okubuuka. j. about, okukejja; okwekandagga, okwekanga. j. for joy, okujaganya, okusamba muyenje. j. up, okuwawamuka.

start up, jump up; fig. arise, break out suddenly, ne wabaguka akeegugungo, and a disturbance suddenly broke out.

jump suddenly to one's feet.

lit. it jumps over (buuka) drinking pools (maziba).

lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).

cf. buuka.

etc. Mukasa kati abuukira kuli. Mukasa is now in his seventh heaven.

a- also akasiibulizo (ka/bu) leave taking, farewell; parting gesture. with the -a of rel. final, conclusive. Twabuuse bwe yafuuye firirabi ey'akasiibulo. We jumped when he blew the final whistle. cf subuka, sitbuia.

a- also akasiisi (ka/bu) kind of very small jumping insect found on coffee trees, on the ground and in houses.

a- (ka/bu) jumping rat, kangaroo rat, jerboa. Ekika ky'Akayozi, the Jumping Rat Clan.

e- (li/ma) large frog. (Awantu) awampi waalema ekkere okubuuka. (prov.) A short distance proved too much for the big frog to jump. Beware, you may be beaten by a trifle. (Asht.) Basammula ekkere ng'amazzi banywa. They splash away the big ugly frog but drink the water (it has been in). (Said o f hypocrites.) cf. ekikere.

ndalidde) v.i. leap, bound, jump, jump up; go up; rise to a great height.

a- adv. descriptive of manner of jumping. okubuuka amaeco, to jump completely up with both (or all) feet, as a frog. cf. ccoppa.

e- (n/n) jerboa, also called jumping rat, kangaroo rat (see akayozi); kind of silkworm which makes cocoons on mulberry trees, cf. somba, ekyuma.

okuwalaza empaka, to argue, persist in an argument, okuwalaza ekidduka, to drive a vehicle at a high speed.

a- adv. near, nearby. Awampi walema ekk ere okubuuka. (prov.) lit. (To) a nearby place is where the big frog fails to jump. Too heavy for light work. cf. -mpi, kumpi.

njogedde) v.i. & tr. speak; talk; say. kwogera ku muntu, to talk about a person, kwogera n'omuntu, to talk with a person, kwogera kaati, to speak openly/frankly, kwogera kuno na kuli, to jump from one subject to the other; to be hesitant/ doubtful in what one says, kwogera nkulu bbiri, to be two-faced/intentionally ambiguous in what one says. Oyogedde kirabika ng'ow'e- jjanga abika. You have said the obvious, lit. like a person with chronic conjunctivitis bringing news of a death. okwogera inf,

v.tr. jump over; leave out, skip, omit, kubuuka be ceoppa, to run in leaps, kubuuka bibanda, to romp, frolic, kubuuka mugwa, to skip rope, kubuuka mmere, to interrupt one's meal, particularly to take care of something urgent, kubuuka nga muddawo, to enjoy oneself, have a wonderful time (esp. at a party). Kyatu- buukako okuwulira nti yasenguka. It surprised us very much/took us aback to hear that he had moved. Olubuto lubuuseemu. There was a miscarriage. She has had a miscarriage. Gabuuse ensaka. The meal has been magnificent, lit, they (matooke implied) have jumped the pot. amaaso ne gabula n'okumbuuka mu kiwanga, and my eyes almost jumped out of my skull, i.e., I made a grimace of pain or gave a look of shock/amazement. Enviiri zaamubuuka ku mutwe. His hair stood on end.

v.tr. caus. cause to jump; make fly. kubuusaawo kintu. to eat up completely; to finish completely (a task). Tayinza kubuusa bigambo ebyo maaso. He cannot overlook/ignore these matters. Yabuu saamu olubuto lwa myezi mukaaga. She had a miscarriage after six months.

v.i. recip. fly off together; jump off together. Taludde abuukanye n'omusajja omulala. Before long (lit. she did not delay) she ran away with another man. cf. bbuukamaziba, bbuukamugogo, bbuukizi, omubuusi.

to jump for joy.

v. tr. cause to jump up. cf. kabatukira.

spring up; dart away, speed away, okumasuka obutnyu, to dart away like a hare.

o- (mu/ba) jumper; flier; astronaut. c f. buuka.

tremble; start, start up; give a jump, jump up. okukukumuka olutiko, to have goose- flesh.

get ready; busy oneself; be busy; be wholehearted in one's effort.

nga bwe is usually rendered as. Nga bwe batali wano, sirowooza nit tukyabalabye. As they are not here, I do not think we are likely to see them, ne bwe = although, even if. Sandi- genze Entebbe omwami ne bwe yandintu- myeyo. 1 would not have gone to Entebbe even if the master had sent me. bwe -ti, like this; bwe -tyo, like that. Kibuuka bwe kiti. It jumps like this. Toyogera bw'otyo. Don't talk like that. The rel. adv. bwe must not be confused with the copula bwe, is/are; the poss. adj. bwe his/her; or the rel. pron. bwe which. The last three are used only in association with nouns whose class prefix is bu-.

v.i. redup. be restless/fidgety; keep jumping up and down.

be adamant/unyielding in an argument.

-ebuukiza (-ebuukizza) v.i. appl. caus. refl. hop; jump about/around.

leave oneself out; keep going and coming, come and go frequently. Yeesussa wa munne. He frequents his friend's house. cf. -suffu, -sukkirivu, ebusukka, obusukko, ensusso, ssukkamugga.

1 nti.

like this, thus (in the manner already mentioned), -tyo is often preceded by bwe. Ekikere kibuuka (bwe) kityo. The frog jumps like that (as I have already told you), -tyo -tyo, not very well, so-so. Baali bayisibwa batyo batyo. They were not treated very well. cf. otyo, 1-ti, -tya.