e-: okulya mu nkuuli, to spit on the palms of both hands preliminary to doing a big or difficult task, okweriisa enkuuli, to give everything one has to what one is doing; to be proud and confident.

e- (n/n) insect which attacks corn/ maize.

e- (n/n) multitude, large number; large quantity, abantu enkuyanja or en- kuyanja y'abantu, a large number of people.

e- (n/n) worker termite. Bassa kimu nga nkuyege. They were in complete agreement. Enkuyege zinkubira enduulu. I am still living.

e- (n/n) hockey ball; spinning top; in the plur. a children's game.

without getting any results, unprogressively.

e- (n/n) Buddu kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi. See ekisinja, enkwekwe.

e- (n/n) distant point; remote part; far corner (e.g., of a house).

e- (n/n) cattle tick.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. aggressive, strong-willed, daring.

e- (n/n) anything used for grasping; fig. gift to influence another/to win another's favor, cf. kwakkula.

e- (n/n) shoulder blade.

e- (n/n) rustling noise/sound. cf. kwakwaya.

e- (n/n) kind of partridge, francolin. Enkoko bw'esula mu nsiko efuuka nkwale. (prov.) When a chicken lives in the bush it becomes a partridge. One changes according to the company one keeps.

e-: okulwana enkwangu, to fight with stones.

e- (n/n) small beads generally made of plant seeds, cf. olukwanzi.

e- (n/n) pincers, cf. kwata.

e- (n/n) kind of mortar used in building walls.

e- (n/n) way of grasping/handling/ managing/ruling attitude, cf. kwata.

e- invar, adj. strong, brave, courageous, heroic, lit. grasp (kwata) the shield (engabo). Basajja nkwatangabo. They are brave, courageous men.

c- (u/'n) armpit. mu nkwawa, under the arm. okukuba enkwawa, to express joy or pleasure by beating one's sides with the upper parts of one's arms, okubeera mu nkwawa za..., to be completely under the domination of..., to be a stooge of... oku- yita mu nkwawa, to disappear, slip away.

e- (n/n) arch, big hoe.

e- (n/n) Buddu kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi. See ekisinja, enkuyu.

e- (n/n) kind of termite.

e- (n/n) green parakeet; glossy starling.

e- (n/n) morning, as an adv. in the morning; tomorrow morning; tomorrow, j jo ku nkya, yesterday morning, enkya ya leero, this morning, enkya olw'eggulo, tomorrow afternoon, cf. Ikya, ekyenkya, llukya, am akya.

e- (n/n) crack caused by negligence or disease which occurs ordinarily on the edge or sole of the foot, but which may spread over the entire foot.

adj. \Lunyoro_) crooked, omuggo nkyamiremirongo, a crooked stick.

e- (n/n) kind of barkcloth tree.

e- (n/n) way of changing; change, enkyukakyuka, several changes; developments. cf. kyuka.

make a turnabout, revert to something that one had formerly abandoned, cf. kyuka, kyukira.

e- var. spelling of encukwe, q.v.

even though. See newaakubadde which is more common.

q.v.

tuukirira. contr. gannemeredde.

uterus, cf. omwana.

star heralding dawn.

kasimbe- nkokola. (la) mantis; plant with the nodal stem growing in a crooked way as though it had elbows (nkokola). cf. olukokola.

two bananas in one skin.

extensive. nnabbamba w'ennyanja, the boundless depths, nnabbamba w'agabira, huge extensive forests.

as an attributive scorching, burning hot omusana nnabbambula, burning sunlight, a ‘scorcher.' cf. bamba, bambula.

la, plur. of ki/bi cl.) spider.

bent. cf. ^funya.

cf. tukula, -etukuza.

interloper, lit. I fell into them (-bi- implies ebigambo). nnabigwamu ng'ow'e Ssambwe, an intruder like the one of Ssambwe (who was very well known for this characteristic).

turncoat, cf. kyuka, kyusa.

cf. -tono.

intruder, interloper. cf. ^wanga, -ewanga.

cf.

omusango ogwa Nnaggomola. case of a monstrous crime.

huge, nnagwano w'essaja, a giant of a man.

alone, separated from others. Buli omu ali bwa nnamunigina. Everyone is alone, as a noun singular (in grammar).

large curved knife used for cutting down bushes, small trees, etc.

elongated, essowaani ya nnakaato, long, narrow dish. cf. akaato.

genuine, pure (referring to a race, nationality or language). Aba- ganda bannakabala, real/genuine Baganda.

Collybia macro- poda.

Cercopi- thecus ascanius; with cap. personal name given to girls of the Monkey Clan.

e.g., one's wife, husband, etc.).

standing on one's head, okusimba or okwesimba nnaka- kongo, to stand on one's head; to refuse flatly, take a strong stand against, put one's foot down.

gossiper, one who cannot keep a secret.

one who adds to or euibi'oiuers on tne truth (but not in a vicious sense), cf. panka.

cf. sigira.

cf. ekisugga, ensugga.

a kind of banana), cf. vunda.

dwarf.

yogeza.

blackish; very dark. cf. ekiyonga.

the mother of many children, of an important person, etc.) bannakazadde b'eggwanga, the mothers of the nation. cf. zaala.

wife of Mukasa; person with a harelip.

the commonest type in Buddu.