cf. funda.

a- (ka/bu) dust, as an adv. quickly; without stopping; like dust (enfuufu). kulaga kafuufu, to race away in a car, leaving one's pursuers behind, lit. to show dust.

at a great speed. cf. fuumuuka.

a- adv. at a great speed, lit. (the breeze; akawewo is implied by ka-) which blows away (akafuumuula) the termites (mpawu). Emmotoka yabayitako kafuumuulampawu. The car zoomed past them, with cap. Kafuumuulampawu, the tenth month of the Kiganda calendar, corresponding to October, cf. ^mwezi.

a- more commonly kafuumuuko adv. at a great speed, very fast. cf. fuuwuuka.

a- (ka/bu) small wave.

a- (ka/bu) [S w., Hind.~\ bicycle; small vehicle; wheelbarrow, akagaali k'omwana, baby carriage; tricycle; small bicycle, cf. eggaali, ekigaali.

a- var. of akagaali, q.v.

lit. the one who cooks them, i.e., plantains (-ga- implies matooke).

a- (ka/bu) small finger. Alina akagalo. He is light-fingered/adroit in stealing, cf. engalo.

a- (ka/bu) small word, akagambo akayunzi, gramm. conjunction, cf. gamba, ekigambo.

a- (ka/bu) charge of gunpowder. cf. obuganga.

to go down to Kaganga, i.e., to die.

irretrievably. Kagenderere, ng'omukadde akogga. (prov.) Gone for good like an old person who is getting thin. What is gone is gone. cf. genda, genderera.

a- (ka/bu) gift given to a guest by the host. cf. -genyi, obugenyi.

a- (ka/bu) toe; small foot, okwekuba akagere, to menstruate, okukuba akagere,to travel on foot, walk, okukuba obugere, to mock, scorn, okuggya akagere, to start walking, take one's first steps, cf. obu- geregere, ekigere, olugere.

a- usually in the plur. See obu- geregere.

a- (ka/bu) small river, small stream. cf. omugga. See also akawonvu.

in which if a player is found without a stick, he is beaten until he obtains one. (Sn.) cf. omuggo.

cf. ggwa, ensonyi.

a- (ka/bu) foul smell, stench, stink.

a- (ka/bu) very small fragment of pottery; tile. Essomero lyaseresebwa bugyo. The school was roofed with tiles. cf. oluggyo.

a- (ka/bu) nit, egg of a louse; egg of a chigger. cf. omugina.

q.v.

a- (ka/bu) kind of wild plant/weed, kukooza kagiri (often with the subject ennaku), to cause to suffer greatly, lit. cause to pluck off kagiri. Yankooza kagiri. He made me suffer greatly. Ennaku y'ensi ebakooza kagiri. They are having very hard times.

a- (ka/bu) small fin. cf. eggirigimba.

a- (ka/bu) [from Eng. Gillette] small razor blade, cf. eggirita.

be frugal with; economize on. cf. omukagiriza.

a- (ka/bu) point, goal (scored in soccer), okunywesa akagoba, to score a goal. cf. goba.

a-: okukuba akagogo, to stand firmly on one foot and move the other one backwards touching the ground with the toes (a disrespectful and insulting gesture mostly- employed by girls).

a- (ka/bu) narrow neck of land, isthmus; narrow channel of water into which boats are launched, canal, cf. golomola.

a-: okusula akagomba, to go to bed hungry.

a- (ka/bu) small horn, akagombe ak'enkomerero, the last trumpet (at the end of the world), cf. ennombe.

emaciated person. cf. Igoogomba.

a- (ka/bu) sisal fiber; piece of sisal fiber, cf. obugoogwa, ekigoogwa.

a- (ka/bu) small cloth; small garment. cf. olugoye.

thick neck.

a- adv. hurriedly; in haste; with urgency.

a- (ka/bu) small load/bundle; trouble, danger; scandal in a family, shameful secret which a family wishes to be hushed up. Onsombedde akagugu. You have caused me trouble. Balina akagugu mu nju. They have a skeleton in their closet, cf. omugugu.

a- (ka/bu) start, panicky reaction; stampede; rumpus, cf. gugumuka.

a- (ka/bu) black-capped finch.

unclog (a tube or a pipe stem).

a- (ka/bu) small cage; ring (for boxingj; dock in a courtroom where the prisoner stands, cf. ekiguli.

a- (ka/bu) turmoil, disturbance, crisis; disagreement, fracas, feud. cf. gulumba.

gigantic. kaguugu w'essajja, a giant of a man.

a- (ka/bu) small rope; string; tape. cf. omug(u)wa.

watered down; insipid, tasteless.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) madness, craze; folly. Alimu akajabangu. He is Crazy/mad (but not in the literal sense).

a- (ka/bu) riot; disturbance; uprising; revolt, cf. jagalala.

a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence, effrontery; pushiness, aggressiveness, gall; meddlesomeness; nosiness; bumptiousness, kuba na kajanja, to possess some or all of the above attributes, cf. -ejangisa.

a- (ka/bu) coin; cent, penny. cf? jjegejege.

a- (ka/bu) small chain, okwesala akajegere, to go into a rage, ‘blow one's top.' cf. olujegere.

a- var. of akajenjegule, q.v. See also jegulwa.

a- (ka/bu) rare native umbrella made of banana leaf.

a-: eby'akajenjegule, false statements; nonsense; trivia, okwogera eby'akajenjegule, to make false statements, speak foolishly.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small bean.

a- (ka/bu) painful/vice-like grip. as an adv. painfully; with a painful grip; in a heartrending manner, okukaaba akajiijiiri, to cry pitifully, cf. jiijiira.

a- (ka/bu) small spoon; teaspoon. cf. ekijiiko.

Ssewanaku, Nnyinibulamu, Nnyiniggulu, Liisoddene.

a- var. spelling of akagiri, q.v.

roam about freely; trespass.

the leaves of which are used for polishing and cleaning and also for putting on sores and wounds.

a- adv. endlessly, interminably.

a- (ka/bu) dancing doll, marionette, puppet, cf. jjejjerebu.

more frequently ekkajolyanjovu, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) small spear.

a- the sing, of the more frequently used obujonjo, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) penholder.

a- (ka/bu) barkcloth kilt worn by hunters.

a- (ka/bu) fringe (e.g., of a garment). cf. ekijwenge, omujwenge.