a- ow'akasitunkira, gadabout, capricious person. Ow'akasitunkira, talya nkoko ya mukodo. (prov.) The gadabout does not eat the miser's chicken. Perhaps = A rolling stone gathers no moss. cf. situka, situnkana.

a- also kasituliro, a- (ka/bu) elevator, lift; hoisting device, cf. situla.

a- (ka/bu) pith of the raffia palm. cf. obuso.

a- (ka/bu) small knife, obuso obw'oku mmeeza, table knives, cf. ekiso.

a- (ka/bu) premature calf.

a- (ka/bu) small animal, small mammal, cf. ekisolo, ensolo.

a- (ka/bu) type of stepladder used in picking coffee or in constructing a house.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small black ant with a sharp sting, cf. ensolosozi.

a- (ka/bu) roof of a house; head of a clan.

a- (ka/bu) uvula, cf. sonda, omumiro.

a- (ka/bu) extremity; tip; point; pointed end; pointed tooth, canine tooth, obusongezo bw'engalo, the finger tips. cf. songa.

a- (ka/bu) elephant shrew, cf. omusonso.

a- adv. slowly, at a slow pace. cf. sooba.

kasookedde conj. since, since the time that. cf. sooka, sookera.

fowls, etc. cf. kasiikolindo.

maize, cf. ekisoolisooli.

a- (ka/bu) small snake. Abaserikale baasimbwa Iwa kasota. The soldiers lined up/formed a line, (lw- = \u- which implies olunyiriri, line.)

a- (ka/bu) hill. cf. olusozi.

a- also akasukusuku (ka/bu) kind of mushroom found in plantain gardens, cf. olusuku.

a- (ka/bu) blade of grass. Oyo mutono ng'akasubi. He is as thin as a rail. as a pr.n. Kasubi, a place in Kampala where the tombs of the Kings of Buganda are located, cf. essubi.

hurl. Akasuka ly'ali nalyo taba muti. (prov.) lit. He who throws (the spear, effumu) which he has is not a coward. A person who does what he can is worthy of praise.

a- var. of akasikwasikwa, q.v.

Mormyrus kannume. cf. ombegedde- (matono).

a- (ka/bu) a small purple king- Mr. Sandman, okulwala akasumagizi or okuba ng' eyalya akasumagizi, to be drowsy/ sleepy (particularly when there is something which needs to be done), cf. sumagira.

a- (ka/bu) small pitcher, cf. ensumbi.

a- (ka/bu) conical fish trap for catching mudfish.

a- (ka/bu) corrugation; wrinkle; fold (e.g., in a rock), cf. essunduba.

a- (ka/bu) quick temper, cf. -sunguwavu, sunguwala.

a- (ka/bu) tuft of hair left when the rest of the hair is shaved or combed down.

a- with the -a of rel. lukewarm, warmish (of a liquid). Amazzi ga kasuususu. The water is lukewarm.

a- (ka/bu) kind of lake plant.

a- (ka/bu) (the act of) working hard; trudging to and fro, bustling about.

adj. real, genuine, authentic; pure. Omuganda kaswa, a real Muganda. cf. enswa.

a- (ka/bu) small stick/rod/switch (used in administering punishment), cf. swanyula.

a- (ka/bu) small gourd, cf. ekita.

a- (ka/bu) electric bulb, kwessa mu butaaia, to show off, put oneself in the limelight. cf. ekitaala, ettaala.

a- also akataalitaali (ka/bu) deserted area.

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano. lit. to ask four and five, i.e., to interrogate in detail, question at length, cf. -na, -taano.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small brown lake bird, lily-trotter.

a- (ka/bu) small basin of water used for washing the hands before eating.

a- (ka/bu) swallow, awatali na kataayi kusala, lit. without a swallow crossing, i.e., in the twinkle of an eye, in no time at all. cf. entaayi.

a- (ka/bu) [Eng.] small necktie, akataayi aka kawojjolo, bow tie. cf. ttaayi.

a- (ka/bu) millions; an enormously large number, lit. that which is not easily counted, cf. ^bala.

a- (ka/bu) disturbance; riot; uprising, okulangirira ebiseera eby'aka- tabanguko, to proclaim a state of emergency. cf. tabanguka.

a- (ka/bu) small book; booklet, aka- tabo ak'amawulire, newspaper, news magazine. kukuba katabo, colloq., to lie, tell untruths, cf. kitabo.

a- see butagali.

to drink down without taking the cup from the lips, drink and produce a gurgling sound in the throat.

light-skinned, neither very dark nor very light, omuwala owa katakketakke, a light-skinned girl.

a- adv. endlessly, incessantly.

a- (ka/bu) hangnail, bit of skin hanging from the base of the fingernail. cf. takkuluza.

carries torches and scares his companions; the name of the game itself, lit. scratches (takulira) fire (muliro).

a- (ka/bu) small white cap worn by Muslims.

a- (ka/bu) market, akatale ak'awamu, common market, akatale k'ebirime, produce market, akatale ak'omubuulo, open public market held at regular intervals, usually monthly.

a- (ka/bu) small cloth; napkin; handerchief. akatambaala ak'omu ngalo, handerchief. akatambaala k'oku mutwe, head scarf, cf. ekitambaala.

a- (ka/bu) small pot/sauce pan. cf. ^entamu.

lit. it disgusts (tamya) those who bask in the sun (boosi).

a- (ka/bu) carrier on the top of a vehicle, akatanda k'omwana, a baby's crib. cf. ekitanda.

a- (ka/bu) table or platform on which coffee is dried; rack on which plates and cups are dried.

a- (ka/bu) kind of wild gourd. It is inedible and characterized by extreme hardness.

drink down, okwekatankira omwenge, to guzzle beer, drink a lot of beer.

a- (ka/bu) business; trouble; disturbance, commotion, cf. tawaana.

decline from a better to worse state (esp. in behavior); be a stay-at-home; be restricted to one area for a long time. Yakyala n'akatawala. He overstayed his visit. cf. takawala.

a- (ka/bu) business; bustle; agitation. cf: tawuka.

a- (ka/bu) commotion; restlessness.

a kind of tree yielding charcoal auu fiicwuod, Bridelia rr.icrzr.tha. It is the host for the wild silkworm.

a- (ka/bu) dangerous/very evil person; phenomenon, wonder.

a- (ka/bu) small cow; calf. cf. ente.

q.v.

a- (ka/bu) small chair; small stool. Nnazaalibwa mu njala ‘ani amuwadde a katebe.' I was born during the great famine of the early 1940's, lit. the famine ‘who has given him a chair (so that he can sit down and eat our food)?' cf. ekitebe, entebe.

a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe.