a- (li/ma) the place of the dead; the other world; hell, as an adv. emagombe. okukkirira emagombe, to die, lit. to go down to magombe. okusumattuka amagombe, to be sick and almost die.

obuwanvu; (of sea) obuziba; out of one's d., vide okuzibirira; the depths, magombe, kawolongojjo.

Magombe, Ttanda.

up to, until, paka magombe, until death; up to the place of the dead.

be dropped; escape, kusumattuka magombe, to be ill and narrowly escape death, lit. to escape from the world of the dead, kulya ng'eyasumattuka Kkunsa, to eat a great deal, lit. like the one who escaped from Kkunsa (a very cruel executioner).