a- (ka/bu) fish trap made of reeds for catching ngege, catfish, etc.

a- (ka/bu) loved one, sweetheart; wife. cf. biita.

a- (ka/bu) curve, bend; buttocks. cf. bina, embinabina.

a- (ka/bu) small pipe. cf. emmindi.

a- (ka/bu) pep, enthusiasm (usually misdirected); infatuation.

a- (ka/bu) small forest; grove; thicket of shrubs and small trees, cf. ekibira.

a- (ka/bu) small bead. cf. embira.

cf. omubiri.

a- (ka/bu) [Su;. ] match, cf. ekibiriiti.

a- (ka/bu) delicate, attractive, well-proportioned person (e.g., a woman with soft and beautiful skin), cf. omubiri.

be under a strain; be troubled/preoccupied; be imposed on; be depressed; be wearied. Nnakkiriza n'omwoyo ogukabiriddwa. I agreed reluctantly/with a troubled heart.

a- (ka/bu) dim. of omubisi, q.v. okukuba akabisi, euph., to drink beer.

a- (ka/bu) kind of fig tree, Ficus congensis.

engatto zange kaboga kakobogo, my brand new shoes. Omukyala yawasa muto kaboga. He married a very young girl.

cf. embogo.

adj. huge, very big. ekita kabogolole, an extremely large calabash.

a- (ka/bu) kind of creeping plant with fleshy leaves. It is used to wipe off banana sap.

a- (ka/bu) sign, indication; symbol; signal; seal; mark; point, grade, akabonero ak'omusaalaba, the sign of the cross, akabonero ak'emikono, gesture of the hands. cf. bona.

a- (ka/bu) craziness, madness (lit. and fig.). Alimu kabonge. Heis crazy. c f. bonga.

sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis. cf. bongeera, bongoota.

kabootongo omu- sikire, inherited/congenital syphilis. cf. bootonga, omubootongo.

a- (ka/bu) corn silk; tendril of wheat.

a- (ka/bu) dizziness, giddiness. cf. boya.

a- (ka/bu) very small fly which resembles a mayfly. It is attracted to fruit, particularly bananas. Omukwano gubasaza mu kabu. (prov.) lit. Friendship causes them to cut into (i.e., to share even) a kabu. They are very close friends.

a- (ka/bu) thin layer; thin covering; membrane, cf. olububi.

adj. dumpy; rotund.

a- (ka/bu) exciting event, a ‘hot' time. cf. buguma, ebbugumu.

a- (ka/bu) excitement, hubbub, bustle, rushing around, cf. buguutana.

r f. bula & omuliro.

a- (ka/bu) rare puppy.

very large, kabundi w'enkula, a huge rhinoceros.

a- (ka/bu) small gun, small rifle; pistol, cf. emmundu.

a- (ka/bu) roof of the mouth, palate; arch, lintel, transom (of a door or window) cf. ekibuno.

a- (ka/bu) side of the stomach, akabuto akato, iden. cf. olubuto.

a- (ka/bu) question mark. Ggyako kabuuza. There is no need to ask, the answer is of course yes, lit. take off the question mark.

a- (ka/bu) small dog; puppy, kuba kabwa na ngo, to be hostile to one another, be like cats and dogs together, lit. to be dog and leopard, cf. lembwa.

adj. huge, gigantic, ekyennyanja kabwege, a huge fish.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) impertinence, importunity; meddlesomeness; speaking out of turn.

a- adv. n'akaceppe = n'akatono, not at all, not a bit (with a neg. verb).

a- var. of akakyo, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) tumult, disturbance, uproar. cf. cwacwana.

a- (ka/bu) small step/stair; platform (e.g., on which political speeches are made), cf. eddaala.

a- (ka/bu) asparagus fern; headdress/ tiara of a bride.

a- adv. loosely, okwesiba akada- gado, to fasten one's belt loosely, wear one's clothes loosely, okutambula akada- gado, to walk in a loose-jointed manner. cf. dagada.

a- also kaddaliddali (ka/bu) inflammation of the toes.

a- (ka/bu) going backwards; retrogression, as an adv. backwards, kukuba kaddannyuma, to go back, retrogress. Kuba akaddauuyuma oiowooze... try to think back... cf. ^dda, nnyuma.

a- (ka/bu) time; time of day; weather. Ng'akadde kakaalaamye! How hot the weather is! cf. obudde.

make old, age; cause to wear out. cf. -kadde, ^obukadde, omukadde.

a- (ka/bu) blade of grass; in the plur. obuddo, patches of grass; lawn. cf. omuddo.

black person, cf. ddugala.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of jute cloth; type of thick fabric made of sisal and resembling fiber glass, used for tying cotton.

a- (ka/bu) kind of musical instrument, one-stringed fiddle or harp.

e- (ka/bu) point, tip; small spool, akadondi k'ewuzi, a small spool of thread. cf. ekidondi.

a- (ka/bu) rancor, grudge, resentment.

a- (ka/bu) (Buddu) hemp seed. cf. edduli, ^akaluli.

a- (ka/bu) prison, jail.

a- (ka/bu) small raft. cf. ekidyeri.

a- (ka/bu) sensitive plant, plant which contracts when touched; shame. cf. 1 fa, ensonyi.

a- (ka/bu) large quantity; large number; abundance. Ensimbi alina kafeetete. He has a great deal of money.

a- (ka/bu) small, niggardly portion/ helping of food. cf. mufumbakafu.

a- (ka/bu) consumption, tuberculosis; small chest, cf. ekifuba.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) privacy; private session, with the -a of rel. private. Bali mu kafubo. They are in private session.

adv. rapidly, at breakneck speed. with the -a of rel. rapid, headlong, embiro z'akafubutuko, breakneck speed, cf. fubutuka.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small black waterfowl, cf. fubutuka.

a- (ka/bu) large quantity, great amount- I have number abundance, nbu- fukunya bw'ensimbi, large sums of money.

creeping plant, lit. it spears (fumita) the lepers (bagenge).

a- (ka/bu) brisket, part of animal's chest usually containing a lot of fat. cf. fumita.

a- (ka/bu) nib, pen point; pen. cf. effumu, fumita.

a- also akafungulankete lit. which expose the underclothes, as an adj. sensational; sweeping, enkyukakyuka ez'akafungulankete, drastic developments/ changes, cf. fungula, olubugo, enkete.

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