okuwalula, okukulula, okukwekwesa. d. self along, okunyaama, okusonnyontoka. d. the feet, okukweya. d. into (fight, etc.), okuwakula.

ekiragala.

nnamunkanga.

o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.

okuwalula, okukulubeesa; (depict) okukuba ekifaananyi; (water) okusena; (out) okusowola; (near) okusembera; (line) okukuba omusittale; (breath) okussa omukka; (lots) okukuba akalulu; (to a close) okuwungeera; (aside) okuseetula; (at a pipe) okufuuweeta; (out of water) okunnyula; (up legs) okwefunya; (teeth) okwekuulamuamannyo; (in games) okulemagana, okugwa amaliri.

with force. Omu- bbi baamututte kikingizzi. The thief was forcefully dragged away.

cause to emerge/come forth; take out; pull out, drag out; get, obtain.

draw, drag, drag along.

drag, draw.

drag out one's speech.

uproot; pull up; pull out. kukuulawo muntu, to beat out/ excel over (an opponent, competitor). Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo, banaakunkuulako bukuuzi. If I get my hands on you, they will have to drag me away.

etc.; drag along, move (something) furtively. cf. ekikwekweto, omukwekwesi.

pull along; push along.

touch the ground; drag the feet, ku genda ng'okweya, to grovel, be obsequious (in making a request), omuvubuka atasiba zikweya, a determined, aggressive young man, lit. who does not wear clothes (engoye is implied by zi-) which drag along, cf. kwe- yenga.

linger; drag along the ground, touch the ground / e.g., a very long garment), cf. kweya.

e- (n/n) third haul of a dragnet.

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

to drag the feet, rub the feet backwards and forwards on the ground.

mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.

mpalidde) v.i. move reluctantly, hang back, resist, ‘drag one's feet;' refuse.

mpaludde) v.tr. drag, pull, pull along, haul, kuwalula muntu ku kidduka,

o- (mu/mi) trail/track of something dragged along the ground.

cf. nyiinyiilivu.

(-zongotose) also zingotoka v.i. be exhausted/worn out; drag oneself along.

to prod/poke a fire, keep a fire going; to step on the gas (in driving), okuseesa empale, to pull up one's pants, okuseesa ebigere, to drag the feet, okuseesa omuntu emiggo, to beat a person (with sticks). Ensiri zaata- ndika okutuseesa obunnyo. The mosquitoes began to bite us, lit. push their little teeth. Balamu bas eesa gwaka. (prov.) The living ones keep the fire going. A person is liked as long as he is alive and in a position of respect.

v.tr. redup. caus. pull at; drag at.

v.i. drag oneself along with difficulty; be exhausted.

(la or n/n) dragonfly.

v.i. slink along; shuffle along; go stealthily; drag oneself along.

adopt, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign), okuwakula entalo, to pick fights, look for trouble, okuwakula ejin_ambo, to pick up rumors, spread rumors, okuwakula empisa, to take over alien/undesirable customs, okuwakula obulwadde, to contract a disease, okuwakula eŋŋombo, to pick up mannerisms of speech, okuwakula enjuki, to take honey from bees.

drag along; haul; carry away.

ebyewalula, creeping things, reptiles, etc. cf. ^wala.

form a crowd, come in numbers; drag oneself along ( because of fatigue or illness).

to frequent a place, lit. not to drag oneself away from a place.

-ekulula (-ekuludde) v.i. refl. drag oneself; creep; crawl. Ensimbi ze zekulula. He is stingy /tight. cf. omukululo.

devote oneself (to); attac.li uneseii ^lo/, ue sioppea/ plugged up (e. g., of a drain), kwesiba bbiri, to be determined/resolved; to make oneself ready/prepared; to double one's effort, kwesiba ku muntu, to attach oneself to a person who doesn't appreciate (you), to latch onto a person. Amagezi gaamwesiba. She was at a loss as to what to do. ng'akyesibye ku kintu kye kimu yagamba nti..., and Still sticking to the same subject he said... Ennaku zaatandika okwesi ba. The days started to drag.