n., omulezi, omujjanjabi.

v. (child), okulera; (sick) okujjanjaba, okulwaza.

nzijanjabye or nji- janjabye) v.tr. nurse, attend (a sick person); take good care of, look after the needs of. okujjanjaba ebirime, to tend plants.

be nursed, etc.

etc. cf.. ejjanjabiro, omujjanjabi, enzijanjaba.

ndeze) v.tr. nurse (a child); bring up, rear. Omwana bw'omulera era bw'akula. (prov.) lit. As you bring up a child, so he grows. An adult is the product of his childhood training, okulera engalo, to twiddle one's thumbs, be lazy.

etc. cf. ekirezi, omulezi, endera.

e- (n/n) endera y'omwana, (the act of) serving as a nurse to a child, cf. lera.

e- (n/n) lake herring, Alestes nurse.

(la) CSu>. ] children's nurse.

o- (mu/ba) nurse, woman who takes care of a small child, cf. lera.

o- (mu/ba) one who cares for the sick, nurse, cf. jjanjaba.

suit, be becoming to. okuwoo- mera abalezi, to be cute/plump/attractive (of a baby), lit. be pleasing to the nurses. Olugoye olwo lumuwoomera! That dress fits her perfectly!

care for. kweyolera mpiri mu bunnya, lit. bring up a viper in a pit, i.e., nurse a viper in one's bosom, have a traitor in one's household. Akabwa ke weeyolera ke kaku- luma enteega. (prov.) The little dog you raise is the one that bites your tendons.

-ejjanjaba (-ejjanjabye) v.i. refl. nurse oneself; take good care of oneself. -