okujejbmba.
ekiyoyo, engadala, ennoo gwe.
vide cormorant.
grow, okubimbijjukana.
be, okwaziirana.
n., ekirabo.
v., okuwa.
n., omusingo, akakalu.
omuyima.
feel and express joyfulness. cf. sagambiza.
talk nonsense, rant.
a- (ka/bu) pledge, assurance; surety; guarantee; bail, awatali bukalu, unconditionally, without conditions, cf. kala.
a- (ka/bu) pleasant smell, fragrant odor, aroma; perfume. Ayogeza kawoowo. He speaks pleasingly. His voice has a pleasant sound, eddoboozi ery'akawoowo, a pleasant/attractive voice, cf. eggwoowo.
e- (ki/bi) [from Eng. club.] bar, barroom, saloon; restaurant, ekirabo ky'emmere, restaurant, cf. akalabo.
e- (ki/bi) [Lunyoromat used by itinerant laborers, olumbe lw'ekirago, source of much trouble; terror; abomination.
e- (ki/bi) large umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum grantii) from which nseke (straws, pipestems, etc.) are made. cf. oluseke.
e- (ki/bi) kind of tree, Bridelia micrantha.
e- (ki/bi) toll or fee imposed on a vendor setting up a stall in a market; preliminary. Ekyo kikyali ekituuza. This is only the beginning (e.g., of a parent threatening even sterner punishment for a recalcitrant child), cf. tuula, tuuza.
ndal am badde) v.i. be/look erect and stiff; be warped; fig. be recalcitrant/rebellious; be haughty.
nnomye) v.i. blab out; rant; use invectives/curses, v.tr. blurt out.
o- (lu/n) small black cormorant, darter.
o- (lu/n) metal wire, oluuma olubaka, aerial (of a radio or television set). abajja bagoba oluuma, immigrant workers, lit. those who come following the telephone cable lines, cf. ekyuma.
vide ssemwandu (vagrant).
e- (n/n) idler, good-for-nothing; ignorant person, cf. butantala.
e- (n/n) way of projecting/striking out. with u'te -a of re'l. projecting; fig. obvious, apparent, eky'okulabirako eky'en- kukunala, a striking example, obulimba obw'enkukunala, flagrant lying, a glaring bit of deception. Kya nkukunala nti..., It is obvious/apparent that... cf. kukunala.
e- (n/n) amaranth, a plant with red flowers, the leaves of which are eaten in time of famine.
e- (n/n) kind of bird, darter; cormorant.
small black cormorant, cf. ssemirindi.
small cormorant. cf. sseddindi.
one who comes. Sserwajja okwota, lukiza nnyinimu entannama. (prov.) The one who comes and warms himself at the fire prevents the owner of the house from squatting down fat the fire), sserwajjo- kwota (la) stranger; foreigner, immigrant.
mix together, mix up; fig. involve. Leka kututabika mu bintu bye tutamanyiko mutwe n'amagulu. Do not involve us in things of which we are utterly ignorant, lit. know neither head nor feet.
omujoozi.
ekireebereebe, emmomboze.
v.L, okuvaayo, okweyungula; v.tr., okuggyawo, okujjulula; w. from ashes, okuvumbula; w. a guarantee, okuzaalukuka.
o- trap; bow; fig. trap, snare, pitfall. Akateeyanira ke kafa omutego. (prov.) lit. (The little animal) which does not cry out dies in the trap. Survival is granted only to those who fight for it. cf. tega, obutego.
o- (mu/ba) [Su>. 3 hawker, itinerant merchant, peddler, cf. tembeeya.
v.tr. appl. 2. caus. be gentle/tolerant/easy-going with. Naawe omwana omubembereza nnyo! You really are too lenient with the child.
food); undergo rigor mortis; fig. be difficult; become obstinate/persistent; be rebellious/ recalcitrant, kukakanyala mu byambalo, to stand or walk in a stiff and erect manner.
v.i. be a vagrant; move from place to place; be supported by other people.
to be elated/exuberant. cf. kajjejjerebu.
o- (mu/ba) tenant; temporary resident; newcomer, recent inhabitant; emigrant; new member; servant. Basenze were originally people who lived on the private lands of a chief for whom they worked or fought in exchange for the land which they tenanted, cf. Isenga.
(n/n) [Eng.] hotel; restaurant.
perform a gracious act for, help. Omutengu talya kiyiiyize. (prov.) A recalcitrant/disobedient (child) is not the sort one is inclined to lavish favors on.
o- (mu/ba) ignorant/naive/ stupid person.
o- (mu/mi) pledge, something given as security; deposit, down payment; guarantee; hostage, cf. 2 singa.
e- (n/n) large white-breasted cormorant.
v.i. recip. be tolerant of each other; have patience with each other.
o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall forest tree, Symphonia gabonensis macrantha.
plur. bakaliddalu (la) a stubborn/ recalcitrant/unruly person.
mislead.cf. -lalambavu.
o- (mu/ba) one who offers sacrifice; relig. celebrant, one who says mass; arch, executioner, cf. tamba.
cf. jeema.
stiff; cold (of previously heated food); obstinate, persistent; rebellious, recalcitrant (of an unruly child), cf. kakanyala.
cf. tenguwa, obutengu.
silly, idiotic; naive, ignorant, cf. buyaabuyana.
naive, stupid.
stray, wandering, cf. waba.
-ewagala (-ewagadde) v.i. refl. sharpen oneself; be rebellious/recalcitrant/balky; be in a bad temper.
ignorant; rude, uncultured, ennyanya embisi, an unripe tomato, cf. bisibisi, bisiwala, obubisi.
-kolya adj. ignorant; inexperienced (esp. of dogs). Embwa enjizzi ezaala enkolya. (prov.) lit. A (good) hunting dog may give birth to a defective (one). Superior parents may have inferior offspring.
-esisiggiriza (-esisiggirizza) v.i. refl. be reluctant; stall; remain unresponsive; be recalcitrant.