n., ekibi, ekyonoono.
v., okwonoona, okukola ekibi.
otherwise; maybe, perhaps, if I am not mistaken.
conj., kasooka, kasookedde.
a mazima.
amazima.
grown, sigh, ku- sinda mukwano, to be deeply in love.
sindikagana (-sindikaganye) v.i. recip. push each other, jostle one another. cf. ssindika.
lament, cry in anguish, mourn.
etc. cf. sinda.
ekinywa, omuziisa.
a maknyi, a muziisa; use rel. form of v. okugubira.
bi, onoonyi.
obwonoonyi, okwonoona, obubi.
okuyimba; (of birds) okukaaba; (of ears) okuwaawaala.
okusiriiza, okubabula.
omuyimbi.
be surpassed/beaten, etc. okusingibwa omusomo, to flunk a course of study.
pile up (e.g., wood).
n., okuyimba.
etc. Twase ye yasingira ddala bonna okusamba omupiira. Twase excelled everyone in playing football.
toss (of a body of water); sway gently, cf. essingisira.
muwith okka; vide omunwe.
kinna mu, musoolesoole.
to.bare the teeth.
v., okubbira, okwetutubika, okutubira, okusaanawo, okukka, okuyegaayega; I have a sinking feeling, emmeeme engudde.
omwonoonyi.
be shaken; start, wince.
shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.
be nauseated; be ‘fed up.' okusinwa mu mwoyo, to be sad/ sick at heart.
sinyisa (-sinyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be nauseated; nauseate with.
use as a point of departure. Note: This is a word for which a precise English equivalent is lacking. The following phrases illustrate the manner in which it may be used: okusinziira ku lipoota eyafuniddwa olunaku lw'eggulo, according to a report received yesterday. Okufa kwe kwasinziira ku butwa. His death was due to poisoning. Tulina ensonga ejinumu ddala kwe tusinziira ukukkiriza nga waiiwo... We have very firm reasons (from which we start) for believing that_ cf. -sinziivu, ekisinziiro
okuggyako omusango, okusonyiwa; be acquitted, okusinga omusango, okwejjeerera.
okusinza, okusuuta.
okusinza, okusuuta.
ensiriba, ejjembe, akawambo, olusinga.
omutemu, omussi.
okutemula.
pity, compassion. I am sorry! the poor fellow! the poor woman!
baagisa (-baagisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to cut/skin, etc.; cut/skin with/using.
e- (n/n) [Eng.] basin.
nzibidde) v.i. dive; sink, go under water, bbiramu, fig., relig. become immersed in, be utterly dedicated to (God).
plur. bibbumbuzzi) black and yellow boring wasp, mason wasp. cf. bumbujja.
bbisa (-bbisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to steal; steal with/ using, okubbisa eryanyi, to engage in armed robbery.
enkwanzi, akatiiti, olusinda, embira; (R.C.) ssappuli; (Moh.) masubbaawa.
okukuba, okubaalinga, okuluuta, okusakata, okuwuttula. b. barkcloth, okukomaga, okusaaka; okutenga, okuttula. b. in hunting, okwandaaza. = to surpass, okusinga, okukira. =be too muchfor, okulema.
adj., vide singa.
adj., vide singa.
e- sing, rare (ki/bi) dyspeptic pains; chronic stomach ailment which often produces barrenness in women; psychosomatic ailment (esp. of women).
e- sing, rare (ki/bi) leprosy. cf. -genge, gengewala, omugenge.
e- sing, rare (ki/bi) substance which accrues in the eyes during sleep. cf. obujonjo.
ejjengo, essingiisira.
mminze) v.tr. drive away, chase; drive (an automobile); ride (a bicycle). okubinga emisinde, to chase quickly; to run fast; to drive/ride fast.
e- also used in sing, (ki/bi) labor pains. Ebisa bijjira kumukumu. The labor pains are progressing fast.
etc.; cover with/using.
omukisa.
o- (bu/-) buying; trade; commercial dealing, eby'obuguzi, merchandise, obuguzi obw'okuwaanyisaganya, barter, okusikana obuguzi, to make a business deal. cf. gula.
o- (ka/bu) discharge of the eye, substance which collects at the corner of the eye after a long period of sleep. The sing, (akajonjo) is less frequently used, cf. ebijonjo.
o- (bu/-) immorality; sinfulness; depravity, endwadde ez'obukaba, venereal diseases. cf. -kaba.
o- (bu/-) messiness; flaky quality (of skin), cf. kuusiira.
be lacking, lack; be at a loss for; lose. Yabulwa eky' okuddamu. He was at a loss for an answer. Nnali siyinza kubulwa ddoboozi lye. I could not be mistaken about/fail to recognize his voice. Bwe yamunoonya n'abulwa n' agenda. When he looked for him without success (lit. and he was missing) he went away. Omuntu bw'abulwa by'ayogera anuuna ne ku vvu. (prov.) When a person is at a loss for words he even sucks on ashes. (This is said of a person who talks for the sake of talking).
crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.
make disintegrate; wear away.
o- (bu/-) laziness; idleness; finickiness, choosiness. cf. naanya.