weweevu, seerevu, nyirivu.

v.tr., okuweweeza, okuseereza, okunyiriza, okukuuba, okukwanya, okusiira, okuttaanya.

v.i., be s., okuweweera, okunyirira, okuseerera, okusaana; get s. (sea), okuteeka, okulaala.

a- also akalibuzo (ka/bu) small piece of calabash used to smooth soft pottery.

adj. & adv. with the head or beard cleanly/completely shaven; smooth, without blemish (of the skin). Amwedde omutwe kawerette. He has shaved his head completely.

e- (ki/bi) large open calabash; piece of calabash used by potters to smooth clay; fig. foolish/stupid person. cf. oluwaawo, empaawo.

make level; plane; polish; rub; rub against, brush against; fig. show hostility towards.

put a dent in; smooth off (a pot before it dries).

e- (n/n) conversation, talk; account, narration; essay. Emboozi yagwa aroake- rendu. The conversation went very smoothly. They (we, you) had a very fine convex sation. cf. oluboozi.

glossy (of hair). Yalina enviiri za munyerere. He has smooth hair.

o- (mu/ba) the name of a game common throughout Africa. It is played on a board with holes in it cut in four rows; two persons sit on opposite sides of the board; they have a number of seeds (mpiki) or smooth stones, which they play into holes. Oluganda alumanyi nga mweso. He knows Luganda perfectly, cf. vesa, obweso, omwesi.

rub smooth; grate fin making powder); stir in order to dissolve, kusira kiyobyo, to waste one's time, do something in vain.

level down (e.g., earth); smooth down.

bowls, etc.); smooth down (the cement between bricks).

mpawudde) v.tr. rub smooth, polish; sandpaper, kuwawula mimiro, to get ready to drink beer, kuwa-

skin, etc.); cool oneself off; become cool (of the weather). Olwa leero obudde buwewedde. It has become cool today.

mpomye) v.tr. propup; shore up, underpin; cover (the reed frame of a house with mud and smooth it down), oku- biwomamu omutwe, to become involved in, take a hand in, take a lead in. Kasita nnaabiwomamu omutwe bijja kutereera. As soon as I get involved/take over, things will straighten out. cf. womeka.

ebiweweeza emimiro, soft drinks; refreshing drinks (coffee, liquor, etc.). akabaga ak ebiweweeza emimiro, cocktail party. cf. -weweevu.

smooth down with a carpenter's plane, cf. ^landa.

kusiisiriza nsobi, to cover up an error/mistake, kwesiisiriza muzigo, to put lotion on oneself.

kuseerera mu lulimi, to speak a language with a poor

kuseereza ligenda mugga, to find no difficulty in doing something, lit. make slippery the road (li- implies kkubo) which goes to the well.

put in good condition, kutereeza muntu, to lie to a person.

v.tr. hammer smooth; reduce to small pieces; sift.

the appl. form of kula, q.v.)

smooth, supple; cool, refreshing, cf. weweera.

slippery, cf. seerera.

smooth; calm. Gundi oyo omutwe gwe gulinga ogutali mutereevu. So- and-so acts as if he is not quite levelheaded/as if he is mentally unbalanced, cf. tereera.