okuleka, okwerabira, okugalabanja, okusuulayo ogwa nnaggimba, okwerittira; n. oneself, okw efaakanya.

erabizi.

wound, etc.).

nzigye) v.tr. take; take away/ off/out, etc. (The enclitics -ko, -mu, -wo are frequently suffixed to ggya, performing a role analogous to that of the adverbs following take, i.e., away, off, etc.). Ggyawo ekitanda. fake the bed away.. Ggyako ekikopo. Take the cup off (e.g., of the table), okuggyako, except, excepting, okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuggya omwoyo ku kintu, to neglect/forget something. okuggya akagere, to start walking, try one's first steps, okuggya obutiko, to pick mushrooms, okuggyawo omusango, to dismiss a case (at law). Kyanzigya enviiri ku mutwe okulaba nga... It made the hair stand up on my head to see that... Ebigambo bye yayogera byamuggya n'amaziga mu ki- wanga. The things which he said made her cry, lit. took tears from her skull. Temuggya okwo, mugende mu maaso. Don't stop there, go on. Keep up the good work.

to neglect, pay no attention to. Ensi eno tesaanidde kusuula miti gyayo mito muguluka. This country should not neglect its youth, lit. young trees.

to be neglectful/indifferent; to ignore, pay no attention; to give up as lost.

adv. in a neglected or abandoned state. Omulambo gwasangiddwa nga gugudde ggalabanja ku kkubo okumpi n'ennyumba ye. The corpse was found abandoned on a road near his house, cf. galabanja.

cf. egga- labanja.

obulagajjavu.

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.

kweriira mpinga, to neglect oneself, make things difficult for oneself.

let oneself go, go to pot;' be messy/untidy. cf. omufaafaaganyi.

-efaakanya (-efaakanyizza) v.i. refl. be or become dirty/unclean (esp. of the body and clothing); neglect oneself.