be, okwegendereza, okw ekuuma, okwerembereza.

consider carefully; reflect, v.tr. ponder, think over carefully; figure out.

geraageranya (-geraageranyizza) v.tr. redup. compare; consider carefully, evaluate; imagine, think of; figure out.

scrutinize. v.i. look around; be careful/watchful.

e- (ki/bi) a banana leaf that is carefully smoked over the fire and used as a container for locally made medicine; plume of banana leaves for ornamenting beer gourds of important people, cf. ol li worn ho.

v. (watch), okulabirira, okukuuma; (be careful) okwekuuma; (object) okunyiiga.

e- adv. slowly; gently, softly; quietly, mpolampola, gradually, by degrees. Akwata empola atuuka wala. (prov. j Who proceeds slowly goes far. Slow but sure. Mpolampola, ayiisa obu- sera. (prov.) Slowly and carefully, he cooks the porridge. Easy does it. cf. kawola.

o- (mu/ba) careful/cautious person, cf. genda, -egendereza.

o- (mu/mi) spirit, soul; temperament; mind; fig. heart, eby'omwoyo, spiritual matters, spiritual affairs. Mwoyo Mutuukiri- vu, the Holy Spirit, okusoma n'omwoyo ogumu, to read with care/carefully. Saalimu mwoyo. I was depressed/disspirited. Eki- tongole kijja kussaako omwoyo okufuna ente ennungi. The Department will do its best/ will make a great effort to get good cattle. Ekyo kyantwala omwoyo. I liked this best of all, lit. this took my heart, cf. ekyoyo, ekyoyooyo.

filter; purge; fig. censor, submit to censorship; weigh (opposing views); consider carefully. okusengejja omuntu, to observe a person closely, scrutinize a person critically.

walk stealthily, move carefully, advance in a stalking manner.

cf. sooba.

okutambula. w. carefully, okwegendereza.

mpenze) v.tr. search for, look for; search in; inspect carefully. Omubbi awenjebwa buseenene. The thief is being hunted everywhere, lit. like a grasshopper.

to listen carefully (esp. to something confidential), cf. oluwawu, omuwawu.

o- (mu/ba) one who takes (kwata) things slowly (mpola); a calm, deliberate person who does things carefully without rushing.

v. tr. appl. 2 caus. ' count for; be concerned for. counting; count carefully; count all the time; be very concerned with.

arrange carefully.

v.tr. move/push along carefully.

kuliisa bijanjaalo mpiso, to be careless/indifferent about things, kuliisa bujiiko, to be high and mighty, be ostentatiously rich, be ‘highbrow,' lit. to eat with (European) teaspoons, kuliisa maaso, to look at carefully, kuliisa ngalo, to eat with one's fingers, kuliisa njala, to eat ravenously. Jjangu ondiiseliise. Come and keep company with me while I eat.

consider carefully.

v.tr. appl. caus. cause to move forward/approach carefully; bring carefully towards.

v.tr. appl. 2 spread out carefully; keep spreading out. Yaliirira abagenyi omukeeka. Spread out a mat for the guests.

dwell; convene (of a meeting), kutuula ntitibbwa, to sit/stay in one place without budging, kutuula ntende or mirembe, to be doing well, be getting along comfortably, kutuula ama- tiitiiri, to kneel and sit on the heels; to be uneasy/anxious/on tenterhooks, kutuula kitebe, to stay in one place without going away, kutuula mu nsonga, to sit down together and give a matter careful consideration. kutuula ku zintengese, to live in mortal fear, kutuula aweesiifu, to live in happiness and peace, kutuulawo, to menstruate. Omukazi Omuyima antuulidde ku kisaabo. The woman of the Bahima has put a hex on me, i.e., I am jinxed/unlucky, ab'ennimi ezitatuula, very gabby people, lit. with tongues which do not sit. Omuwala atudde gumuli wamu. The girl is calm/contented/unworried (gu- implies mwoyo, heart, i.e., her heart is in one place).

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. approach cautiously/slowly; deal carefully with.

v.tr. appl. caus. listen to; listen carefully to; listen with a stethoscope; feel.

weigh.

check carefully.

look at carefully, inspect with care. Wekkaanye! Pay attention!

be seriously preoccupied (with); have difficulty (with), okwetojja n'omuntu, to have a difficult time with a person.

-efiiriza (-efiirizza) v.i. appl. 2 caus. refl. act to one's own detriment; lose out. v.tr. deprive oneself of; iose out on. Bwate- gendereza ajja kwefiiriza ebirungi byonna by'abadde ajja okufuna. If he is not careful he will lose/miss out on/sacrifice all of the good things he was going to get.

kwekuuma butiribiri, to be very careful about one's manners/conduct. Njagala okwekuumira ku luguudo. 1 want to keep up with the times.

stare at; examine/inspect carefully; give close attention to; devote oneself to, stay at for a long time, omulamuzi ne yeekaliriza Mugwanya, and the judge looked at Mugwanya intently.

to see if one is properly dressed), v.tr. refl. examine carefully, inspect with care. cf. otnweke- bezzi; kebera.

-erembereza (-eremberezezza) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. approach cautiously/ carefully/slowly; be deliberate and slow in one's actions (towards). cf. olulemba.

follow carefully.

-efumiitiriza (-efumiitirizza) v.i. refl. give careful thought; imagine.

-ekenneenya (-ekenneenyezza) v.tr. refl. examine carefully; investigate thoroughly; check completely.

be careful with. Weegendereze. Be careful. Yegendereza ebirowoozo by'abalala. He gives careful consideration to/weighs seriously the opinions of others.