obutta, mutere, ensaano.
v.i., okugimuka, okubimbi jjukana.
v.tr., okugalula, okuwera.
o- (bu/-) snuff, okunuusa obugolo, to take snuff, okugenda mu maaso nga bugolo, to spread, expand, progress, flourish.
o- (bu/-) flour.
a weapon) in order to strike; brandish, flourish.
a- (ka/bu) cornmeal; flour meal. cf. obuwunga.
e- (ki/bi) pestle used for grinding flour or mashing vegetables, cf. sotta.
nnamye) v.i. be in good health; live, survive (after an illness); flourish; come out well, turn out well (e.g., an object which is being constructed).
nnanze) v.tr. climb; creep; spread (of creeping plants, fire, etc.); wander, travel all around; flourish.
a- plur. a mixture of wheat flour, yeast and sugar fried into small balls. A single specimen is erindaazi or ekindaazi.
emmere, ekijjulo; (flour) obutta.
e- (n/n) flour, okusiwa nsaano ku mazzi, to add flour to water, i.e., to waste one's breath/time; to be too little/insignificant.
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.
add (an ingredient to food or drink to flavor it, such as salt to meat, sorg/ium to beer, etc.). okusiwa nsaano ku mazzi, lit. add flour to water, i.e., to waste one's breath; to be little/insignificant. okusiwa ekiyobyo, to waste one's effort/breath, okusiwa amazzi, to
prosper (esp. of plants).
be abundant/ flourishing (esp. of products of the soil). okwera inf.
njitimuse) v.i. grow, develop; flourish; become famous/renowned.
oku- kuŋŋunta obuwunga, to sift flour, cf. ekikuŋŋunta.
v.tr. cause to flourish/ abound. cf. omwero.
(la) meal cooked from com flour.
v.i. blossom; bloom; unfold; fig. flourish. okwanya inf.
v.i. be fertile/fruitful; flourish; fig. prosper.
v.tr. yitimusa (-yitimusizza) v.tr. caus. cause to flourish; make famous/renowned. cf. -yitimufu.
o- (mu/mi) kind of maize/corn with large kernels which is used for making flour.