n., ettegula.
omusana, nnakasiki (infantile), obusonko.
o- (bu/-) infantile anemia.
gimu.
Munnagwanga.
e- (li/ma) scale (of a fish or reptile), cf. gagambuka, eggamba, ekiga- gamba.
e- (li/ma) scale (of a fish or reptile); scab; crust, cf. gagambuka, egga- gamba, ekigagamba, ekigalagamba.
gimusa (-gimusizza) v.tr. caus. make fertile, fertilize; cause to grow well, ebigimusa, fertilizers. cf. -gimu, -gimufu, obugimu, ekigimusa.
nnumbudde) v.tr. run into (e.g., a hostile animal); fail prey to; be a victim of, contract (an illness).
omulabe.
a- (ka/bu) small dog; puppy, kuba kabwa na ngo, to be hostile to one another, be like cats and dogs together, lit. to be dog and leopard, cf. lembwa.
a- (ka/bu) very small fragment of pottery; tile. Essomero lyaseresebwa bugyo. The school was roofed with tiles. cf. oluggyo.
a-: ekyalo ekigudde akaleka, a village having many extensive, well-cultivated and fertile banana gardens.
a- (ka/bu) lit. it bites (luma) the herdsmen (balunda), a kind of poisonous, lizard-like reptile.
e- (ki/bi) scale (of a fish or reptile). cf.. gagambuka, eggamba, eggagamba.
e- (li/ma) factory; workshop, ek- kolero ly'engoye, textile mill. Minista w'Obusuubuzi n'Amakolero, the Minister of Commerce and Industries, cf. kola.
‘rub each other the wrong way.' cf. akakuubagano.
o- (lu/n) dry unfertile land.
o- also lunnyo (lu/n) stretch of barren soil, olunnyunnyu, scattered area of barren soil, with the -a of rel. infertile. Ekitundu ekimu kigimu, ekirala nga kya lunnyu (or lunnyo). One area is fertile, whereas the other is barren, cf. omunnyu.
a-: okwogera amakuumuule, to speak in a hostile manner; to blurt out anything without regard to consequences.
a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also nnamugoya.
e- arch., with the -a of rel. infertile, barren (of soil).
a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also mugoya.
persevere (vainly, futilely).
olumbe, kawumpuli.
bi nnyo.
kakanyavu, kalubo; be p., okunaabira mu maaso.
ekyewalula.
empiima, ekkato.
release; free. v.i. leave, depart. Nnata omuti ne nneesuula wansi. 1 let go of the tree and threw myself to the ground. Bwe twamala okulya ne tuta. When we finished eating we left, kuta bi- gambo, to pour out a torrent of words (of a hostile nature). Tota mabi. Don't give up, there is still hope.
e- (li/ma) tile.
a dangu.
mpazeewazeko) v.i. keep trying; try vainly, make a futile effort.
mpulubudde) v.tr. speed up, hurry up. kuwulubula mmotoka, to drive a car at a high speed, kuwulubula bigambo, to blurt out a torrent of words (esp. of a critical or hostile nature).
v.i. be distressed/distraught; be in agony; wander about futilely.
fight; be noisy, make a commotion, cf. akanyonyoo- gano.
useless activities, futile/misdirected acts.
v.i. work futilely/in vain; go away dejectedly/rebuffed/empty-handed. cf. koggoka; sottoka.
o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.
v.i. be or become loud and hostile (of the voice); speak loudly and menacingly; less commonly go up (of prices).
okufuka amazzi, to urinate, okufuka ebigambo, to let loose a torrent of words (usually of a hostile character).
v.i. recip. see each other; visit each other; confront each other (often in a hostile sense). Tebalaba- gana. They are at odds with each other.
v.i. be fertile/fruitful; flourish; fig. prosper.
v.i. be hostile; have a feeling of mutual enmity/hostility.
harass. cf. walana, -walanagana.
o- (mu/mi) species of very tall mahogany tree including Entandro cylindricum, trade name Sapele, and Entandro utile, trade name Mufumbi or Budongo. (Sn.) cf. enjovu.
ebyewalula, creeping things, reptiles, etc. cf. ^wala.
-ekobogoza (-ekobogozezza) v.i. complain; make a futile complaint.
fruitful, cf. gimuka, obugimu.
fruitful. The difference between -gimu and -gimufu is slight.