obuwanvu.

okuwanvuya, okuwaayira.

adv., buwanvu; full length, vide kwegalangajja.

o- (bu/-) length; height; depth, as adv. lengthwise, cf. -wanvu.

a- (ka/bu) wandering far afield, long journey; discoursing at length, cf. landagga.

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

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

e- (ki/bi) chest; breast; bosom; measure of length (from the center of the chest to the end of the arm); cough, cold in the chest, flu. okwekuba mu kifuba, to repent; to reconsider one's position, cf. ^akafuba, olufuba.

elongate; stretch out; lay at full length.

nnandazze) v.i. wander all over; go a long way; discourse at length, be iong-winded.

etc. Abamu ne batuuka n'okuva ku mulamwa gw'ensonga ne balan- daggira ku birala. Some even get away from the point under discussion and go on at length about other (unrelated) things.

adj. very long; very large, huge, ekiwandiiko lugogoma, a lengthy document, emmotoka lugogoma, a long, impressive looking car.

adj. empale matankane, pants of an intermediate length, neither long nor short (such as those worn by returning war veterans), cf tankana.

a- adv. lengthwise, cf. -wanvu.

of a limb); be stretched out; be lengthened out; stretch the neck (motivated by curiosity or greed).

mpanvuyizza) v.tr. make long, lengthen; heighten; make deep, deepen.cf. -wanvu, obuwanvu, amawanvuwanvu.

etc. cf. akalandaggo, olulandagge; ^landa.

o- (mu/mi) roller for launching a canoe/boat, etc. cf. golomola. approximately twenty feet in length, used in shallow water, with large hooks fastened on at regular intervals.

lit. the master is in the garden.

wanvu.

o- (mu/mi) hand; arm; sleeve; handwriting; measure of length, arm's length, omukono omusajja, the right arm/hand, omukono omukazi, the left arm/hand, omukono gwa ddyo, the right side, omukono gwa kkono, the left side, omwoleso gw'eby'emikono, exhibition of handicrafts, omukolo ogw'okussa omukono ku kiwandiiko, the ceremony of signing the document, oku- kunkumula omukono, to strip of office/power/ wealth/prestige (e.g., a high-ranking official). Tewali ankuba ku mukono. Nobody can tell me what to do, lit. strike me on the hand. Yakkiriza okujja okutusuula omukono. He agreed to come and give us (lit. throw us) a hand. Nnamukuba omukono. I flagged him down/stopped (e.g., a car) by the movement of my hand. cf. akakono, ekikono, olukono, enkonokono.

v.i. be elongated/ lengthened/stretched out.

v.i. neut. be capable of being shortened. Ebigambo byange tebifunzika. My comments cannot be easily reduced in length. cf. -funda, -funze, obufunze, kafunze.

o- (mu/mi) strip of cloth; measurement of length, the distance covered by the two arms when fully stretched out. emitanda gy'embugo, strips of barkcloth.

boast at great length.

spread oneself out full length. cf. amagalangajja (amagalangajjo).

-ko, -yo) before which the vowel of the root is lengthened.