v.i., okumenyeka, okukutuka; v.tr., s. the fingers, okukuba entoli.

burst open; snap; crack (as of glass); break, break off; break open. Omusana gubanduse. The sun is very hot. Yabanduka enseko. He burst out laughing. Olugoye lwe lubanduse mu nkwawa. Her dress has split open under the arm.

etc. cf. emmanduso.

cut down; snap in two; bite off (esp. someti. tg hard and brittle).

snap at someone.

fruit); pluck; snap off, snatch off; disconnect. v.i. loaf, kill time instead of working.

bend, bend over; snap; break.

set off (a trap or spring); snap; shoot (an arrow); eject, cause to fly off. cf. mansuka.

e-: okukuba entoli, to snap the fingers.

snap off (e.g., a com cob); dislocate; pull out. okunuula ensingo, to twist/stretch the neck.

break off.

be released. kupasuka misinde, to run at a great speed.

release. Yamupasulako omukazi. He stole his wife.

snap off; break through (a barrier); force one's way through. Yawagula ensiko. He forced his way through the jungle.

bodily part); be broken off, snap off (of a branch).

mpogodde) v.tr. break off snap off.

akanasula ebifaananyi, shutter release of a camera.

improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.

snap; fig. obtain, acquire (a position). Bakoonodde ebifo ebya waggulu. They have gotten good jobs/high positions. cf. -koonofu.

to slap hard, okubandula oluggi, to push a door open with force. Kale tubandule. Well, let's be off.

v.i. be broken off; snap off; be finally settled; be clearly defined/ decided; euph. die.

v.i. speak in an irritable/ snappish/surly manner.

scold. cf. -kabufu (-kaabufu), omukabusi.

o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.

ideo. representing the sound of something being broken or snapped in half. cf. kutuka.

snap off (with a crackling noise, as a branch of a treej; fig. shout, speak in a harsh tone of voice, bark out.

v.tr. break; snap off; crunch (as a dog eating food).

feel at ease; snap, break, burst; relieve oneself, obuteyabya, constipation.

irritable, peevish, cf. kabuka.

irritable, peevish, cf. kabuka.

-esalirira (-esaliridde) v.i. appl. 2 refl. become worn away; become cracked all oven snap.