ebbali, enjegoyego.

walk with the feet turned outwards; fig. fail to conform, be out of step; diverge on political issues; be unfaithful, be guilty of marital infidelity, cf. embaliga.

okwawukana.

be on the verge of. Yali ajula kufa njala. He was on the point of dying of hunger.

a- (ka/bu) loose flesh adhering to a wound; hangnail; fig. edge; brink. Obulamu bwabwe bull ku kalebwerebwe. Their lives are in the balance. Bali ku kalebwerebwe k'okutandika emizannyo. They are on the point/verge of starting the games.

e- (n/n) joint; seam; center, central point, pivotal point; junction, intersection, point of convergence; border, entabiro y'amakubo, crossroads, cf. ^taba.

(-nyiibye) also nyiibanyiiba (nyii- byenyiibye) v.i. (redup.) be on the verge of tears. Obudde bunyiiba. It is getting dark/ cloudy.

to look exasperated; to look to be on the verge of crying.

wound the feelings of. okutunula bijiijidde, to look tearful/woebegone/off the brink of crying. Yasanga omulenzi atunula bijiijidde n'amubuuza ogubadde. He found the boy on the verge of tears and asked him what the matter was. cf. akajiijiiri.

v.i. redup. be soft to the touch; seem to be on the verge of collapse.

v.i. be on the verge of tears.

v.i. be cloudy; be overcast; be on the verge of rain. Twavaayo ng'obudde butandise okubinduuka. IVe left as it started to threaten to rain.

lagira and the forms listed under it seem to be parts of laga. They are listed separately because of the divergence of meaning.

together with its derivatives, is perhaps related to kka, but because of the sharp divergence in meanings it is listed separately. cf. ekikko, olukko, ssa; kkakkana, kkalira, Ikkata, kkatira, kkiriza.