be, okutunula ekimama, okblabankana.

e- adv. inattentively, without paying attention. Yavuza kimama. He drove carelessly.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

ndabankanye) v.i. be inattentive, look around in a distracted way.

o- (bu/-; negligence, carelessness, inattentiveness. cf. lagajjala.

v.i. be inattentive; be absentminded; grope about; fail to see.

go wild; revolt. Omwana amagalala bulaia. The child is restless/ stubborn/willfully inattentive.

v.i. be inattentive/scatterbrained/careless.

projecting; fig. rebellious; inattentive, cf. sasamala.

inattentive, cf. lagajjala.