cf ekitembe.

olusuku nnakitokolo, a very large plantain garden.

cf tukula.

cf. -kadde, ssekkadde.

person of stunted growth.

cf. yongera.

up till now; even in this area, even around here. cf. nnazikuno.

lady, cf omukyala.

nnakyemalidde (la) thumb,

enfuga eya nnakyemalira dictatorship cf/ -mala -emalira, obwannakyemalira.

the American Peace Corps, cf. wa, -ewa.

formerly the title of the sweeper of the Kabaka's courtyard. c f. lyera.

slim person.

q. v.

thin person; one who is excessively thin and moves unsteadily.

cf. laba.

quarrelsome (person), omukambwe nnaluwali, a very fierce person.

cf. naanya, -enaanya.

keen-sighted. It is almost exclusively restricted to the following proverb: Embwa ya nnamaaso bw'etebba n'eyigga. When the keen-sighted dog is not stealing, it is hunting. Said of someone who can be either very good or very bad, depending on circumstances.

adj. real, genuine; actual; superb, first-rate. Omukristu nnamaddala, a true Christian. Oluganda olwa nnamaddala, excellent Luganda.

Ficus depauperat a.

queen mother.

milk, q.v. amaaso ga nnamata, eyes with a great deal of white in them.

per ext. mannish woman.

comparable with Eve in that she brought death into the world. She was the daughter of Ggulu (Heaven), the sister of Walumbe (death) and the wifeof Kintu (the first man), nnambi, as a common noun (la), is a type of beer plantain.

adj. fearless, bold, courageous, heroic, omuzira nnamige, a heroic person.

foreman, supervisor.

the poor lady (in the sense of unfortunate, not necessarily impoverished), cf. ssempala.

cf. wulira.

confusion, bungled-up situation, cf. dibaga.

huge person, giant of a person, ekkazi linnamu- diguli, a woman of enormous proportions.

a very fat woman, cf. ekiduduli.

God. cf. igereka.

a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also mugoya.

very large, nnamugundu w' embizzi, a huge Pig-

plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of insect which does great damage to sweet potatoes, sugarcane, etc.

considered to be of great help (-juna, q.v.) to the people.

elder.

Funtumia elastic a.

vervet, Cer- copithecus aethiops.

cf. omukisa.

c /. enkota.

cf. ekkundi, omukundi.

adj. vast; far-ranging; spreading, which spreads, olusuku nnamulanda, a vast plantain garden. Yalaba olu- yombo lufuuse nnamulanda. He saw that the quarrel had begun to spread, cf. ^landa.

plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of anteater.

royal chair; kind of mushroom.

not yet edible.

great amount, nnamunkukumbo w'abantu, a great crowd of people, nnamunkukumbo w'ebintu, a lot of things, the whole lot. cf. kukumba.

the Crow Clan.

plur. n/n) porcupine.

pied wagtail, ekijanjaalo ekya nnamunye, kind of bean, so called because its black and white stripes are suggestive of the bird.

considered a bad omen.

arch, wife of the Kabaka while in seclusion.

disastrous, totally destructive. olutalo nnamuzisa, a disastrous war. eby'okulwanyisa binnamuzisa, nuclear armaments, atomic weapons, yegu nnamuzisa, Asian flu. ebisolo nnamuzisa, deadly animals, nnamuzisa w'obufumbo, destroyer of marriage, cf. zika, omuzisa.

cf. ssemwandu.

cf. yatula.

wild fig tree.

common in Lake Kyoga, which is eaten dried.

even though, regardless of the fact that. cf. newaaku- badde, nnaakubadde.

a person who never grows up, a Peter Pan, lit, one who does not leave off being young like the small breast of a bird.

one who is neither very dark nor very light, cf. enkobabbirye.

hypocrite.

double- dealer, lit. two-tongued (person), cf. olu- limi, -biri.

possessor, nnannyini nnyumba, owner of the house; master of the house, nnannyini kutu, drum of the ear. bannannyini mugenzi, the relatives of the deceased. nnannyini mukolo master of ceremonies. nnannyinimu, owner of the house; husband, cf. Innyini, obwannannyini.

Landolphia florida.

indigenous (inhabitant), obugagga nnansangwawo, natural resources. cf. sanga.

i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person.

one who cannot be told anything. Nnantabuulirirwa alisaabala obw'ebbumba. (prov.) One who heeds no advice will travel in a clay boat (and risk destruction), cf. buulirira.

useless person, cf. ganyula.

rare for, as, because, cf. anti.