n., ekkubo, akanyigo.
v.i., okuyita; p. over, okusomoka.
v.tr., okuyisa, okubalaamiriza. p. over (omit), okubuuka. p. round (coffee berries), okuterula. p. water, vide micturate, p. wind, okukuba mumunku, okunnyampa.
ekkubo; (journey) olugendo, empitiro.
omutambuze, omuyisi.
obusungu, ekiruyi, (desire) okwegomba, omuwoggo; fly into a p., okutoka.
akatunda.
a busungu; be p., okusunguwala amangu.
Okuyitako, Paasaka, Paasika. past, go, okuyita; take p., okuyisa.
lit. like a hyena who passes a slaughterhouse, cf. seka.
entuttululu.
pity, compassion. I am sorry! the poor fellow! the poor woman!
make a detour around; pass by. cf. olubalama.
be stretched out/pegged out.
be asked to pay a debt. Tasasudde ensimbi ezimubanjibwa. He has not paid what he owes.
be stolen.
okukuba, okubaalinga, okuluuta, okusakata, okuwuttula. b. barkcloth, okukomaga, okusaaka; okutenga, okuttula. b. in hunting, okwandaaza. = to surpass, okusinga, okukira. =be too muchfor, okulema.
be put on, etc.
be announced (of a death). Omufu yabikibwa. The deceased's death was announced.
cover up; close (a lid, a book), okubikka ku maddu, to restrain one's desires or passions, okubikka ebibiri, to do two things at once, both of which require considerable attention, okubikka emiggo, to give a sound beating to, lit. cover with sticks. Lugaba abadde akyatubisseeko akasubi. God was still protecting us, lit. covering us with a blade of grass.
bikkibwa (-bikiddwa) v.i. pass. be covered, etc.
the first kabaka of Buganda, passed on his way to Buganda.
be lacking, lack; be at a loss for; lose. Yabulwa eky' okuddamu. He was at a loss for an answer. Nnali siyinza kubulwa ddoboozi lye. I could not be mistaken about/fail to recognize his voice. Bwe yamunoonya n'abulwa n' agenda. When he looked for him without success (lit. and he was missing) he went away. Omuntu bw'abulwa by'ayogera anuuna ne ku vvu. (prov.) When a person is at a loss for words he even sucks on ashes. (This is said of a person who talks for the sake of talking).
o- (bu/-) a very broad concept implying the possession of courtesy, compassion, good breeding, culture, etc. The editorial writers o/Munno have in the past dedicated considerable space to the definition of the word. cf. obuntu, omuntu bulamu.
o- (bu/-) sympathy, compassion. cf. saasira.
o- (bu/-) sores on the feet and legs; originally charms or herbs placed in the road which caused sores on anyone who tried to pass. cf. sukka.
o- adv. like tobacco, ennaku kuzinywa butaaba, lit. to drink the days (or sorrow; ennaku may mean either) like tobacco, i.e., to pass away the time; to spend long and dreary days. cf. taaba.
be told/ informed, okubuulirwa ebya nnambuulirwa, to know by hearsay.
o- adv. with nothing; empty-handed; naked; in vain; without cause, without reason; gratis, free, without charge. Oku- yingira kwa bwereere. Admission i'S free. Eky'obwereere kyaggwawo dda. (The time when you could get something) for nothing has long since passed, cf. -(y)ereere.
n., eddira.
ekisa.
adj., saasizi, a kisa, a kusaasira.
v., okusaasira.
be returned/given back, etc.
be answered; be done again, be repeated.
e- plur. amalookooli (li/ma) Adam's apple; goiter. Kaali kayisanyo malusu na ddookooli. They passed each other going in opposite directions.
okwetooloola.
be bereaved of; lose; miss, miss out on. oku- fiirwa obulamu, to lose one's life. Leka kufiirwa mukisa guno. Don't miss this opportunity. Abaana bangi bafiirwako bannyaabwe nga bakyali mabujje. Many people lose their mothers while they are still small children.
be put out, issued, etc.
get married, be joined in marriage.
be told/ recounted (of a tale).
be obtained.
be blown, etc.
be treated with contempt, etc.
be said, etc.
ganyizibwa (-ganyiziddwa) v.i. appl. pass. be allowed/authorized, etc.
be profited by.
be joined (in marriage); be added, etc.
be taken apart/separated; get divorced (of a marriage). cf. -gatte, -egassi, obugassi, obwegassi, omugassi, engassi; gattika.
be tested/tried, etc.
betaken/ taken away, etc.
of lggya, q.v.
run out of. Omu- sajja oyo taggweebwako nsimbi. This man never runs out of money.
talk nonsense, cf. aka- jegule.
be nursed, etc.
and I was struck by the idea that... okujjirwa obulwadde/omusujja, to contract an illness/fever. Jjo nnajjirwa omugenyi. Yesterday I had a visitor. Tujjiddwa (said at the arrival of an unwanted guest). Look what the wind has blown in.
be bullied, etc. cf. obujoozi, ejjoogo, kalibujoozi, olujoogo, omujoozi.
be a witness, bear witness.
be under a strain; be troubled/preoccupied; be imposed on; be depressed; be wearied. Nnakkiriza n'omwoyo ogukabiriddwa. I agreed reluctantly/with a troubled heart.
roam about freely; trespass.
be forced. See kakaabiriza and -ekakaba which are more frequently used.
a- (ka/bu) small corridor/passage; small stripe, cf. ekikuubo, ekkuubo, olu- kuubo.
be troubled; be hard up.
a- (ka/bu) narrow pass; fig. tight situation, ekkubo ery'akanyigo a narrow road, n'ekubo eridda
a- (ka/bu) grenadilla, fruit of the passion flower.
a- dim. of muwala, q.v. Tosala gwa kawala nga tonnawulira gwa kalenzi. (prov.) Don't judge (the case, omusango is implied by gwa) of the girl before you hear the one of the boy. Don't pass judgment without hearing both sides.
a- (ka/bu) intersecting; passing of individuals or groups moving in opposite directions, as an adv. in the opposite direction/opposite way. Kaabadde kayisanyo ka malusu na ddookooli. People (or vehicles, moving objects, etc.) were moving in opposite directions. There was a great commotion/total pandemonium, lit. there was an intersecting of saliva and the adam's apple, cf. 2yita.
be sickened (by food); feel a distaste for.
be tempted, etc.