okutiisa; be frightened, okutya.

to cause to be worried/scared/frightened.

frighten, startle; thre aten.

e- (n/n) described in previous dictionaries as: sternum, sternal cartilage; pit of the stomach; internal bodily part. It is now used almost always in a figurative sense: heart, soul, seat of the emotions. It occurs in hundreds of phrases and expressions of which the following is a sampling: mu ngeri ya kawanika mmeeme, in a frightening way. kwekuba mmeeme, to reconsider, emmeeme n'enfa, and my heart sank/I was utterly distressed. Nze emmeeme yangwa wala. I became very depressed. Otukubye wala emmeeme. You have really given us a scare. Emmeeme yamudda mu nteeko. He felt relieved, lit. his heart went back in place, ow'emmeeme etawaana amangu, one who is easily nauseated. Emmeeme entye- muse. 1 am terribly anxious/concerned/ shocked. Kino kyali ng'ekyawanula emmeeme ye. This seemed to relieve him/ calm him down. Emmeeme katale, ky'esiima ky'egula. (prov.) The heart is like going to market — it buys what it wants. Emmeeme gy'esula, ebigere gye bikeera. fprov.J Where the heart sleeps is where the feet- go in the morning, i.e., when you sleep with the intention of doing something, that is what you do. Emmeeme etefumba kigambo ekwo- geza munno ky'atagenda kwerabira. (prov.) lit. The heart which does not fashion well the spoken word makes you say what your friend will never forget. The spoken word can never be retracted.

scare.

v.tr. fear; honor, respect.

v.i. be fearful/afraid; become frightened. Emmeeme entekemuse. I am. terribly frightened.

o- (mu/ba) coward, timid person, person who is easily frightened, cf. tya.

frighten off (e.g., birds from a bush).

v.tr. appl. 2 be too frightened to help (someone); be too frightened to do for (someone). Yantiirira. He was afraid to help me.

intimidate.

obutiitiizi, omutiitiizi; tya.

lit. a small thing which frightens, kukolawo katiisa, to do something startling/amazing/exciting/far out of the ordinary; to show off, try to draw attention to oneself, cf. tya, tiisa.

reveal; pass judgment, okutyemula omusango, to pronounce judgment (at a trial), okutyemula akyama, to reveal a secret, okutyemula amawulire, to break the news, okutyemula emmeeme, to frighten; to disturb/worry greatly; to shock.

-ekangisa (-ekangisizza) v.tr. caus. refl. dismay; cause to be shocked; disquiet; scare, frighten. cf. -kanga, ekyekango, omukanzi, kangaza.

-esisiwala (-esisiwadde) v.i. & tr. refl. tremble all over; shiver; have a creepy feeling; have a tingling sensation; be frightened; be startled/shocked/taken aback; experience revulsion. Twesisiwadde nnyo nga tulabye omulambo. We were greatly shocked when we saw the corpse.