be, okusesema, okutanaka; fall sick (ill), okulwala; (be disgusted) okutamwa.
adj., lwadde, kosefu.
feel, v., okwegoga; I f. s., emmeeme ensinduukirira.
v.i., okulwala; (cause to vomit) okusesemya; (disgust) okutama.
ekiwabyo.
endwadde, obulwadde; sleeping s., mmongoota, kitenduka, kibongoya.
crack, crackle; give off sparks, flare up; burst, explode; blow up; throb, tinglejfo/ the fingers, etc.); be very hot (of sunshine); come out, debouch (of a small road or path); fig. break out (of war, sickness, etc.). Olutalo lubaluse buto nate mu Bulaaya. War has broken out again in Europe.
keep (someonej company (a sick person, a child, a person who is lonely). Genda obeesebeese omwana aleme kukaaba. Go and stay with the child so that he doesn't cry.
also boyaana (-boyaanye) v.i. be dizzy; be delirious, rave (of a sick person); toss about restlessly; be disturbed/ troubled; seethe, be in a turmoil, boyaanya (-boyaanyizza) v.tr. caus. make dizzy/delirious, etc. cf. akaboyi; boyonga.
blaze (of a fire); be burning hot (of a sick person), v.tr. pester; hurry (someone). Leka kumbu- gujja bw'otyo. Don't keep rushing me like that. cf. buga, bbugubugu.
o- (bu/-) tiredness; lack of vitality/strength; minor sickness, cf. koseka, -kosefu.
o- (bu/-) sickness, illness, disease, cf. -lwadde, ^lwala, omulwadde, endwadde.
o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.
o- (bu/-) sickly appearance. cf. yongobera, -yongobevu.
okuyanza engalo; I feel sick, emmeeme ensinduukirira.
okwerowooza. f. sickness, okwerwaza. f. death, okwefiisa. f. ignorance, okwewubya, okw ewugguusa, okwewussa. f. sleep, okwefuluusa. f. inability, okwekekkezza. f. exertion, okwepacca. f. madness, okweralusa. f. assent, okuttikkirira.
sway, wobble, rock; toss and turn (of a sick person); feel weak; be spoiled.
be, okulumirwa eka omwoyo.
nzijanjabye or nji- janjabye) v.tr. nurse, attend (a sick person); take good care of, look after the needs of. okujjanjaba ebirime, to tend plants.
sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis. cf. bongeera, bongoota.
such as olumbe, sickness, the name of a weapon, etc.). cf. -kalu, akakalu, ekkalizo, olukalu, omu- kalo, omukalukalu, enkaliriza.
be sickened (by food); feel a distaste for.
millet with a knife or sickle).
e- (ki/bi) litter in which a sick person is placed, a stretcher, okuba ku kisituliro, to be very sick; to be bedridden. cf. si tula.
e- (ki/bi) sickle/knife for pruning / first used by the Basoga).
kolebwa (-koleddwa) v.i. pass, be done/made, etc. Abalwadde balabika oku- kolwako eddagala lino. The sick people seem to be favorably affected by this medicine.
to; at; among (of place, time and other relationships), ku mmeeza, on the table, ku lunaku luno, on this day. to express the partitive okulya emmere, to eat food; okulya ku mmere, to eat some food/ some of the food, ku lwa (before an infinitive), because of, on account of. Ku Iw'oku- beera omulwadde teyajja. Because he was sick (= because of being sick) he did not come, ku lwa (before a substantive), on behalf of. ku lwange, on my behalf, ku lwa Gavumenti, on behalf of the Government. Ali ku bwa Katonda. He is very seriously ill, lit. he is in the (obuyinza, power, implied) of God. Nze siri ku muntu ayagala okunywa omwenge. I do not care for a person who likes to drink beer. In form and function ku is related to the enclitic -ko, q. v.
e- (ki/bi) sacrifice (often in a religious sense); victim, butt; despicable person or thing; scapegoat, animal or fowl to which sickness is transferred.
e- (ki/bi) fireplace, hearth, ekyoto ky'eggaali, railroad engine, okulinnya mu kyoto. to refuse angrily, ‘put one's foot down.' okusula ku kyoto, to sit up all night with a sick person. Ennyonyi erina ebyoto bina. The airplane has four motors. ?cf. yota.
topple over; (after another verb) do to extremes. Yasese n'okuleruka n'aleruka. She laughed herself sick. cf. teruka.
bewitch, place a a spell on, put a hex on. okuloga obulwa- dde, to cure of sickness, okuloga ennyon- ta, to assuage thirst. Nzija kukukuba nkuloge eddalu eryo erikuli mu mutwe. I'll give you a beating that will knock that nonsense out of your head. Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has a Muhima woman bewitched you? What has paralysed your efforts? Why are you there doing nothing (when work must be done or when danger must be avoided)? cf. -loge, obulogo, eddogo, omuloge, omulogo.
ndwadde) v.i. become sick/ill; be sick/ill.
etc. Omulwadde yamulwa- liza mu ddwaliro ly'e Mmengo. He kept the patient in Mmengo Hospital.
cause to get sick; keep (a sick person) at.
a- (li/ma) the place of the dead; the other world; hell, as an adv. emagombe. okukkirira emagombe, to die, lit. to go down to magombe. okusumattuka amagombe, to be sick and almost die.
African trypanosomiasis, cf. bongoota.
e- (n/n) bed; sleeping place, okuba ku ndiri, to be in bed (usually with reference to sick persons). Ali ku ndiri. He is sick in bed. cf. obuliri, ekiriri.
e- (n/n) sickness; disease, endwadde z'obukaba, venereal diseases. cf. 1 lwala, -lwadde, obulwadde, omulwadde.
e- (n/n) bottom of a calabash; fig. problem, issue; grudge, okusitula enkundi, to come out forcefully, kick up a fuss, raise hell, okuleeta enkundi, to come with great force; to present/constitute a serious problem, be of great gravity. Mmongoota aleese enkundi. The sleeping-sickness epidemic is really striking hard. cf. ekkundi, omukundi.
v. (child), okulera; (sick) okujjanjaba, okulwaza.
sickly, half-starved dog. cf. lembwa.
rub; paint (a picture); infect, contaminate, kusiiga mulwa- dde, to anoint a sick person, administer the last sacraments, kusiiga langi, to paint, color fan object), kusiigako liiso, to see; to meet, okusiiga akazigo ku maaso, to use sweet talk in lying or deceiving, lit. smear a little oil on the eyes. Akusiiga enziro. He is damaging your reputation.
be nauseated; be ‘fed up.' okusinwa mu mwoyo, to be sad/ sick at heart.
mmongoota, kitenduka.
shake about, kusukumbula kyejo, to act in a spoiled manner, behave badly. cf. essukumbuli. night; sleep; remain, stay; live, dwell. Wasuze otyanno? Good morning, lit. How did you pass the night? kusula ku budde, to spend a sleepless night (esp. with one who is seriously ill). Yasuze mulwadde nnyo. He was very sick last night. Osula otya obulwadde? How are you now? (Said to someone who is very sick.) Tanywa si- gala asulayo bbiri. He smokes to great excess. Tanywa mwenge asulayo bbiri. He doesn't just drink, he gets intoxicated.
swoon; be extremely sick, be in agony; be on the point of death.
v., okukola; t. well, okusaanira; (sick case) okuganga, okujjanjaba.
vide sleeping sickness,
v.i., w. away (in sickness), okukonvuba, okukoozimba, okuwolongoka.
hold up (e.g., a sick person); carry in one's arms; embrace; fondle; pamper.
stink. Ennyumba empunyiridde. I am sick of staying in the house. cause to smell strongly (e.g., cooked food); cause (a person) to smell; smell/sniff at.
njabye) v.i. be weak; be very sick. okuyaba inf.
come out of the egg; arch, become convalescent; recover (from a sickness). Akaana kaffe omula- ngira yali yaakaalukako. Our small child has just recovered from the measles, lit. the prince. okwaluka inf.
njigaayiganye) v.i. be very restless; toss about restlessly (as a patient in a sickbed).
rare bo very sick; be exhausted/tired out.
nnyongobedde) v.i. wither; be weak/sickly; be dejected/depressed. okuyongobera inf.
(la) sleeping sickness.
no plur. (la) sleeping sickness. cf. tenduka.
kukunya misinde, to race away, kukunya mubisi, colloq. to brew beer. Enseko zaabakunya. They laughed themselves sick.
v.i. appl. pass. Omulwadde akambaggirwa emmere. A sick person finds food bitter/unpleasant.
as a pillow), okuzizika omulwa- dde, to prop up a sick person, put a pillow under the back of a sick person.
give in; feel worse (of a sick person). ebigambo ebigonvu, soothing words.
(la) coma; sleeping sickness. cf. bongoya.
o- (mu/ba) one who cares for the sick, nurse, cf. jjanjaba.
sway, oscillate. Emmeeme entengee- tera. I feel sick at my stomach. I feel upset/worried.
rush; pester, annoy, ‘bug.' v.i. toss about (in illness); be very sick. Baasanga omwana abuga walumbe. They found the child extremely ill.
o- (lu/n) stiff neck. Ekiri waggulu kirwaza enkoko olukya. (prov.) What is above causes the fowl to be sick with a stiff neck. Curiosity killed the cat. cf. ebikya.
v.tr. disgust; sicken.
v.i. appl. 2 be or become lukewarm; begin to warm up; be heated up (from exertion or sickness); fig. become cheered up; become enthusiastic.