mutabani, omwana (bw'obulenzi).

etc.

go on collecting little by little. cf. ^omusonzi.

oluyimba.

be prodded, etc.

omuyimbi.

irritate.

be inserted, etc.

gobble up. kusontera bigambo, to pour out a torrent of words.

pardon.

-sonyiyi, sonyiwala, eki- sonyiwo, omusonyiwe, omusonyiyi, ensonyi.

bring shame on. See the references at the end of the previous entry.

be forgiven.

okukwasa ensonyi, okuswaza.

okusonyiyibwa, okuggibwa ko ebibi.

okusonyiwa.

okuggyako omusango, okusonyiwa; be acquitted, okusinga omusango, okwejjeerera.

ekigambo, ensonga.

put on, okwekambazza, okw ejalabya, okwemanta, okukaga, okusongoka.

omusango, ensonga.

omusana, nnakasiki (infantile), obusonko.

n. ensonda; v.i., okuloba.

okwetonda, okusaba okusonyiyibwa.

empaka, ensonga, ekisoko.

be, okukwatibwa ensonyi, okuwemuka, okuswala, okukongoba, okwebbmbabomba.

make, okukwasa ensonyi, okuswaza, okuwemuukiriza.

the personal name of such a twin. See wasswa, kato and nnakato,

what a pity, how unfortunate; the poor thing (referring to a person).

lit. men of the dung heap.

e- (li/ma) portion of meat assigned to the person who has slaughtered the animal.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

nzibudde) v. tr. bring up (from water); restore to a former state; rescue, salvage; revive; name a child after (another person).

plur. bibbumbuzzi) black and yellow boring wasp, mason wasp. cf. bumbujja.

lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).

e- (li/ma) hole where lungfish hide during the dry season.

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.

omugagga bifeekeera, an extremely rich person, cf. feekeera.

a basket, container); overload (e. g., a person, a ship). Obuvunaanyizibwa yabubigise ku muntu omu. He placed the responsibility on one man. He burdened one person with the responsibility.

very wealthy person. as an invar, adj. very rich, wealthy, omusajja bijooto, a very rich man.

rich person.

akatundu; bit by bit, vide okusonsoma.

omubiri; (dead) omulambo; (person) omuntu; (headless) ekiwuduwudu; (company) ekibiina.

zira, gumu, kakanyavu, vumu, a mmizi; omusongole.

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.

v.tr., okumenya, okwasa, okucencena, okuvunja, okucwacwana; (egg) okukoona; (in two) okumenyamu. b. off, okuwogola, okunuula, okumegula, okusonjola. b. through, okuwagula. b. into, okusima. b. law, okusobya, okuwubwako, okumenya etteeka.

be, okumenyeka, okukutuka, okwatika, okutondoka, okubwaguka, okusonjoka.

n. embalangu.

foreign countries. Minista ow'ensonga ez'ebweru, minister of foreign affairs, ag'ebweru mu bimpi, foreign news in brief (amawulire, news, is implied by ag'). abasibirwa ebweru, parolees. Yabasibidde ebweru. He put them on probation, cf. -(y) eru.

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/-) in-laws; relationship acquired by marriage; relationship of a man to his wife's brothers; disease or misfortune due to the violation of any of the prohibitions relating to in-laws; Parkinson's disease, eby'obuko, bride price. Tugenda ku buko. We are going to visit our in-laws. cf. ebiko, ^njuko.

o- adv. in vain, vainly, unsuccessfully. Kye yava anvaako bukumbu. For that reason he left me empty-handed. He did not get anything from me.

o- (bu/-) regency; guardianship (of a person), cf. kula, kuza.

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).

o- (bu/-) humanity; manhood, with the -a of rel. humane. Okuwanika omuntu ku kalabba si kya buntu. It is not humane to hang a man on the gallows, eby'obuntu, human nature, mu buntu, in person, personally. okuddamu ak'obuntu, to recover one's composure. Muntu buntu. He is a mere man. buntu is also the plural of kantu, small thing. From the root -ntu are also derived omuntu, ekintu, akantu, etc.

v., okwaka, okwokya, okuteta; (be scorched) okusirilra; (anger) okubuubuuka; (mouth) okubaa laala; (nose) okusonsomola.

o- (bu/-) poison, venom.

o- (bu/-) imprisonment, cf. siba.

o- (bu/-) infantile anemia.

o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group), cf. sosola.

unconfined (of an animal); free, having no commitments (of a person); on the loose, at large (of a criminal); free, offering freedom of movement and expression (of a country), okulya obutaala, to be untethered/free, etc. Omubbi akyalya butaala. The thief is still at large.

o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.

o- (bu/-) poison.

buulira and buuza. appear to be derivatives of the Same rout buul-. They are here treated separately, primarily for reasons of tradition and practicality. cf. ekibuuliriro, embuulira, omubuulirizi, omubuulizi, nnantabuulirirwa.

a- (bu/-) youth (a period in life). Also the plural of akavubuka, small youth, slender young person, cf. vubuka.

o* (bu/-) rare (the) charging/ prosecution {e.g., of a person for a crime or offense), cf. vunaana.

o- (bu/-) fracture; dislocation; break, kwesiga nga buvune,.to have utter trust/beliance in (a person), cf. vuna.

o- (bu/-) eby'obuyeekera, acts of arson/incendiarism; revolutionary activities, cf. yeekera, omuyeekera.

o- (bu/-) nature, inherited constitution or makeup, with the -a of rel. natural; native; traditional, ennyimba ez'obuzaaliranwa, native songs, native music, cf. zaala, -zaaliranwa.

o- (bu/-) rare fine paid by a convicted person, cf. ^dda, zza.

o- adv. straight and erect (e.g., of a person standing). cf. ekitoogo, olutoogo.