you (referring to one person), ggwe wamma and wamma ggwe are interjectional phrases of high- frequency which have no close English eauivalent. They are used when there is good rapport between speaker and hearer. Perhaps ‘I say!' is the nearest equivalent.

run out of. Omu- sajja oyo taggweebwako nsimbi. This man never runs out of money.

completed in/at, etc.; be contained, fit in; end up in, wind up in. Ffenna twa- ggweera mu mmotoka. All of us were (able to) fit into the car. Enju yaabwe ejja ku- ggweera mu myezi esatu. Their house will be completed in three months.

etc.

use up; lose completely, lose all; complete, finish. cf. olutaggwa.

e- (li/ma) good luck, good fortune.

e- plur. amayiso (li/ma) large needle, cf. empiso.

e- plur. atnawolezo (li/ma) tribunal, court of justice, cf. lwoza.

e- plur. atnawolezo (li/ma) place where clothes are washed. Less common than ekyolezo, q.v. cf. yoza, yoleza.

e- also eggolu plur. amawolu (li/ma) leftover plantains; leftover food, leftovers; (in the plur., in addition to the preceding) jilted person, castoff. Amawolu galiibwa mujjukiza. (prov.) Leftovers are eaten by someone who makes his presence or desires known, cf. ^wola, -wolu.

e- augm. of oluwombo, q.v.

e- plur. amawoolezo (li/ma)

e- (li/ma) aroma; pleasant smell/ odor, okwogeza eggwoowo, to speak with a pleasant tone of voice, cf. akawoowo.

e- plur. amagya (li/ma) adze, knife with a curved blade.

nzigye) v.tr. take; take away/ off/out, etc. (The enclitics -ko, -mu, -wo are frequently suffixed to ggya, performing a role analogous to that of the adverbs following take, i.e., away, off, etc.). Ggyawo ekitanda. fake the bed away.. Ggyako ekikopo. Take the cup off (e.g., of the table), okuggyako, except, excepting, okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuggya omwoyo ku kintu, to neglect/forget something. okuggya akagere, to start walking, try one's first steps, okuggya obutiko, to pick mushrooms, okuggyawo omusango, to dismiss a case (at law). Kyanzigya enviiri ku mutwe okulaba nga... It made the hair stand up on my head to see that... Ebigambo bye yayogera byamuggya n'amaziga mu ki- wanga. The things which he said made her cry, lit. took tears from her skull. Temuggya okwo, mugende mu maaso. Don't stop there, go on. Keep up the good work.

njidde) v.i. burn, get burned

e- plur. amagye (li/ma) army, amagye ag'oku ttaka, ground forces, land forces, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, amagye ag'oku nnyanja, sea forces, navy. Eggye lya Maria, relig. the Legion of Mary.

omuzimu; Holy Ghost, Omwo yo Omutukuvu, Mwoyo Mutuukirivu.

erintu, omuntuomuwagguufu.

okusekerera, okukiina, okuduula.

kantoolooze, kammunguluze, kaboyi.

ekirabo, ekitone, ekiweebwayo; g. of food to king, olukungo.

a magezi

nene nnyo, agguufu; vide colossal.

okusekaaseka, okufeenverera.

protrude, project (often used of the teeth or lips).

show (the teeth). cf. kikinala.

q.v.

endaka.

kekeyu.

gimusa (-gimusizza) v.tr. caus. make fertile, fertilize; cause to grow well, ebigimusa, fertilizers. cf. -gimu, -gimufu, obugimu, ekigimusa.

n. (trap), omutego, akakunizo, omuliiti; (drink), walagi.

v. (cotton), okusunsula.

ring (a tree); more commonly improvise, make up; forge, counterfeit; falsify, fake; camouflage, okuginga omukono, to forge a signature.

pamper.

pamper, indulge, give excessive freedom to.

entugga.

okwesiba, okwambala, okwebaga, okwefungiza, okukekeera.

olukoba, oluyina, omukandala, olwebagyo, biti.

omuwala; vide dduuda; (servant) omuzaana.

obunene.

amakulu.

okuwa, okugaba, okutonera, okuweereza. g. birth to, okuzaala. g. place to, okusegulira. g. up, okuleka, okuta. g. oneself up, okwewaayo. g. ear to, okutega amatu, okuwulira. g. out, tr., okulanga, okubuulira. g. judgment, okusala omusango. be much given to, okuweebwa jjaliri.

ekisakiro, oluguve.

sanyufu; be g., okusanyuka; make g., okusanyusa.

n'essanyu,

essanyu.

enkenga; (swollen) ensanjabavu, emmambavu.

okutunulira obukanu.

endabirwamu; (tele scope) galubindi; (drinking) ekirawuli.

v., okumaskmasa, okwakaaya kana.

okuyeera.

essanyu.

ogezi.

okuseeyeeya, okuyenjeera.

v., okumasamasa, okutanga lijja, okunyereketa, okuteŋŋeenya.

ensi.

ekizikiza; (sorrow) obunaku.

be, okulungubala.

okugulumiza, okusuuta, okutendereza.

ekitiibwa.

be, okunekaaneka.

v., okwaka, okusegenya.

ogi

emmunyeenye.

muscle, nayiga.

omuluvu, ssedduvu, dduma bikalu.

luvu, a mululu.

gujuba, lumenku; eat g., okwevuubiika, okugujuba, okutuuba, okumenkula.

okuluma obujiji.