e- (li/m a) sediment, dregs (of beer), c f. bondogga.
amata aga bbongo, curdled milk.
e-: kugwa bbooci ng'ensawo za kasooli, to sit in a relaxed position, to fall in a heap (lit. like sacks of com).
e- (li/ma) clot of blood; jealousy (especially between the sexes), cf. bubira.
e- (li/ma) kind of plant with edible leaves resembling spinach or doodo (q.v.).
e- (li/ma) large barkcloth. kugwa mu bbugo, to ask secretly for help. Yamukubira essimu ng'amugwa mu bbugo. He telephoned him and asked him in confidence to help. cf. olubugo.
the sound of crackling, splutter (of a fire when it is initially being induced). Bbugubugu, si muliro. (prov.) Mere spluttering is not a fire. Haste makes waste, cf. bugujja.
e- no plur. (li/ma) heat, warmth, endwadde ez'omu nsi ez'ebbugumu, tropical diseases, cf. buguma.
e- (li/ma) strong permanent wall; city wall; outer enclosure of royal residence^
e- (li/ma) baby, very young child who is almost ready to walk.
probably conv. of
e- (li/ma) lack, shortage, scarcity. cf. bula.
nzibudde) v. tr. bring up (from water); restore to a former state; rescue, salvage; revive; name a child after (another person).
one of a variety of long pieces of cloth ( 3-4 yards) worn by Baganda women under the busuuti.
e- (n/n) teapot.
e- (1 i/ma) place of the lost, place from which there is no return. Ensi eno mabuliro. The world is a desolate place. It is a hard world, cf. bula.
e- (n/n) [frag.] bugle; trumpet.
e- no. plur. (li/ma) clay; potter's clay. cf. bumba.
e- (li/ma) pottery, shop where earthen vessels are made. cf. bumba.
plur. bibbumbuzzi) black and yellow boring wasp, mason wasp. cf. bumbujja.
e- (li/ma) fruit of the rubber vine.
to laugh quietly, laugh without opening one's mouth. cf. bunira.
e- (li/ma) hipbone; hip.
e- (li/ma) large stomach, cf. olubuto.
lit. it jumps over (buuka) drinking pools (maziba).
lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).
cf. buuka.
e- (li/ma) [from Eng. boot] trunk of a car.
e- (li/ma) ebbuyungu ly' omwenge short gourd partially filled with beer.
lit. male (-ddume from -lume) goat (bbuzi or embuzi).
e- (li/ma) sore, open wound, omusi- bira mu bbwa, policeman.
e- (1 i/m a) [Sw., Port.] well-made box (not of the throw-away variety); chest; trunk; safe.
e- (li/ma) hole where lungfish hide during the dry season.
bbisa (-bbisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to steal; steal with/ using, okubbisa eryanyi, to engage in armed robbery.
okuba, okubeera.
okunuubuka, okulunguula.
they are. Be babazzi. They are the carpenters.
mmwe be nsasudde, you whom I have paid.
be cce, be mmu, be mmyu, etc. These are listed under the second element.
ettale, omutala, olubalama.
omunaala.
enkwanzi, akatiiti, olusinda, embira; (R.C.) ssappuli; (Moh.) masubbaawa.
ennyindo, omumwa.
enjaliiro, olukoma, omukiikiro.
ekijanjalo, akayindiyindi, mpokya, ekiyirigi, ekinyololo, akajereje, empindi, matamabbuuku, nnamunyi.
n., eddubuor eddubu.
v., (carry) okwetikka; (children) okuzaala; (puppies) okubwagula; (fruit) okubala; (endure) okugumii kiriza; b. down (in labour), okw ekema, okuweerera ebisa.
ekirevu.
ensolo; int. of abuse, kafulu, kookolirooko.
okukuba, okubaalinga, okuluuta, okusakata, okuwuttula. b. barkcloth, okukomaga, okusaaka; okutenga, okuttula. b. in hunting, okwandaaza. = to surpass, okusinga, okukira. =be too muchfor, okulema.
v.i., okubobba, okutujja, okulasira.
lungi, balagavu, sirii kirivu.
okuyonja, okulongoosa.
obulungi, obusaamu.
bebbula less frequent variations of bembuka, bembula, q.v.
less common var. of babaatala. be flat,-flattened. cf. -bebeetavu.
crumble; break into pieces.
kubanga, kuba, kubeera.
okuwenya, okuwebya.
okufuuka; cause to b., okufuusa, okufuula.
okukoowa, okufumbuka, okuggya, okufumbulukuka, okubuta, okuvuya, okulebettuka.
contract leprosy.
ekitanda, ekiriri, obuliri.
enjuki, kadoma, akazingirizi, essukkamugga.
nag, urge with troublesome persistence; pursue closely, follow behind.
omudyolo.
ennyama y'ente.
beekeka neut. forms of ba, q.v.
beereka (-beerese) v. i. appl. neut. be habitable; be tenable. Wano tewabeereka. It is not easy/possible to live here. cf. oba, obanga, oboolyaawo, olubeerera, embeera, newaakubadde, waliwo, (a)watali.