v., okutereeza, okwenkanya nkanya, okusenda, okuttaanya, okutuukanya; be l., okutereera, okw enkanankana.

tereevu; vide omuseetwe.

o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye yali, and they went straight into the room where he was. ababaka abalonde obutereevu, representatives who are elected directly (by the people).

make level; plane; polish; rub; rub against, brush against; fig. show hostility towards.

e- (ki/bi) equality; fairness. Akolagana n'abantu bonna mu ggwanga mu kyenkanyi. He cooperates with everybody in the country with complete equality, kyenkanyi or kyenkanyinkanyi as adv. equally; on equal terms; alike; level; abreast; cf. yenkana, yenkanankana.

level off (e.g., the edges of a woven mat).

level, level off. cf. -seeteevu, omuseetwe.

level (earth); push back.

be leveled; be pushed back.

etc.; push back for/at, etc.

e- (li/ma) position; place, compartment; stage, level; shelf; drawer, essa ery'obuntu, the human situation, the state of humanity, c/. -^ssa.

level down (e.g., earth); smooth down.

o- (mu/mi) level, stage; layer, stratum (e.g., of clouds); class (in school).

o- (mu/mi) standard, degree, level (e.g., of education); quality, grade (of produce); kind, sort.

o- (mu/mi) plain; plateau; level area, with the -a of rel. flat, level. Ensi yali ya museetwe. The country was flat/ level, cf. seeteera. charges, one who sells at exorbitant prices; swindler, cf. ^seera.

v.i. be flat/level.

be balanced; settle down (in a chair, to one's work); be peaceful/calm, regain one's composure; get straightened out; be corrected. Tukwate mpola byonna bijja kutereera. Let's take things easy, everything will be straightened out. ku- tereera bubya, to sit like a dish, i.e., to sit doing nothing, sit like a bump on a log.

put in good condition, kutereeza muntu, to lie to a person.

v.i. go beyond; exceed; excel; be on a higher level; get out of line. Bano basooloobye bannaabwe. These individuals have (excelled their comrades. mu nsi ezisoolooba mu 50, in over fifty countries.

level, cf. seeteera.

smooth; calm. Gundi oyo omutwe gwe gulinga ogutali mutereevu. So- and-so acts as if he is not quite levelheaded/as if he is mentally unbalanced, cf. tereera.

-emalaamala (-emazeemaze) v.i. refl. carry on/work at a reduced level of activity (as of a sick person who has not yet resumed his normal routine).

-bebeetavu adj. flat; flattened; level. cf. bebeetala.