omulogo.
obulogo, obusezi, ettalo.
okuloga, okukotoggera, okuloma; (with fumes) okufuuyira.
e- plur. (ki/bi) twitching in the eyelids. (A twitch in the lower lids means that one will receive bad news; a twitch in the • upper lid signifies good news.) Not to be confused with bisulo, dormitories, the plur. of ^eklsulo, q.v.
mmongoose) v.i. be sleepy/drowsy; doze; fig. be caught napping, be asleep at the switch.
o- (bu/-) witchcraft, magic, sorcery. cf. loga.
o- (bu/-) witchcraft, wild dancing and magical rites performed at night by the basezi. cf. sera, omusezi.
e- plur. amaliiro (li/ma) dining room; dance floor; floor of the Assembly, okusala eddiiro, to change one's affiliation, switch one's allegiance, join the opposition. cf. lya, liira.
a- (ka/bu) small branch/twig; small switch/whip. cf. 2omusanvu.
a- (ka/bu) small stick/rod/switch (used in administering punishment), cf. swanyula.
carries torches and scares his companions; the name of the game itself, lit. scratches (takulira) fire (muliro).
e- no plur. (ki/bi) kind of skin disease characterized by a rash and excessive itching, kukuba muntu kikuku, to infect a person with a disease by the use of charms/witchcraft, cf. olukuku.
e- (ki/bi) twitch(ing) in the eye.
hinder; frustrate; sabotage, subvert; spoil; arch. bewitch, cf. kkotoggo.
ndeppuse) v.i. move around a great deal; travel much; move from place to place. Buli muntu wa ddembe okuleppuka mu azikiriza Everyone is free to change his beliefs/to switch from one faith to another.
bewitch, place a a spell on, put a hex on. okuloga obulwa- dde, to cure of sickness, okuloga ennyon- ta, to assuage thirst. Nzija kukukuba nkuloge eddalu eryo erikuli mu mutwe. I'll give you a beating that will knock that nonsense out of your head. Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has a Muhima woman bewitched you? What has paralysed your efforts? Why are you there doing nothing (when work must be done or when danger must be avoided)? cf. -loge, obulogo, eddogo, omuloge, omulogo.
o- with the -a of rel. horrible; hideous; loathsome, olunnabe lw'omukazi, a witch of a woman, olunnabe lw'embwa, a vicious dog. olunnabe Iw'obwavu, hideous poverty.
o- (lu/n) hair of the tail of an elephant or giraffe; bracelet made from these hairs, additional meaning in plur. fly switch; fiber for the seams of a canoe.
e- (n/n) trigger (of a gun or trap); accelerator (of a car); shutter release (of a camera); switch, cf. banduka.
n., akaswanyu.
be on the watch fui, ambush; bewitch, hex. v.i. be offside in soccer.
v.tr., okusikula.
o- (mu/ba) one who is bewitched. Wano wafiira muloge. This place is not safe, I (we) have to get away in a hurry, lit. (Only) a person who is bewitched would die here. cf. loga.
o- (mu/ba) witch, sorcerer, magician; wizard,' remarkably talented person, cf. loga.
o- (mu/ba) poisoner; witch, lit. a-give-poison. Avanjaza amagalo ng'omu- wabutwa. He is handling things with his dirty fingers, cf. wa, obutwa.
cast a spell on.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tall timber tree, witch tree of Mubende Hill, Pterygota sp.
among other things, to dance naked at night and to disinter corpses); be a bad omen. v.tr. bewitch, put a hex on. cf. obusezi, omusezi.
0- (mu/ba) A Muhima (the Bahima are o pastoral people who live in Ankole). Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has the Muhima woman bewitched you? What has made you unaware of impending danger?
o- (mu/ba) doctor, physician; witch doctor, cf. Iganga.
cf. loga.