e- (n/n) a brass drum carried by one marching in a band.
the Book of Revelation. Sirina kirala kye nnyinza kumubikkulira. I have nothing else that I can reveal to ham.
(la) meal cooked from com flour.
v.tr. appl. 2 caus. surround/enclose completely. cf. olubugirizo.
(la) very wealthy person.
(li/ma) middle side plank of a canoe.
adv. in the farthest/ most remote corner of the house or room.
v.tr. caus. cause to froth/foam.
v.i. be or become warm/ hot (both of things and persons); fig. warm up (to a subject); become excited; get enthusiastic. Olwayanze omupiira luti, embooge yabadde tannaba na kubuguma aba Kenya ne bateeba eggoolo. The game had hardly started when the Kenya team made a goal, lit. the embooge had hardly warmed up. Ebifuba byababugumye. They wrestled furiously.
okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuva ku mabeere, to be weaned. cf. ^ekibeere, lubeerebeere, omubbeere.
v.i. appl. 2 be or become lukewarm; begin to warm up; be heated up (from exertion or sickness); fig. become cheered up; become enthusiastic.
crowd together, cf. ekibimbijjukano.
v. tr. appl. caus. 2 warm up; welcome warmly.
v.i. be obese/ distended (of the stomach from overeating or approaching childbirth); waddle (like a fat person).
heat; fig. cheer up; make enthusiastic, kubugumya kamwa, to talk for the sake of talking. cf. -bugumye, ebbugumu, akabuguumiriro; olubugumu, nnabuguma.
see kimpukumpuku.
to become dangerous/terrifying/threatening. Envubu zeefudde bbereeje ku bizinga bino. The hippopotamuses have become a major threat on these islands.
v.tr. bend; curve.
snap off (with a crackling noise, as a branch of a treej; fig. shout, speak in a harsh tone of voice, bark out.
etc., stay, remain; dwell, reside. Baabeeranga ku kizinga e Ssese. They used to live on one of the Ssese islands. Yabuuza ogubadde. He asked what had happened/what was the matter.
'-buguutanye) v.i. be excited; be bothered; rumble (of the stomach).
v.tr. break; snap off; crunch (as a dog eating food).
gorged/stuffed (with food or drink); be huge/immense.
v.i. appl. 2 be (often with the implication of long or permanent duration). Ebiseera ebirungi tebibeerera. Good times do not last. Abaana abato teba- tera kubeerera awo. Young children are always on the go, lit. do not usually just stay there, kye kibeeredde, for that reason, that is why.
excite; rush, hurry. cf. akabuguutano; buga, ^bukuta.
loom up, be imminent, cf. binduuka.
v.tr. caus. cause to be; enable to survive; support. Lukwago ye yamubeesaayo. It is Lukwago who enabled
v.i. be cloudy; be overcast; be on the verge of rain. Twavaayo ng'obudde butandise okubinduuka. IVe left as it started to threaten to rain.
v.i. be partially cooked; fail to cook; fig. be stupid/ idiotic/senile. Gundi akaddiye n'okubugu- yala abuguyadde. So-and-so has gotten so old that he is even becoming senile.
see under ^ bba.
etc. cf. -buguyavu.
chap, fellow.
v.tr. load; overload; burden down; fig. burden (with a difficult task). Nze nnabinikibwako gwa kuketta gusaawe gwa nnyonyi. I was assigned the difficult job of spying on a large airfield.
v.tr. conv. unload /a heavy load).
v.tr. conv. 2 - binikula.
to shake hands. Yamukwatako mu bujala. He shook hands with him. cf. enjala.
ebbaagiro, kibaaga, omu- baage, omubaazi.
v. i. be hot/burning to the taste; be overly salty.
(la) rich person; influential person.
v. tr. caus. cause to be hot (of spicy food); oversalt. Tobaa- laaza omunnyu. Don't put in too much salt. cf. -baalaavu.
v.i. frolic; play about; make merry; enjoy oneself; celebrate. cf. ekibinuko.
handling). Omusango enkeera gunaabinuka buto.
v.tr. raise up; lever up.
in the future, lit. when the time ( bu- implies obudde) comes.
v. tr. caus. cause to dive/sink.
v.i. stammer; stutter; jabber; speak hesitatingly.
etc. cf. -baaluufu.
see nnamunigina.
Solanum melongena.
v.i. be warmed up; be warmed over (of food).
(n/n) [_F.ng.fi beer.
v.tr. caus. warmup; warm over.
and the like, and so forth, etcetera, lit. and those which are like those.
v. i. - baama.
excite; lead astray, corrupt.
v. tr. caus. = baamuula. cf. -baamuufu.
v.i. run fast.
etc. okubw atukira omuntu, speak harshly to someone, make an outburst against a person.
v. i. waddle like a duck (= embaata).
v. i. walk painfully (as if on needles); waddle like a duck.
(la) [£ng.] whiskey.
v.i. rush about; act hastily and rashly; be all in a dither; become uncontrollable/unruly.
v. tr. caus. cause to act hastily; rush. Yamba- baalukanya. lie rushed me.
omugaati gwa bboofu, a loaf of bread.
to look hopeless/dejected/desperate; to have a downcast look. cf. omuliro.
v. i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled out manner.
servant, ttani-bboyi or bboyi-mmotoka, worker who loads and unloads trucks.