v.i., okukuŋŋaana, okugumba; (clouds) okubindabinda, okwekuluumulula.

v.tr., okuku ŋŋaanya; (plantains) okuyunja; (fruit, etc.) okunoga; g. up, okulonda, okuyoola, okusonda, okukukumba; g. up skirts, okukwata akalenge.

mass, assemble, congregate. Awagumba ennume, n'enduusi we zibeera. (prov.) There where the male (animals) congregate, the females are sure to be.

amakungula.

adj. big, huge; important, olukunnaana kakungo, tremendous meeting/ gathering.

a- ow'akasitunkira, gadabout, capricious person. Ow'akasitunkira, talya nkoko ya mukodo. (prov.) The gadabout does not eat the miser's chicken. Perhaps = A rolling stone gathers no moss. cf. situka, situnkana.

e- (ki/bi) class (in school); crowd, gathering; association, society; organization; group; (political) party, ekibiina ky'abakozi, labor union, ekibiina ky'obu- fuzi, political party, cf. munnakibiina.

e- (ki/bi) party, social gathering; drinking party; gang.

e- (ki/bi) raid, foray; roundup (e.g., of suspects); gathering together, akalulu ak'ekikungo, referendum, plebiscite. c f. ^kunga.

e- (ki/bi) amusement; entertainment; sport; social gathering, party; celebration, okukoza ekinyumu, to do (something) just for the sake of being sociable, cf. nyuma.

e- (ki/bi) puddle, temporary gathering of water; stagnant water after rain. cf. olutaba, amataba, ettaba.

gather; pick up; search all over to get; contract ( a disease); pick up (a woman of ill repute), cf. kikombooza, kikomboozo.

gather up; gather, bring together; rob; fig. apprehend, ‘pick up' (e.g., suspects).

group, assemble; pile, pile on; burden, overwhelm. Nze tonkuluumulira bigambo bye sisobole. Don't burden me with things which I can't manage.

e- (ki/bi) festive gathering; exciting event.

nnonze) v.tr. gather up, pick up; pick out; select, choose; elect; describe completely. Kuno si kutta kulonda. This is a great bargain, lit. it is not killing (a game CtTtl TTl al) but merely picking it up (from the ground), okulonda mu bangi, lit. to select from among many, to choose (a wife). Baabu)onda. They had a fight or They went running after each other, lit. picked up the footsteps (abuwuufu is implied by -bu-). Ekibiina kyakubidde waggulu mu kulonda. The party won an overwhelming victory in the elections.

gather one by one.

sing, used collectively (la) kind of tiny ant. They collect in large numbers on uncovered meat, bones, etc. munyeera w'abantu, a huge gathering of people, kuteevuunya nga munyeera, swarm/ be crowded together like ants (said of a crowded gathering of people). cf. obu- nyeera.

e- (n/n) massive gathering of people; great event; big celebration, shindig.

i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person.

e- (n/n) holes in which nsonzi (mudfish) gather during the dry season and from which they may be extracted by hand.

try to produce. Sakiriza ku maanyi oveeko mu nnyumba. Try to pull yourself together so that you can come out of the house for a while. Yagezaako okusakiriza enseko naye ne zimubula. He tried to find something to laugh at but failed. cf. akasaka, ekisakiro, omusasi, ensaka.

gather; collect (money, taxes); requisition, cf. omusolooza; omusolo.

gather together, cf. somba.

bring together in a large group; bring in crowds; remove in crowds.

etc.

go on collecting little by little. cf. ^omusonzi.

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?

party; boisterous party, drinking party; confusion; accident; catastrophe.

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

interj. salutation or congratulations (originally to a hunter or to one who has gathered white ants but now used in a more general sense), cf. swaga.

assemble; come together; convene; meet.

assemble.

v.tr. appl. 2 to cull; gather little by little.

v.i. congregate; gather in a crowd; go or come in large numbers.

obulo) which has spilled cannot be scooped up. No crying over spilt milk. okuyoola inf. cf. omuyoolerero.

okusonda ssente ez'okumulwala e Bulaaya, to collect money to send him to Europe, okusonda ensonga, to think of reasons, devise reasons.

o- (lu/n) meeting, gathering, okukuba olukuŋŋaana, to hold a meeting. cf. kuŋŋaana.

o- (mu/ba) one who searches for or gathers firewood, cf. tyaba.

e- (li/ma) place of gathering, place of assembly, meeting place, cf. kuŋŋaana.

e- (li/ma) gathering place, place of storage, ekkuŋŋaanyizo ly'ebisolo, zoo. cf. kuŋŋaana.

an exciting/sensational wrestling bout, lit. which causes (a crowd) to gather, cf. gumba.

v.tr. caus. gather together/assemble.

abakozi abasunda amafuta, gasoline-station attendants, kusunda mata, to deliver milk to customers, kusunda lu- buto, to come empty-handed; to come where one is not wanted/invited, kusundasunda lubuto, to breathe rapidly in and out. kusunda bintu, to buy a lot of things; to dispense many things (as food at a social gathering, etc.).

v.i. gather together/ mCVC 1 n H crO'.vd /horrl A arffA

v.i. become concentrated/ localized.

form a crowd, come in numbers; drag oneself along ( because of fatigue or illness).

bring down upon oneself.

-esomboola (-esombodde) v.i. refl. gather in a crowd. cf. somba.

assemble; gather together all one's resources; pledge all one's goods.

assemble in mass; pile up (e.g., of clouds), kwekuluumulula nga ttimba, to waddle, walk like one who is fat or overfed.