v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

ekiyiriro.

fall, okwebaka, okwebaka otulo.

e- (li/ma) debt. Tetutunda bbanja. We do not sell on credit, okufuna ku bbanja, to buy (lit. get) on credit, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okugwa ku bbanja, to fall into debt. cf. banja.

e- (li/ma) large body. Eyeerabye ebbiri talagulwa. (prov.) lit. He who sees himself (as having) a mighty body does not accept prophecy. Pride cometh before a fall. cf. omubiri.

e-: kugwa bbooci ng'ensawo za kasooli, to sit in a relaxed position, to fall in a heap (lit. like sacks of com).

okubaako, okubeerako, okutuukako.

o- (bu/-) width; breadth; thickness, okugwa obugazi, to fall flat on one's back. cf. -gazi.

e- no plur. (n/n) west, lit. (where) falls-the-sun. See gwa, enjuba. Contr. ebuvanjuba.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

o- (bu/-) freehold estates of the clans; ancestral home; place where one was born, home, kugwa butaka, to be fruitless, have no result. Enteesaganya zigudde butaka. The negotiations have fallen through. Ssente zaffe zigudde butaka. Our money has been wasted. cf. ettaka, omutaka.

e- plur. amalibu (1 i/m a) gap; breach. Omwana ow'amalibu agema enkuba. (prov.) A child with teeth missing prevents rain (from falling). Ow'amalibu akiina ow'engereka. (prov.) The person with missing teeth derides the person who has teeth which overlap. The pot calls the kettle black.

n., ensonyi, obuwemu; fall into d., okuswala, okuseeseetuka, okusaabulukuka.

okugwa.

make a pounding/thumping sound. Ejinoma zidudula. The drums are pounding, v.tr. beat, pound. Yamududula ennume y'ekigwo. He gave him a mighty fall (in wrestling).

akakowekowe; falling out of e., obulangula.

lose color; become tarnished; fig. fade (of memories); become rusty (of knowledge, skills); fall into disrepute.

fall sprawling on the ground; roll over.

etc.

come upon, fall upon by accident, cf. gwa.

etc.; happen to.

make fall.

ekisinziiro; fall head over heels, okugalanjuka.

(ka/bu) July dry season when the land is fallow, less hot season before the rainy season, cf. sambula.

e- (ki/bi) trip, fall; throw in wrestling; wrestling; wrestling match, kukuba kigwo. to throw (in wrestling), kukwata kigwo, to wrestle, omukubi w'ekigwo, wrestler. Ngudde kigwo. I have fallen/tripped, kugwa kigwo, to be wasted/squandered. Essente ze nnawaayo okusomesa omwana oyo zaagwa kigwo. The money I spent to educate that child was utterly wasted, cf. gwa.

okutta; be killed (fall or accident), okufa.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

e- also ekiyiriro (ki/bi) waterfall; rapids; cascade, cf. yira, Kiyira.

fall down (as fruit from a stalk); become detached.

akakongoliro, ekikongoliro.

etc. Kwatirira omulwadde aleme kugwa. Keep holding on to the patient so that he does not fall.

etc.; get for, provide; give greetings for another. Omundabira. Give him my regards. kulabira mu maddu, to be overjoyed to see (something, somebody). okulabira ku..., judging from, compared with. Kino kitono nnyo okulabira ku nkuba etonnya wano mu K. This is very little compared with the rain that falls here in K. kulabira awo (a high-frequency phrase which is difficult to reduce to any simple English equivalent): to get or see something by surprise or unintentionally; to do something without having made plans. Simanyi oba nga nnaagenda, leero nnaalabira awo. I do not know if I am going, I shall have to see/I really have no definite plans. Nnaalabira awo nga bandeetedde ku kamere. I was surprised when they brought me a little food. Baalabiraawo nga bazannya. They happened to be playing. Ndabira awo ekitabo kyange. You see that book of mine over there, give it to me. awo nga nkulabira or awo we nnalabira (stylized ending for a fable or tale). So the tale endeth.

vide leaf; put forth l., okw anya; fallen l., ekikunkumusi.

nnemye) v.i. & tr. fail; be too much for. Talirema kujja. He will not fail to come. He will certainly come. Ekyo kyamulema okukola. He failed to do that. That proved too much for him. Eby'obufuzi bimulemye. He has been a failure in politics. As an aux. verb lema is used in the neg. imper. and in the neg. subj. Tuleme kwerabira. Let US not forget. Kwata ekitabo kyo kireme okugwa. Hold on to your book so that it does not fall.

trip (in wrestling and in the game of nziga). Yandippiramu enkalu. He tripped me/gave me a fall.

o- plur. etizibobbo (lu/n) old worn-out basket, basket whose bottom has fallen out. cf. ekibbo.

a- plur. (li/ma) overgrown elephant grass which has fallen to the ground; half-burned reeds after a grass fire.

a-: okugwa amaliri, to fall together/at the same time (as two wrestlers); to tie, reach a tie (of two teams in an athletic contest).

a- adv. okugwa amanu, to fall with a thud; to be worsted, cf. ekinu.

break off; crumble; fall to pieces.

e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fallen) mpande causes the whole basket to be spilled (because the person carrying the basket stooDs to nick it up). Excessive attention to small things leads to the loss of large things, cf. ^oluwande.

collapse, break to pieces, fall to dust.

e- (n/n) leopard. Ekika ky'Engo, the Leopard Clan. Bwe nnamusanga, nnali ?dde ku n~c crikc sm-.vsna. When I •met him he was in a furious state of mind, lit. 1 was like one who had fallen upon a leopard with a cub. Ekitta engo kigiyinga buzito. (prov.) That which kills the leopards is heavier than the leopard, cf. Wango.

e-: ettooke ery'engwira, bunch of bananas which has fallen or been knocked down by a storm, strong wind, etc. cf. gwa, gwira.

e- (n/n) rain, kugwa nga nkuba, to arrive unannounced (of guests), lit. fall like rain. cf. obukubakuba, olukubakuba.

e- (n/n) receptacle for catching falling water (particularly rain water); eaves. cf. lembeka.

e- (n/n) nnaka (a kind of termite) after it has lost its wings and fallen to the ground.

e- (n/n) hole dug in front of a termite hill to catch the termites as they come out. Ezigwa mu nvubo z'enswa. (prov.) Those which fall into the hole are the termites (destined for you and you should be content with your lot).

boil up; bubble up (as of water in a falls); pour out profusely (as of smoke).

slide; j fall off/down; become loose; swerve; fig. fall into discredit.

etc. ekikoba ekiseeyeeyesa omuntu ng'agudde mu mazzi, a large belt which enables a person who has fallen in the water to float, life preserver. cf. sooyooya.

draw out (water, beer, sugar, etc.); bail out (e.g., a canoe), kuseaa kigwo, to hurl down, throw down, give a serious fall.

be, okusesema, okutanaka; fall sick (ill), okulwala; (be disgusted) okutamwa.

slip out, fall out accidentally.

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.

hurl; throw down; overthrow (a government); throw back; knock over; let fall, drop; lose; outdistance, leave behind, okusuulawo ebigambo, to say a few words, abantu abaasooka okwagalana okusuula enjuba, people who at first liked each other very much/extremely, abo bonna abamusudde omukono, all those who have helped him/given him a hand. Yagaana okusuulawo akagambo konna. He refused to give the slightest hint. Sitaani ensi eno ajja kugisuula wala. Satan is going to destroy this world.

v.i. blink, okutemya n'okuzibula or okutemya ekikowe, in the i.winkling 01 an eye, very quickly, kutemya bukofu, to be alert/wide awake, lit. blink like a guinea fowl, ow'erimu kutemya ku w'abiri, a person with one (eye, eriiso implied) to blink at one with two (eyes). This is used of an event, gathering, celebration, etc., which is very impressive or of enormous magnitude, okutemyako, to give a hint to by winking. Akutemyako, oyagala wa mbazzi? (saying) He has winked at you, do you want the one with the ax (to tell you)? Do you need a roof to fall down on your head?

nzitulukuse) v.i. trickle down; drip; pour down; fall down (of hair), okuttulukuka entuuyo, to sweat profusely. Yayambala n'attulukuka mu kyambalo kitaawe kye yamugulita. He was exceedingly well dressed in the clothes >ii C f2thST h CIC* boUgtlt for iniu.

one who is non-committed, sit-on-the-fence; one who is easily swayed, lit. a-give-me (mpa)-somewhere- (we)-I-may-fall (ngwa). nnampa- wengwa ng'akawundo, as neutral as a bat (which has characteristics of both birds and animals), neither fish nor fowl, ensi zinnampawengwa, neutral nations.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ashes. Olwa Vvu, Ash Wednesday, kukuba vvu, to be scornful, scorn. Tonkubira vvu. Don't treat me scornfully. Omuvubuka yagudde ekigwo eggulo, kati vvu. The youth had a fall yesterday and now he is dead, lit. ashes. Oba tolina ky'oyogera nuuna ku vvu. Stop telling me that nonsense, lit. if you have nothing to say, suck on ashes, cf. kivuvu, oluvu.

mpal amuse) v.i. come down fast; fall quickly, cf. wala- nnuka, -walattuka, -wanattuka.

arch, fall down, tumble down, topple du»n. cf. walamuka, walattuka, wanattuka.

tumble down, topple over. cf. walamuka, walannuka, wanattuka.

tnpanattuse) v.i. topple over, fall down; collapse.

ekiyiriro.

be given; be lucky/fortunate. Mpee- reddwa ne sigwa. I was lucky not to fall.

fall, collapse.

be poured out; spill; overflow; fall down, collapse; pour in (as a group of people); fail, come to naught (of a plan), okuyiikamu, to strike it rich; to have a stroke of good luck. Nva kuyiikamu. I have just been paid. Alina amaaso gayiika buyiizi. She has gleaming eyes.

njize) v.i. make a rippling noise, gurgle (of water); rumble, roar (of a waterfall, the sea, an airplane, a great fire); snort; snore; wheeze; purr.

collect indiscriminately, gather fall sorts of things). okuyomboolcreza inf.