obubi.

bi ; do e., okwonoona, okusobya, okuzzi omusango; speak e. of, okulonkoma, okuvuma.

o- (bu/-) evil, wickedness; badness; inferiority; ugliness; excreta, as an adv. badly; poorly. Bamuli bubi. They have it in for him.

enjasabiggu.

Ssitaani.

purchase, v.i. cost; be worth, okugula ennyonyi, lit. to buy an airplane, i.e., to flee in fear of the consequences of an evil or crime one has committed.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) craziness, madness; devilishness (e.g., of children); distracted look; tendency to distraction. cf. 1-maga.

a- (ka/bi) small hole/pit. kuwanda mu kannya, to swear not to do something again (esp. something evil), lit. to spit in a hole. cf. ekinnya.

a- (ka/bu) dangerous/very evil person; phenomenon, wonder.

a- (ka/bu) small elephant; corn weevil, kind of very small insect with a proboscis resembling that of an elephant, cf. enjovu.

a- (ka/bu) evil spirit; circular wind, whirlwind (caused by a spirit), cf. omuzimu.

e- (ki/bi) evil, evil thing; evil action; sin. cf. -bi.

e- (ki/bi) curse, imprecation; abomination, evil thing, cf. kolima.

e- (ki/bi) evil urge/compulsion.

e- (ki/bi) error, flaw, wrong (of a more permanent nature than that expres sed by kisobyo). Enkola ey'okusosola mu bantu eriko ebisobu bingi. The practice of discrimination against people has many evil aspects, cf. sobya.

e- (ki/bi) evil, abomination; sin, wickedness; incest; something which is forbidden/taboo.

e- (ki/bi) dust devil, whirlwind. cf. omuzimu.

e- (ki/bi) bad omen, evil portent, foreboding, cf. bfka.

e- (ki/bi) evil spirit controlled by a living person and employed for a variety of nefarious purposes.

e- (ki/bi) bad attitude, ekyoyooyo ekibi, an evil disposition, cf. omwoyo.

nnonkomye) v.tr. accuse, denounce, expose (an evil doer).

a-: okwogerera amafuukuule, to upbraid, rebuke, revile, cf. fuukuuka, fuukuula.

a- plur. (li/ma) period of growth; period of sprouting of seeds. Aka- kyama amamera tekagolokokeka. (prov.) The little tree (aka- implies akati) which is crooked when it grows does not straighten up. Evil habits acquired in childhood are not usually eradicated in adulthood. c f, mera.

e- (n/h) lungfish (kind of long, eelshaped fish), Protoperus aethiopicus. Ekika ky'Emmamba, the Lungfish Clan. Omulya mmamba aba omu, n'avumaganya ekika. ft>rov.) He who ate the lungfish (and thereby violates a taboo) is one, (but) he brings the whole clan into disrepute. The evil of one can be the undoing of many. cf. aka- bamba.

e- (n/n) ruffian, bully; daredevil; self-assured, aggressive person. often used attrihutively. abasajja babiri empalamalanga, two daredevils.

o- (mu/ba) one who ruins/spoils; evildoer, sinner, cf. yonoona.

e- (n/n) usually an attribute to another substantive bold, intrepid; aggressive; resourceful, possessing initiative. omusajja enjasabiggu, a bold, resolute man, a daredevil, cf. yasa, ekiggu.

ki- rondamu nnawalubwa. (prov.) The epidemic picks out the unlucky ones. Not all evildoers are apprehended or blamed, but only the unlucky ones.

e- (n/n) bird; airplane; swelling in the side. Ekika ky'Ennyonyi, the Bird Clan, okugula ennyonyi, to flee in fear of the consequences of an evil or crime one has committed, lit. to buy an airplane. Mu nsawo temuli wadde ensimbi ekuba ennyonyi. He doesn't have a cent, lit. in his pocket there is not even a cent to strike a bird. cf. ekinyonyi, omunyonyi.

e- (n/n) soot; dirt, filth; fig. slanderous reproach, kukola bya nziro, to do evil/ bad/nasty things. Tasiize balala enziro. He has not heaped abuse on others.

n., ettutumu; evil r., olujeejeemo, emberebezi.

okuvuma, okweyana, okw akira, okubojja, okubejjerera, okwekookera, okwenwenweka, okudidi mbuka.

n., ekivume.

revile, slander be abusive towards.

revile (with a personal object or a following preposition).

vumisa (-vumisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be insulted/ reviled; bring into disrepute; insult/revile with/using. Mwana mubi avumya nnyina. (prov.) A bad child brings its mother into disrepute.

collective) also kiwakka, plur. biwakka. large black evil-smelling ant which preys on nswa (termites). Wakka awunya, nga ggwe omulumbye ku nswa ze. (prov.) (If you say that) the wakka smells, it is you that disturbed him feeding on his nswa. If you remain in dirt you cannot expect to stay clean.

akawuka, enjovu, omusontwa.

njise) v.i. pass (in time, through space), kuyita ku muntu kkuutwe, to pass a person without greeting him. kuyita mu mannyo ga mpisi, to have a narrow escape, lit. pass through the teeth of the hyena, kuyita ku luti, to slip off of the skewer, i.e., have a narrow escape, kuvitako wa fOmiilangirn) Ssegaamwenge. to get drunk, lit. pass by (Prince) Beer, kuyita ga mpiteeyite, to pass/go here and there, kuyita kuli, to be arrogant/insolent, kuyita mu mankwetu, to use secretive/ questionable methods, act on the sly. kuyita Ttembo (a Kabaka who went mad), to go crazy, okutuuka nga buyise, to arrive late. Ekyo kyamuyita ku nviiri. That left him indifferent. He didn't care, lit. it passed over his hair. Amazzi gayita kuli. The waters (e.g., in a river) are flooding/overflowing. Omulimu gwange gwa kiyita mu luggya. My job is only temporary, lit. passing through the yard. Yayita eby ama- teeka. He passed his course in law. Tujja kubuyitamu. (-bu- implies bulwa, danger.) You and I are going to have trouble. You and I will have it out. Bw'oyita n'omubi obijja. If you associate with an evil person you will become corrupted. Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you what you are.

o- (mu/ba) bad habit, evil custom; fig. addiction, kuggya muntu mize, to find fault with a person, dwell on someone's bad habits.

v.tr. revile; say foolish/stupid things (to). Tombejjererako. Stop your foolish talk (to me).

to do one's Utmost (e$p. with an evil objective). Yankola ogwa walugali. He really played a dirty trick on me. cf. olugali.

v.tr. recip. caus. cause to be reproached/reviled.

invoke a curse against. cf. emiromyo.

cf. kookola, omukookolo.

reproach; become angry at.

an affair of major significance, a monumental case; a very evil act/crime.

o- (mu/mi) kind of weevil.

seduce, entice (to evil, rash or dangerous action).

o- (ba/mu) doer; worker, laborer; employee, ekibiina kyl abakozi, trade union, labor union, abakozi b'obubi, evildoers. abakozi b'ebya mbyone, mischief- makers. cf. kola, koza.

v.tr. insinuate (evil things); attribute falsely; slander (one person in the presence of another).

demon.

demon.

obukyamu, akakyamu.

o- (mu/mi) hex, evil spell. cf. Iteega.

evil; dangerous; in poor condition; dirty; Ugly. Saali mubi ne nneefubitika rnnvyniba. I did not hesitate but rushed into the house, cf. obubi, akabi, ekibi, embi.

speak evil of; express amazement/shock/ disbelief at (e.g., the evil conduct of a person).