ekiragala.

okuleka, okudembuka, okw emenya.

nnamunkanga.

e- (li/ma) step; rank; grade, degree. plur. amadaala ladder; stairs, stairway, steps, ow'eddaala, someone who has acquired a high status/position, cf. aka- daala, ekidaala.

be, okwesansabaga; (persons) okwesunsulika.

v., okukulukusa; (one's glass) okwekamirira, okukatankira, okukutamira.

e- plur. amalaame (li/ma) final testament, will. cf. ^laama, ekiraamo.

be in, okwesalabya.

embaata ensajja.

e- plur. amalagala (li/ma) leaf (but not of a plantain); medicine; drug; chemical, in the plur. foliage, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish, eddagala eritta ebiwuka, insecticide, eddagala ly'amannyo, toothpaste, eddagala ly'enviiri, hair tonic, eddagala eryerusa, Jjlectuluiig cieain. tsdda- gaia erigonza olubuto or eddagala ly'oku- ddukana, laxative, eddagala^ ly'enjala, nail polish, cf. akalagala, kiragala, olulagaia.

n., ebbaluwa.

okutimba, okugulika.

e- (n/n) [Ar., Sw. ] minute.

v., okuweereza, okutuma.

empewo; take deep d., okukatankira; at a d., kobonko, mbulaga.

be, okugayika.

okuwalula, okukulubeesa; (depict) okukuba ekifaananyi; (water) okusena; (out) okusowola; (near) okusembera; (line) okukuba omusittale; (breath) okussa omukka; (lots) okukuba akalulu; (to a close) okuwungeera; (aside) okuseetula; (at a pipe) okufuuweeta; (out of water) okunnyula; (up legs) okwefunya; (teeth) okwekuulamuamannyo; (in games) okulemagana, okugwa amaliri.

adjective or adverb, completely, thoroughly; really; very, extremely. Kirungi ddala. It is very good, ddala requires the applied form of the verb. Bakyamidde ddala. They have gone completely astray, cf. naddala.

okunyooma, okugaya, okuŋoola, okunanula.

empale, kabbiiri.

e- (li/ma) [Sw., dr.] class, classroom.

ekigobero.

n., ekifaananyi.

e- (li/ma) embroidery; fringe. cf. daliza.

naku, avu; be d., okujeera, okwangaala, okudaaga; be come d., okujeeruka.

okulembeggerera, okulanza lanza, okugolooma, okunaaninga.

e- no plur. (li/ma) madness, craziness, insanity; extreme folly, kugwa ddalu, to go mad. cf. -lalu.

obwavu.

v., okutya.

ceremonial staff handed by the Kabaka to the Kati- kkiro (Prime Minister) as a symbol of his office. cf. lamula.

okuzikiriza, okuwe mmenta, oku tta, okw onoona; be destroyed, okufa, okuzikirira.

n., okutya, ensisi.

e- plur. amalanga (li/ma) cannalily.

okuzikirizibwa.

a nsisi, a ntiisa.

be, okutunguka, okuwaguka, okuyunguka.

n., ekirooto, endooto.

e- plur. amadaza (li/ma) arch. moon; month.

v., okumenya, okusoggola, okutontogola.

v., okuloota.

e- plur. amalebe (li/ma) [Sw.,Hind. ] large tin can, 4-gallon tin container used for storing kerosine. Ennyumba y'amalebe, a house the roof of which is made out of flattened tin cans. cf. endebe, ekirebe.

okulwisa, okulabiriza, okulindiriza.

ssekalootera.

okulaba, okuketta.

okugogola.

e- (li/ma) pleasant smell, pleasant aroma, cf. akalekende.

omukessi, mbega.

obukyu, ebbonda, ekikudumu, ebikanja.

e-: okukuba eddema, to knock away an opponent's stick in the game of mbirigo.

okuziyiza.

okutobya, okutotola, okujeebuula; be drenched, okutoba, okujeba.

e- no plur. (li/ma) freedom; opportunity; leisure; lack of worry, peace and quiet, eddembe ery'okwogera, freedom of speech, ebiseera eby'eddembe, leisure time. Atunuza ddembe. He looks relaxed/ composed, cf. akalembe.

amaanyi, obugumu.

ekyambalo, olugoye, ekitee teeyi.

e- (li/ma) front of a house, courtyard; originally the narrow stretch connecting the road and the courtyard.

a maanyi, gumu, ka kafu; be d., okumalirira, okukakata.

v. (self), okwambala; (another) okwambaza; (d. up) okwerokobya; (finely) okuyonja; (wounds) okunyiga, okuvumba.

e- plur. amalembwe (li/ma) large kirembwe (a kind of large ant). Enswa emu ekira eddembwe. (prov.) One nswa (small, edible termite) is better than a large, inedible ant. Usefulness cannot be measured by size, cf. ekirembwe, ssekirem- bwe.

okukyawa ennyo, okutamwa ennyo, okukijja.

okugeregeza.

e- (li/ma) road.

bi nnyo, gwagwa. .

n. (meaning) amakulu.

e- plur. amalemu (li/ma) fruit of the rubber vine, Landolphia florida (omu- lemu).

okukoomoola, okuvuga.

v., okuseyaaseya, okuyenja.

ejjinja eddene, a big stone.

make a, okwekooloobya, okwezlngulula, okubalama.

n. (tool), ekiwummula, ekekeyu.

e- plur. amalenge (li/ma) small wind instrument, whistle, reed pipe made of bamboo; measure for a charge of gunpowder. Enjala wano efuuwa n'ama lenge. The hunger here is beyond belief, lit. is blowing whistles, cf. ^akalenge, kirenge, orau- lenge. See also fuuwa and fuuyira.