omukodo, omufuta.

nnaku; be m., okucoppoka.

adv., n'obukodo; become m., okukodowala.

obuswegu, obuyinike.

o- (bu/-) stinginess, miserliness. cf. -kodo.

o- adv. forlornly; in an abandoned condition, kufa bumbula, to die unattended; to be in a miserable condition and have no one come to one's aid. obufuzi bw'obumbula harsh/dictatorial rule.

o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.

o- (bu/-) dire poverty; misery.

o- (bu/-) grief, sorrow; misery. cf. omuyinike.

o- (bu/-) misery, suffering; poverty, the state of being curled/coiled folded, obwezinge bw'enviiri, the way the hair is curled, cf. zinga, -ezinga.

okusaasira, okutatira, okukubagiza.

a- ow'akasitunkira, gadabout, capricious person. Ow'akasitunkira, talya nkoko ya mukodo. (prov.) The gadabout does not eat the miser's chicken. Perhaps = A rolling stone gathers no moss. cf. situka, situnkana.

e- (ki/bi) usually plur. pus formation in a sore eye; matter which accumulates in the eyes during sleep; colloq. miserable, hateful wretch, \bantu abaali eyo ow'enjo- gcra in hi ug'abayiia binyinyi. Tnere were an enormous number of people there, lit. one who uses bad language would call them binyinyi. cf. akanyinyi.

cf. -kodo, obukodo, omukodo.

e- (n/n) dog. Yadduka za mbwa. He ran very fast. Ekika ky'Embwa, the Dog Clan, kusanga mbwa, to have miserable luck; to go on a trip and fail in one's objective, lit. to meet a dog (on the way, a bad omen), cf. obubwa, akabwa, ^olubwa, Wambwa.

etc. cf. nakuwala, -nakuwavu, obunaku, obu- nakuwavu, omunaku, ^ennaku.

adj., a kumpi; (miserly) kodo.

v.i. redup. suffer; be in misery/pain; experience trouble.

v.i. go/walk a long distance; go sadly/miserably.

v.i. be miserable; be wretched; be destitute/poor/in a state of squ alor.

(la) person in hardship/misery. cf. -naku.

v.tr. caus. make miserable; render destitute; mistreat. cf. ejjeeza.

go sour (e.g., of milk), kufa mwoyo, to become disheartened/depressed. kufaako nsonyi, to die of shame/embarrassment. (Ebintu) bifa bantu. You cannot always win/be successful/get what you want (said in self-commiseration after a failure). Akanaafa tekawulira nnombe. (prov.) lit. The little (animal, akasolo, implied) who is to die does not hear (the sound of) the horn. Danger comes unawares. The infinitive okufa or okufa obufi serves as an intensifier for a preceding verb. Yazina okufa. She danced a great deal/ with great intensity. Omuwala yafaanana Nnambi okufa obufi. The girl resembled Nnambi in every detail. She was the very image of N.

endure a prolonged illness.

v.tr. caus. make wretched/miserable; cause to suffer a prolonged illness. cf. obuseege.

o- (mu/mi) full serving, full portion, emisera ebiri egy'omwenge, two glasses of beer full to the brim, as an adv. brimful, to the brim. Endeku yali ejjudde musera be ddu. The gourd was full right up to the brim. cf. lensera.

o- (mu/ba) stingy person, miser. cf. -kodo.

overburden.

o- (mu/ba) miserly/selfish person. cf. futaafutana.

o- (mu/ba) poor person; person in misery/wretchedness; disturbed/troubled person. Omunaku kaama. (prov.) A poor person is a yam (he is neglected but can still manage), cf. -naku, nakuwala, obu- naku, ^ennaku.

v.i. become miser- ableAroubled/disturbed; be sorry: be sorrowful; be poor/in great need.

etc.; be sorry for.

miserly, niggardly, cf. kodowala, obukodo, omukodo.

-vaako. Nvaako. Get away from me. Leave me alone. Kiki ekyavaako omwana okufa. What was the cause of the child's death? omuntu atalina k'avaako, a miser. Eby'okukaaba biveeko. Stop crying, ebyo nga mbivuddeko, putting aside what I have said, leaving these things aside, apart from this.

miserable; distressed; sorrowful, cf. nakuwala, obunaku, omunaku, ^ennaku.