be, okukyama, okuwunja wunja, okweweta, okugooma, okugongobala, okukangabala.

obukyamu, amakete.

o- (bu/-) wrong, wrongness, error; going astray; crookedness, cf. -kyamu, lkyama.

bend down, bend over; be bent; be warped; be crooked; be wrecked/damaged.

kyamisa (-kyamisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to turn; cause to err, mislead; make crooked/bent, okukyamya ekigambo, to distort the meaning or pronunciation of a word.

a- plur. (li/ma) period of growth; period of sprouting of seeds. Aka- kyama amamera tekagolokokeka. (prov.) The little tree (aka- implies akati) which is crooked when it grows does not straighten up. Evil habits acquired in childhood are not usually eradicated in adulthood. c f, mera.

adj. \Lunyoro_) crooked, omuggo nkyamiremirongo, a crooked stick.

kasimbe- nkokola. (la) mantis; plant with the nodal stem growing in a crooked way as though it had elbows (nkokola). cf. olukokola.

-eweta (-ewese) v.i. refl. bend oneself; be bent/crooked; turn; wind about.

bent; false, wrong, incorrect, cf. kyama,^obukyamu.