okuziika.

okuwolereza, okutakabanira, okusabira.

omuwolereza.

okuwaanyisa, okuvunja.

emboozi.

v., okuwera.

amagoba, enkizo; lose i. okuwola.

be, okunyuma.

okwetumiikiriza; (in fight) okutaasa, okubambagiza; i. in, okubambira, okwegerekereza.

entatankiriza.

use munda.

ow'entatankiriza.

oku wasagana, oku fumbiriganwa.

kajegejege.

okutabulatabula.

okukyusa, okuduuma, okutegeeza, okugerula, okuvvuunula, (dream) okulootolola.

amakulu.

omuvvuunuzi, omuduumi.

okubuuza, okubuuliriza, okukemereza.

okuvubiikiriza, okulya kakesu, okusala ekirimi, okuvunvubika, okuvuvuba.

okusalagana.

okulanga, okuyitanya, okusulinkanya.

ekiseera, ebbanga, ekibangirizi, olumagga, ettalaga; vide okwamuka; i. of silence, kasiriikiriro.

okubambagiza, okutaksa.

okulaba

you know; of course, oh, but; well now. cf. nanti.

conj. then, thereupon. interj. response to weebale, thank you. ebyo nga bikyali awo that being the case; meanwhile.

pity, compassion. I am sorry! the poor fellow! the poor woman!

etc.; interrupt.

mmambagizizza) v.i. interrupt; interfere; inject oneself into a discussion.

what a pity, how unfortunate; the poor thing (referring to a person).

interfere in; take for oneself, appropriate; reserve. Leka kubambira bitakukwatako. Don't get involved in matters which do not concern you.

e- (li/ma) space; room; time, inter- val; opportunity, chance, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, mu bbanga lya myaka mitono, in the course of a few years, E — waliyo obuduukaduuka obwesudde ama- banga. At: — there are numerous poor little shops scattered around, cf. banga.

o- (bu/-) strong interest/concern. cf. jjumbira.

o- (bu/-) very high interest; usury; extortion, c f. lliika.

o- (bu/-) quality of being interest- int/entertaining/enjoyable. cf. -nyuvu.

etc.; cause pain (of an internal physical nature); break; beat. Omutwe gumbwatula. I have a splitting headache, okubwatula engalo, to applaud, break out into applause, okubwatula emiggo, to beat severely (with sticks/canes). cf. -bwatufu, kibwatukira.

okuziikula, okusimula.

feelings of hostility, suspicion.

faayo v.i. care, be concerned/interested; pay attention. Mukasa afa nnyo ku banne. Mukasa cares a great deal/pays attention to his companions. Omwana oyo talina amufaako. That child has no one who cares about him/ no one to take care of him. Nze sifaayo oba Byekwaso anajja oba tajje. I don't care whether B. comes or not.

e- (li/ma) (augm. of kigere, q-v.) large foot, okulinnya eggere mu_, stop, block, suppress; intervene in. For a proverb with eggere see sambya.

you (referring to one person), ggwe wamma and wamma ggwe are interjectional phrases of high- frequency which have no close English eauivalent. They are used when there is good rapport between speaker and hearer. Perhaps ‘I say!' is the nearest equivalent.

recip. become intertwined, get entangled.

reach a high point of intensity; be involved/ complicated (referring to a situation, either in a favorable or unfavorable sense). Gu- jabagidde: ng'omunafu azadde kaiiira. iii (low high low) interj. expressing surprise and flat contradiction I just don't believe you. (prov.) It is complicated affair, just as when a lazy cultivator gives birth to a heavy eater.

v.i. talk fast; jabber.

nzijumbidde) v.tr. take a great interest in; be diligent in; be zealous about, cf. -jjumbizi, obujjumbizi.

e- (ka/bu) young locust. is an artist (painter) down to his fingertips. Yamukwata mu bwala. He shook hands with him. Abaserikale babagombyemu obwala. The soldiers have apprehended them. cf. ^olwala.

a- adv. endlessly, interminably.

a- also written akaco (ka/bu) time, period, interval, mu kakyo kano, at this time, at present.

all right, certainly. Occasionally the forms mukale (2nd pers. plur.) and bakale (3rd pers. plur.) are used. Abo nabo oba te- baagala kulonda bakale. As far as they are concerned, if they don't want to make a choice it is all right.

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano, lit. to ask the fourth and the fifth, to interrogate in detail, question at length.

a- (ka/bu) something interesting/ worthwhile/appealing. amawulire omutali kanigguusa, very uninteresting news. Ebyo temuli kanigguusa. All this is just nonsense. There is nothing of any value in this.

a- (ka/bu) small room; small wall, amannyo ag'akasenge, teeth which are close together without intervening gaps. cf. ekisenge.

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano. lit. to ask four and five, i.e., to interrogate in detail, question at length, cf. -na, -taano.

a- (ka/bu) market, akatale ak'awamu, common market, akatale k'ebirime, produce market, akatale ak'omubuulo, open public market held at regular intervals, usually monthly.

a- (ka/bu) infatuation, intense (but often short-lived) interest or enthusiasm; eagerness, ow'akatinko, a doting type of person, cf. tinka.

a- (ka/bu) intersecting; passing of individuals or groups moving in opposite directions, as an adv. in the opposite direction/opposite way. Kaabadde kayisanyo ka malusu na ddookooli. People (or vehicles, moving objects, etc.) were moving in opposite directions. There was a great commotion/total pandemonium, lit. there was an intersecting of saliva and the adam's apple, cf. 2yita.

e- (ki/bi) strip of wood; chip of wood: SDlinter. shaving, cf. baiia. olu- bajjo.

e- (ki/bi) moment; space, interval, distance; shed in which bricks are made. Olumbe lumubuusa ebibanda. He is seriously ill. Bamubuusizza ebibanda. They are chasing him.

e- (ki/bi) type of basket made of papyrus, palm leaves or osiers and lined with the stems of plantain leaves, in the plur. baskets; food, meal, okuba mu bibbo, to be eating. Atulinnyidde mu bibbo. He has interrupted our meal/eating, cf. akabbo, olubbobbo, enzibo.

e- (ki/bi) question, interrogation; examination, kugwa bibuuzo, to fail examinations. cf. buuza.

etc., place by the side, place alongside; interpose. Yankiikira ensingo. He is vexed/irritated at me.

e- (ki/bi) flower, okulya ekimuli, to interrupt; to cut in on. n'atulya ekimuli, and he interrupted us.

c- (ki/bi) fro— cluhm:, tongue, q.v. Alina ekirimi or Ayogeza kirimi. He talks with a lisp, ow'ekirimi, a person with a lisp. Yamusala ekirimi. He interrupted him.

e- (ki/bi) amazing sight/spectacle; something of great interest; something out of the ordinary.

e-: ow'ekizaalaggumba, a woman whose children are spaced at long intervals, cf. zaala, -gumba.

e- (ki/bi) blockage; congestion; suffocation; constipation, ekiziyiro mu buta- ssa, asphyxia, interruption of breathing, kufa kiziyiro, to be overcome by the lack of fresh air; to die from lack of air. cf. ziyira.

o- indef. interrog. ordinal which in relative order? which ‘oneth?' (a word which unfortunately does not exist in English). ekitabo eky'okumeka? which book? The appropriate reply would contain an ordinal such as first, third, etc. cf. -meka.

interloper, lit. it-brings-itself. cf. Ieeta.

interlace; mix.