entebe; (in canoe) olubanga.
v.tr., okutuuza.
o- adv. like a ngege fish, kwekyusa bugege, to toss and turn (in bed); to fidget (in one's seat), cf. engege.
a- (ka/bu) end seat in a canoe. cf. ekirumba, omulumba.
e- (ki/bi) seat; site; base, ekitebe ekikulu, headquarters, cf. akatebe, entebe.
e- (ki/bi) cushion, seat; carpet made of skins; middle seat in a canoe where a man sits to bale water.
nzikakkanye) v.i. sit down, take a seat; come down, move to a lower position; become mild; calm down, subside (of an illness, a difficult situation).
take a seat; sit at one's ease; settle down.
e- (n/n) [Eng.] separate seat of a bicycle or motorcycle for a passenger; carrier, trailer.
o- (lu/n) seat of a paddler in a canoe.
a- plur. (li/ma) deep-seated abscess in muscle tissue; swelling of the legs.
e- (n/n) described in previous dictionaries as: sternum, sternal cartilage; pit of the stomach; internal bodily part. It is now used almost always in a figurative sense: heart, soul, seat of the emotions. It occurs in hundreds of phrases and expressions of which the following is a sampling: mu ngeri ya kawanika mmeeme, in a frightening way. kwekuba mmeeme, to reconsider, emmeeme n'enfa, and my heart sank/I was utterly distressed. Nze emmeeme yangwa wala. I became very depressed. Otukubye wala emmeeme. You have really given us a scare. Emmeeme yamudda mu nteeko. He felt relieved, lit. his heart went back in place, ow'emmeeme etawaana amangu, one who is easily nauseated. Emmeeme entye- muse. 1 am terribly anxious/concerned/ shocked. Kino kyali ng'ekyawanula emmeeme ye. This seemed to relieve him/ calm him down. Emmeeme katale, ky'esiima ky'egula. (prov.) The heart is like going to market — it buys what it wants. Emmeeme gy'esula, ebigere gye bikeera. fprov.J Where the heart sleeps is where the feet- go in the morning, i.e., when you sleep with the intention of doing something, that is what you do. Emmeeme etefumba kigambo ekwo- geza munno ky'atagenda kwerabira. (prov.) lit. The heart which does not fashion well the spoken word makes you say what your friend will never forget. The spoken word can never be retracted.
okusesemya, okusinduukiriza; (disgust) okutama.
e- (n/n) seat of the helmsman in a canoe, cf. sizika.
be at the end, be final, ebigezo bye ebisembayo, his final examinations. Olwalya ku mmere ne nsemba. I felt nauseated after 1 had eaten some of the food.
be nauseated; be ‘fed up.' okusinwa mu mwoyo, to be sad/ sick at heart.
sinyisa (-sinyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be nauseated; nauseate with.
offer a seat to, cause to sit; make wait; convene (a meeting), kutuuza muntu mu bigambo, to call someone to account for his words or actions.
o- (mu/mi) first stretcher/seat in a canoe.
extend, be extensive; be stout; be flattened. Entebe ey'aba- biri mu bbaasi ayagala agituuleko bw'omu ayagaagale nga Lwera. He likes to take a double seat in the bus and spread all over it like Lwera (a flat treeless area between Buddu and Mawokota). okwagaagala inf.
v.tr. caus. cause to be last; bring to an end; cause to be nauseated. cj. -sembi.
v.tr. nauseate; offend.
v.i. be inclined/leaning; totter. Emmeeme ensinduu- kirira. I feel nauseated.
v.tr. caus. nauseate.
v.i. sit whereone is not entitled to sit. Leka kukaŋŋama mu ntebe ya mukama wo. Don't occupy your master's seat.
o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] spring; trigger; in the plur. steering wheel, steering device; controls; helm; leadership, looya ajja okuba mu mitambo gy'omusango, the lawyer who will be in charge of the case. Ali mu mitambo. He is in the driver's seat. The direction of the matter is in his hands.
sit down; settle down. cf. kka.
-etuulira (-etuulidde) v.i. appl. refl. take one's seat: be enthroned; rest rest nn Weetuulire! Sit down and take it easy and leave everything to me.
be seated (esp. in an inappropriate place and with indifferenc e to the presence of dirt, dust, etc.).