaaso, blind person, muzibe w'amatu, deaf person. cf. ziba.

a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also mugoya.

e- (li/ma) ow'ettulu, person blind in one eye.

tnpuuzuumye) v.i. move around in a daze, go blindly on.

njasizza) v.tr. split; chop, chop to pieces; break. Kendeeza ku ttaala enjasa amaaso. Cut down the light some, it is blinding meAurting my eyes.

v.i. go or wander at random/blindly/aimlessly/in confusion; mill about.

etc.).

v.tr. caus. make dim/blind.

v.tr. block; obstruct; hinder passage to; bar. v.i. become blocked/obstructed. Ekkubo lizibye. The road has become blocked. Ekkubo balizibye. They have blocked the road. Obudde buzibye. Night has fallen. It has become dark, okuziba amaaso, to go blind; to blind, make blind, okuziba amatu, to become deaf, okuziba emimwa, to become dumb; to make dumb, okuziba ebinnya, to fall in ditches/ holes.

make blind , to do until dark Twakola ne tuzibya. We worked until dark.