take a, okwebaka, okuwujjaala.
ensingo.
ekiwero.
burst open; snap; crack (as of glass); break, break off; break open. Omusana gubanduse. The sun is very hot. Yabanduka enseko. He burst out laughing. Olugoye lwe lubanduse mu nkwawa. Her dress has split open under the arm.
etc. cf. emmanduso.
mmongoose) v.i. be sleepy/drowsy; doze; fig. be caught napping, be asleep at the switch.
nnandadde) v.i. take a siesta; take a nap, lie down. cf. eggandaa- lo.
a- (ka/bu) small cloth; napkin; handerchief. akatambaala ak'omu ngalo, handerchief. akatambaala k'oku mutwe, head scarf, cf. ekitambaala.
cut down; snap in two; bite off (esp. someti. tg hard and brittle).
okunyaga.
e- (ki/bi) cloth; towel; duster; napkin; handerchief; turban, ekitambaala ky'okummeeza, tablecloth, ekitambaala ky'omutwe, head scarf, cf. akatambaala.
snap at someone.
fruit); pluck; snap off, snatch off; disconnect. v.i. loaf, kill time instead of working.
bend, bend over; snap; break.
set off (a trap or spring); snap; shoot (an arrow); eject, cause to fly off. cf. mansuka.
e-: okukuba entoli, to snap the fingers.
snap off (e.g., a com cob); dislocate; pull out. okunuula ensingo, to twist/stretch the neck.
break off.
put (something) where it is inappropriate or does not belong.
be released. kupasuka misinde, to run at a great speed.
release. Yamupasulako omukazi. He stole his wife.
be easy to cut; be interrupted; crack; break with, separate from (e.g., a friend), wander about, .walk all over, butasalikako musale, to be furious/enraged; to be fierce/unapproachable. Yazze wano nga takyasalikako musale. He came here in a furious state of mind. Takyasalika mu maaso. He is furious. No one may dare pass in front of him.
v.i., okumenyeka, okukutuka; v.tr., s. the fingers, okukuba entoli.
stand up (di srespectfully, inappropriately or in a rebellious manner).
grumble; be unappreciative; be dissatisfied.
snap off; break through (a barrier); force one's way through. Yawagula ensiko. He forced his way through the jungle.
bodily part); be broken off, snap off (of a branch).
mpogodde) v.tr. break off snap off.
mpujjadde) v.i. take a nap, sleep briefly.
carry (passengers, esp. over a body of water). kuwungula tulo, to take a nap.
akanasula ebifaananyi, shutter release of a camera.
improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.
o- (mu/ba) ungrateful/unappreciative person; complainer. cf. ^toma.
snap; fig. obtain, acquire (a position). Bakoonodde ebifo ebya waggulu. They have gotten good jobs/high positions. cf. -koonofu.
to slap hard, okubandula oluggi, to push a door open with force. Kale tubandule. Well, let's be off.
v.i. be broken off; snap off; be finally settled; be clearly defined/ decided; euph. die.
v.i. speak in an irritable/ snappish/surly manner.
scold. cf. -kabufu (-kaabufu), omukabusi.
o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.
ideo. representing the sound of something being broken or snapped in half. cf. kutuka.
snap off (with a crackling noise, as a branch of a treej; fig. shout, speak in a harsh tone of voice, bark out.
v.tr. break; snap off; crunch (as a dog eating food).
v.tr. caus. cause to nap.
v.i. be in search (of); go all over in search (of). Nnapampa nnyo okufuna omuzigo. 1 went all over looking for an anartmen t
o- (mu/tai) kind of tree, Ficus enaphalncarnn^ Fiscus trzckyphylla, producing edible figs.
feel at ease; snap, break, burst; relieve oneself, obuteyabya, constipation.
irritable, peevish, cf. kabuka.
irritable, peevish, cf. kabuka.
-esalirira (-esaliridde) v.i. appl. 2 refl. become worn away; become cracked all oven snap.
be seated (esp. in an inappropriate place and with indifferenc e to the presence of dirt, dust, etc.).
interfere in matters which do not concern one; inject oneself inappropriately. cf. olwetatankirizo.