i., olubu, oluwalo.

v.i., okusegulira; v.tr., okujjulula.

commence superficially. cf. ebbanga, obwebange, ekibangirizi.

often with a pejorative force. No nouns are inherently of the gu/ga class, omusajja, man; ogusajja, huge hulk of a man, giant, ekintu, thing, oguntu, huge clumsy thing. Since many hundreds of nouns may be shifted to the gu/ga them all in a dictionary.

e- (ki/bi) shift, rotation, turn, okukola ebisanja, to work in rotation, mu bisanja, in shifts, ekisanja ky'emmale, a load of smoked mmale fish.

o- plur. empalo (lu/h) turn; shift, okukola oluwalo, to take one's turn (esp. in corvee labor, public works).

o- plur. empeesa (lu/n) shift of work in a forge/blacksmith's shop. cf. Iweesa.

to shift one's gaze rapidly, move the eyes quickly from side to side. cf.maga.

o- plur. abaana (mu/ba) child. When referring to the young of animals mwana is sometimes, but not always, shifted to the mu/mi class, omwana gw'endiga, lamb, but omwana w'embuzi, goat, kid. mwana wattu, friend, my friend/pal (often used as a term of address), cf. akaana, ekyana, olwana, lyana, nnabaana.

v. tr. redup. make a first attempt at; draft; do in a makeshift way.

-ekobereza (-ekoberezza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. shift blame onto (someone else).