amagezi, olukwe.

v.tr. figure out, workout, t devise means for. Nnemeddwa okugerenge-tanya eky'okukola. I couldn't (lit. have failed to) figure out what to do. cf. omu- gerengetanya.

have a difficult time; go wrong (of devices, pfaris, etc.). cf. omugozoobano, engozoobana.

a- (ka/bu) ruse, trick; stratagem; device; technique, obukodyo bw'amagye, military tactics.

a- (ka/bu, brassiere, bra; a device used for tightening the spokes of a bicycle. cf. leega.

a- also kasituliro, a- (ka/bu) elevator, lift; hoisting device, cf. situla.

e- (ki/bi) rubber device on the brakes of a bicycle which presses against the tire when the brakes are applied.

a- plur. obuuma (ka/bu) small ma- chine;tool; instrument; device, cf. ekyuma.

e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

a- plur. (li/ma) wisdom; knowledge; device, stratagem; advice; wit; skill, amagezi ga bnlijjo, common sense, everyday knowledge, omuwi w'amagezi, advisor, okusala amagezi, to devise a plan. Yasa- langa gonna (gonna here = amagezi gonna). He used every expedient. He did everything he could. Amagezi tegaba g'omu. (prov.) Wisdom/cleverness is not the monopoly of one person. Okwagala kulya amagezi. (prov.) Love benumbs (lit. eats) the senses. Love is blind. Note: the gramm. sing, eggezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from the plur. cf. -gezi, kalimagezi, olugezigezi.

the parts of a mechanical device); arch, messenger, runner carrying official news. cf. yunga.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] spring; trigger; in the plur. steering wheel, steering device; controls; helm; leadership, looya ajja okuba mu mitambo gy'omusango, the lawyer who will be in charge of the case. Ali mu mitambo. He is in the driver's seat. The direction of the matter is in his hands.