v., okuteesa, okufumii tiriza, okusala amagezi.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

o-: okulya olukyamunya, to eat slowly and deliberately.

o- adv. okulya olumenku, to eat slowly and deliberately, cf. menkula.

e- plur. (n/n) disastrous fire, conflagration; forest fire; large fire deliberately started for a constructive purpose (such as clearing a section of land), cf. oluyiira.

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

v.i. speak deliberately; speak in such a way as to imply indifference/ lack of concern.

v.i. speak slowly and deliberately; speak flippantly.

v.i. walk deliberately/ slowly; strut; speak very slowly and deliberately.

cf. seeyeeya.

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