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e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

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be turned, etc.

also kyukiza (-kyukizza) v.tr. appl. caus. turn towards/ for, etc.

v.i. be hard (of an object); be tough (of meat); be obstinate; be difficult.

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 be hard/difficult for; give trouble to; puzzle.

plur. bakinyoozi (la) [S«o.3 barber.

v.tr. be amazed at (esp. in a negative way); be disgusted with; express one's amazement at.

v.i. be tasteless; be tough (of food); be harsh/rude (of speech ).

also kijjamalenge (la) baby bom with feet first. (Formerly it was thought that such a child would grow up to he a criminal. It was often strangled and buried at the crossroads. Hence the word sometimes has the meaning of unknown corpse.) cf. olulenge.

(la) kind of common edible mushroom.

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 caus. make repeated exclamations of astonishment; express amazement (at); marvel (at); admire.

v.i. & tr. eat (something which is not tasty).

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make hard/difficult for.

(la) sores on the feet caused by chiggers.

cf. omukakaalukanyi, enkakaalukanyi.

a- (ka/bu) confusion, disturbance; scuffle, cf. vuvuŋŋana.

v.i. be encumbered; be overburdened; have more than one can handle; become entangled.

v.i. become dirty/ filthy; get dusty.

cram in; put (something) where it does not belong; impose; attribute, impute falsely. Leka kukakaatika bintu mu mmotoka. Don't force things into the car. Leka kunkakaatika kye siyogeranga. Don't attribute to me what 1 have never said.

draw along; carry off.

to hurry, rush, travel at a fast rate (esp. when chased).

good meat (esp. that with a lot of fat in it).

v.i. be kept waiting; misfire.

v.tr. caus. keep wai ting. cf. akakongobo.

v.i. recip. hate one another.

to laugh out loud, laugh raucously, cf. baalinga.

(la) common brown bird about the size of a weaver.

v.i. be deformed; be stiff and bent. cf. gongobala.

v.i. desert, abscond, run away. cf. -kunguzi, amakungula, omukunguzi.

(la) scarecrow; kind of banana.

-kkakkamu.

v.i. hop on one foot. cf. ekkongojjo.

kungulu ku, prep, phrase on, on the surface of. kungulu ku buliri, on the bed, on the surface of the bed. eby'okungulu* the ones on top. cf. eggulu, engulu, waggulu.

sort, em- yenge egya buli kkala, beers of all kinds.

v.tr. carry (another person) on one's shoulders; drive for or serve as chauffeur for (the Kabaka). cf. omukongozzi.

(la or n/n) whydah finch.

e- (ki/bi) offering made to a lubaale. Ebyo byawongo! This is absolute nonsense! cf. wonga.

v.tr. prune.

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v.i. lose sharpness; become worn down/blunted; be curtailed.

v.i. be insistent/ demanding.

(la) kind of climbing plant from which a red dye is extracted.

dr.] clerk, clerical worker, cf. obvvakkalaani.

v.tr. caus. crop; wear down; curtail.

more frequently spelled caayi. (la) tea.

(n/n) [E-ng. ] cupboard.

wildly. cf. paala.

plur. kkalakita or zi kkalakita (n/n) [Eng.] tractor.

v.tr. appl. caus. wear down completely; exhaust completely.

lit. (the winds; empewo is implied by zi-) have j brought him.

v.tr. do/accomplish in a rough/slipshod way; throw/hurl down.

or kafuuwe God forbid! Don't say things like that! cf. fuuwa.

to play cards; to gamble (often in a manner which does not require cards).

conj. as soon as. Kyazira mwami we kuvaawo ng'adda mu tulo. A s soon as her husband left she went back to sleep.

plur. bakipamira (la) impetuous/ hasty person

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hack. cf. bajja, bajjabajja.

v.tr. caus. cause to grimace. Yankongooza ebigere. lit. He made a gesture of contempt at me with his feet. He viewed me with contempt. cf. ekikongoolo.

(la) person in hardship/misery. cf. -naku.

ba<} habits); be contaminated by; take over, appropriate; get by stealth. cf. papankula, wakankula, wakula.

no plur. (la) sleeping sickness. cf. tenduka.

a very venomous snake which has the same coloration as dry leaves.

feathers); come out (of hair); come off, drop off (pieces of wool, etc., from an article of clothing).

(la) grasshopper with reddish patches on the back and wings.

(la) kind of small water lily. cf. tengejja.

okukabala amazina, to dance a great deal, dance with enthusiasm.

food); undergo rigor mortis; fig. be difficult; become obstinate/persistent; be rebellious/ recalcitrant, kukakanyala mu byambalo, to stand or walk in a stiff and erect manner.

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