omulabe.
nnumbudde) v.tr. run into (e.g., a hostile animal); fail prey to; be a victim of, contract (an illness).
a- (ka/bu) small dog; puppy, kuba kabwa na ngo, to be hostile to one another, be like cats and dogs together, lit. to be dog and leopard, cf. lembwa.
‘rub each other the wrong way.' cf. akakuubagano.
a-: okwogera amakuumuule, to speak in a hostile manner; to blurt out anything without regard to consequences.
release; free. v.i. leave, depart. Nnata omuti ne nneesuula wansi. 1 let go of the tree and threw myself to the ground. Bwe twamala okulya ne tuta. When we finished eating we left, kuta bi- gambo, to pour out a torrent of words (of a hostile nature). Tota mabi. Don't give up, there is still hope.
mpulubudde) v.tr. speed up, hurry up. kuwulubula mmotoka, to drive a car at a high speed, kuwulubula bigambo, to blurt out a torrent of words (esp. of a critical or hostile nature).
o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.
v.i. be or become loud and hostile (of the voice); speak loudly and menacingly; less commonly go up (of prices).
okufuka amazzi, to urinate, okufuka ebigambo, to let loose a torrent of words (usually of a hostile character).
v.i. recip. see each other; visit each other; confront each other (often in a hostile sense). Tebalaba- gana. They are at odds with each other.
v.i. be hostile; have a feeling of mutual enmity/hostility.
harass. cf. walana, -walanagana.