e- (n/n) bead. cf. ^akabira.

e- (n/n) conflict. Ensi ezo ziri ku mbiranye. These countries are at odds with each other/in a state of conflict, kusuza ku mbiranye, to give a great deal of trouble to. Alina kiyegu kimusuza ku mbiranye. He has a case of the flu which is causing him trouble/keeping him awake all night.

e- (n/n) kind of game played by children; one of the sticks used in playing this game. cf. biriga.

e- (n/n) speed, as an adv. quickly, swiftly, okusala ku mbiro, to cut down one's speed, okulwala embiro, to have diarrhea, cf. obunnambiro.

e- (n/n) log to slide a canoe over.

e- (n/n) pig, hog. embizzi ey'omu nsiko, wild pig.

e- (n/n) seeds of the raffia palm. cf. ^ekibo.

e- (n/n) kind of small white termite. cf. olubobya.

e- (n/n) cabbage.

e- (n/n) buffalo. Ekika ky'Embogo, the Buffalo Clan. cf. kabogo.

e- (n/n) disagreement, misunderstanding; dispute; quarrel, cf. bojja, bojjana.

e- (n/n) penis.

e- (n/n) tail of an animal; whisk.

e- (n/n) kind of edible plant, resembling spinach but with smaller leaves. It cooks very rapidly, hence the following idiomatic usage: Embooge teyabuguma nga tutuuse. We arrived in no time at all, lit. the mbooge had not even become warm.

e- also embooseera (n/n) as an attribute ripe (of fruit); fig. beautiful (e.g., of girls), emboosa y'omuyembe, a beautifully ripe mango, omuwala emboosa, a beautiful girl. cf. booseera.

e- (n/n) conversation, talk; account, narration; essay. Emboozi yagwa aroake- rendu. The conversation went very smoothly. They (we, you) had a very fine convex sation. cf. oluboozi.

e- (n/n) kind of catfish = ssemu- tundu, q. v.

e- (n/n) object held as security for the payment of a debt. cf. bowa, -bowe.

namely. It is similar in function, to nti (q.v.) but implies doubt and unc ertainty. Yagamba nti alijja. He said that he would come. Yagamba mbu alijja. He said that he would come (but I am not at all sure that he will), as an adv. it would seem that, apparently, one might get the impression, they say. Mbu omubbi bamukutte. Apparently (I think, I have heard) they have caught the thief.

e- (n/n) tall grass with prickly spicules.

e- (n/n) indigestion, cf. bubula.

e- (n/n) court of law; chief's enclosure. embuga y'okutu, area behind the ear, mastoid process, okubuuza embuga, to vomit, okukuba mu mbuga, to bring (someone) to court, sue. cf. ekibuga.

e- (n/n) kind of ngege (a freshwater fish, Tilapia esculenta).

e- (n/n) hollow cheeks, drawn cheeks (from old age or loss of teeth). Agudde embugubugu. He has drawn cheeks.

e- (n/n) wild goat. cf. bula, embuzi.

e- adv. on the spot, instantly.

e- (n/n) youth, lit. lacking (bula) beard on the chin (kalevu). also as an invar, adj. omulenzi embulakalevu, youth.

e- (n/n) homeless person, one who lacks (bula) a little house (akayu).

e- less common var. of mbulakalevu, q.v.

e- (n/n) idler, good-for-nothing; ignorant person, cf. butantala.

e- (n/n) club with a large head, embankin'!; y'oBiuggr., i.icn.

e- (n/n) bachelor; poor boy, poor kid. cf. ^-wuula.

e- (n/n) way of telling; way of preaching, kind of preaching, preaching; doctrine, cf. buulira.

e- (n/n) drum which is convex at the sides and which is beaten with the hands; rhythm produced by the drum.

e- (n/n) trouble; confusion, chaos.

e- (n/n) stormy wind, okuba mbuyaga ekunta, to die, be dead, lit. be the wind which blows. Ate ddala mba kukikola, singa kati ndi mbuyaga ezikaza engoye. Indeed if I had done it I would be dead by now, lit. would be the wind which dries the clothes, cf. kubuyaga.

e- also embuzi ekogga (n/n) prison, jail, lit. the goat (mbuzi) gets thin (ekogga).

e- (n/n) goat, okusiba amatu g'embuzi ku muntu, to make a scapegoat of a person, lit. pin the ears of the goat on someone.

e- (n/n) dog. Yadduka za mbwa. He ran very fast. Ekika ky'Embwa, the Dog Clan, kusanga mbwa, to have miserable luck; to go on a trip and fail in one's objective, lit. to meet a dog (on the way, a bad omen), cf. obubwa, akabwa, ^olubwa, Wambwa.

e- (n/n) kind of small fly, Simuliam damnosum.

e- (n/n) as an adj. raw, not well done (of potatoes), cf. bwagula.

e-: ebya mbyone, mischief, improper acts, bad behavior.

nze, n.

oluse, ettale.

emmere, ekijjulo; (flour) obutta.

v., okugamba; use amakulu.

kodo; become m., okukodowala.

n., amakulu, ennono.

obukodo.

ebintu, obuga gga; try every m., okugerenge tanya.

in the, mu ntabiro.

olukusense; catch m., okukusensa.

v., okugera, okupima.

ekigero, olugero.

ennyama; vide omuwula, ensa lwa, enkenku, kaabuuyi, amasagasaga, ekiyingula; dried m., omukalo.

urinary, akawondoliro.

ffundi (w'ebyuma).

okwegereekereza, okutiga, okubambagiza.

okutabaganya, okuwolereza, okutakabanira.

omuwolereza, omutabaga nya.

eddagala; m. man's outfit, ekitambo.

okufumiitiriza, okwebuuza, okwesonda.

okufumiitiriza.

empeera.

teefu, gonvu, wombeefu, kakama.

obuteefu, obuwombeefu.

a- plur. (li/ma) large expanse of water, kusibira ku mmeere, to imprison, send to prison, send ‘down the river.' This phrase has its origin in the fact that Luzira Prison is near the lake shore.

okusisinkana, okusanga, okutuukana, okukuŋŋaana; bem., okusaana, okugwana.

olukuŋŋaana; m.place, ekkuŋŋaaniro.

a- plur. (li/ma) time of making a loan; process of making a loan. cf. 2woIa, -ewola.