my husband babbaffe our husbands (b)balo your husband babbammwe your husbands bbaawe her husband babbaabwe their husbands bba wa bonna. the husband of all (a title of the Kabaka).

chap, fellow.

ebbaagiro, kibaaga, omu- baage, omubaazi.

v. i. be hot/burning to the taste; be overly salty.

v. tr. caus. cause to be hot (of spicy food); oversalt. Tobaa- laaza omunnyu. Don't put in too much salt. cf. -baalaavu.

etc. cf. -baaluufu.

v. i. - baama.

excite; lead astray, corrupt.

v. tr. caus. = baamuula. cf. -baamuufu.

v. i. waddle like a duck (= embaata).

v. i. walk painfully (as if on needles); waddle like a duck.

v.i. rush about; act hastily and rashly; be all in a dither; become uncontrollable/unruly.

v. tr. caus. cause to act hastily; rush. Yamba- baalukanya. lie rushed me.

v. i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled out manner.

byabyatala.

okubujjabujjana, okujabiriza.

v. tr. burn; scorch; expose to fire and blacken; smoke (barkcloth).

kababi, omubabiro; babuka.

ekigaya, ezzike.

v.i. be burned slightly; be singed; be smoked over fire; crack (of the lips).

okubabula emmere, to cook a meal in a hurry, okubabula omu- somo, to finish a course quickly, okubabula emiggo, to beat severely with sticks, okubabula ebigambo, to talk rapidly/volubly. cf. -babule, ekibabu, olubabu; babira.

v.i. appl. 2 keep smoldering/singeing; be on fire; have a burning sensation; fig. talk volubly/very fast/breathlessly.

v. tr. appl. 2 caus. cause to singe; set on fire.

omuwere, akaana.

omuwuulu, embula.

n., omugongo, amabega; (of head) enkoona; (of hill) enzivuunuko.

v., okuzibira, okubeera, okuyamba. b. out (agreement), okweyunjula.

adv., nnyuma. at b. of house, emmanju. go b., okuddayo. come b., okukomawo. take or send b., okuzzaayo. bring b., okukomyawo.

okugeya, okulyolyoma, okuseekeeta, okuseeseema.

ekigongo, olugongo.

eky'ennyumannyuma.

ennyama y'embizzi.

bi, vundu; go b., okwonooneka, okuvunda, okutota; go to the b., okuseeguuka, okugwenyuka, okiibiggya. badge, akabonero, olusamba.

cf. omubadazi.

v., okuteganya, okweralii kiriza.

bubi.

obubi, obuvundu.

lalu, yombi.

okuziyiza, okulema, okusobera, okuteeba.

dr.] bafta, a kind of thin cotton cloth; bibl. linen.

ensawo, endyanga; (matting) eki kapu; ( = spoil) omuyiggo.

v. tr. fasten loosely; lay out the first stages of; draft (a bill); do temporarily.

v. tr. redup. make a first attempt at; draft; do in a makeshift way.

v. tr. lift (something heavy requiring effort). The reflexive form is more usual.

v. tr. appl. carry on the shoulder; carry.

(la) kind of cooking banana.

to wander about, be a vagabond.

omugugu, ebintu.

begin all over again. Obul- wadde bubagudde. The disease has recurred.

v.i. neut. 2. be easy to transport; be transportable.

bayibuli or bbayibuli (n/n) [Eng.] bible.

ekissi.

v.i. engage in carpentry work. v. tr. make (out of wood using c arp entry tools); chop; carve; cut.

v.i. &?_ tr. redup. do all sorts of carpentry; be a poor carpenter.

v.i. belch.

v. tr. appl. 2. construct poorly (an item of carpentry); do all sorts of carpentry.

omwebasi.

lay hold on. okubaka amavinja, to catch stones; the name of a game played by children and girls.

meet; argue; struggle, fight, attack each other; seize, grasp. cf. embaso; bakula.

okwokya, okufumba.

pron. who? (plur.) cf. ki. J

lit. let them give it to me so that I may eat it. kutunula bakimpenkirye, to look wistfully at a person hoping to receive something.

v. tr. appl. 2 fail to catch/grasp firmly; almost let fall; catch something toppling.

okubakula olutalo (oluyombo), to start a fight (quarrel), cf. pakula; baka.

okubala, to count; arithmetic. ng'obaze kyangungu, roughly, estimating roughly, lit. when you have counted quickly.

v. tr. caus. cause to tingle/smart.

v. i. tingle; smart; sting.

v.i. tr. smart; hurt; sting, omukka ogubalagala, tear gas. Amaaso gam balagala. My eyes are smarting. Gubala- gadde. Matters have become serious/bad/ dangerous. (See the idiom under kajjampuni.)

ebbalirirwe, obubazi, akatabalika, ^einbala, embalirira, ^omubazi.

n. (scales), minzaani.