naku, avu; be d., okujeera, okwangaala, okudaaga; be come d., okujeeruka.

be destitute, cf. lucoolo.

wail; suffer; be destitute; be homeless, have no place to go.

e- no plur. (li/ma) isolated place; destitution, destitute state, cf. jeera.

o- (mu/ba) very poor/poverty-stricken person; destitute wretch, cf. obwolo.

v.i. become impoverished; become destitute; suffer greatly. Bw'odooba bw'ogwa awabi ng'eyali munno akwerabira. (prov.) When you become destitute, when your situation becomes bad (lit. you fall into a bad place), then he who was your friend forgets you.

v.i. be miserable; be wretched; be destitute/poor/in a state of squ alor.

v.tr. caus. make miserable; render destitute; mistreat. cf. ejjeeza.

v.i. carouse; loaf about; become a derelict; become destitute.

v.i. be or become very poor/destitute.

cause to suffer, bring great suffering upon.

etc. cf. -etaaga, taagana.

v.i. be or become poor/destitute. okwavuwala inf.

kweyaguza luggyo, to be destitute/impoverished/down and out, lit. to scratch oneself with a piece of broken pot. kweyaguza mpanvu, to scratch oneself up and down, lit. with long (nails, njala is implied). cf. kwagula, olukwagulo.