n., ekibegabega; (round shoulders) entumba.

v., okukongojja, okubaga lira.

enkwakwa, amakumi.

shoulder, cf. ekibegabega.

dig up (e.g., potatoes, plants with deep roots, etc.); fig. view with contempt, shrug one's shoulders at (as an expression of contempt).

okwetikka; (on back) okuweeka; (on shoulders) okukongojja, okwambala; (in front of one) okutembeeta; c. off, okunyaga, okuwakankula; c. all before one, okwerula.

v. (river), okusomoka, okuwunguka; (road) okusala; (legs) okugombera; (hands on shoulders) okwewumba.

a- from ekibegabega, shoulder, kuggyawo kabega, to avoid becoming involved, withdraw one's support to avoid complications, lit. take away the shoulder.

look around.

e- (ki/bi) shoulder. Oggye ku mutwe otadde ku kibegabega. All right, very well. I have understood, you don't have to say anything further, cf. begabega, akabe ga.

e- (ki/bi) long garment/cloth worn over the shoulder.

v., okufundikira, okutugga; k. cloth on shoulders, okusumika.

o- adv. leaning to one side; askew; awry, okugwa olubege, to lean to one side, tilt. Omusajja alina olubege. The man has one shoulder higher than the other.

o-(lu/n) spite spitefulness irritation; provocation, kugenza lusonso, to go somewhere in a provocative mood/with a chip on one's shoulder, cf. sonsa, 2 akasonso.

o- plur. ennyambalizo (lu/n) sling for carrying a bundle on the shoulder. cf. yambala, ekyambalizo.

e- (laorn/n) black-shouldered kite.

a- plur. (li/ma) shoulder blades.

a-: ennyama ey'amasagasaga, meat cut from the shoulders of an animal.

e- (n/n) small skin cape worn over the shoulders.

wear around the shoulders. Yanagira omunagiro gw'eddiba ly'engo. He wore a leopard-skin cape. cf. omunagiro.

e- (n/n) shoulder blade.

the Crow Clan.

e- (n/n) round shoulders, ow'entu- mba, a person with round shoulders.

be, okukootakoota.

etc.; throw over the shoulder.

v., okukasuka, okukanyuga. t. away, okusuula, okuyiwa. t, down, okubemula, okutandaggira, okulekula, okuligajjula; (in wrestling) okumegga. t. up (earth), okufukula. t. over shoulder (cloth), okusuulira. thrush, ebbuukamugogo; (disease of infants) engeru, enkuyu.

v.tr. carry (another person) on one's shoulders; drive for or serve as chauffeur for (the Kabaka). cf. omukongozzi.

Port.f\ colored cloth worn by women on the head or shoulders.

bent. Omugongo yalina gwa nnalufumba. He had a stooped back. He was round-shouldered.

v.tr. caus. cause to look back over the shoulder.

o- (mu/ba) a person who carries another person on his shoulders; chauffeur of the Kabaka. cf. ^kongojja.

v.i. redup. walk with one's shoulders bent downwards (as one who is carrying a heavy load).

v. tr. appl. carry on the shoulder; carry.

okusuukiza ebibegabega, to shrug the shoulders.

to change one's feelings towards a person, turn against a person; give someone the ‘cold shoulder.'

v.tr. refl. elude, clip by. Abaiujju bagezezzako okuyigga goonya eno kyokka n'okutuusa kati ekyabeekoota. The hunters have tried to hunt down this crocodile but until now it has still eluded them. cf. olukooto.

-ebagajja (-ebagazze) v. tr. refl. lift with effort; carry (something heavy); shoulder; transport.