okuddamu, okwanukula, okunyega;

n., okuddamu.

okumimiira.

take place. Ebyafa mu nju endala saabimanya. I did not find out what happened in the other house. Agafaayo? What's new? What is happening at your place? What's happening over there? The reply is usually Ekyali. cf. ekyafaayo.

a- (ka/bu) sound of a voice; response, reply, cf. nyega.

o- indef. interrog. ordinal which in relative order? which ‘oneth?' (a word which unfortunately does not exist in English). ekitabo eky'okumeka? which book? The appropriate reply would contain an ordinal such as first, third, etc. cf. -meka.

-radde) v.i. be or become calm/fc>eaceful/settled. Eradde? lit. Is it calm/f>eaceful? The meaning is lost and the word is used as the first of a series of greetings, equivalent to How are you? The reply may be Maamu! Maamu, mirembe! etc. cf. mulaala.

e- (n/n) manner of replying; reply, response, answer, cf. dda, ddamu.

mukamwa; to reply orally, okudda mu mukamwa; to read orally, okusoma akamwa.

mpuunye) v.i. make indistinct sounds; moan, groan, v.tr. answer, reply to; reply with a grunt; respond to, react to. Teyampuuna n'akatono. He didn't answer me at all.

nnyanukudde) v.tr. answer, reply. okwanukula inf.

weewaawo, yee, kale; (in reply to a call) wangi! wampa! say yes, okukkiriza.

kukuba kkoodi, to call kkoodi, ask for admission. The reply is karibu. cf. Sw. hodi.

reply; repeat, do again. Yaddamu okuwulira obulumi mu lu- buto. He again felt pain in his stomach, okuddamu amaanyi, to recover one's strength.

interj. expressing agreement or a reply to a greeting.

interj. greeting used both as question and reply.

respond, v.tr. reply to. cf. akanyego.

-ebyala (-ebyadde) v.i. refl. Weebyale! Thank you for planting (a greeting to a woman so engaged). Mammonde! You are welcome (the usual reply).

desist; rest, repose; stop. Weerekere, si nsonga. Never mind, it does not matter. Yalaba omukazi tawuuna ne yeerekerayo. He saw that the woman made no reply so he gave up/desisted.

to act). Embwa obwedda ngiyita naye yeeremye. I kept calling the dog but he refused (to come).