okusindika, okusindiikiriza. p. along, okuseetula. p. aside, okubabbalama. p. back, okusenda. p. forward, okuseesa, okuserula. push, v.i., p. forward, okujajjatta, okwerunga; p. way through, okw ewagaanya, okwesegeenya.

rare push aside; force oneself through.

q.v.); turn/roll over and over; push back, repel; hurl, throw.

cause to go into.

cram in; sweep, push (e.g., rubbish into a corner); corner (e. g., a criminal, a rat); solve, get to the heart of (a crime, a problem). cf. effumbiko.

a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence, effrontery; pushiness, aggressiveness, gall; meddlesomeness; nosiness; bumptiousness, kuba na kajanja, to possess some or all of the above attributes, cf. -ejangisa.

a- (ka/bu) pushing, jostling, pressing together, cf. nyiga.

e- (ki/bi) foot; paw; footstep; footprint. ekigere ekisajja, big toe. ow'ebi- gere, pedestrian, okudda mu bigere bya..., to follow in the steps of; to replace, kulya kintu ne musenza bigere, to eat one's fill, lit. to eat something and you push away with the feet. cf. obugeregere, eggere, akagere, olugere.

pull along; push along.

e- (n/n) small ball of mashed plantain which is dipped in relish before eating. Tanyigirwa mu nnoga. He cannot be pushed around, cf. 2 noga.

etc. omusajja atanyigirwa mu nnoga, a man who cannot be pushed around.

etc.

be i pushed along/pushed forward.

etc.

push against; penetrate.

level (earth); push back.

be leveled; be pushed back.

etc.; push back for/at, etc.

move aside; clear away; push back, kusendula matama, to smile, grin.

sindikagana (-sindikaganye) v.i. recip. push each other, jostle one another. cf. ssindika.

etc.

ruffian; offensivly pushy person.

squat down; sit on the haunches. Kwali kusindika asutamye. It was very easy, lit. pushing someone over who is squatting down.

push through, v.tr. push, force; jostle. Nnawagaanya omukono mu lwatika. I pushed/forced my arm into the crack.

push one's way.

jostle, elbow aside.

o- (mu/mi) lizard, kusindikira munya mu ssubi, to tell a person to do something he wants to do anyway, lit. to push a lizard into the grass, cf. ekinya.

cf. wanika.

v.tr. move/push along carefully.

to slap hard, okubandula oluggi, to push a door open with force. Kale tubandule. Well, let's be off.

to prod/poke a fire, keep a fire going; to step on the gas (in driving), okuseesa empale, to pull up one's pants, okuseesa ebigere, to drag the feet, okuseesa omuntu emiggo, to beat a person (with sticks). Ensiri zaata- ndika okutuseesa obunnyo. The mosquitoes began to bite us, lit. push their little teeth. Balamu bas eesa gwaka. (prov.) The living ones keep the fire going. A person is liked as long as he is alive and in a position of respect.

slide along, okusee- ! tula emitala, to move along from hill to hill, okuseetula olugambo, to gossip, okuseetula emboozi, to talk on and on.

v.tr. insert; slip in; put in; push in.

incite, induce, ku- sindika kyasi, to fire a shot, kusindika busaale, to shoot arrows, kusindika munya mu ssubi, lit. to push a lizard into the grass; also kusindika mwana wa jjajja we; lit. to send a child to his grandparent's. both expressions mean to tell someone to do something which he would be happy to do anyway.

turn away; send back (e.g., a bride to her husband whom she has abandoned).

kusukuma mu- somo, to study intensively, cf. musukumi.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. push along together (as sweepings). cf. nnamunkukumbo.

v.tr. push forward bit by bit.

v.tr. caus. push forward.

v.tr. caus. push/ shove forcefully.

elbow one's way, force one's way.

-esonseka (-esonsese) v.i. refl. insert oneself; push oneself in; slip into; enter; intrude. cf. soweka.

budge; push oneself, press oneself, kweseguunya mu bantu, to push one's way through people.

push one's way (through), okwewagaanya mu bantu, to force one's way through (a crowd of) people. cf. omwagaanya.

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.

-efundiikiriza (-efundiikirizza) v.i. appl. 2 caus. refl. push oneself or get oneself into a corner.