give, okwongeza.
v., okuggyamu, okuviisamu; (jigger) okutundula.
bulala, kayingo; vide okuzimula.
a kitalo, a kikuuno.
kaloboli.
be, okujoogoola; vide enkira.
adj. extraordinary, great, enormous; famous, olukunnaana kakuzzi, a huge meeting, olutalo kakuzzi, a fierce battle.
e- (ki/bi) something unusual/outside of the ordinary; an extraordinary happening. Kino kibejjo. This is horrible/terrible.
e-: omunnyu ogw'ekigenekere, salt extracted from vegetable cinders. cf. geneka.
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.
cracks in the skin (particularly of the feet) left after the extraction of chiggers.
o- (lu/n) from evvu, ashes, q.v. omunnyu gw'oluvu Iw'obuwata bw'amatooke, salt (extracted) from ashes of plantain peels (used in making soap).
a- plur. (li/ma) the datura plant. The poisonous drug extracted from the fruit was formerly used in trials by ordeal. Also, because of its intoxicating effect on guinea fowls, it is used as bait to trap these birds. cf. omuduudu.
a- plur. (li/ma) marvel, something wonderful/extraordinary.
a- plur. (li/ma) something wonderful/extraordinary.
e- (n/n) method of extracting taxes; tax; duty; customs duty; fee; dues. cf. wooza.
o- (mu/mi) unbaked cooking pot. Bakuba emyali. (prov.) They break unbaked pots. Only the wealthy can afford great extravagance.
e- (n/n) holes in which nsonzi (mudfish) gather during the dry season and from which they may be extracted by hand.
plough up.
a thorn); be lanced (of an abscess).
v.tr. astonish; confound (be c aus e of an extraordinary/exc es- sive act). Yalimba n azimula. He told an out-and-out lie. Yali mugezi okuzimula. He was extremely wise/clever.
(la) kind of climbing plant from which a red dye is extracted.
(n/n) something unusually large/ huge/extraordinary; colloq. a large shot of hard liquor/walagi.
v.tr. spend lavishly (money); consume to excess (e.g., beer).
0- (mu/ba) white man; European; person of European extraction, cf. -zungu, ekizungu, Oluzungu.
it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of a rascal who was ultimately apprehended and literally cooked. E Namirembe kya- fumbye mutuku. There has been a great celebration at Namirembe.
remove (a chigger, a thorn), okutundula envunza, to remove a chigger.
a tooth). Yalidde okukuuka. He ate until he could eat no more.
okusima ennyumba, to dig into a house (to burglarize it), okusima omuntu, to pump a person, try to extract information from a person.
go off, go away, ku- simbuka misinde, to start to run very fast.
v.i. start off, depart (of a car or vehicle), kusimbula makanda, to start off, go (away), kusimbula misinde, to start running at a great speed, kusimbula muntu luyi/muggo, to give a person a hard slap/severe beating, nnali nnakasimbula ebigere bisatu, I had just taken three steps, bw'abasimbulako amaaso n'agazza ku ffe, when he took his eyes from them and looked at us, lit. returned them to us.
e- (n/n) kind of green grasshopper. omusolo gw' ennenzigenzi, tribute extracted from travelers for right of passage. cf. genda.
okuviisaamu amagoba, to make a profit.
imitate (e.g., a foreign custom). cf. kakankula, wakankuka, wakula.
-etundula (-etundudde) v.i. & tr. refl. extract for oneself/from oneself.
to frequent a place, lit. not to drag oneself away from a place.