kadde. become o., okukaddiwa. look o., okujuujuumuka. o. age, obukadde. o. fashioned, vide kinnawadda, kudidi.
vide bold,
the personal name of such a twin. See wasswa, kato and nnakato,
etc.; consider, take into consideration; be concerned about, v. i. crack; become old/ worn out. nga tobaliddeeko, excluding, not counting.
okulaba, okutunuulira.
particularly in the sense of team, abound. Oluggya lu- bemberedde abajaasi. The courtyard is swarming with soldiers.
okusiba kantuntunu.
zira, gumu, kakanyavu, vumu, a mmizi; omusongole.
obuzira, obuvumu.
o- (bu/-) boldness, daring, toughness; durability, cf. -gumu.
o- (bu/-) old age; relig. Protestant ministry. Obukadde magezi. (prov.) Old age is wisdom, cf. -kadde.
o- (bu/-) stiffness; dryness (of clothes); coolness, coldness (of food); fig. obstinacy, stubborness. cf. kakanyala, -kakanyavu.
o- (bu/-) mold; mildew; fungus, omusajja omukadde bukuku, an extremely old man, a man hoary with age. cf. kukula.
mmumbye) / form/mold (out of clay); make (pottery); sculpt.
o- (bu/-) cold, coldness. cf. nnyogoga.
o- (bu/-) freehold estates of the clans; ancestral home; place where one was born, home, kugwa butaka, to be fruitless, have no result. Enteesaganya zigudde butaka. The negotiations have fallen through. Ssente zaffe zigudde butaka. Our money has been wasted. cf. ettaka, omutaka.
o- (bu/-) cold, low temperature, chilliness, cf. tiitiwala, omutiti.
o- (bu/-) childhood, infancy, adv. again, anew, okudda obulo, return to childhood, grow childish (of old people); to regain health and plumpness after an illness; to come back again, recur (of a disease), cf.. -to.
be told/ informed, okubuulirwa ebya nnambuulirwa, to know by hearsay.
o- (bu/-) courage, boldness, daring. cf. -vumq.
o- (bu/-) rare leasehold land (as opposed to obutaka, q.v.). cf. ^senga.
o- adv. like (the game of) mweso. Ate n'ebyafaayo abimanyi bweso. And as for history, he knows that ‘cold'/to the tips of his fingers, cf. omweso.
o- (bu/-) misery, suffering; poverty, the state of being curled/coiled folded, obwezinge bw'enviiri, the way the hair is curled, cf. zinga, -ezinga.
ekiraalo, ekisibo.
e- (n/n) decoration (on the uniform of a soldier).
old, int., baaba, wattu; poor c., ssempala.
n., empewo, obutiti, omutinti, obunnyogovu, ekinnyogoga (rel.); c. in the head, ssennyiga.
adj. (food), wolu; (water) nyogovu; (weather) a mpewo.
be, okunnyogoga, okunnyo nyoga ; grow c., okuwola, okutitiwala.
etc.; do again, v.tr. take, take hold of, take up; come for, come and take, ne bataddira kulabagana nate, and they did not see each other again.
okugumya omwoyo.
okuwambaatira.
to place the palms together; to loaf around, do nothing. Tolikula oliwumba mmindi. You will never grow tip, lit. you will grow up molding clay pipes.
n. (cloth), olufunyiro, eggoda, olukoda; (enclosure) ekisibo, ekiraalo, olugo.
v., okuzinga, okufunya; (arms) okwewumba.
obutaka.
deaden; crush, disfigure; destroy.; stifle, hold back, frustrate.
be told/ recounted (of a tale).
keep folding, bending, etc.; crumple.
fekibiina, dlugoldgombo, dmuluka.
nnennenyuse) v.i. become tired out; become old/worn out; get damaged, cf. -gejnnenyufu.
e- (li/ma) stomach of a non-ruminating animal (esp. a pig); amagomo, folds of fat on the sides, stomach and around the neck.
zaabu, a zaabu.
nnombye) v.tr. tie crosswise; put crosswise; plait (with reeds). kugombamu bwala, to capture, apprehend. Abaserikale babagombyemu obwala. The soldiers have apprehended them.
etc. okugombera emikono, to fold the arms, okugombera amagulu, to cross the legs.
okukula, okusuumuka; (plants) okumera. g. fat, okugejja. g. lean, okukogga. g. old, okukaddiwa. g. luxuriantly, okugimuka, okubimbijjukana.
okukwata; (contain) okugyamu. h. out, okugumiikiriza, okukungubala.
okubuulira. h, fast, okunyweza. h. breath, okutuyira.
be, okukwatika.
ssemaka, nnannyini nju.
e- (li/ma) moldy/musty smell. See llwayo which is more common.
e- (ka/bu) young locust. is an artist (painter) down to his fingertips. Yamukwata mu bwala. He shook hands with him. Abaserikale babagombyemu obwala. The soldiers have apprehended them. cf. ^olwala.
make old, age; cause to wear out. cf. -kadde, ^obukadde, omukadde.
irretrievably. Kagenderere, ng'omukadde akogga. (prov.) Gone for good like an old person who is getting thin. What is gone is gone. cf. genda, genderera.
a- (ka/bu) penholder.
a- (ka/bu) small bit of mold. cf. obukuku.
a- (ka/bu) scaffold; gallows, cf. omulabba.
a kind of creeping plant found in old cattle kraals, Ipomea tenuirostris. enkalu kalandalugo, a technique used in wrestling. cf. llanda, lolugo.
dry up; harden; fig. be bold/ daring; be cunning/clever; speak out boldly/ clearly.
a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba akalulu, to vote; to hold a lottery.,
of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.
a- (ka/bu) small thing; (after a neg.) anything. Situnze kantu olwa leero. [ have not sold anything today TnynesanmH kantu. He did not hesitate, cf. ekintu.
a- (ka/bu) small snake. Abaserikale baasimbwa Iwa kasota. The soldiers lined up/formed a line, (lw- = \u- which implies olunyiriri, line.)
a- (ka/bu) corrugation; wrinkle; fold (e.g., in a rock), cf. essunduba.
a-: Used in the proverb: Ow'akatuubo tabuulirwa bugenyi. A glutton should never be told of the dainty food awaiting him. cf. 1 tuuba.
e- (ki/bi) old wooden trough/vat. pej. of emmanvu, q.v.
e- (ki/bi) chest; breast; bosom; measure of length (from the center of the chest to the end of the arm); cough, cold in the chest, flu. okwekuba mu kifuba, to repent; to reconsider one's position, cf. ^akafuba, olufuba.