e- (n/n) trumpet; bugle; horn; horn of a car. cf. akagombe.
e- (n/n) = engalabi long drum beaten with the hands.
(la or n/n) dragonfly.
e- (n/n) habit of speech; a saying; expression; slogan; vogue.
e- (n/n) bushbuck. Ekika ky'Engabi, the Bushbuck Clan. cf. walugabi.
(la) kind of bird resembling a plantain-eater.
e- (n/n) otter. Ekika ky'Eŋŋonge, the Otter Clan.
e- (n/n) shield, okuggya omukono mu ngabo, to die (of the Kabaka), lit. to take one's hand off of the shield. Tosuula ngabo ogira owazaako. Don't give up, keep on trying, lit. don't throw away the shield, etc.
speak with a nasal intonation; ring (of a telephone); blow (of a horn).
e- (n/n) large white-breasted cormorant.
an affair of major significance, a monumental case; a very evil act/crime.
hardened person capable of hardship, pain, etc. cf. guma, omutwe.
saganyuka is much less frequently used than sanyuka of which it seems to be an older variant.
e- (n/n) brass bracelet.
lit. I am lying to you. Used in phrases of the following pattern: Ensimbi ekubye nkulimba. Money has become scarce. Ensimbi enkubye nkulimba. I am broke/out of money, cf. Iimba.
e- (n/n) kind of mbidde beer banana
e- (n/n) engagalana y'ebintu, jumble, disordered assortment of things.
(la) kind of large plantain.
e-: endeku eŋŋunda, long-necked calabash often used by old men for drinking beer.
e- (n/n) saliva; slaver; dribble. cf. engeregeze.
e- (n/n) fist, okukuba ejinuumi, to punch (a person).
e- (n/n) lazy/careless/useless person. with the -a of rel. lazy, useless, engajaba y'omukazi, a lazy,careless woman. cf. gajaba.
expressing completeness. Oluzzi lukalu be ŋŋwa. The well is completely dry.
e- (n/n) mouth of a fish trap.
for the sound of a horn. Eŋŋombe ya mmotoka n'evuga be ŋŋwaa. The horn of the car went honk, honk.
e- (n/n) long ceremonial drum which is beaten with the hands, cf. omugalabi.
e- (n/n) with or without the -a of rel. aggressive, daring, forceful, omusajja eŋŋwaŋŋali or eŋŋwaŋŋali y'omusajja, a daring, aggressive man.
e- with the -a of rel. far apart, wide-spreading, amayembe ag'engalama, wide-spreading horns, cf. galamira.
e- (n/n) way of greeting; greeting. cf. lamusa.
sneer at; despise.
that the following four forms are built on the stem zib(i)ik- rather than zib-.
e- (n/n) finger; hand, engalo ensajja, thumb. Yankutte mu ngalo. He shook hands with me or He took me by the hand. Baamukubira mu ngalo. They applauded him. Alina engalo. He is light-fingered, omuntu ow'engalo, thief, ow'eggalo, expert thief, kufunyira ngalo, to spoil (someone's) chances; to ruin (someone's) plans; to refuse (someone's) requests, cf. eggalo, akagalo, olugalo, amagalo, nnamagalo.
cf. kulssga, amalusu (under eddusu).
(la) chicken pox.
(n/n) kind of bird that follows herds of cattle.
e- (n/n) fine; damages, compensation; recompense, cf. gatta.
a heavy downpour of rain.
e- (n/n) shoe; boot; sandal, kukuba ngatto ddagala, to shine shoes, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish. Bw'ova ku byange ogenda ku wa ngatto. If you don't listen to my advice you won't succeed in your endeavor, lit. if you depart from mine you go to the cobbler. Yabissaamu engatto n'agenda. He went off, lit. he put his shoes into them (-bi- implies bigere, feet) and went.
(la) kind of very poisonous mushroom.
(\a) spontaneous fire starting in a river bed in the dry season.
cf. enziga, ezziga.
to drive away with great fury. cf. tyagira.
(la) irritating/irascible person. cf. -ebojja.
rare in fu- ganda~\ view with contempt, cf. nnugunugu.
(la) kind of plantain tree.
stink. In Luganda usually pronounced nuuka.
e- (n/n) kind of creeping plant, ebisige eby'ennanda, thin, widely-spread eyebrows, cf. llanda, ekirandalanda.
ekyenunulo, omununuzi.
lit. I have tied you there, i.e., I charge you to remain fixed in your present position until I release you. per ext. traffic lights.
v.i. get scratched; get bruised .
(la) kind of plantain with small fruit.
v.tr. scratch; bruise. cf. ekinuubule.
(la) kind of yam.
conj. or; or rather. Oyagala kugenda nnandiki okusigala? Do you want to go or to stay?
e- (n/n) organ; harp, okukuba ennanga, to play an organ/harp. cf. 3 akalanga, ^ omulanga.
e- (n/n) anchor.
e- (n/n) kind of African antelope, hartebeest. cf. langaala.
a complete drunkard, total alcoholic.
v.i. shed the skin; molt. See yubuka which is much more common.
lagira and the forms listed under it seem to be parts of laga. They are listed separately because of the divergence of meaning.
nninkini, akananka, etc. pron. thingamajig, what- do-you-call-it (used for something hard to describe or whose name is unknown or forgotten).
long breasts.
e- (n/n) type of drumming/drum beats.
lit. get out of my way. kukuba nvamumba, to knock out (in boxing) cf. va, oluba.
short and pointed breasts.
(la) kind of cooking banana.
v.i. pass. be washed.