okusala amagezi, okuteesa, okuwatanya, okujuba.

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.

o- plur. empenda (lu/n) path; border strip between two pieces of land; way, means, method; plan; opportunity, okutema empenda, to devise means, draw up a plan.

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.

e- also occurs as mailo (n/n) special category of landed property. (The mailo system, providing for the confirmation of ownership and allotment of land, was devised at the beginning of the century), omu- kubi wa mmayiro, surveyor, okukuba emma- yiro, to survey, contr. mayiro.

njiiye) v.tr. invent, originate, create; design; devise; compose (music). okuyiiya amagezi, to devise a plan, find a way of proceeding. Okuyiiyayiiya kwe kwali kuyitirivu. His ingenuity was very gre at.

okusonda ssente ez'okumulwala e Bulaaya, to collect money to send him to Europe, okusonda ensonga, to think of reasons, devise reasons.

perform a gracious act for, help. Omutengu talya kiyiiyize. (prov.) A recalcitrant/disobedient (child) is not the sort one is inclined to lavish favors on.

concoct (a plan); improvise; invent, okutetenkanya amagezi, to figure out a way.

cleverly persuade/dissuade (someone who is doing or plans to do something objectionable).

form; devise, think up. cf. omugunzi.

allot; abbreviate; cross; decide, kusala kkubo, to cross the street, kusala musango, to judge a case, give a verdict, kusalwako nsiriba, to be very lucky, kusala kirimi, to interrupt (a person who is speaking), kusala magezi, to devise a plan, kusalako bigambo, to slander, speak slanderously, kusala byayi, to relieve oneself, ku sala ku ddoboozi, to lower the voice, kusala ddiiro, to join the opposition (party), kusala mu lugendo, to postpone a trip, kusala ku misinde, to reduce one's speed, kusala mu- wendo, to state a price, kusala ttikiti, to purchase a ticket, kusala mikono, to vaccinate. kusalako, to cross the legs, kusala bintu, to agree on a bride price, okunywa omwenge obutasalawo, to drink beer endlessly/without stopping, ebinyumu ebita- salawo, endless diversions/amusements, okusalawo kwa gavumenti, the decision of the government, buli amusala mu maaso, everyone who passes in front of him. Ebintu byansala. Things have not gone my way.

‘cook up.' okufumba omutwe, to think, okufumba ku mutwe, to bother one's head. Tewali n'omu afumbye ku mutwe. There is no one who has given any thought (to it), okufumba ennyimba, to compose songs, okufumba ebigambo, to make up stories.

devised; created; made up; false, ebimu ku biyiiye bya Mw.Bugembe, some of the creations/compositions/poems of Mr. Bugembe. cf. yiiya.