(la) very light-skinned African. cf. -(y)eru.

see nnandiki.

akanasula ebifaananyi, shutter release of a camera.

(la) the planet Jupiter.

v.tr. crush; squeeze; press down. cf. nyiga.

(la) kind of barkcloth tree (ficus).

(-nyiibye) also nyiibanyiiba (nyii- byenyiibye) v.i. (redup.) be on the verge of tears. Obudde bunyiiba. It is getting dark/ cloudy.

q.v. he/she too, he/she also, and he/she.

(la) mint.

v.i. be or become irritated/ annoyed/angry; complain.

see nnazikuno.

omukazi owa nnabuguma, a woman who appears likely to abort, cf. buguma.

v.tr. appl. be annoyed with; complain about.

to talk too much; to be noisy/boisterous.

(la) kind of plantain.

cf. jeeguula.

obunyiivu, ekinyiigo, olunyiigo.

(la) pain in the back. cf. luma.

(la) kind of mbidde (beer-making plantain).

v.i. be sulky/sul- ien/'morose; pout. cf. nyiiga.

cf. -luvu, ssedduvu.

v.i. become irritated/ annoyed; be depressed/sad; be offended/ hurt.

or Nnagajja pr.n. female lubaale; common name in the Lugave Clan.

v.tr. appl. become irritated with.

unfounded asser- tion(s), untruth; shameful things.

(la) dewlap of a dog.

v.i. be diligentAard- working/industi'ious; persevere.

mu mmere banteereddemu nnaganga wa ki? What have I eaten, what sort of hideous thing have they put in my food? Omukulu bw'atakwata mu kisibo, embuzi zifa nnaganga. (prov.) If the person in charge does not take over in the pen, the goats die of nnaganga, i.e., if the leader does not perform his tasks the whole organization deteriorates.

v.tr. appl. show diligence in; devote oneself wholeheartedly to.

(la) dewlap of a cow or ox. cf. ente.

v.tr. appl. caus. cause to be diligent in/at; encourage in.

(la) Patas monkey; with cap. given name of some women of the Monkey Clan.

hearten. cf. -nyiikivu, obutiyiikivu.

pr.n. the name of a lubaale who was invoked against drought or famine. Her temple was in Bulemeezi.

to be neglectful/indifferent; to ignore, pay no attention; to give up as lost.

to rub one's eyes after sleep, struggle to awaken oneself. Obudde butandise okunyiimuula. Day is beginning to break.

(in certain cases) maternal aunt. The forms are: mmange or nnyabo, nnyoko, nnyina, nnyaffe, nnyammwe, nnyaabwe (my mother, your mother, his/her mother, etc.). Note that nnyabo is also used: 1) as a term of address for a woman: Miss, Mrs, madame and 2) as an interj. expressing sympathy or pity: oh dear! Note that nnyoko, your (sing.) mother is sometimes used in a bad sense. It may be replaced by mukyala.

like the brakes of a car).

e- (n/n) excrement.

interj. to cheer or urge someone on. go to it! keep it up! at him! with an alternation of tone dam it! oh hell! how could I have done that!

cf. nyiinyiilivu.

to sing; to crow (of a rooster); to bark (of a dog), emmundu ne zirya mu ndago, and the guns went off/ made a resounding noise, cf. obulago.

e- (n/n) small edible termite common in Bulemeezi County, cf. akanakanaka.

Mrs., madame. interj. of sympathy or pity, oh dear! See nnya-.

(la) kind of sweet potato. Olu- buto lwali lunkuba nnakabanda olw'enjala. My stomach was grumbling because of hunger.

(la) kind of cooking banana.

v.i. drudge; struggle very hard; slave at.

muzzukulu nnakabirye, great-grandchild. cf. -biri, See also omusala, nnakasatwe.

v.tr. caus. cause to toil/drudge; give trouble to.

v.tr. view with disgust/disdain/contempt; show an aversion to.

(la) kind of plantain common in Buddu.

(la) kind of bitter cassava which often makes people giddy; fig• something likely to cause trouble/danger.

v.i. have an attractive appearance; look well; be well-groomed/ well-dressed; be polished/shiny; be in good order.

(la) rare domineering woman. cf. fuga.

v.tr. caus. give an attractive appearance to; beautify; make smart. cf. -nyirivu.

with the -a of rel. descriptive of a type of pattern in the binding line of ceiling reeds.

q.v.

Water is now very scarce where we live.

(la) the constellation of the Pleiades.

v.i. & tr. get disgusted (with); become surfeited (with); become fed up (with); get tired (of).

(la) kind of plantain which is characteristically long and pointed.

associated particularly with the forest of Kyaggwe.

to try to

one who gives away all he has.

(la) kind of sweet potato.

v.tr. crumble; mash up; smash.

less commonly nnakampina (la) very short person; dwarf.

v.tr. tickle.

(la) kind of plantain.

cf. ennyama.