o- without the l.V.'s Lwakuna Thursday, lit. the fourth (day, olunaku). cf. -na.

o- without the l.V.'s Lwakusatu Wednesday, lit. the third (day, olunaku). cf. -satu.

o- without the l.V.'s Lwaku- taano Friday, lit. the fifth (day, olunaku). cf. -taano.

o- adv. fast, quickly, in a hurry, in a flash, cf. yokya.

o- without the l.V.'s Lwamu- kaaga. Saturday, lit. the sixth (day, olunaku). cf. -kaaga, omukaaga.

o- plur. enjosa (lu/n) day of absence, day missed, day off (from work, study, etc.). cf. yosa.

o- no plur. (lu/n) long hair/bristle (but not on the head), cf. akooya, ekyoya.

ndyakudde) v.tr. cheat, defraud, cf. omulyakuzi, obulyake, omu- lyake.

child, kutiiriisa lyana, to be insolent.

ndya...) v.i. & tr. cheat; defraud; deceive; fail to pay. cf. omu- lyazaamaanyi.

ndyolyomye) v.tr. accuse in secret; denounce; undermine. cf. Omulyolyomi.

eryovu rare var. of ekyovu, q.v.

ndyoye) v.tr. oblige; do a favor for; benefit, abaana abalyowe embuga, children sent to the court of the Kabaka or a major chief to perform services.

ennanga.

v.tr. appl. 2 fight for/on behalf of.

v.tr. caus. cause to fight.

salute.

eby'okulwanyisa, arms, armaments.

v.tr. apol. caus. greet for. Munnamusize nnyo! Give him greetings from me!

v.i. neut. be capable of being fought; he easy to fight (of a battle).

be in opposition. cf. -lwauyi, eddwaniro, ekirwanire, omulwanyi, omulwanirizi, ennwana.

v.i. recip. caus. greet one another. cf. ennamusa; lama.

endizabawuulu.

(la) shrivelled-up person.

v.tr. caus. cause to be adjacent; put next to each other; place side by side.

v.tr. caus. ask the price of.

v.i. neut. be capable of being put side by side; be easy to make adjacent.

laba!

q.v.

mansion. cf. ennyumba.

v.i. go quickly.

water, okukuba erizzi, colloq. to drink beer/liquor, okutema erizzi, colloq. to swim.

v.i. appl. Tonnandukirako! Don't bother me with that!

smooth down with a carpenter's plane, cf. ^landa.

cf. ^landa.

(la) inflammation of the groin.

etc. cf. akalandaggo, olulandagge; ^landa.

copper.

or she) is incredibly beautiful. Ekiri mu ... tekirojjeka. What is (happening) in ... is unspeakable/indescribable. cf. lombojja.

(n/n) something unusually large/ huge/extraordinary; colloq. a large shot of hard liquor/walagi.

v.i. CvnV. be come unplaited; become untwisted; become unwound; lose curl (of the hair).

give salvation to. Abalokole, members of a religious sect, lit. the saved onefe. cf. obulokofu, obulokozi, otnulokole, omulokozi.

etc. cf. sansulukuka, sansulula.

erangi (n/n) [Sw. ] color; paint; dye.

invoke a curse against. cf. emiromyo.

v.i. be insipid/tasteless; have a bad taste; be harsh/discordant.

v.tr. make insipid. cf. -langufu.

v.i. stretch out the legs.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep picking up; pick up all the time. Awagwa ekku tewabula bulondererwa. (prov.) Where a large piece of firewood falls there is no lack of little pieces to pick up.

etc.; pick up with/by means of. cf. -londe, kalonda, akalondwalondwa, omulonzi, ennonda, entalondwa; londoba.

king, etc.). eby'okulya, food, okulya obwami, to assume the chieftainship, kulya mu ndago, to sing, kulyamu luyi, to slap, kulyamu kikonde, to punch with the fist, kulya mazzi, euph. to drink a lot of beer, lit. water, kulyamu lukwe, to plot, conspire, kulya kijaja or kigagga, to eat very well/in great style, kulya muntu kimuli, to interrupt a person in bi? conversation. kulya nkoko bbiri, to give one's sister in marriage to two men (thereby receiving the gift of two chickens), kulya misinde, to run very fast, kulya butaaia, to roam at large, be on the loose (e.g., of an escaped prisoner), kulya bulamu, to enjoy life, have a good time, kulya eki- banja/emmayiro, to come into land/an estate, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okulya obugenyi, to receive food or presents while a guest, okulya enguzi, to take a bribe, okulya engere, to walk fast, okulya ensimbi, to steal money, okulya ensowole, to take something (e.g., the chieftainship) when one is incompetent or unprepared. Genda olye enkoko yo. You have had a lucky escape/a narrow escape, lit. go and eat your chicken. Omuwala yamulyamu omwoyo. The girl won/stole his heart. Obusungu bwandya. I was consumed with anger. Mwana muwala, oyo andya omutwe! I am completely enamored of that girl, lit. she eats my head. Baagala kumulyamu maaso. They wanted to bawl him out/upbraid him severely. Okulya ennyingi si kuggwa maddu. (prov.) To eat a lot is not to get rid of one's appetite. The more you have, the more you want. Amaanyi sigalya. (prov.) Force does not prevail. Physical strength alone does not accomplish things. Ky'otonnalya tokyesunga. (prov.) What you have not yet eaten, do not anticipate. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. Kye walyanga bw'olaba ennaku olekayo. (prov.) What you used to eat — when you experience hard times — you give up. One must adjust to circumstances/ calamaties.

v.i. beat; throb. Omutima gundasira. My heart is beating or My heart is beating fast. Omutwe gundasira. My head is throbbing, cf. akalasira.

(la) kind of cooking banana.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep eating.

v.tr. caus. 2 cause to oour.d an alarm; sound an alarm using/.vith.

(lu/n) kind of lake plant resembling rushes.

kuliisa bijanjaalo mpiso, to be careless/indifferent about things, kuliisa bujiiko, to be high and mighty, be ostentatiously rich, be ‘highbrow,' lit. to eat with (European) teaspoons, kuliisa maaso, to look at carefully, kuliisa ngalo, to eat with one's fingers, kuliisa njala, to eat ravenously. Jjangu ondiiseliise. Come and keep company with me while I eat.

get better; turn out well.

v.i. recip. eat one another; cheat one another.

hinder; defeat (an opponent in the game of mweso). okulayira Katonda. to swear by God. Nze sijja ku- mulayira kukola ky'agambye. I will not prevent him from doing what he said (he would do).

v.i. neut. be edible.

v.tr. caus. straighten out; make ready; correct; cause to improve; make better; med. operate on ( a patient). Kirungi okulongoosa ennimiro nga tonnaba kusimbamu kintu kyonna. It is a good idea to clear up the fields before planting anything there.

a newly appointed official). cf. ekirayiro.

etc. cf. -longoofu, eddongooserezo, omulongoosa, omulongoose.

also layisinsi (n/n) [fug.] license.

big claw, big nail, amaala ga Walumbe, the talons of death, cf.

selling at bargain prices, as an adv. cheap(ly), at reduced price, omukazi owa layisi, a woman of ill repute.

q.v.).

in the plur. charcoal; coal; battery, batteries, ekirombe ky'amanda, coal mine; furnace in which charcoal is made.

okubbisa eryanyi, to steal by force, commit armed robbery. Note: the gramm. plur. amaanyi (q.v.) lacks the augm. force of eryanyi.