v., okusiba, okusabika, okuwumba.
okusabika.
o- (lu/n) the unwrapping of food (preparatory to serving); removing/removal of bricks (from a kiln), cf. ^jjula.
o- (lu/n) wooden framework for transporting objects; reeds woven together to make a kind of coarse wrapper.
o- (lu/n) arch, garment of goatskins; current thin/flimsy/transparent wrapper or cover. oluveera lw'ekiteeteeyi, a flimsy, transparent dress; a long, flowing dress.
o- plur. enjaliiro (lu/n) banana leaf in which bananas are wrapped before cooking; strips of banana stems laid in the area where bananas are crushed into juice. cf. 2yala, yaliira.
cover up; wrap up |'/ouJ H. I* ucjuic vaulting).
wrap up; bandage. okusabika emiggo, to beat with sticks, okusabika effumu, to pierce with a spear.
be wrapped, etc.
fall out; slide down; come apart (e.g., of a knot, of wrapped food); diminish; gradually lose weight/contents fas the contents of a bag). Olubuto lunsoosootoka. I am hungry.
okuwumbulula, okusumulula, okusabuukulula; (food from leaves) okusoosootola.
mpumbye) v.tr. wrap up; enclose, cover up; close (the lips); press/ mold into a homogeneous mass; overwhelm; sum up, summarize (a matter), okuwumba
etc. Emikono ngiwumbidde mu bu- lago. I have put my arms around my neck.
wrap up; fold, fold up; wind; coil; surround, okuzinga omuntu omuggo, to beat a person with a stick.
etc.; grip in wrestling; surround, okuzingiramu, to include, reckon among. Ne Kiwanuka mu batawa musolo naye baamuzingiddemu. Kiwanuka was also included {or: they included K.) among those who did not pay the tax.
zingulula (zinguludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 unwrap; unroll; untwist; unwind. Omwo nno nnaakazingulamu emyaka kumpi kku mi n'etaano. Here I had already spent almost fifteen years.
v.i. conv. 2 become unwrapped/unrolled/untwisted/un- wound.
v.tr. conv. 2 unwrap; unwind; unbandage.
uncover, etc. okuwumbulula akamwa, to speak, say, talk.
o- (mu/mi) cloak, robe, wraparound, cape. cf. nagira.
roll/fold badly.
-ezingirira (-ezingiridde) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 refl. wrap oneself around; coil oneself around; wind oneself around; encircle.
-ezingulula (-ezinguludde) v.i. & tr. conv. 2 refl. unwrap oneself; unwind oneself; unwind (something) from oneself.
-esabika (-esabise) v.i. refl. wrap oneself up; bandage oneself.
divest oneself of (a robe, etc.).
-ewumba (-ewumbye) v.i. refl. wrap oneself up; fold the arms.
-ewumbulula (-ewumbuludde) v.i. conv. refl. unwrap oneself; uncross the arms. cf. omuwumbo.