emmese, akabalaga, olubende; (edible) omusu, omwene, akabalanga.

n., omuwendo; (tax) omusolo, empooza. rate, at any, kavuna, kasita. ratel, entawiilira.

waakiri, wadde, yadde.

emmere, pposo, entanda.

a magezi.

ensaasi, ejjebe, ekiyiritiro.

v.i., okuwulunguta, okugulumba.

okwanguya, okwanguyiriza, okukubiriza, okwongera embiro.

ettendo.

okusinza, okusuuta.

obukulu; (period) emirembe: (generation) omugigi.

okulamula.

omulamuzi.

flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.

etc.; consider, take into consideration; be concerned about, v. i. crack; become old/ worn out. nga tobaliddeeko, excluding, not counting.

e- (li/ma) fury, rage, wrath; madness.

e- (li/ma) celebration, big party; festival; ceremony; show, performance, okunywa omwenge mabinu, to drink large quantities of beer.

mmembezezza) v.tr. handle with care, treat with consideration.

a frie nd)j dissociate oneself; be lost to. Ebibye bimubenguse. He no longer has anything.

e- from -kalu, dry, q.v. okutunula ebikalu, to look confused/worried/desperate, okwogera ebikalu, to quarrel.

cf. -biririvu.

o- (bu/-) [Sw.] wrath, anger, fury.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

make disintegrate; wear away.

o- (bu/-) anger, ire, wrath. cf. -sungu, sunguwala.

o- (bu/-) cold, low temperature, chilliness, cf. tiitiwala, omutiti.

buulira and buuza. appear to be derivatives of the Same rout buul-. They are here treated separately, primarily for reasons of tradition and practicality. cf. ekibuuliriro, embuulira, omubuulirizi, omubuulizi, nnantabuulirirwa.

o- adv. free, for nothing, gratis, as a gift. cf. ^wa.

o- (bu/-) bachelorhood, single state, state of one who has never been married or who is separated from his wife, okuwona obuwuulu, to get married, lit. escape bachelorhood, cf. ^wuula, omu- wuulu.

o- (bu/-) cooperativeness (of consumers, those engaged in commercial activities, etc.). cf. gatta, -egatta, -egassi.

o- adv. with nothing; empty-handed; naked; in vain; without cause, without reason; gratis, free, without charge. Oku- yingira kwa bwereere. Admission i'S free. Eky'obwereere kyaggwawo dda. (The time when you could get something) for nothing has long since passed, cf. -(y)ereere.

o- (bu/-) temperateness; temperance; abstemiousness; restraint, self-control, cf. tangira, -etangira.

enjoy life, have a good time; be jaunty/cocky; rattle (of seeds or small bells).

okulaawa.

laawe, laawo.

e- (n/n) decoration (on the uniform of a soldier).

okutenda, okusuuta, okubbiramu.

atiikirivu, a kitiibwa; be c., okwatiikirira.

okujjukiza.

okusaasira, okutatira, okukubagiza.

okussa ekimu, okubeera gana.

e- plur. amalongooserezo (li/ma) room where surgery is performed, operating room. cf. longoosa.

okuyonja, okugulika, obw etojja.

obuyonjo, majjolobera.

v., okuteesa, okufumii tiriza, okusala amagezi.

okutegeeza, okunnyonnyola.

okwonoona, okujajamya.

ekiseera.

okuwaŋŋanguka.

okubala, okumenya, okutontogola.

v.i., okufuumuuka.

okuyunga ebigambo, okutiiwuuka, okukanika, okusaggula, okuyingiriza, okudongwa.

okusunguwaza.

obusungu.

okuvuma, okuvumirira, okukolimira.

ekivume.

okusonyiwa, okuwonya omusango.

okuwanda amalusu.

olugendo, ssaffaali.

carelessness, inevitability (in the sense of being obliged to do what one does not want to do) and even sheer exasperation. Tumaze ga- gendayo. We sent there just for the sake of going. Mumale gaddamu, temulowooza. Just give an answer, don't think about it first. Mala gakola. Just go ahead and do it. Don't spend too much time on it. Among the younger generation there is a tendency to drop the verbal stem which normally follows ga-. The meaning is implied from context, e.g., Twamala ga-. We simply went there (or simply did something else, dep ending on previous context).

okukwana.

okuziyiza, okufubira, okulya empinga.

deaden; crush, disfigure; destroy.; stifle, hold back, frustrate.

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.

become wide open, spread apart (of the mouth, legs, usually in an exaggerated or unpleasant way); be/become tasteless (of food); become ineffective; diminish.

etc.; to rattle, okugalangatanya ekiwanga mu ngalo, to sleep, go to bed, lit. rattle the skull in one's fingers. Yagalangatanya ensimbi za Gavumenti, kati ali mu kkomera. He embezzled government funds and is now in jail. cf. omugalangatano; golongotana.

be taken apart/separated; get divorced (of a marriage). cf. -gatte, -egassi, obugassi, obwegassi, omugassi, engassi; gattika.

become bad (with obudde, expressed or implied, as subject). Obudde bugayegga- ye. The situation has become worse.

okuzaala.

omugigi.