ekizikiza, enzikiza; vide akazimeera, ekibululu.

o- (bu/-) blackness; darkness; less commonly dirtiness, cf. ddugala, -ddugavu.

o- (bu/-) darkness; hardship, pressure, difficulty; uncertainty, cf. guba.

o- (bu/-) darkness; gloom, cf. -kwafu, kwata.

ziivu; vide enzigotta; d. person, empunyiwunyi; be d. (as darkness), okukwata; (as forest), okuziyira, okuggumira, okukakala.

as an adv. as black as pitch, with the -a of rel. jet black; pitch dark, agale aga kazigizigi, huge, pitch black clouds. Wabweru kazigizigi yali akutte okufa. It had become completely dark outside, cf. zigizigi.

e- (ki/bi) darkness (inside of a building).

e- (ki/bi) darkness; secrecy. 05 an adv. at an unusually late hour. Buli bye bakola babikolera eyo mu kibundugulu nze tebambuulira. Everything they do, they do in secrecy (or darkness) and don't tell me about it.

e- (ki/bi) darkness, cf. zikira, zikiza.

e- no plur. (n/n) darkness, cf. zikira, zikiza.

ideo. expressing intense thickness or darkness. Obudde bu- kutte be ppoppoppo. It has become completely dark.

ideo. expressing intense darkness of the sky

v.i. appl. 2 caus. be overtaken by darkness.

o- (mu/mi) one who swallows, swallower; glutton. Ekizikiza kiyamba mumizi. (prov.) Darkness helps a greedy eater (because no one is watching). Basisinkanye omumizi n'omuwuwuttanya. (prov.) lit, They have met the glutton and the one who gulps hot food. An irresistible force has met an immovable object, cf. mira.

draw out, accentuate (words, sp eech).

darkness); do until evening/dark. Yanywa obudde n'abuwungeeza. He drank until nightfall. cf. akawungeezi.

ekizikiza ekikwafu, extreme darkness, bbululu atali mukwafu, light blue, ekibira ekikwafu, a dense forest, cf. kwata, obukwafu.

the eyes (while awake); close in (of darkness). Obudde butuzibiridde. It has gotten dark on us.