amagoba, enkizo, ensusso; make a p., okugobamu amagoba, okuvisaamu amagoba.

a magoba, a nkizo; be p., okugasa.

e- plur. amaliba (li /ma) skin; hide; cover (of a book or magazine). Lugaba yabuggyako eddiba. [t dawned. Dawn came, lit. God took the skin/covering off of (day, daytime, implied by -bu- = obudde). okufuna ekigulira Magala eddiba, to make money, get some money, get something profitable. Bwe batusiba mu ddiba erimu tuliyuza. We just do not get along. We are mutually incompatible, lit. if they tie us in one skin we will tear it open (an almost hopeless feat), cf. ^akaliba, ekiriba.

nnantaganyula.

be profitable. v.tr. be of use to, be profitable to, profit, help.

gasannana (-gasannanye) v.i. recip. profit one another. cf. omugaso.

be profited by.

e- plur. amaguzi (li/ma) eby'amaguzi, merchandise, trade commodities, okuzira eby'amaguzi, to carry on a trade boycott. Ebintu bino birina egguzi. These things sell well/do well on the market/are profitable. cf. gula.

profit, gain. Mu ppamba we yagobololamu ssente eziwera. He made quite a bit of money in cotton (lit. It is in cotton where, etc.). cf. goba, amagoba.

n. (profit), amagoba.

amagoba, enkizo; lose i. okuwola.

e- (ki/bi) feather; (single) hair (on the body); plur. ebyoya, feathers; fur; body hair; abundance of body hair, kuba byoya bya nswa, to be utterly useless/unprofitable, lit. the wings of a drone termite, cf. akooya, olwoya.

a- plur. (li/ma) profit, profits; interest on money, cf. goba, gobol(ol)a.

v., okukola; (create) okutonda; (compel) okuwaliriza, okukaka; also the c. forms of verbs. m. a bed, okwala ekitanda. m. up a number, okuweza. m. way, okwesega, okusegulira. m. off, okudduka, okusenguka. m. time, vide okwerekereza. m. a profit, okuviisa amagoba, okugoba. m. sail, okuwanika amatanga.

e- (n/n) loot, booty; profit; arch. female slave. Ogutateganya, teguzza nvuma. (prov.) (Work) which does no require an effort does not produce any real gains.

o- (mu/ba) healthy person; living person, okutuusa luno jjo ly abalamu, until recently. Omufu y aliisa omulamu emmere. (prov.) The dead provide food for the living. We profit by the acts of those who have gone before us. cf. -lamu.

ideo. in vain, without profit, cf. kotoggera.

fan away (e.g., flies); beat (the bush in hunting); recruit. Bakusaggira okolola, ak'obugoba k'oya- gala? (prov.) You are coughing while they are driving out (the game). Do you want to lose (your share of) the profit? Yatuuka olulimi lusagga nsowera. (When) he arrived he was dead tired, lit. the tongue was brushing away the flies.

o- (mu/mi) profitable venture. cf. lva.

insignificant matters/ things; trifles, kutunda bya yanga, to sell at very little profit, kutya bya yanga, to fear every little thing/trifles.

profit. Obuyigirize bu ganyula buli muntu. Education profits everybody.

v.tr. caus. cause to profit; make profitable/useful.

okuviisaamu amagoba, to make a profit.

o- (mu/mi) profit, benefit, advantage, use. cf. ganyula.

o- (mu/mi) use, profit; advantage. with the -a of rel. profitable, advantageous. c f. gasa.