a kamwa.
mukamwa; to reply orally, okudda mu mukamwa; to read orally, okusoma akamwa.
o- (bu/-) immorality, indecency, licentiousness; stupidity, cf. -gwagwa, gwagwawala.
o- (bu/-) immorality; sinfulness; depravity, endwadde ez'obukaba, venereal diseases. cf. -kaba.
o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.
o- (bu/-) impudence; shame; disgrace; scandal; immorality, okwogera eby'obuwemu, to use bad language, okukola eby'obuwemu, to engage in sexual activities outside of marriage, cf. -wemu, wemuka, omuwemu.
ettaka, empitambi, ekko, ekko kobereze, obukokkoliko; (moral) obugwagwa, ekiko.
n. (moral), obuzira, obugumu, e mmizi.
cause to become licentious, etc. cf. -gwagwa, obugwagwa, ekigwagwa, omugwagwa.
enzi, a bwenzi; become i., okukabawala.
obwenzi.
gwagwa; this water is impure, amazzi gano galimuobuwuka.
obugwagwa.
dirt; trash; fig. corruption; foul actions, immorality.
adj. (pure), longoofu.
obulongoofu; (morals) empisa, empisa ennungi.
e- (n/n) golden floral beetle which feeds on ripe bananas, lit. eats bananas, cf. lya, lyenvu.
a kifuba.
Uganda Coral, Erythrina abyssinica; irritating rash. cf. ekiyirikiti.
be itchy, v.tr. itch; irritate, annoy, omuntu okubaamu ekimu- siiwa, (a person) to have something itching him, i.e., to be mad, crazy (in a fig.sense). Obusungu bwamusiiwa. He was very angry. Obukaba bumusiiwa. He is immoral/profligate.
v.i. stand up; get up; arise; be straight/erect; be correct; be upright/morally correct.
v.i. be or become profligate/sexually immoral.
o- (mu/ba) immoral/licentious/ indecent person, cf. -gwagwa.
of food, milk or fig. of a child); go wrong morally; get damaged/ ruined (e.g., of a mechanical implement). Yayonooneka omutwe. He went insane.
o- (mu/ba) immoral/profligate/li- centious person, cf. -kaba.
v.i. be or become immoral/ licentious/indecent/filthy.
v.i. be or become shameless/dissolute/immoral.
0- (mu/ba) A Muhima (the Bahima are o pastoral people who live in Ankole). Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has the Muhima woman bewitched you? What has made you unaware of impending danger?
profligate, depraved. cf. kabawala, obukaba, omukaba.
clever; wise; fas a redup. form of -kaba) immoral.
indecent; filthy, cf. gwagwawala, obugwagwa, ekigwagwa, omugwagwa.
-gwenyufu adj. shameless; immoral; dissolute. cf. gwenyuka.