e- (li/ma) relig. novitiate of a religious order, cf. ^gera.

sway, wobble, rock; toss and turn (of a sick person); feel weak; be spoiled.

teefu, gonvu; be g., okukwata empola; become g., okukkakkana.

title of the chief of the Kabaka's canoes, admiral; title of a high- ranking chief of the Mmamba (Lungfish) Clan.

e- rare sing, of amagero, q.v.

etc.; spoil, mar. Enkuba nayo egoyaanye enteekateeka zaffe. The rain has spoiled our plans.

obuteefu, obukkakkamu, e ggonjebwa.

e- (li/ma) a brilliant pieceof advice; an excellent idea. The gramm. plur. ama- gezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from, the sing.

adj. bad, not good /esp. of food).

mpola, kasiiso, kimpowooze, nkuyo.

e- (li/ma) egg. amagi amasii ke, fried eggs, kukuba za ku magi, to be a coward, act in a cowardly way, lit. strike the hens (enkoko is implied by za) (who are sitting) on the eggs. Kiriba kya nsonyi bwe mulirya eggi. lit. It will be a shame if you eat the egg. This derives from the proverb okulya eggi okwesub.ya omuwula, to eat the egg and miss the meat. The implication is that if one allows an egg to develop into a chicken the gain will be greater. Bulijjo afuna magi mu kubala. He always gets zeros in arithmetic, cf. ekigi.

have a difficult time; go wrong (of devices, pfaris, etc.). cf. omugozoobano, engozoobana.

engeri.

be treated with contempt, etc.

of lggya, q.v.

often with a pejorative force. No nouns are inherently of the gu/ga class, omusajja, man; ogusajja, huge hulk of a man, giant, ekintu, thing, oguntu, huge clumsy thing. Since many hundreds of nouns may be shifted to the gu/ga them all in a dictionary.

joogolofiya.

e- (li/ma) curtain; veil; screen; partition.

n., Omudaaki, Omugiri maani.

e- (1 i/m a) spicule, hairy projection on elephant grass (reeds) or sugarcane; hair on a caterpillar, okuseka n'eggimbi ku mwoyo, to laugh bitterly; to laugh maliciously.

adj., a Kidaaki.

rot, etc. cf. ebigagu.

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. ejjinirizi, omugina.

Budaaki.

e- plur. amayindu (li/ma) also spelled ejjindu spur/o/a cock, etc.).

okumeruka.

peel off (of skin, paint, etc.); lose scales (e.g., of a fish, snake); become unstuck; fig. come out of one's shell.

e- var. spelling of ejjingirizi, q. V.

okuwenya emikono.

peel off; remove the scales from; unstick; fig. reproach, chide; insult. cf. eggagamba, eggamba, ekigagamba.

e- var. spelling of ejjinirizi, q.v.

hurry anxiously.

okuweebwa, okufuna. g. up, okugolokoka, okuyimuka. g. better, okussuuka, okulamuka, okuwona. g. out of the way, okusegulira. g. ready, dkweteekateeka. g. away, okuvaawo. g. out, okuvaamu. g. off, okuvaako; (penalty), okuwona.

get up suddenly, cf. gannamuka.

omuzimu; Holy Ghost, Omwo yo Omutukuvu, Mwoyo Mutuukirivu.

rare crawl along; trudge along.

e- (n/n) [Eng.] drinking glass, tumbler. Ekyo kiri mu ggiraasi. That is quite obvious.

erintu, omuntuomuwagguufu.

e- (li/ma) kind of mat. (la) kind of mat pattern in which the-plaiting is parallel and horizontal, cf. ggiringiti.

okusekerera, okukiina, okuduula.

e- rare malice.

kantoolooze, kammunguluze, kaboyi.

e- (li/ma) fin (of a fish), cf. akagirigimba.

ekirabo, ekitone, ekiweebwayo; g. of food to king, olukungo.

make wealthy. cf• 'gagga.

e- also spelled ejjirikiti (li/ma)

a magezi

nene nnyo, agguufu; vide colossal.

eat up ravenously.

«- (li/ma) kind of mat; kind of mat pattern, cf. leggiri.

reject categorically.

okusekaaseka, okufeenverera.

e- (n/n) (from Eng. Gillette) razor blade, cf. akagirita.

endaka.

loll around; be lethargic.

rebuke, upbraid, rail against; abuse.

kekeyu.

n. (trap), omutego, akakunizo, omuliiti; (drink), walagi.

e- (li/ma) finely ground powder made from dried greens such as mpindi, etc. Ky'onkoze entungo ekikola ggobe. You have put me in a bad/difficult/sticky situation. n'amanya nti luno eggobe lya kuggwa mu kibya, and he knew that things would turn out just right, lit. the ggobe would wind up in the bowl.

etc.; build/construct at an unusual speed.

v. (cotton), okusunsula.

e- (li/ma) large mat/carpet. A1 i mu ggodooli. He is sleeping.

entugga.

to look up, raise the head. cf. lalama.

e-: kwemala ggoga, to do to one's heart's content, fully satisfy one's desires. Abaagala omwenge bajja kwemala eggoga. Those who like beer will have all they want, kwemalira ggoga ku muntu (or ku kintu), to take it out on somebody (or something).

okwesiba, okwambala, okwebaga, okwefungiza, okukekeera.

garbage, refuse; fig. mess; corruption.

olukoba, oluyina, omukandala, olwebagyo, biti.

omuwala; vide dduuda; (servant) omuzaana.

e- (li/ma) small peninsula.