mukyama, mankwetu, munkukutu, kimugunyu; do s., okubbirira.

e- (li/ma) large barkcloth. kugwa mu bbugo, to ask secretly for help. Yamukubira essimu ng'amugwa mu bbugo. He telephoned him and asked him in confidence to help. cf. olubugo.

e- adv. secretly; furtively; quietly. Ayogeza kimomozo. She is soft spoken.

a- noun of limited occurrence secrecy; secretiveness, mu mankwetu, in secret, secretly, with the -a of rel. secret; secretive, mu ngeri ey'amankwetu, in a secret manner.

e- (n/n) flea, kusiikuula nkukunyi, to stir up trouble. Tonsiikuulira nkukunyi. Don't get me involved in trouble. nkukutu or mu nkukutu adv. secretly, in secret.

mpambuse) v.i. run off, abscond (secretly, as a thief or a person fleeing something undesirable; illicitly, as a woman running off with someone else s

v.tr. caus. lie in wait for; spy on; watch secretly. cf. omuliimi.