ekibiina, ekitongole, omulundi, kampuni.
okuwerfekefa, okusendekereza.
keep (someonej company (a sick person, a child, a person who is lonely). Genda obeesebeese omwana aleme kukaaba. Go and stay with the child so that he doesn't cry.
omubiri; (dead) omulambo; (person) omuntu; (headless) ekiwuduwudu; (company) ekibiina.
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.
e- (ki/bi) track; path; company on the march, expedition, cf. omusinde.
ndiikirizza) v.tr. appl. eat with (someone), join (someone in a meaij; keep company with (someone who is eating); eat (a relish or supplement with the main meal); accuse falsely of taking. Ngu- lirayo ez'okuliikiriza emmere. Buy me some relish to go with the main meal. Yandiiki- riza ensimbi. He accused me of taking the money. cf. ebiriibwa, eddiiro, eddya, kaliira, ekiriisa, ekyokulya, olulya, lamalya, amalye, lomuli, omuliibwampogola, omu- liirize, omulyo, endiiro, endiirwa, ^endiisa, endya, endyabagole, endyabalangira, endyambi, endyamenvu.
trample on, etc. okulinnyira omuntu mu bigere, to accompany someone a short distance.
o- marriage (of a woman). The word is used most often with an accompanying ordinal. olufumbirwa lwe olw'okusatu, her third marriage. cf. fumba, fumbirwa.
e- (n/n) kind of partridge, francolin. Enkoko bw'esula mu nsiko efuuka nkwale. (prov.) When a chicken lives in the bush it becomes a partridge. One changes according to the company one keeps.
put up, lodge; keep (someone) company during the night or at night.
e- (li/ma) branch, bough; branch (of a company or association). Ssande ey'Amatabi, Palm Sunday.
mperekedde) v.tr. accompany, escort; go along with as a companion or associate; see off, accompany part of the way.
ekitongole.
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.
drink together with. Fumba caayi onywekereze emmere. Make yourself some tea to go along with the food. cf. nywa.