q.v.

amatu ga nnantooke, very small ears, ears which have not developed normally.

fine man. cf. -sajja, omusajja.

akagere ka nnasswi, little toe. cf. kannasswi.

cf. subula.

misfortune; wretched person; unlucky person, cf. suba.

ki- rondamu nnawalubwa. (prov.) The epidemic picks out the unlucky ones. Not all evildoers are apprehended or blamed, but only the unlucky ones.

because of its color, enables it to escape observation.

nnawookeera w'olutalo. a hideous war. nnawookeera w'obwavu, abject poverty.

an accident, one who goes to a party to which he is not invited, lit. I- (we)-have-come-to-see.

e- (n/n) relig. grace, divine aid. enneema entukuza, sanctifying grace.

e-: ogw'ennembe (omwenge, beer, is implied), beer drunk during the ceremony of installing the heir of the deceased.

e- (n/n) receptacle for catching falling water (particularly rain water); eaves. cf. lembeka.

e- plur. of olulenge, q.v.

e- (n/n) genitals, cf. yenda.

e- (n/n) lemon.

e- (n/n) tomato. See ennyaanya which is much more frequent.

e- (n/n) way of cultivating, method of cultivation, cf. lima.

e- (n/n) lime, fruit of the lime tree. cf. akalitnaawa.

e- plur. of olulimi, q.v.

e-: (emmere) ennimire, (food) cultivated by (others). Olya nnimire. You eat food cultivated by others (a very insulting expression, implying that the wife to whom it is addressed is lazy and cannot grow her own food), cf. lima, limira.

e- (n/n) garden, cultivated plot. cf. lima, akalimiro.

e- (n/n) lit. way of cultivating

e- (n/n) var. spelling of nniimu, q.v.

e- (n/n) nail, okuteeka ku nninga, to put on the spot. Ndi ku nninga. I am on the spot. I am faced with a critical situation, okutuulira enninga z'enseko, to suppress one's laughter, try to control an urge to burst out laughing.

e- (n/n) kind of fish, Laheo victori- anus.

often untranslatable, used to emphasize a previous word, very well; then, thus; therefore. Jjangu tugende nno. Let us hurry and go then. Sso nno nnali njagala okugaana. As a matter of fact, I really wanted to refuse.

e- (n/n) small ball of mashed plantain which is dipped in relish before eating. Tanyigirwa mu nnoga. He cannot be pushed around, cf. 2 noga.

e- (n/n) deep pit; hollow, cf. ekirombe.

e- (n/n) way of choosing/electing; election, cf. londa.

e- (n/n) tree of the gynometra or albizzia species.

e- (n/n) piece of chalk; chalk; limestone.

e- (n/n) meaning, significance; essence, nature; source; place of origin/birth; tradition, culture; heritage.

e- more commonly ennusu (n/n) East African shilling.

to look with contempt, cf. nuga.

e- (n/n) [Sw., dr.] letter of the alphabet.

e-: emmere ennuma, food without vegetable sauce, main dish without vegetable sauce. Sirikuleka wabi, akuleka ku mmere nnuma. (prov.) lit. 1 will not leave you in a bad situation, he leaves you (eating) food without any vegetable sauce. Description of a fair-weather friend.

e- (n/n) hornet.

e- (n/n) kind of yam.

e- see -lume.

e- (n/n) way of herding/grazing; livestock farming, tending of farm animals. cf. lunda.

e- (n/n) Abdim's stork; locust bird. Also called marabou stork.

e- (n/n) violet stork.

e- (n/n) cracked skin (on the feet). Ekireese ennungu okumera ku njovu..., What has made matters worse... lit., what has caused cracks to grow on the elephantiasis.

e- less commonly ennoso (n/n) [Su>., dr.] East African shilling.

e- (n/n) pancreas.

e- (n/n) way of fighting; fighting, battle, cf. ^lwana.

two, three, four, etc.) and with plural nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes, cf. -na.

cf. eki- nnyaalo.

e- (n/n) tomato.

e- (n/n) kind of large cricket. cf. nyaanyaagira.

e- (n/n) crushed sesame.

e- plur. of olunyago, q.v.

e- (n/n) craving, desire, kuggwa nnyalwe, to satisfy a craving/desire, kulya kuggwa nnyalwe, to eat one's fill.

e- (n/n) meat; flesh. Nnyama ntono okaayana eri mu nkwawa. (prov.) lit. You complain about the small amount of meat (allotted to you) when it is (safely)under your arm. cf. nnakanyama.

e- plur. of olwambalizo, q.v.

e- (n/n) fiber-producing plant, Hibiscus diversifolius. cf. akanyamberege.

nnyinyampye) v.i. break wind.

e- (n/n) calf, heifer, cf. akayana.

e- (n/n) abyss; deep pit; lower depths; quagmire. Enjuba ekkiridde mu nnyanga. The sun has set.

e- (n/n) egret.

e- plur. of oluyange, q.v.

e- (n/n) way of welcoming/greet- ing. cf. yaniriza.

e- (n/n) lake; large body of water. Ennyanja Enfu, the Dead Sea. Ennyanja y'e Buyindi, the Indian Ocean, cf. yanja, obuyanja, oguyanja.l akayanja, ekyennya- nja, omulunnyanja. ^muyanja,^omuyanja.

e- (n/n) way of introducing/presenting/announcing; introduction (of one person to another; of a book), cf. yanjula.

e-: omwana ow'ennyanjuliro, a normally developing child, cf. yanjula.

ssezaal a.

e- (n/n) one of the royal drums.

e- (n/n) kindof small harmless maggot found often in houses and near bedding.

e- (n/n) cockroach. Nnyenje tefa mukka. (prov.) The cockroach does not die from smoke (caused by the fire).