one who keeps to himself.
omusujja.
omusuuwa.
n. (tool), omusukaano.
omusune.
nnamusuna.
omwagalwa, omuganzi, omusuutwa.
omusulo, ssuulwe.
omusujja, oluwujja; nnabuguma; East Coast f., amakebe.
omusumba, omuwuula, omulunzi; royal h., Kawuka.
eddembe; be i., okwetwala, okwesanirira; vide omusuluba.
and I was struck by the idea that... okujjirwa obulwadde/omusujja, to contract an illness/fever. Jjo nnajjirwa omugenyi. Yesterday I had a visitor. Tujjiddwa (said at the arrival of an unwanted guest). Look what the wind has blown in.
ensiko, musunku.
e- (ki/bi) trail of an edible rat (musu).
o- plur. enjola (lu/n) groove; nick; carving, cutting; tribal marking, in the plur. thread of a screw, omusumaali gw'enjola, screw, cf. yola.
a- plur. (li/ma) liver of an edible rat (musu).
omusujja gw'ensiri.
e- (n/n) female edible rat (musu).
e- (n/n) conflict. Ensi ezo ziri ku mbiranye. These countries are at odds with each other/in a state of conflict, kusuza ku mbiranye, to give a great deal of trouble to. Alina kiyegu kimusuza ku mbiranye. He has a case of the flu which is causing him trouble/keeping him awake all night.
omutunzi, omusuubuzi.
n., amata; vide omusununu, amasunde, bbongo, enti.
lit. to cause to swallow (fresh) air, i.e., to kill. cf. akamiro, ekimiro, emmizi, omumiro, omumizi: mirungula.
o- (mu/mi) kind of edible rat (omusu, q.v.).
«., omusumaali; finger n., olwala.
e- (n/n) groove; nick; carving, cutting; tribal marking; in the plur. thread of a screw, omusumaali gw'enjola, screw. c f. yol a.
e- (n/n) mosquito; gnat, akatimba k'ensiri, mosquito net. omusujja gw'ensiri, mal aria.
e- (n/n) also omusuununwa (mu/mi) young mushroom.
Omusumba.
ekyoya, omusule, ensuti.
eddagala ery'omusujja, kwlniini.
emmese, akabalaga, olubende; (edible) omusu, omwene, akabalanga.
as a dog), okukunkumula omusulo, okwessammula, okwemansula. s. head, okulanga ensingo.
n., omusumeeno; (saying) olugero.
v., okusala n'omusumeeno.
n., omusumaali gw'enjola.
omusumba.
lit. chief shepherd, cf. sumba, omusumba.
e- (li/ma) grass, enju y'essubi, thatched house, kukubya ssubi, to excel (a person in doing something), Abaana abawala abalenzi abamu baabakubizza ssubi mu kudduka. The girls excelled some of the boys in running, cf. akasubi, ^eki- subi, olusubi, omusubi, ensubi.
put up. omwana omusu- lize, a child who is boarded out.
fasten on (an item of barkcloth clothing); invest (an heir); wear (a garb, dress), v.i. dress, be dressed. Asumise bulungi. He is well dressed, cf. omusumisi.
rare come untied (KB). Possibly a var. of sumattuka, q.v. play (a stringed instrument); fig. warn; inform. okwambala ebisuna, to wear sackcloth. Ebigambo bimusuna emimwa. He is dying to say something (said of a gossip).
etc. Tonsundirako lubuto. Get away from me, lit. don't shake your stomach in my direction. cf. -sunde, ^omusunzi, essundiro.
scoff at, deride publicly, cf. ^omusunzi.
yitirivu, a musuusuuba; be s., okusukkirira, okufikka.
etc. cf. omususi.
hurl; throw down; overthrow (a government); throw back; knock over; let fall, drop; lose; outdistance, leave behind, okusuulawo ebigambo, to say a few words, abantu abaasooka okwagalana okusuula enjuba, people who at first liked each other very much/extremely, abo bonna abamusudde omukono, all those who have helped him/given him a hand. Yagaana okusuulawo akagambo konna. He refused to give the slightest hint. Sitaani ensi eno ajja kugisuula wala. Satan is going to destroy this world.
^ekisula, ^ekisulo, omusuze.
omusuubuzi, omutunzi.
ekikufiri, omusule, akabooya.
omusuuwa.
omuweerbza, omusumaami.
n., amazzi; make w., okunnyaala, okufuka amazzi, okukojoba, okukunkumula omusulo.
omususa. worn out, kadde, botofu; get w. o., okukaddiwa, okubotoka, okugangatika.
njokezza) v.tr. burn, burn down; incinerate; roast (e.g., plantains), v.i. be very hot; burn, be burning; blister, kwokya musubi, to run at a very fast rate, kwokya kabuuzo (or kibuuzo, bubuuzo), to cross-examine, subject to a stern interrogation. kujja ng'oyokya, to arrive itching/ burning to say something. Ebigambo bi- mwokya emimwa. He is itching to talk. Ekibuga kyamwokya. He had a very hard time (usually of a financial nature) in the city. Omuliraano gwokya bbiri. (prov.) lit. Being neighbors burns two (houses, ennyumba implied). What affects one affects all. okwokya inf.
akatiko, akasukusuku, ggudu, kigulumusu, kinyulwa, empeefu, mmusukundu, nsununwa.
okufuuyiza omusulo, colloq. to urinate, as an adv. in the phrase okulya fuuyiza, to eat too much; to eat without any discrimination/sense of selection.
(la) Mr. Edible Rat. Ekkubo limu lyassa Wamusu. (prov.) lit. One road killed Mr. Edible Rat (since because of the regularity of his habits the hunters were able to determine his position). It is always desirable to have more than one way of solving a problem, cf. omusu.
speak badly (a language). okunyoola omusumaali, to ride a bicycle, lit. twist a nail, okunyoola embaliga, to go. Yagenda ng'anyoola ensingo. He went reluctantly/was forced to go, lit. twisting his neck.
kusukuma mu- somo, to study intensively, cf. musukumi.
o- (mu/mi) breath; air (which one breathes); smoke; vapor; steam, omudumu gw'omukka, chimney; exhaust pipe (of a car), okussa omukka, to breathe, okussa ku mukka, to take a rest/a breather/a break, okussa omukka ogw'enkomerero, to draw one's last breath, to die. okumiza omukka omusu, to kill, lit. cause to swallow fresh air. omukka ogubalagala, tear gas.
o- var. of omusumaali, q.v.
o- var. of musumaawa, q.v.
stop. cf. omusumaami.
(la) chicken pox.
v.tr. herd (cattle). The verb is archaic but the noun derivatives omusumba and Ssaabasumba (q.v.) are common?
o- (mu/mi) edible rat, cane-rat, an animal slightly larger than a rabbit, Thryonomys swinderianus. Ekika ky'Omu- su, The Edible Rat Clan, kusigala omu nga musu, to be left alone, be abandoned by one's friends or associates (esp. in time of trouble), kukuba nga misu, to be numerous/abundant, cf. Wamusu.
o- also omusumaawa (mu/mi) l>.] candle.
o- (mu/mi) large amount of grass; grassy area, okwokya omusubi, to run away; to race away at great speed (of a vehicle), lit. burn the grass, okumalamu omusubi, to flee, run away, okukuba omusubi, to strike the air (when using a stick); to miss the target, fail in one's aim. cf. essubi.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with pale wood.