take the trouble; be busy; be restless.
toil, exert oneself; bother, trouble oneself.
trouble oneself over.
take trouble, fret; struggle (e.g., with a task).
etc. kuteganira busa, to trouble oneself in vain.
make an effort; be bothered/disturbed.
-etabula (-etabudde) v.i. refl. mix oneself up; trouble oneself; involve oneself; be in confusion.
ndabye) v.tr. see; perceive; find; get; greet, v.i. be conscious; be alive; be awake; be alert/perceptive, kulaba nnaku, to suffer greatly, experience hardships, kulaba binene to experience major troubles/difficulties, butaiaba muntu, to be proudly contemptuous of someone. kutuuka walaba, to attain a high station, get oneself in the limelight, kwessa
etc. okwesennyera akaku akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble on oneself, lit. to collect for oneself a piece of firewood which has biting red ants in it. cf. kasennyanku.
reel, totter; vacillate; bother oneself, take the trouble (to).
okutunda omwoyo, to risk oneself or one's life in doing something difficult or dangerous. Okugenda ewaabwe nga kutunda omwoyo ng'enkoko emira ensanafu. Going to their place was taking one's life in one's hands, lit. like the chicken who swallows biting ants. Ebigere bintunze. My feet have betrayed me/led me into trouble, kutunda buliwo, to sell for cash, kutunda layisi, to sell at a bargain price/on a sale.
drinks, beverages, kunywa taaba, to smoke tobacco, kunywa buzzi, to understand with no difficulty (e.g., a school lesson); to complete without any trouble (a task), lit. to drink like water. kunywamu kendo, to outdo others, lit. to drink from a small ladle, eggoolo okunywa, to be scored (of a goal in football), kunywa mpewo or ku mpewo, to enjoy oneself, have a good time, lit. drink some air. Tanywa gu- teeka. He is not one to be trifled with/to fool with, lit. He does not drink (beer) which has settled down. Zinadda okunywa. There is going to be a showdown. We (they) are going to have it out.
-eteganya (-eteganyizza) v.i. caus. refl. give oneself trouble; make oneself take the trouble. cf. lagana.
okwesiikuulira enku- kunyi, to stir up trouble (lit. fleas) for oneself.
-ereetereza (-ereeterezza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. bring upon oneself. Emitawaana agyereetereza. He brings trouble upon himself.
-ekolera (-ekoledde) v.i. & tr. appl. refl. do for oneself; make for oneself; work for oneself; make trouble for oneself; get oneself into a fix; hurt oneself.