omutamiivu.

omunywi; (drunkard) omutamiivu.

drunkard.

o- with the -a of rel. reddish, amaaso ag'olwenge, bloodshot eyes (as those of a drunkard).

e- (n/n) banana used for making beer. Mbidde ky'ekutuma togaana. (prov.) lit. Beer — what it sends you to do — you do not refuse. Beer determines the acts of the drunkard, cf. ebbidde.

boil (of cooking food); bubble up, gush up (of water); make a rasping noise, roar (of an engine); rumble (of oncoming rain); wheeze; mumble, drone on (of voices); rave (of a drunkard); purr Enjoka zintokota. My stomach is grumbling. I am hungry. Kiritokota si kisaanikire mu Kampala. There is going to be a great event/magnificent happening in Kampala, lit. the pot (ki- implies ekisakata) will boil up not (being) covered.

o- (mu/ba) [Su;.] drunkard; good-for- nothing, bum.

a complete drunkard, total alcoholic.

o- (mu/ba) drunkard. Omutamiivu tabaaga mbwa. (prov.) A drunkard does not kill a dog (thus violating a taboo). Even a drunkard has moments of lucidity and truth, cf. tamiira.

mutter angrily to oneself (as of a drunkard, a quarrelsome old woman).