omutwe.

enso; tubercle of p., ennyingo y'evviivi.

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

be, okuzibikira, okuziyira.

be, okutamiira, okwega yagula, okweseeguka.

okufuula ow'eddembe, okufuula owa bowo.

okusonyiwa.

okusiba ekibi, okutema ekigambo.

o- (mu/ba) one who participates in a disturbance, rioter, cf. -egugunga.

o- (mu/ba) demonstrator, one who participates in a protest demonstration. cf. -ekalakaasa.

okussa ekimu.

anticipate with great enthusiasm. cf. sagambiza.

o- (mu/ba) player, one who participates in a game; actor; actress, cf. zannya.

v.i. be impeded/blocked/ prevented; be encumbered; be congested/ crowded; be constipated; be dark/impenetrable (to vision).

king, etc.). eby'okulya, food, okulya obwami, to assume the chieftainship, kulya mu ndago, to sing, kulyamu luyi, to slap, kulyamu kikonde, to punch with the fist, kulya mazzi, euph. to drink a lot of beer, lit. water, kulyamu lukwe, to plot, conspire, kulya kijaja or kigagga, to eat very well/in great style, kulya muntu kimuli, to interrupt a person in bi? conversation. kulya nkoko bbiri, to give one's sister in marriage to two men (thereby receiving the gift of two chickens), kulya misinde, to run very fast, kulya butaaia, to roam at large, be on the loose (e.g., of an escaped prisoner), kulya bulamu, to enjoy life, have a good time, kulya eki- banja/emmayiro, to come into land/an estate, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okulya obugenyi, to receive food or presents while a guest, okulya enguzi, to take a bribe, okulya engere, to walk fast, okulya ensimbi, to steal money, okulya ensowole, to take something (e.g., the chieftainship) when one is incompetent or unprepared. Genda olye enkoko yo. You have had a lucky escape/a narrow escape, lit. go and eat your chicken. Omuwala yamulyamu omwoyo. The girl won/stole his heart. Obusungu bwandya. I was consumed with anger. Mwana muwala, oyo andya omutwe! I am completely enamored of that girl, lit. she eats my head. Baagala kumulyamu maaso. They wanted to bawl him out/upbraid him severely. Okulya ennyingi si kuggwa maddu. (prov.) To eat a lot is not to get rid of one's appetite. The more you have, the more you want. Amaanyi sigalya. (prov.) Force does not prevail. Physical strength alone does not accomplish things. Ky'otonnalya tokyesunga. (prov.) What you have not yet eaten, do not anticipate. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. Kye walyanga bw'olaba ennaku olekayo. (prov.) What you used to eat — when you experience hard times — you give up. One must adjust to circumstances/ calamaties.

etc.; defend, exculpate. Yagaani- rayo. He refused to come out/come back. Kiberu oyo mmugaanira, tasobola kubba. I stand up for/defend/exculpate Kiberu, he could not steal. Akambe nkamusabye naye akagaanidde. I have asked him for the knife but he has refused to let go of it/ part with it.

v.i. be slovenly; become dissipated; suffer a deterioration in personality.

v.i. conv. 2 be dispersed/scattered; be tom/tom apart; be dissipated; come apart.

o- (mu/ba) arch, grandson of a deceased chief who participated in the ceremonies at the grave.

v.tr. anticipate a person in doing something); beat (a person) to. Yansoona. He beat me to the draw.

in wrestling), v.i. be pregnant (of animals). Atalina mwana anaaweeka jjinja, lit. the one who does not have a child will carry a rock, i.e., the anticipated event will be exciting or sensational.

okufumbirira omugole, to wait on a bride (a series of functions traditionally performed by the paternal aunt and sister-in-law of the bride, including instructions, special care, etc.).

anticipate.

kitaawo, kitaawe, kitaffe, kitammwe, kitaabwe; bakitaffe, etc. kitange omuto, my paternal uncle.

dissipate.

-etuma (-etumye) v.i. refl. send oneself. v.tr. undertake (a task). etc. Tagenda kulutumira mwana. lit. He is not going to send a child on the trip (-lu- implies olugendo, trip), i.e., he is going himself (because what is anticipated at the event will be exciting or important).

disavow; exculpate oneself. Ebyo byonna yabyegaanira mu maaso gange. He disavowed/denied all these things in my presence.

participate in. Nsazeewo obu- teetaba mu lukuŋŋaana olwo. I have decided not to take part in that meeting.

-eyagaagula (-eyagaagudde) v.i. refl. be dissolute/dissipated; waste one's substance; give away lavishly.

forestall; dissociate oneself from. Nkweta- nga! I h ave nothing to do with it. Leave me out of it.

rely on. Ky'otonnalya tokyesunga. (prov.) lit. What you have not yet eaten, don't count on it. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

-esazisa (-esazisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 refl. cause to cut oneself; cause to cut oneself with/using; cause to separate/divide, kwesaza bulala, to be in a flutter, be excited about an anticipated pleasure, kwesaza ng'ow'akagatto akamu (lit. be excited like a person with a single shoe) = kwesaza bulala. Engabi n'ejja yeesaza mu kisaawe. And the bushbuck came cutting across the field.

to take part/participate in a game.