mayiro.

etc. (See kala.) okukalira mu muntu, to stand up to a person, take a firm attitude towards a person (e.g., one who has overcharged you or imposed on you). Enseko zankalira ku matama. The smile disappeared from my face (on hearing something unpleasant), lit. the laughter dried on the cheeks. Yamusindirira n'akalirawo. He fired at him and he died instantly/on the spot.

a- (ka/bu) continual/constant smile, cf. mwenya.

e- (ki/bi) post, pole; large peg. ekikondo kya mailo, milepost, cf. aka- kondo, enkondo.

mailo (n/'n) mile, ekikondo kya mayiro, mile post. contr. emmayiro.

okutemagana ng'aga mukene, to sparkle like (the sauce, amazzi is implied) of mukene fa common simile). cf. akamukene.

cause to smile. cf. akamwenyumwenyu.

e-: kulaba ntalaaga, to see how someone performs/acts. Abagamba nti oku- dduka mailo si kizibu, twagala bagidduke tuba la be entalaaga. As for those who say that running the mile isn't difficult, we would like to see them run it so we can see how they perform, cf. talaaga.

move aside; clear away; push back, kusendula matama, to smile, grin.

olugero.

n., akamwenyumwenyu.

v., okumwenya, okumwega; s. at, okusekera.

v.i. smile; have a lively/attractive/healthy appearance (esp. of young girls and brides).

v.i. smile slightly; grin; laugh (of a baby) cf. kimwege.

smile (at). Bwe yandaba n'ansekera. When he saw me he smiled at me. kusekera mu kikonde, lit. to laugh in one's fist, to try vainly to suppress one's laughter (esp. after having beaten somebody at something), kusekera mu ttabi lya ngalo, lit. laugh in the spaces between the fingers = the foregoing.

v.tr. caus. make laugh; cause to smile.

v.i. smile.

v.i. & tr. appl. smile at.