e- plur. (ki/bi) vomit, cf. sesema.
o- adv. okufa obukalaga, to die suddenly and unattended.
o- (bu/-) religiousness; spirituality, eby'obusomi, spiritual affairs, omwoyo ogw'obusomi, piousness, piety, cf. soma.
o- (bu/-) cooperativeness (of consumers, those engaged in commercial activities, etc.). cf. gatta, -egatta, -egassi.
ejjengo, essingiisira.
ente ennume, sseddume.
hit. kubabika luyi, to slap, kubabika miggo, to beat with sticks, kubabika ssasi, to shoot.
e- (li/ma) baby, very young child who is almost ready to walk.
o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -kalubo.
o- (bu/-) marrow of the bones. Yalabika ng'obulumi bumutuuse mu busomyo. He looked as if he had been hurt to the quick.
o- (bu/-) care, attention; caution, cf. genda, gendereza.
omukalo.
essasi.
probably conv. of
from -bisi. Alidde ekiwutta eki- bisi be bisibisi. He has eaten a raw/uncooked potato.
o- (bu/-) acidity; bitterness.
o- (bu/-) infantile anemia.
okusiba, okunyweza.
ente endaawo.
be on the point of burning (of food); produce a burning sensation. Obulago bum- babirira. I have a burning sensation in the throat.
q.v. come up, emerge (from water); be revived/restored; recover. Bbuka! Gesundheit! (Said to one who has sneezed.)
e- plur. (ki/bi) crumbly stone used in pottery, cf. lensibo.
o- (bu/-) harshness, severity; fierceness, fury, anger; cruelty, cf. -kambwe.
o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group), cf. sosola.
o- (bu/-) collusion; conspiracy; plot. cf. koba, -ekoba.
e nnyonyi.
v., okujooga, okucoccacocca, okuyigganya, okutyanka, okukunnumba, okukongola.
nzibudde) v. tr. bring up (from water); restore to a former state; rescue, salvage; revive; name a child after (another person).
e- plur. of kisiriiza, listed under kisirinza.
o- adv. at an exorbitant/very high price; fiercely. Kiguze bukanga. It has cost a great deal. cf. kanguka, kanga- luka; obukanu.
o- plur. (ka/bu) roe (of fish).
o- (bu/-) cud. okuzza obweku- lumu, to ruminate, chew the cud. cf. -ekuluma.
obulimbo.
omujoozi, empalamalanga.
the personal name of such a twin. See wasswa, kato and nnakato,
e- plur. (ki/bi) grass used in making beer.
o- adv. at a high price, dearly; fiercely (nkanu is more frequently used in this sense), cf. kanuka, enkanu.
o- (bu/-) murder; killing, cf. tta.
o- (bu/-) puffing oneself up, pride. cf. kula, kuza, -ekuza.
okuzaalibwa.
olulago.
uncooked (food); be green/fresh; get damp/wet; fig. be naive; be rude.
O- (bu/-) Catholicism, cf. Omukatoliki.
o- (bu/-) surface of a drum; empty space, nothing, kukuba busu, to miss, fail to hit. Ebyasi byakubye busu. The bullets missed the mark.
o- (bu/-) hiding place, cf. kweka.
give, okuzaala.
olukomera, bbugwe; (of boat) amabuto.
e- (li/ma) lack, shortage, scarcity. cf. bula.
the first kabaka of Buganda, passed on his way to Buganda.
e- adv. across, on the other side of. ebusukka kkubo, across the road. cf. sukka.
o- (bu/-) place to turn. Sikya- lina bwekyusizo. I have no place to turn. also fig. I am in a tight corner/difficult spot. cf. kyuka, -ekyusa.
amazaalibwa.
ekizimba.
one of a variety of long pieces of cloth ( 3-4 yards) worn by Baganda women under the busuuti.
e- plur. (ki/bi) sodomy, cf. olu- siyaga.
o-: kulwana bukende, to wrestle. cf. olukende.
o- (bu/-) sores on the feet and legs; originally charms or herbs placed in the road which caused sores on anyone who tried to pass. cf. sukka.
o- adv. without reason, without cause.
vide okutema.
enjole; (corn) omuganda, ekinywa, omuvumbo; (leaves) ekikoola; (fruit) ekirimba; (bananas) enkota, ekiwagu, ekisinja, oluwagala.
e- (n/n) teapot.
e- plur. (ki/bi) the waste of semsem.
o- (bu/-) spying, espionage. c f. ketta.
o- see akassukussuku.
o- (bu/-) delicate/dangerous situation.
obusika.
omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.
e- (1 i/ma) place of the lost, place from which there is no return. Ensi eno mabuliro. The world is a desolate place. It is a hard world, cf. bula.
e- always plur. (ki/bi) roughness and skin irritation caused by shaving.
o- (bu/-) side, direction, as an adv. sidewise, crosswise, horizontally, obukiika obwa kkono, north {lit. the left side), obukiika obwa ddyo, south {lit. the right side), kuba muntu bukiika, to have it in for someone, have a grudge against someone. Andi bukiika. He has it in for me or He is a thorn in my side. cf. ^kiika.