okukendeeza, okwawulako, okutoolako; be diminished, okuweebuuka, okukendeera, okuveera, okufeeba, okuggwerera, okusee benga, okutoniwa, okusereba.

dye, n., erangi; vide kasalabakesi, muzuukizi, akasaana, ekiwere. dye, v., okunnyika muddagala.

become wide open, spread apart (of the mouth, legs, usually in an exaggerated or unpleasant way); be/become tasteless (of food); become ineffective; diminish.

lessen.

diminish, lessen, become less.

arch, diminish, become less, abate.

decline; become exhausted.

fall out; slide down; come apart (e.g., of a knot, of wrapped food); diminish; gradually lose weight/contents fas the contents of a bag). Olubuto lunsoosootoka. I am hungry.

make thin; lessen, diminish, obuweke obutoniya, reducing pills. cf. -tono.

nnyimpawadde) v.i. be or become short; shrink; diminish.

v.i. neut. be broken/ crushed; give in; relax one's demands/conditions. Obudde bumenvese. The heat of the day has started to diminish (about 3 P.M.). cf. -menye, -menyefu, obumenye, kamenya, kamenyambazzi, kimenyoomenyo, omumenyi.

v.i. grow thin; grow less/ fewer; diminish.

abate; be last (in class, in athletic competition).

degrade; cause to diminish; disparage, belittle*

grow less.

v.tr. caus. diminish; exhaust. cf. ekiserebetu.

nouns and adjectives to which it is suffixed. Often it is the equivalent of a partitive. Olugendo lunene? Is the journey long? Ee luneneko. Yes,it is rather long. Twalako! Take some!

become less in volume, diminish.