n., omusingi, entobo; also vide okusinziira.

adj., bi, kopi.

a nsumattu.

a nsonyi.

ebbakuli, ebbenseni.

Eng.~\ pistol, revolver.

okwota omusana.

ekisero, ekibbo, endiiro, endabi, enkanga, enzibo; fish b., omuya; b. for edible gnats (ssami), olutente.

ekinyira, akawundo.

ebaafu; (of leaf) oluleeba;

okunaaba, okuwuga.

ekinaabiro.

okubatika amatama, to fail to respond, remain speechless.

v. tr. [fag.] baptize. cf. ebbatirizo.

n., olutalo.

v. tr. slap hard; beat violently. Yamubattula oluyi. He gave him a hard slap

v. tr. cause to jump up. cf. kabatukira.

v., okuziyiza.

okuyoogaana, okukaaba, okuleekaana, okujogoolikana.

n., ekyondo.

v. tr. caus. cause to bear fruit.

see ^bba.

plur. babba- (la) husband. The pos- sessives are suffixed directly. The following forms occur:

(la) [£ng.] back (in soccer).

plur. iden. or zi bbaasi (n/n) [_Eng. ] bus.

Ste.] ice. eky uma ekya bbalaafu, icebox, refrigerator, amayinja ga bbalaafu, pieces of ice, chunks of ice.

(n/ti) purple heron.

dysmenorrhea.

e- (n/n) a brass drum carried by one marching in a band.

(la) meal cooked from com flour.

(li/ma) middle side plank of a canoe.

to become dangerous/terrifying/threatening. Envubu zeefudde bbereeje ku bizinga bino. The hippopotamuses have become a major threat on these islands.

see under ^ bba.

obubbi, kabbira, omubbi, omubbizi, enziba.

v.i. neut. be easy to steal/ rob; be liable to be stolen; be easy to cheat.

Solanum melongena.

to walk very stealthily. Yagezaako okubbirira amaaso alabe kve nkola. He tried to steal a look to see what I was doing.

q.v.

(n/n) [_F.ng.fi beer.

v. tr. caus. cause to dive/sink.

omugaati gwa bboofu, a loaf of bread.

servant, ttani-bboyi or bboyi-mmotoka, worker who loads and unloads trucks.

see under bbuka.

v.i. come to the surface; rise up (in a liquid); float.

to look up, raise one's eyes.

a preparation used in laundering, with the -a of rel. blue, embira ez' ebbala erya bbululu, blue beads, kutunula bbululu, to look blue/ sad; to be at a total loss.

ideo. expressing the sound made by a

comprehensible; be easy to understand; be identifiable.

gorged/stuffed (with food or drink); be huge/immense.

his people.

a very hard tree), kubebba mpola, to eat or drink slowly.

walk with difficulty.

munch; pound, cf. akabebenu, ekibebenu.

v.i. bleat (of a male goat or sheep during the rutting season).

an official; be or become officially recognized.

v.tr. redup. keep importuning.

sup eriors, people of higher station, etc.). ekitabo kya beene, somebody else's book.

etc., stay, remain; dwell, reside. Baabeeranga ku kizinga e Ssese. They used to live on one of the Ssese islands. Yabuuza ogubadde. He asked what had happened/what was the matter.

v.i. recip. help each other.

v.i. appl. 2 be (often with the implication of long or permanent duration). Ebiseera ebirungi tebibeerera. Good times do not last. Abaana abato teba- tera kubeerera awo. Young children are always on the go, lit. do not usually just stay there, kye kibeeredde, for that reason, that is why.

v.i. pass. be helped.

v.tr. caus. cause to be; enable to survive; support. Lukwago ye yamubeesaayo. It is Lukwago who enabled

see beteka.

genda! vaawo!

v.tr. = bega.

split.

v.tr. revile; say foolish/stupid things (to). Tombejjererako. Stop your foolish talk (to me).

ensonga ezibejjerezebwa, reasons which are given as excuses.

v.i. be chipped; break off; split off.

v.tr. chip; split off. cf. bajjuka (under bajja).