kaliuwa, ekke.
v., okuwulira, okufuuwa.
suumufu.
a- (ka/bu) scent, fragrance, pleasant smell, eby'akaloosa, perfume.
a- (ka/bu) inclination; descent; rolling down, going down. cf. yiringita, oluyiringito.
note, notice; suspect, be suspicious of; scent, smell.
e- (ki/bi) slope of a hill; descent; trough, low point; escarpment; valley. cf. kka, olukko.
scent, get the scent of.
okukubaakuba ama- tu, to be convalescent, recover from an illness. Yabakubaakubako okujja mu mbaga ye. He urged them to come to his wedding feast.
o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.
o- no plur. (lu/n) a jargon similar in principle to pig Latin (used mostly by children and young adolescents), cf. dikya, ekidikya.
a- plur. (li/ma) husky, deep voice; change of voice in an adolescent boy as he approaches maturity, as an adv. huskily, in a deep voice. Alina amalago- lago. His voice is changing (of an adolescent). cf. obulago.
a- plur. (li/ma) going down; downhill; descent, slope; south, southern part. cf. serengeta.
e- (n/n) descent; way of coming down, empanuka yaabwe ku bukulu, their stepping down from/losing their positions of importance, cf. wanika, wanuka.
come out of the egg; arch, become convalescent; recover (from a sickness). Akaana kaffe omula- ngira yali yaakaalukako. Our small child has just recovered from the measles, lit. the prince. okwaluka inf.
v.i. become partially dry; scab over (of pustules); become convalescent.
v.tr. caus. redup. keep misleading/leading astray; put off of the scent.
o- (mu/ba) one who grows rapidly (e.g., a child, young adolescent). c f. Iduuma.
no plur. (la) kind of grass with a pleasant scent which is often used to improve the flavor of coffee; lemon grass; perfume.
cf. vubuka.