okufumula, okuseke mbula.

project (of eyes); be or become wide open (of eyes, expressing rage, fright, etc.); be on the point of death (suggested by the action of the eyes); be overwhelmed; go up (of prices), amaaso, eyes is frequently used in association with kanuka and kanula. Akanuse amaaso. His eyes are open (with rage, etc.).

in rage, etc.); overwhelm; kill. Baamukanuliranga amaaso. They looked at him with wide-open eyes/in anger. Obusungu bwali bwagala kumukanula. Rage almost overwhelmed him. Okumubuuza ng'akanula maaso. On being questioned he could only stare vacantly. cf. -kanufu, obukanu, enkanu.

e-: okunyiga ekitoliro, to overwhelm (an opponent in wrestling); to exploit, treat ruthlessly/despotically.

group, assemble; pile, pile on; burden, overwhelm. Nze tonkuluumulira bigambo bye sisobole. Don't burden me with things which I can't manage.

crowd); pour/throw down heavily; bestow in abundance; swamp, overwhelm, okulinnimula emisinde, chase, chase after. Nnatandika okukabassana n'olugandu lw'ebintu ebyatulinnimulirwako okuyiga. I began to struggle with the mass of things which were poured on us to learn (or with which we were swamped/overwhelmed).

nnonze) v.tr. gather up, pick up; pick out; select, choose; elect; describe completely. Kuno si kutta kulonda. This is a great bargain, lit. it is not killing (a game CtTtl TTl al) but merely picking it up (from the ground), okulonda mu bangi, lit. to select from among many, to choose (a wife). Baabu)onda. They had a fight or They went running after each other, lit. picked up the footsteps (abuwuufu is implied by -bu-). Ekibiina kyakubidde waggulu mu kulonda. The party won an overwhelming victory in the elections.

fruit);-fig. ‘pick off' (with a gun or other weapon), mu bye nnasobola okunojjola mu lukunkumuli Iw'ebigambo bye baali ba- fukumula, from what I was able to grasp from the torrent of words with which they were overwhelming me. cf. ^noga.

be grief-stricken.

mpumbye) v.tr. wrap up; enclose, cover up; close (the lips); press/ mold into a homogeneous mass; overwhelm; sum up, summarize (a matter), okuwumba

njabizza) v.tr. caus. finish the funeral rites/the period of mourning/the ceremony of olumbe; wreck, ruin, overwhelm; rip (e.g., cloth); dismantle, v.i. depart, leave, okwabya olumbe, to carry out/ conclude the ceremony of olumbe. Obusungu Mw. Kintu bw'alina bujula kumwabya mutwe. Mr. Kintu is furiously angry, lit. the anger he has is on the point of splitting his head.

nnyanjadde) v.tr. spread, spread out; spread over; overwhelm; expose, v.i, spread out, cover (an area). okwanjala amagulu, to spread the legs, okwanjala engalo, to be emply-hnnded, lose something, be missing something. Ekiswa kyanjadde. The termites are hovering preparatory to flight, also fig. The appointed time is drawing nigh. okwanjala inf.

nnyinze) v.i. & tr. be excessive; be too much/too great; do to excess; exceed, surpass; overwhelm. Yatuuka eka ng'obusungu bumuyinze. He arrived home bursting with rage, lit. as rage overwhelmed him.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. overburden with; overwhelm with.

v.tr. throw in wrestling; defeat; overwhelm. Omulangira ebigezo bya- mumezze. The prince has flunked his examinations.

v.i. be burdened down; be overwhelmed; struggle; be troubled. Yajja s'sbys n'ef'eJ'mh*. He came and ate his fill. cf. fudemba.

v.tr. devour; fig. overwhelm. Enjala ebakayaggula. They are ravenously hungry.

reach an impasse, be at the end of one's rope.

v.tr. crush; pound; beat; incapacitate; overwhelm.

v.tr. caus. approach; bring near; welcome; entertain (guests) with food or drink. Ennaku zinsembeza. Misfortune overwhelms me.

v.tr. appl. 2 be far too much/too great for; overwhelm.

try to influence; instigate, banne ne bamufukuutirira nti essajja lya kumutta, and his companions incited him with the allegation that the man was going to kill him. Yatufukuutirira ebigambo naye yatuvaako bukumbu. He overwhelmed us with talk but he left us unchanged. cf. effukutu.

be very sad.