obunene.

e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.

amakulu.

e- (li/ma) kind of palm tree.

okuwa, okugaba, okutonera, okuweereza. g. birth to, okuzaala. g. place to, okusegulira. g. up, okuleka, okuta. g. oneself up, okwewaayo. g. ear to, okutega amatu, okuwulira. g. out, tr., okulanga, okubuulira. g. judgment, okusala omusango. be much given to, okuweebwa jjaliri.

adj. huge, very large, enju ggolomoka, a huge house.

ekisakiro, oluguve.

etc.; to rattle, okugalangatanya ekiwanga mu ngalo, to sleep, go to bed, lit. rattle the skull in one's fingers. Yagalangatanya ensimbi za Gavumenti, kati ali mu kkomera. He embezzled government funds and is now in jail. cf. omugalangatano; golongotana.

e- (li/ma) place of launching (for boats), cf. golomola.

sanyufu; be g., okusanyuka; make g., okusanyusa.

fall sprawling on the ground; roll over.

e- (n/n) [S«>.] upper story; upstairs. mu ggoloofa, upstairs, ennyumba eya ggoloofa, a house of more than one story.

purchase, v.i. cost; be worth, okugula ennyonyi, lit. to buy an airplane, i.e., to flee in fear of the consequences of an evil or crime one has committed.

n'essanyu,

etc.

e- var. of eggwolu, q.v.

etc.

essanyu.

e- (n/n or li/ma) sub-county, administrative division immediately below the ssaza (county), ow'eggombolola, subcounty chief, cf. gombolola.

enkenga; (swollen) ensanjabavu, emmambavu.

e- (li/ma) stomach of a non-ruminating animal (esp. a pig); amagomo, folds of fat on the sides, stomach and around the neck.

buy constantly; hire; bribe.

okutunulira obukanu.

e- (1 i/ma) spot (either permanent, as the spot on a leopard, or temporary as a spot of dirt, etc.) cf. ebigondo. bones, skeletons; dead relative(s). okuvuma amagufa, to insult grossly (by offensive references to a dead relative).

endabirwamu; (tele scope) galubindi; (drinking) ekirawuli.

e- plur. amawuggwe (li/ma) lung. cf. ekiwuggwe.

v., okumaskmasa, okwakaaya kana.

e- (li/ma) kind of water grass.

okuyeera.

a weapon) in order to strike; brandish, flourish.

e- (li/ma) large load/burden, cf. omugugu.

essanyu.

nziguse) v.i. come upon, happen upon; arrive at; come out onto or into, kugguka mu muntu, to become wise to a person, understand a person's real motives.

o- also guleerere, o- (gu/ga) big, ugly cloud; large, threatening cloud, cf. ekire.

ogezi.

etc. Yatugalulira omuggo. He raised a stick against us.

etc.

okuseeyeeya, okuyenjeera.

nnambye) v.tr. say; say to, tell, kwe kugamba nti..., that is to say, i.e... abantu abalala gamba nga nze, other people such as myself. Mbadde jrinamba nti... I thought/supposed that. Ani agamba? Is there any question at all about that? That is too obvious.

v., okumasamasa, okutanga lijja, okunyereketa, okuteŋŋeenya.

be said, etc.

etc. cf. omugguukiriro.

ensi.

ekizikiza; (sorrow) obunaku.

etc.

nzigudde), frequently with the enclitic -wo: ggulawo (-guddewo) v.tr. open (as a door), okuggula ebyama, to reveal secrets, okuggulawo omuwogo, to open (a door) slightly.

be, okulungubala.

etc.; reveal to. kuluggulira gye lutaggulir- wa, to start trouble, cause trouble, lit. to

trot; skip cavort about, frolic, cf. kannagguluba.

okugulumiza, okusuuta, okutendereza.

e-: (li/ma) millipede (in general); arch, a kind of millipede, cf. kagongolo.

very firmly, very tightly. Eccupa nnywevu be gulugulu. The bottle is tightly sealed. Kino kyange gulugulu. This is my very own.

ekitiibwa.

etc.

e- usually sing, (li/ma) meekness, humbleness; courtesy, politeness, 2 kindness; gentleness, ow'eggonjebwa, a polite/respectful person.

gambol, cavort about, frolic, romp (often of animals).

be, okunekaaneka.

e- no plur. (li/ma) gentleness, mildness (of persons), with the -a of rel. clear, pleasant (of the voice), eddoboozi ery'e ggono, a pleasant, clear voice.

v., okwaka, okusegenya.

disclaim, retract; unstick.

e- (n/n) [£ng.] goal (in football).

ogi

e- also goonya (n/n) crocodile.

emmunyeenye.

e- (li/ma) lit. large cloth, okusa- lawo eggoye, to straighten out a misunderstanding, clear up a point, settle an unresolved situation. Eggoye lyasaliddwawo.

muscle, nayiga.

usually m the neg. -tagambika, unspeakable, indescribable. obulwadde obutagambika, unspeakable/horrible disease. cf. eggambo, akagambo, kalirugambo, eki- gambo, olugambo, am again bo, entagambwa.

omuluvu, ssedduvu, dduma bikalu.

okuzimbagala nga Gambalagala, to become livid with rage. cf. balagala.

e- (li/ma) partly ripened fruit of the muwafu or the musaali tree. Lukuba eggu ne luleka omuzima. (Death, olumbe) strikes the young fruit and leaves the ripe fruit (untouched). This saying refers to one who dies at a very young age.