kalu, a lunnyo; (female animals) gumba, ensaata; also vide olukumakuma, enkumba, olunnyo; become b., okusajja kula, okusaatawala.
lit. men of the dung heap.
jump suddenly to one's feet.
etc.; make consider, bazaamu, multiply.
nzibye) v. i. <£ tr. steal; rob.
e- (li/ma or n/n) [,Eng.f] bathtub.
e- (li/ma) slaughterhouse; place where animals are slaughtered, cf. baaga.
e- (li/ma) portion of meat assigned to the person who has slaughtered the animal.
e- (li/ma) [£ng. ] bar, barroom.
e- also ebbakaasa (n/n or li/ma) [Siu.] envelope.
e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.
e- (li/ma) labia majora.
e- no plur. (li/ma) burning smell, smell of burning. Emmere ewunya ebbabe. The food smells burnt, cf. babira.
e- (li/ma) draft (of a bill, proposal, plan, etc.); preliminary outline, cf. baga.
e- (li/ma) carpenter's workshop. cf. bajja.
e- also ebbaasa (n/n) L/'U'.J
e- (n/n) [Sw>.] bowl.
e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.
e- (li/ma) fury, rage, wrath; madness.
q. v.). Bbalaza, Monday.
e- adv. aside, to the side, ebbali w'oluguudo, at the side of the road, ebbali n'ebbali w'olugundo, on both sides of the road. cf. mabbali, wabbali.
e- with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. as an adv. occasionally, not too often, rarely, cf. ^bala, balirira.
e- (n/n) [Stv., Ar.] letter; certificate; diploma.
e- less frequent var. of bbavu (li/ma) blister.
e- (li/ma) hollow-stemmed perennial mountain bamboo, Arundinaria alpina. It is black in color as opposed to nkaawo which is yellow.
e- (n/n) [Eng. ] bandage.
e- (li/ma) space; room; time, inter- val; opportunity, chance, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, mu bbanga lya myaka mitono, in the course of a few years, E — waliyo obuduukaduuka obwesudde ama- banga. At: — there are numerous poor little shops scattered around, cf. banga.
e- (li/ma) hump on the back, ow'ebbango, hunchback, cf. akabango.
e- (li/ma) training center. cf. bangula.
e- (li/ma) debt. Tetutunda bbanja. We do not sell on credit, okufuna ku bbanja, to buy (lit. get) on credit, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okugwa ku bbanja, to fall into debt. cf. banja.
e- (li/ma) vat; trough for brewing beer. cf. ekibanvu, emmanvu.
e- (li/ma) inflamed breast, mastitis.
e- (li/ma) [Eng.] baptistery, place where baptism is performed, cf. batiza.
e- (li/ma) blister (on the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot), cf. ebbambavu.
e- (n/n) [Eng.] seedbed.
e- (li/ma) breast, in the plur.
e- (li/ma) liberty, freedom; free hand fin carrying on an activity); permission; relaxation; peace.
e- (n/n or li/ma) price; expensive price, ebbeeyi eza wansi, low prices, engoye ez' ebbeeyi, expensive clothes.
e- from amabega, back, q.v. kukuba ku bbega, to carry on the back.
e- more frequently ebbendobbendo (li/ma) roof pad; edging of arch of porch of hut. cf. akabendobendo.
e- (n/n) [Eng.] basin.
e- (1 i/m a) dam; embankment.
be stolen.
e-: kukuba bbidde, colloq. to drink beer to excess, cf. embidde.
e- (li/ma) large flaming fire (for cooking, roasting, etc.) cf. akabiga.
e- (li /ma) large group, multitude. cf. ekibiina.
q.v. come up, emerge (from water); be revived/restored; recover. Bbuka! Gesundheit! (Said to one who has sneezed.)
nzibise) v. tr. dip, immerse.
e- (»/") kettle, (li/ma) large kettle.
e- (li/ma) large funnel, cf. omu- binikiro.
bob up and down. cf. bbinkira.
nzibinkidde) v.i. bob down, duck; bob up and down (especially in water).
etc. cf. ^bbira, ^bbika,^bbinkana.
e- (li/ma) celebration, big party; festival; ceremony; show, performance, okunywa omwenge mabinu, to drink large quantities of beer.
bbirira mod. forms of bba, q.v. cf. lbbika, bbinkira, bbulukuka, lubbira, ^omubbizi.
nzibidde) v.i. dive; sink, go under water, bbiramu, fig., relig. become immersed in, be utterly dedicated to (God).
etc.; cheat at. Y'abbira mu kubuuzibwa. He cheated in the examination, bbirako, warn/tell privately. Anzibiddeko bubbizi. He simply warned me in private, awatali na kusooka kubbirwako, without being informed privately/in advance.
e- (li/ma) large body. Eyeerabye ebbiri talagulwa. (prov.) lit. He who sees himself (as having) a mighty body does not accept prophecy. Pride cometh before a fall. cf. omubiri.
two, three, etc.) and with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes, cf. -biri.
e- (li/ma) plumb line.
e- no plur. (li/ma) harsh/rude/angry manner of speech, okwogeza ebboggo, to speak harshly/stridently, ‘bark out.' cf. boggola.
amenvu ga bbogoya, bananas of the aforementioned type.
e- (n/n) [Sw., Port.'] pump; air pump.
e- no plur. (li/ma) kind of climbing plant used in native medicine to cure measles, fever, etc. cf. ekibombo.
e- (li/ma) collar/band of metal or wood; insulator for telegraph wires; sport discus.