okwegamba; vide feign; p. to be going, okwegenzagenza.
mmanyi oyagala oku- genda. Don't pretend (that you don't want to go), I know you do. cf. obugaanyi, butaagaane.
o- no plur. (lu/n) false bravery, pretended show of bravery, cf. -gumu.
o- no plur. (lu/n) false friendship, pretended friendship, cf. kwana, omu- kwano.
o- no plur. (lu/n) religiosity, pretended concern for religion, cf. soma.
a- adv. pretendedly, in pretence.
e- (n/n) sheep; ram; ewe. Ekika ky'Endiga. the Sheep C!an. kusulika mutwe nga ndiga, to pretend to understand what is said when one really doesn't, lit. nod the head like a sheep, cf. ^akaliga, Wakaliga.
open up, uncover, okuwenula amannyo, to expose the teeth, i.e., pretend to laugh.
cf. Ifa , -fu, omufu.
v.i. pretend to like/approve of.
v.tr. tease; kid along; pretend to make a gift to.
-etugulika (-etugulise) v.i. pretend to be what one is not.
-ebuza (-ebuzizza) v.i. caus. refl. pretend to disappear; cause oneself to disappear; hide oneself.
kabongeera.
-efuula (-efudde) v.tr. refl. transform oneself (into); be turned into; make oneself (into); pretend to be; disguise oneself. v.i. turn upside down, overturn; turn a somersault. Avunaanwa gwa kwefuula musawo. He is charged with impersonating a doctor.
-efuusa (-efuusizza) v.tr. caus. refl. make oneself into; disguise oneself as; pretend to be; make oneself appear as.
-ewojjoola (-ewojjodde) v.i. refl. be shy/ bashful (esp. in a pretended or hypocritical way).
-etomeza (-etomezezza) v.i. caus. refl. cause oneself to bump into; pretend to bump into.
-eyombesa (-evombesezza) v.i. caus. 2 refl. permit oneself to get angry; pretend to quarrel; quarrel over nothing.
to have nothing to eat, be hungry, lit. eat the skins of one's lips. Seerya ntama. I am not one who jokes around, I am to be taken seriously, lit. I do not suck my cheeks.
mortify oneself, undergo sacrifices. cf. -fu, ffeffeffe, effiire, effiiro, aka- fansonyi, akinfiira, kyafakirinaki, omu- fiirwa, omufiisa, omufu, enfiirabulago, ssemufu.
-ebeteggeza (-ebeteggezza) v.i. refl. make oneself limp; pretend to limp.
pretend to be innocent.
pretend to be; make oneself appear to be; imagine oneself to be.
-egaanya (-egaanyizza) v.i. & tr. caus. refl. refuse (of one's own volition); be reluctant/grudging; pretend to refuse.
-efaanaanyiriza (-efaanaanyirizza) v.i. Sc tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. pretend; compare oneself; imagine oneself; imagine/visualize. Tayinza kubyefaanaanyiriza. He cannot visualize/imagine them. Yali annee- faanaanyiriza omuntu omu gwe yali azze okulindirira. He had thought (mistakenly) that 1 was a person whom he had come to wait for.
make a promise.
-ekooyakooya (-ekooyezzakooyezza) v.i. redup. refl. tire oneself; pretend to be tired.
-etunuza (-etunuzizza) v.i. caus. refl. make oneself look; pretend to look.
tagalimba, tagatta.
obutuulo, obutuuze, eki- tuuza, lolutuula, omutuuze.
tell oneself; pretend; pose (as), present oneself (as).
-egambya (-egambizza) v.i. & tr. caus. refl. make oneself say; pretend to say; say what one does not mean.
pretend not to know.
take a dislike to; pretend to dislike, act as if one despised.
-ekimya (-ekimizza) v.tr. caus. refl. pretend to go to get. Kamya bwe yawulira amaloboozi mu ddiiro ne yeekimya amawu- lire alabe baani abo. When Kamya heard voices in the living room he pretended to fetch the newspaper so that he might see who they were.
obulema, omulema.
v.tr. pretend not to know.
-efuluusa (-efuluusizza) v.i. caus. refl. pretend to be snoring; pretend to be asleep. cf. omufuluusi.
pretend to be unable to work; be overly casual; treat lightly.
-epacca (-epasse) v.i. refl. make a pretence of working hard; work ineffectively; pretend to make an effort; move about excitedly.
ekikololo, omukoloze.
work half-heartedly; do busy work (as one recovering from an illness). cf. -gayaavu, obugayaavu, eggayaalo.
behave, kuyisaako, to cause to pass over oneself, i.e.. anoint/m h rmesel f; to pretend inadvertence; not to know what is going on. kweyisa kuli, to feel secure/ confident.
omunaanya, nnalwenaanya.
obulalu, eddalu, ekiralu, omulalu.
-erwaza (-erwazizza) v.i. caus. refl. make oneself sick; pretend to be sick.
-ebakiriza (-ebakirizza) v.i. & tr. appl. 2- caus. refl. put to sleep; send to sleep; pretend to be asleep.