v., okukyala, okubunga, okulambula; okulanya. v. constantly, okubeyuka, okuseya, okusereggana. make a short v., okubandagala. be on a v., okugenyiwa, okunyegera.

omugenyi.

okulanga, okutegeeza, okubuulira; (visitor) okwanjula;

e- always plur. (ki/bi) bowlegs, with the -a of rel. bowlegged. Wa bitege. He is bowlegged. Gye twakyadde baatufumbiddeyo enkoko, ekyemisana ne kigenda bitege. They cooked chicken for us where we went to visit, and it turned out to be a wonderful meal.

o- (bu/-) food or drink received by a guest; visiting, kugenda ku bugenyi, to go on a visit, kutta bugenyi, to receive food (of a guest), as an adv. as a visitor. Yajja bugenyi. He came as a visitor. He came visiting, cf. -genyi.

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.

bunyisa (-bunyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 spread; scatter; distribute; propagate; spread with/using. Leka kubunya bisasiro wano. Stop scattering trash here. Ebifo byonna ebikulu mu Qulaaya yabibunya. lie covered/visited all the major places in Europe.

nnenyiye) also genyiwala (-genyiwadde) be or go on a visit.

receive on a visit.

depart from a visit.

and I was struck by the idea that... okujjirwa obulwadde/omusujja, to contract an illness/fever. Jjo nnajjirwa omugenyi. Yesterday I had a visitor. Tujjiddwa (said at the arrival of an unwanted guest). Look what the wind has blown in.

decline from a better to worse state (esp. in behavior); be a stay-at-home; be restricted to one area for a long time. Yakyala n'akatawala. He overstayed his visit. cf. takawala.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

make a visit.

omukyaze.

depart (of a visitor).

be a guest/visitor of.

labibwa (-labiddwa) v.i. pass, be seen/noticed; be visited. Talabwa ekisa. He is extremely kind.

nnambudde) v.tr. call on, visit; tour; inspect (during the course of an official trip), eby'okulambula, tourism.

be visited, etc.

heal; cause to come out well, do a competent job with (a piece of work), v.i. pay a visit to (a chief, the king). cf. -lamu, lamuka.

o- (lu/n) row; line; list; category, class. Akoowoola bantu bonna okuyisaako olubu lw'ebigere e Nsambya mulabe aba- kyala bye bakoze. She asks that you all go to/pay a visit to (lit. pass a series of steps to) Nsambya and see what the women have done, olubu lwa ssapule, relig., the (prayers of the) rosary.

o- (lu/n) visit; round of visits; itinerary, cf. ^kyala.

a kind of broad-rimmed hat worn by missionaries, chiefs, etc.

e- also entontogolo (n/n) fruit of trees of the genus Ficus, (juweddeko entontogolo, ennyonyi ziyita ku ttale. (prov.) tVhen (the tree) has been stripped of all its fruit, the birds pass on to (other) areas. Wealthy people receive many visitors; the poor, none. cf. ekitonto, omutonto.

okulaba, okutunula, okulengera; (understand) okutegeera, okwetegereza; (visit) okukyalira, okulaba ; (see off) okuwerekera.

roam; make a round of visits.

one who comes. Sserwajja okwota, lukiza nnyinimu entannama. (prov.) The one who comes and warms himself at the fire prevents the owner of the house from squatting down fat the fire), sserwajjo- kwota (la) stranger; foreigner, immigrant.

v.tr. conv. send away/ send off from a visit.

o- (mu/ba) visitor, cf. ^kyala.

see. Yagendako mu Buddu abuuze ku bakadde be. He went to Buddu to visit his parents.

to have a good time/enjoy oneself on a visit.

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.

occur; fail (in an examination), kugwa butaka, to fail to hit the mark, fail, be unsuccessful, kugwa mu bintu, to hit upon a good thing, have a stroke of luck, get a high or rewarding position, kugwa nsimbi, to go bankrupt, kugwa muntu, to become enamored of/‘fall for' a person, kugwa ku muntu, to backbite/ slander a person in his absence, butagwa kintu, not to miss anything. Omukazi oyo tagwa mikolo. That woman never misses any big occasions, kukigwako, to experience misfortune/tragedy/disaster. Abaana abo bakiguddeko. Those children have really had their share of misfortune, kugwa mu ttaano, to finally receive/get what one has anxiously wished or expected, lit. to fall in five (fingers). Ku Lwomukaaga omu- fumbi w'ettooke ajja kungwa mu ttaano. On Saturday I am getting married/the girl will finally be mine, lit. the cooker of matooke will fall in my five (fingers), kugwa mu buwufu, to follow in the footsteps of; to follow what anotheris saying, ‘catch on.' Yali tannaba kumalayo bigambo ne mmugwa mu buwufu. I understood what he was saying before he was finished talking. Akabenje ak'amaanyi kaaguddewo olunaku lw'eggulo. A serious accident happened yesterday. Kino kyamuguddeko bugwi. This came to him as a great surprise. Ekigambo kino olwamugwa mu kutu... When she heard this..., lit. when this word fell in her ear. Abagenyi baatuguddeko bugwi. The visitors came to us unannounced/unexpectedly.

v.tr. appl. visit; visit at/in.

v.tr. caus. receive as a guest/visitor.

v.i. neut. to be the sort of person one likes to have as a visitor. Nnassiwa takyazika. Nnassiwa is a difficult person to have as a visitor.

v.tr. conv. send off (a visitor).

v.tr. appl. have an audience with; pay an official visit to. Yayagala nnyo okukiikira Kabaka George V. mu Bungereza. He very much wanted to have an audience with King George V. in England.

go to consult a lubaale. cf. omunyegero.

o- (mu/ba) guest, visitor; stranger. Omugenyi omuyite ajja avunja. (prop.) An invited guest arrives noisily, i.e., without reservation/inhibition, cf. -genyi.

cf. genyiwa(la), obugenyi, aka- genyi, ekigenyi, omugenyi.

-ekyaza (-ekyazizza) v.i. caus. refl. go on a visit without having received an invitation/without any real motive.