lit. it jumps over (buuka) drinking pools (maziba).

e- always plur. (ki/bi) string of beads.

o-: obubonero obukomera, parentheses. cf. koma, komera, olukomera.

o- (bu/-) dire poverty; misery.

foreign countries. Minista ow'ensonga ez'ebweru, minister of foreign affairs, ag'ebweru mu bimpi, foreign news in brief (amawulire, news, is implied by ag'). abasibirwa ebweru, parolees. Yabasibidde ebweru. He put them on probation, cf. -(y) eru.

okuddugaza, okubabira, okuziga.

v., okwaka, okwokya, okuteta; (be scorched) okusirilra; (anger) okubuubuuka; (mouth) okubaa laala; (nose) okusonsomola.

lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).

e- also ebitositosi plur. (ki/bi) mud. with the -a o f rel. muddy, cf. ettosi.

o- adv. like a stump (ekikonge). kutuula bukonge, to stay put, sit like a ‘bump on a log.'

o- (bu/-) whiskers (of a cat or other feline), cf. enswiriri.

o- (bu/-) rare leasehold land (as opposed to obutaka, q.v.). cf. ^senga.

omuweesi.

okunyiriza, okuzigula, okutukuza.

cf. buuka.

e- plur.- (ki/bi) tasty sauces;

o- (bu/-) tiredness, fatigue; weariness, cf. koowa.

to go; butagenda, not to go. kumanya, to know; butamanya, not to know; ignorance.

o- (bu/-) trust, confidence, cf. -esiga.

oluwago.

smell, okuwunya ebbabe or olubabebabe. ,

e- (li/ma) [from Eng. boot] trunk of a car.

e-: okulaba ebitulenge, to see poorly, look at an object without being able to distinguish it clearly, okutunula ebitulenge, to look without seeing.

o- (bu/-) tiredness; lack of vitality/strength; minor sickness, cf. koseka, -kosefu.

o- (bu/-) trustworthiness, reliability, faithfulness, fidelity, cf. -esiga.

akasubi; (of knife) omusa, ekikolokonda.

ekikwasi, ssere.

e- (li/ma) ebbuyungu ly' omwenge short gourd partially filled with beer.

e- always plur. (ki/bi) tears in the eyes.

o- (bu/-) thinness, leanness. cf. kogga.

bulaabutana (-butaabutanye) v.i. redup. + na - buta (but somewhat more emphatic).

o- (bu/-) uprightness; justness, fairness; reasonableness, cf. simba, -esimbu.

okunenya, okuloopa, okuvunaana; throw b. on another, okuwanjaga, okwekobereza.

v., okuziikula, okufukula.

lit. male (-ddume from -lume) goat (bbuzi or embuzi).

e-: kulaba biyenjeeze, to see poorly (esp. because of illness).

o- (bu/-) Protestantism; Christianity.

o- adv. like tobacco, ennaku kuzinywa butaaba, lit. to drink the days (or sorrow; ennaku may mean either) like tobacco, i.e., to pass away the time; to spend long and dreary days. cf. taaba.

o- adv. like (the game of) mweso. Ate n'ebyafaayo abimanyi bweso. And as for history, he knows that ‘cold'/to the tips of his fingers, cf. omweso.

ataliiko kabi.

v.i., okuyulika, okubanduka, okutulika, okwabika; b. out, okufubutuka, okutuumuuka.

e- (li/ma) sore, open wound, omusi- bira mu bbwa, policeman.

q.v.

o- (bu/-) Roman Catholicism; Christianity.

o- (bu/-) steepness, precipitousness; slantedness. cf. -esulika, -esulifu.

draw, okukuba embuyaga.

okuziika.

put in one's word when it is not appropriate, intrude in a conversation.

pers. pron. 3rd plur. they (for nouns of the mu/ba and la classes).

o- (bu/-) light rain, drizzle. cf. olukubakuba, lenkuba.

unconfined (of an animal); free, having no commitments (of a person); on the loose, at large (of a criminal); free, offering freedom of movement and expression (of a country), okulya obutaala, to be untethered/free, etc. Omubbi akyalya butaala. The thief is still at large.

o- (bu/-) need, necessity, requirement. cf. -etaaga.

bulangiti.

ekisaka; beat about the b., okusala amakeete.

start up, jump up; fig. arise, break out suddenly, ne wabaguka akeegugungo, and a disturbance suddenly broke out.

e- (1 i/m a) [Sw., Port.] well-made box (not of the throw-away variety); chest; trunk; safe.

o- adv. hurriedly; expeditiously, with speed and efficiency, cf. ^kuba, kubirira.

o- less often obutaamaavu (bu/-) fury, ferocity, wildness, cf. -taamaavu; taama.

o- (bu/-) temperateness; temperance; abstemiousness; restraint, self-control, cf. tangira, -etangira.

okuvvoola, okuteefula ebigambo.

engabi.

e- (li/ma) hole where lungfish hide during the dry season.

etc.

adj. very large, huge, ensolo bukuda, a huge animal.

o- neg. inf. as adv. for good, forever, lit. not to return, cf. ^dda, ddira.

o- (bu/-) readiness, preparedness. cf. Heeka, -eteekateeka, -eteefuteefu.

omuvvoozi.

be, okusaakaatira; (hair) okutuukuuma.

maybe, cf. bebbo, beppo.

o- (bu/-) mockery, scorn. cf. kudaala.