v.i., okuzuukuka; v.tr., okuzuukusa.
sit, okutuula busiga.
v.tr., okusisimuka, okuzuukuka; be a., okulaba, okutunula.
okugolokosa, okuzuukusa.
kutemya bukofu, to blink like a guinea fowl, i.e., be wide awake, cf. enkofu.
o- adv. kuiuula busiga, to sit for a long time wakeful; to stay by the hearth, busiga is also the plural o/kasiga, small cooking stone, cf. essiga.
nzize) v.i. return, come back; go back; go; come up (of crops); take effect (of medicine), kudda mu mbeera, to return to normal, kudda mu maziga, to burst into tears; kudda mu ddiiro, to do a job over (because it was poorly done the first time); to dance again, kudda ngulu, to regain consciousness; to wake up. kudda buto, to become childish, enter one's second childhood (see buto for additional meanings). kudda ku mabbali, to stand aside, kudda mu bi- gere bya..., to follow in the footsteps of, succeed. Tayinza kudda awo kumala bi- seera bye. He can't just stand around and waste his time, abanlu abatalina kadda eri mumwa, people who have nothing to eat, lit. who do not have (a little thing, kantu implied) which returns to the lip. Emmere ezze. The food has been vomited up or The crops have come up.
The sun has been very hot these days, lit. it would awaken Kaweekwa in Ggangu.
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
o- (lu/n) elbow, okubukeereza enkokola (-bu- = obudde), to wake up bright and early, to begin (a taskj or start (a journey) early in the morning, olukokola lw'entebe, the arm of a chair, cf. akako- kola, nnabankokola.
e- (n/n) conflict. Ensi ezo ziri ku mbiranye. These countries are at odds with each other/in a state of conflict, kusuza ku mbiranye, to give a great deal of trouble to. Alina kiyegu kimusuza ku mbiranye. He has a case of the flu which is causing him trouble/keeping him awake all night.
e- (n/n) chicken; hen. kukaabya bukoko, to make (someone j cry like a chicken, make suffer, kuzuukuka mu nkoko, to wake up bright and early, ku- kwala nkoko mumwa, to get up early, start out early/before the cock crows, Kye yankoze enkoko ekikola baana baayo. He treated me like a dog, lit. what he did to me the chicken does to its children.
e- (n/n) kind of edible termite, white ant(s) which come out slightly after midnight, okuzuukuka mu nsejjere, to wake up bright and early, cf. obusejjeresejjere, ekisejjere, amasejjere.
rouse from sleep.
v.i. blink, okutemya n'okuzibula or okutemya ekikowe, in the i.winkling 01 an eye, very quickly, kutemya bukofu, to be alert/wide awake, lit. blink like a guinea fowl, ow'erimu kutemya ku w'abiri, a person with one (eye, eriiso implied) to blink at one with two (eyes). This is used of an event, gathering, celebration, etc., which is very impressive or of enormous magnitude, okutemyako, to give a hint to by winking. Akutemyako, oyagala wa mbazzi? (saying) He has winked at you, do you want the one with the ax (to tell you)? Do you need a roof to fall down on your head?
cause to awaken.
straighten; correct. cf. -golokofu, golola, obugolokofu.
to rub one's eyes after sleep, struggle to awaken oneself. Obudde butandise okunyiimuula. Day is beginning to break.
oku- tunula ku —, to face, face towards; look towards. kutunula muntu mu mutwe (or mu nviiri), to look down on a person, to be indifferent towards a person, lit. look at a person in the head (or hair). Ennyumba zitunula ku luguudo. The houses face the street. Yatunula ng'amazeewo. He stood looking with a vacant/blank expression on his face. Obudde butunula. It is dawn. It is twilight.
be hale and hearty, kumoga bukofu (from nkofu, guinea fowl), to be still awake, be sleepless, cf. ekimogo.
o- (mu/mi) lip; beak, omumwa gw'ennyindo, nostril, ow'omumwa, quarrelsome person (esp. a husband who quarrels with his wife), okufuna eky'okuzza eri omumwa, to get something to eat, lit. to bring back to the lip. okubega emirawa, to pucker one's lips (as one on the brink of tears or who feels an aversion), okukwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonished, kuggya mumwa ku muntu, to stop slandering a person, kuggya mu kintu mumwa, to have eaten enough, be surfeited with food. Omumwa gumuli mu nnyindo. He is very angry, lit. his lip is in his nose. Obunyo- nyi tubukwata mimwa. We wake up early in the morning, lit. the little birds we catch them by the beaks, cf. obumwamwa, akamwa.
v.i. be or become pregnant (of animals). c(. eggwake
the eyes (while awake); close in (of darkness). Obudde butuzibiridde. It has gotten dark on us.