v., okumenya, okusoggola, okutontogola.

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano, lit. to ask the fourth and the fifth, to interrogate in detail, question at length.

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano. lit. to ask four and five, i.e., to interrogate in detail, question at length, cf. -na, -taano.

a- (ka/bu) small valley. Sijja ku- menya kawonvu na kagga ku ntambula yange, i will not gp into details about my trip, lit. I will not mention the little valley and the little river, cf. ekiwonvu.

e- (n/n) beginning, okuluva ku ntono, to start from the beginning (in giving a detailed narrative). Ka nno nduve ku ntono. Let me start from the beginning.

e-: okusala entotto, to be indecisive, hesitate between courses; to go into useless details. Lumusaza entotto. He is critically ill (lu- implies olumbe).

flatter; tell/narrate in detail.

okulumiriza; (test) okukema, okugeza; p. in detail, okulonkoma.

give an account of. Mwami Musoke abitebya bw'ati... Mr. Musoke tells/explains it this way...

cutup (e.g., meat); detail; enumerate.

nzitottodde) v.tr. relate in detail; clarify, explain; divulge, reveal.

go sour (e.g., of milk), kufa mwoyo, to become disheartened/depressed. kufaako nsonyi, to die of shame/embarrassment. (Ebintu) bifa bantu. You cannot always win/be successful/get what you want (said in self-commiseration after a failure). Akanaafa tekawulira nnombe. (prov.) lit. The little (animal, akasolo, implied) who is to die does not hear (the sound of) the horn. Danger comes unawares. The infinitive okufa or okufa obufi serves as an intensifier for a preceding verb. Yazina okufa. She danced a great deal/ with great intensity. Omuwala yafaanana Nnambi okufa obufi. The girl resembled Nnambi in every detail. She was the very image of N.

a house); destroy; capture (a stronghold); bend at the joint; close (a pocket knife, umbrella); refute, counter; retract; mention, refer to. okumenya akawonvu na kagga, to go into great detail, lit. mention the little valley and the little river, okumenya olu- kanda, to perform the rites at the birth of twins, okumenya emisoso, to give the details. okumenya ku mutwe, to nod the head. Musoke yamenyawo Mayanja mu bugagga. Musoke has now outstripped Mayanja in wealth.

o- (mu/mi) detail(s); peculiarity, characteristic; requisite, requirement, condition. Alina emisoso, He is a demanding person/a stickler for details, kumenya misoso, to give/state the details.

detail, kalonda w'obuzibu, all sorts of difficulties. Emmere y'Omu- zungu ebeera ya kalonda nnyo. The diet of the European is very varied, cf. londa.