v., okutunda, okuguza, okubunza.

e- (li/ma) debt. Tetutunda bbanja. We do not sell on credit, okufuna ku bbanja, to buy (lit. get) on credit, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okugwa ku bbanja, to fall into debt. cf. banja.

o- (bu/-) selling; trade, eby'obu- tunzi, handle rf tiinrja

e- plur. amaguzi (li/ma) eby'amaguzi, merchandise, trade commodities, okuzira eby'amaguzi, to carry on a trade boycott. Ebintu bino birina egguzi. These things sell well/do well on the market/are profitable. cf. gula.

nnamudde) v.tr. judge; arbitrate; set a price (on the part of the seller). Bwe bagenda okukola kawungeezi y'alamula. When they go to work they do not come home until evening.

ekifiirizi; be at a, okubutaabuta, okwemagaza; sell at a l., okutunda ebyayanga.

e- no plur. (li/ma) selling; sale, bargain. ekintu eky'ettunzi, article for sale, ebirime eby'ettunzi, cash crops, cf. tunda.

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v.tr. give in large quantities (either as an outright gift or as a merchant who gives liberal portions of what he is selling). Kitaawe amudoomoolera omusimbi omuyitirivu. His father gives him a huge amount of/far too much money, cf. ekidoma.

okutunda omwoyo, to risk oneself or one's life in doing something difficult or dangerous. Okugenda ewaabwe nga kutunda omwoyo ng'enkoko emira ensanafu. Going to their place was taking one's life in one's hands, lit. like the chicken who swallows biting ants. Ebigere bintunze. My feet have betrayed me/led me into trouble, kutunda buliwo, to sell for cash, kutunda layisi, to sell at a bargain price/on a sale.

v.tr. appl. 2 sell all the time/continually; hawk.

2 omutunzi, ettunzi, ettundiro.

selling at bargain prices, as an adv. cheap(ly), at reduced price, omukazi owa layisi, a woman of ill repute.

o- (mu/mi) second-hand dealer, seller of old things, cf. lunda, -kadde.

o- (mu/ba) seller of clothing of low-quality. cf. tunda, enziina.

o- (mu/ba) seller, salesman, merchant, trader, dealer, cf. tunda.

o- (mu/mi) plain; plateau; level area, with the -a of rel. flat, level. Ensi yali ya museetwe. The country was flat/ level, cf. seeteera. charges, one who sells at exorbitant prices; swindler, cf. ^seera.

oku- tunda lejjalejja, to sell at retail, omutunzi wa lejjalejja, a retail merchant, abapakasi aba lejjalejja, temporary workers, workers who do odd jobs, contr. kolijja.

v.tr. caus. cause to buy; sell; buy with/using. Omubbi aguza ngalo. (prov.) A thief makes purchases with his fingers.

insignificant matters/ things; trifles, kutunda bya yanga, to sell at very little profit, kutya bya yanga, to fear every little thing/trifles.

o- (mu/ba) omusunzi w'amata or musundamata, one who sells milk from house to house with a bicycle, cf. sunda.

-etunda (-etunze) v.i. refl. sell oneself; practice prostitution; do everything one can to pay fa debt)/to buy (something); to expose oneself to danger. Kyetunda, ng'ow'ettulu asima enju. (prov.) It is exposing oneself to danger like a one-eyed (thief) who breaks into a house.