n., ekitundu, ennusu. h. cooked, a makubu ggu, a mbwe bwe. h. full, ttengetenge. h. grown (jungle), ettoma. h. open (door), omuwogo. halloo, v., okukoowoola.

on, kubwa, kulwa.

o- (bu/.) time; weather; occasion, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, obudde obw'okukyuka, half time (in football). okuzimba ng'obudde, to become sullen/gloomy/inorose lit. swell like the weather. Obudde bukedde. It has dawned. also The time has come (to act). Obudde bwali busse. It was late afternoon.

etc.

a- with the -a of rel. halfcooked, insufficiently cooked. Emmere ya kakoolakoola. The food is half-cooked.

e- (ki/bi) deserted house; deserted place. Omukadde akira ekifulukwa. (prov.) An old feeble tenant is better than an empty house. Half a loaf is better than no bread, cf. fuluka.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi; half of a bunch of bananas broken off. See enkuyu & enkwekwe.

e- (ki/bi) part; portion; section; half; district, region; role, part, amazima ag'ekitundu, partial truth, a half truth, ekitundu eky'okuna, one fourth. Okkirizi- bwa okusasula mu bitundutundu. You are allowed to pay in installments, cf. entundu.

to; at; among (of place, time and other relationships), ku mmeeza, on the table, ku lunaku luno, on this day. to express the partitive okulya emmere, to eat food; okulya ku mmere, to eat some food/ some of the food, ku lwa (before an infinitive), because of, on account of. Ku Iw'oku- beera omulwadde teyajja. Because he was sick (= because of being sick) he did not come, ku lwa (before a substantive), on behalf of. ku lwange, on my behalf, ku lwa Gavumenti, on behalf of the Government. Ali ku bwa Katonda. He is very seriously ill, lit. he is in the (obuyinza, power, implied) of God. Nze siri ku muntu ayagala okunywa omwenge. I do not care for a person who likes to drink beer. In form and function ku is related to the enclitic -ko, q. v.

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.

nnambizza) v.i. be casual, act in a lazy /halfhearted way. Ayogera alambya. He talks in a lazy way.

o- with the -a of rel. half full (esp. of containers of water or beer). Omwenge yaleela gwa luzunzo. He brought a halffilled calabash of beer. cf. zunga.

a- always plur. (li/ma) sides of the stomach; middle, center; middle of a container. Amazzi yataddemu ga mu mabutobuto. He only half filled it with water. cf. olubuto.

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

a- plur. (li/ma) period of construction, time of construction; process of building. Yaleka ennvumba eri wakati mu mazimba. He left the house when it was half built/in the middle of construction. cf. Izimba.

e- (n/n) half-throw in wrestling, ku- kuba nfuka, to repel, repulse (but not to defeat conclusively), cf. fuka.

e- (n/n) cup made of half a gourd for keeping oil or butter.

sickly, half-starved dog. cf. lembwa.

okusaba; vide essaala; (on behalf of) okusabira; (request) okwegayirira.

bisi; vide half-cooked, okukona.

etc.; pay, recompense.

to take vengeance for/on behalf of. Baamuwoolerera eggwanga. They exacted vengeance on his beh alf.

like mildly.

etc.; speak on behalf of. kwogerera waggulu (ng'ow'ebiwundu ali ku lunnyo), to shout out loud (like a w'ounded person on a stretcher), i.e., to give orders in a loud and pompous manner. Yanjogerera ebigambo. He spoke to me very sternly.

v.tr. appl. 2 fight for/on behalf of.

with the -a of rel. half-cooked (chiefly of potatoes).

v.i. Sc tr. appl. 2 quarrel all the time; protest on behalf of.

v.i. appl. 2 die for/on behalf of.

lit. Mr. Cricket-Eater. Sserulya-mayenje ebinnya aleka byasaami- ridde. (prov.) Mr. Cricket-Eater leaves holes gaping open (i.e., he does not fill them in after obtaining the crickets). This is said of a person who leaves jobs half done. cf. lya, ejjenje.

v.i. split in half.

divide in half.

v.tr. appl. 2 make an offering for/on behalf of.

o- (mu/ba) half-brother, half- sister (sharing a common mother), cf. ebbeere.

okuweerera omuntu mu ssomero, to pay school fees for a person, okuweerera embwa, to urge a dog on (e.g., to catch something), okuweerera ebisa, to bear down (in labor).

ideo. representing the sound of something being broken or snapped in half. cf. kutuka.

o- (mu/ba) [jSw.3 half-breed, person of mixed blood.

with or without the -a of rel. half full. Ekita kyabadde ttengettenge. The gourd was half full.

mess up.

v.tr. appl. caus. congratulate for/on behalf of.

with the -a of rel. half-cooked; hastily cooked. Emmere ya makubuggu. The food is half-cooked.

-eranga (-eranze) v.i. refl. announce oneself. Lwakujja naye yazze yeeranga. She came but unwillingly/with a halfhearted attitude.

-ewongerera (-ewongeredde) v.i. appl. 2 refl. offer sacrifice on behalf of oneself; plead to the gods on behalf of oneself; act to improve one's lot. cf. -wonge, ekyawongo, emponga-byoya, emponge.

-eweerera (-eweeredde) v.tr. appl. 2 refl. give for oneself; give on behalf of oneself. v.i. work one's way through school.

be high/exorbitant (of prices); become furious; go off half-cocked, attempt what one cannot do. cf. wanika.

omulagulwa, omulaguzi, endagu.

work half-heartedly; do busy work (as one recovering from an illness). cf. -gayaavu, obugayaavu, eggayaalo.