a- plur. (li/ma) strength; power;potency; force; violence, with the -a of rel. strong; powerful, omusajja ow'amaanyi, a strong, powerful man. Kizzaamu amaanyi okulaba nga..., It is encouraging/heartening to see that... Amaanyi tegalya. (prov.) Strength (alone) does not prevail. Perhaps the opposite of Might makes right, cf. kiri- maanyi, olwanyiyanyi, lyanyi (eryanyi), sseryanyi, otwanyi.

nyiikivu, a maanyi, a mirimu, angu.

obunyiikivu, amaanyi.

a maanyi, nene.

o- (bu/-) softness, suppleness, pliability. Obugonvu bw'olujegere, ge maanyi galwo. (prov.) The suppleness of a chain is its strength. A strong tree bends with the wind. cf. gonda, -gonvu.

nene, a maanyi.

n., omulimba, omukuusa, omulyazaamaanyi.

amaanyi, obugumu.

a maanyi, gumu, ka kafu; be d., okumalirira, okukakata.

nyiikivu, a maanyi; be d., okunyiikira, okufuba.

bbi, mulyazaamaanyi.

okujooga, okufuga n'a maanyi.

amaanyi, amagezi.

a maanyi, a magezi.

amaanyi mubigambo.

ogezi, a maanyi mubigambo; vide omunuza.

okuwa amaanyi, okuwa okuyinza.

nyiikivu, a maanyi ; be e., okunyiikira, okufubirira, okuluubirira.

obunyiikivu, amaanyi, empapiro, endasi, entege.

zira, a maanyi.

nyiikivu, a maanyi.

gumu, nywevu, a maanyi; be f., okunywera, okwesimbiggi riza, okuguma, okubebeetera.

n., amaanyi, buwaze; by f., buwaka, butaagaane.

v., okuwaliriza, okukaka, okukabiriza, okukoza amaanyi. f. way in, okuyingirira. f. way through, okubabalama, okw ewagaanya, okuwagga, okuwaguza. f. hand of, okuvunvubika. f. oneself, okukambiriza. f. a laugh, okwesesa. f. in., okubambalika.

a maanyi.

amaanyi, omwoyo omugumu.

lit. (strength, amaanyi, implied by ga-) failed me. Contr. nnaatuukirira.

mpwedde) v.i. be finished/ ended; be completed (e.g., of a job); be exhausted/worn out. Mpweddemu amaanyi. I have no strength left, obulamu obutaggwa- wo, eternal life, okuggwaamu akakunkuna, to be completely convinced, have one's doubts removed, okuggwa ku muntu, to be ‘finished' with a person, no longer to trust him; to be utterly amazed at a person, ku- ggwaamu mazzi, to be on the point of death; to have just died, lit. to be exhausted of water. Aweddeemu amazzi. He is on the brink of death. Yanywedde n'aggwa. He drank to excess/got drunk. Yayambadde n'aggwa. She was dressed ‘fit to kill.'

gumu, a maanyi.

zito, a maanyi, kaloddo.

amaanyi.

a maanyi.

etc.; (more frequently) excel/surpass in. okukiza amaanyi, to excel in strength.

employ (in the most general sense); employ (workers). okukozesa amaanyi, to use force (against opposition); to work with vigor.

to settle a dispute. Ekimala empaka kusirika. The way to settle a dispute is to keep silent or On points of dispute it is best to wait and see kumala bwoya ku n turn be, to keep (someone) running ragged, annoy (someone) by keeping him on the go all the time, lit. finish off the hair on the calves of the leg. kumala mmya, to put (someone) in his place, take down a peg. kumala muntu maanyi, to take the wind out of someone's sails, kukamala, to cause trouble (ka = akabi or akabaate). Okamaze. Now you have gone and done it.

okuyongobera, okuggwamu amaanyi.

a maanyi, gumu.

o- no plur. (lu/n) a small amount of foam. Amaanyi nnina ga luyovuyovu. I just have a little bit of strength, cf. ejjovu.

o- no plur. (lu/n) slight amount of strength, cf. amaanyi.

ndya...) v.i. & tr. cheat; defraud; deceive; fail to pay. cf. omu- lyazaamaanyi.

pluck out (feathers, hair), okumaanya enkoko, to pluck a chicken.

obuzira, amaanyi.

zira, a maanyi, a mmizi.

n., amaanyi, obuyinza.

a maanyi, a buyinza.

okuwangula, okusinga amaanyi.

lwa maanyi.

amaanyi, obuyinza.

a maanyi.

amaanyi, obuyinza.

a maanyi, obuyinza.

okukomyawo. r. health, okulamuka, okuddamuolungubanguba. r. path, okukyamuka. r. temper, okunyiigukuka. r. strength, okuddamuamaanyi. r. sight, okuzibuka.

use v., okumanyibwa; he has a reputation for strength = amanyiddwa nga ow'amaanyi.

amaanyi, obugumu.

maanyi.

amaanyi.

try to produce. Sakiriza ku maanyi oveeko mu nnyumba. Try to pull yourself together so that you can come out of the house for a while. Yagezaako okusakiriza enseko naye ne zimubula. He tried to find something to laugh at but failed. cf. akasaka, ekisakiro, omusasi, ensaka.

amaanyi.

cf. amaanyi.

a maanyi, a ggume.

amaanyi, e'ggume.

amaanyi, endasi.

kambwe, a maanyi.

a maanyi.

a maanyi, gumu, ka; (of flavour) ka, vide lukalabule.

omulyazaamaanyi, empemmenku, enkucwa.

o- (tu/-) sleep; sleepiness, kufa tulo, to be numerous/abundant, exist in great quantity. Alina ensimbi zifa tulo. He has a great deal of money. Tulo tuzira! Tumegga ab'amaanyi. (prov.) Sleep is brave! It wrestles even the strong. Tulo tetumanyi alirira nnyina. (prov.) Sleep does not recognize even the one who mourns his mother's (death), cf. omulo.

o- (tu/-) a little strength, a little force. Taliimu twanyi. He hasn't got an ounce of strength, cf. amaanyi.

amaanyi.

a maanyi.