a nkomerero, a kamalirizo.

enkomerero.

kkomekkome.

o- adv. in the long run, finally, in the end.

o- (bu/-) will, final testament. cf. Maama, eddaame.

e- plur. amalaame (li/ma) final testament, will. cf. ^laama, ekiraamo.

a- (ka/bu) small tongue; hand (of a clock or watch), kukaza kalimi, to be all talk, to talk when action is required, kukuba muntu kalimi, to coax/sweet-talk someone. Era akalimi bwe kaalumvi'...And when the time finally arrived... 'lit. When the small tongue bit. cf. olulimi.

a- with the -a of rel. last, final (often in the sense of being decisive). empaka ez'akamalirizo, the final games/ contests, okubuuza okw'akamalirizo, the final examination, cf. ^mala, maliriza.

a- also akasiibulizo (ka/bu) leave taking, farewell; parting gesture. with the -a of rel. final, conclusive. Twabuuse bwe yafuuye firirabi ey'akasiibulo. We jumped when he blew the final whistle. cf subuka, sitbuia.

e- (ki/bi) will, final testament. cf. l]aama.

e- finally, as a finish. Kkome- kkome ng'eridda emugga (or e Bubebbere). It is as much of a dead end as (the road) which leads to the well (or to Bubebbere). cf. koma.

(bu- implies obudde, used explicitly in the final example under kula.)

more properly ku lwa prep, phrase on behalf of; for the sake of; because of. kulwa ddaaki, also lwa ddaaki adv. finally; at last; eventually; after a while, cf. ddaaki.

nnaamye) v.i. make a will/ final testament; vow, promise, v.tr. will, dispose of by means of a final testament.

o- adv. afterwards; later; (before a following inf.) after, oluvannyuma lw'oku- funa amawulire gano, after receiving this news, with the -a of rel. last, final, mu ssaawa ez'oluvannyuma, in the final hours. Mukasa y'abeera wa luvannyuma mu mugigi. Mukasa is at the tail end of the class. cf. -vannyuma, va, nnyuma.

precedes the final digit in numbers higher than twenty, abantu asatu mu babiri, thirty-two people.

o- (mu/mi) sneeze; bad omen (it is considered bad luck to sneeze at the beginning of a trip or on undertaking a new enterprise). okutema omwasi, to sneeze. Ya- vuddemu omwasi. He (finally) said something. He (finally) made a statement. Ba- nkuulamu omwasi. They got a response from me. They got a reaction out of me. cf. yasimula.

e- (n/n) end, finish; with the -a of rel. last, final, okussa omukka ogw'en- komerero, to breathe one's last breath, die. cf. koma, komerera.

adj. usually following a noun of time, final, last; decisive, critical; long awaited. Omwezi guno ye nsalesale ku bakozi abagtvira. This month is the deadline for foreign workers. Leero ye nsalesale. Today is the final day or Today is the day that has long been awaited.

e- (n/n) patterning mallet, mallet with fine grooves for the final beating of barkcloth. cf. ttula.

grind (grain, flour). Abasa n'abasa, baasisinkana mu Kijonjo. (prov,) Those who milled, they met at Kijonjo. This is the final statement in a story in which two thieves simultaneously outsmarted each other.

be at the end, be final, ebigezo bye ebisembayo, his final examinations. Olwalya ku mmere ne nsemba. I felt nauseated after 1 had eaten some of the food.

v.i. be broken off; snap off; be finally settled; be clearly defined/ decided; euph. die.

choose, separate (from); travel through, cover far distance). Olukuŋŋaana lwasonjolera ddala ennaku ennungi ssatu. The meeting lasted for three full days.

is also used as the first element of hundreds of verb-noun phrases in which it loses its primary meaning and serves merely to give verbal force to the following noun. A few illustrative examples are given here, but since a complete listing would be unwieldy, even if possible, the compounds are listed under their final or noun element. akalulu, vote; okukuba akalulu, to vote, ekikonde, fist; okukuba ebikonde, to box.

at last; eventually.

o- (mu/mi) end, very end, final position. A1 i ku mukoobero. He is at the end of the line. cf. koobera.

occur; fail (in an examination), kugwa butaka, to fail to hit the mark, fail, be unsuccessful, kugwa mu bintu, to hit upon a good thing, have a stroke of luck, get a high or rewarding position, kugwa nsimbi, to go bankrupt, kugwa muntu, to become enamored of/‘fall for' a person, kugwa ku muntu, to backbite/ slander a person in his absence, butagwa kintu, not to miss anything. Omukazi oyo tagwa mikolo. That woman never misses any big occasions, kukigwako, to experience misfortune/tragedy/disaster. Abaana abo bakiguddeko. Those children have really had their share of misfortune, kugwa mu ttaano, to finally receive/get what one has anxiously wished or expected, lit. to fall in five (fingers). Ku Lwomukaaga omu- fumbi w'ettooke ajja kungwa mu ttaano. On Saturday I am getting married/the girl will finally be mine, lit. the cooker of matooke will fall in my five (fingers), kugwa mu buwufu, to follow in the footsteps of; to follow what anotheris saying, ‘catch on.' Yali tannaba kumalayo bigambo ne mmugwa mu buwufu. I understood what he was saying before he was finished talking. Akabenje ak'amaanyi kaaguddewo olunaku lw'eggulo. A serious accident happened yesterday. Kino kyamuguddeko bugwi. This came to him as a great surprise. Ekigambo kino olwamugwa mu kutu... When she heard this..., lit. when this word fell in her ear. Abagenyi baatuguddeko bugwi. The visitors came to us unannounced/unexpectedly.

cf. ddaaki.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who strikes/hits, omukubi w'ebikonde, boxer, omukubi w'ebi- faananyi, photographer, mukubi is the first element in hundreds of noun phrases. Those included in this dictionary are listed under the final noun. See also the remarks under the entry fkuba.

o- (mu/ba) one who sums up/ makes a final resume {e.g.. in a dehn.tr). cf. Ikuba, kubira.

be adjacent (to). v.tr. put nails into, nail; nail down; press, press down, okukomerera ku musaalaba. to crucify.

adv. after a while; after that; finally.

final, omulundi omusembi, the final time. cf. semba.

final, amasakramentu amavannyuma, the last sacraments, amawulire amavannyuma, the latest news. cf. va, nnyuma, oluvannyuma.