n., obweyamo.

v., okweyama obweyamo oba okweyama obweyamo, okulayira. voyage, n., olugendo lw'okunnyanja.

o- (bu/-) oath, vow. cf. -eyama.

a- (ka/bu) vow, promise, cf. -eyama.

e- (ki/bi) oath, vow. cf. layira.

e- also ekleziya, ekkereziya (n/n) [from Lat. ecclesia] a Roman Catholic church, eklezia enkulu, cathedral. The initial e- is sometimes treated as part of the word, sometimes as the l.V. (initial vowel J. The spelling klezia is in violation of the rules of the orthography but is in common use.

nnaamye) v.i. make a will/ final testament; vow, promise, v.tr. will, dispose of by means of a final testament.

e- (n/n) vowel, ennukuta empee- rezi, vowel, vowel letter, cf. ^wa, weerera. contr. ensirifu.

brother or sister (of the same sex as the person speaking or spoken of); cousin. Note that this noun never has the initial vowel and must be followed by a possessive adjective or a noun with which it is connected by the -a of rel.

with (denoting instrument or association), adv. also, too. na is also regularly suffixed to -ii, is, are, io express possession. Alina ensimbi. He has money, na sometimes alternates with ne (q.v.). When na means with it is replaced by ne if the verb is positive. Genda ne Kapere. Go with K. Togenda na Kapere. Do not go with K. The disjunctive pronouns are regularly suffixed to na. nange, and I, I also, naawe (2nd. sing.), naye (3rd sing.), naffe (1st plur.), nammwe (2nd plur.), nabo (3rd plur.).

ne bwe, conj. even if, even in the event that, ne is regularly used to introduce what is called the ne tense or the narrative tense. Twagula emmere ne tulya ne tukkuta. We bought food and we ate and we were satisfied.

e- (n/n) vowel, cf. yatula, yatuza.

e-: okuwera enkolokooto, to vow allegiance; to swear, take an oath; to declare emphatically that one will be able to do something.

o- (mu/ba) lady; lady of the house; without the initial vowel wife; as a title of address Mrs., Miss. cf. nnakyala.

hinder; defeat (an opponent in the game of mweso). okulayira Katonda. to swear by God. Nze sijja ku- mulayira kukola ky'agambye. I will not prevent him from doing what he said (he would do).

okuweerera omuntu mu ssomero, to pay school fees for a person, okuweerera embwa, to urge a dog on (e.g., to catch something), okuweerera ebisa, to bear down (in labor).

v.i. & tr. bet; pledge; vow. Osingawo? Do you want to bet?

v.tr. refl. deny, disavow. Omuwala yeegaana kitaawe olw'okuba nga mwavu. The girl denied her father because he was poor.

disavow; exculpate oneself. Ebyo byonna yabyegaanira mu maaso gange. He disavowed/denied all these things in my presence.

make a vow. cf. obweyamo, akeeyamo.

vowel. cf. Iwa, weerera.

-ko, -yo) before which the vowel of the root is lengthened.

-ewera (-eweze) v.i. refl. forbid oneself. Yeewera okunywa omwenge. He forbade himself to drink beer. This is a play on words. Th ere is another -ewera which means to vow, swear (see the previous entry). The sentence can therefore also mean He swore that he would drink beer. cf. -were.