a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba akalulu, to vote; to hold a lottery.,

a- (ka/bu) kind of small ant which nests in trees and inflicts a painful sting.

a- (ka/bu) something added on, supplement, cf. waayira.

e- (ki/bi) plight, predicament, difficulty, dilemma, cf. bamba.

lit. buffalo-drink. cf. nywa, embogo.

e- (ki/bi) muluka court, cf. tawulula.

nzikakkanye) v.i. sit down, take a seat; come down, move to a lower position; become mild; calm down, subside (of an illness, a difficult situation).

obukyayi, omukyawe, omukyayi.

akakubampanga.

a- (ka/bu) syphilitic rash.

a- (ka/bu) million.

a- (ka/bu) gallbladder; fig. bitterness; hostility.

kawumpuli, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) terrible thing or happening; terror, horror, obulumi obw'eki- bambulira, terrible, burning pain. Omwana oyo nno naye kibambulira. The child is a hellion, cf. bamba, bambula.

e- also ejjonjoli (ki/bi) kind of bird resembling a bulbul.

e- (ki/bi) tick bird, lit. it- drinks-in-the-cow. cf. nywa, ente.

e- (ki/bi) seat; site; base, ekitebe ekikulu, headquarters, cf. akatebe, entebe.

e- (ki/bi or la) kind of mat.

ebbinika.

a- (ka/bu) tumult, uproar, disturbance, danger, trouble.

a- (ka/bu) lit. it bites (luma) the herdsmen (balunda), a kind of poisonous, lizard-like reptile.

a- (ka/bu) kind of plant, P entaphylla.

a- (ka/bu) small bladder; tubelike part of a bicycle pump; inner tube of a ball. cf. Svaga, ekiwago, oluwago.

e- (ki/bi) stain, smear; scar of a burn.

e- (ki/bi) young cockerel, pullet; young person (from the age of about 16 to 20); pretty girl.

e- var. of kinyeebwa, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) bog. cf. akateebe.

ekisumuluzo; (explanation) amakulu.

a- (ka/bu) difficulty, trouble; jam, ‘hot water.'

compel.

difficulty; problem; obstacle; dilemma.

a- (ka/bu) small cooking pot. cf. saka, ensaka.

a- (ka/bu) small sheaf, small bundle (of firewood), cf. omuwakata.

e- (ki/bi) moment; space, interval, distance; shed in which bricks are made. Olumbe lumubuusa ebibanda. He is seriously ill. Bamubuusizza ebibanda. They are chasing him.

e- (ki/bi) fringe; mane, long hair. cf. akajwenge.

e- (ki/bi) drink, beverage, lit. that which is drunk, cf. nywa.

e- (ki/bi) clump of plantains; place where rubbish is collected for burning. cf. teekera.

e- (n/n) [Stu., dr.] pencil; pen.

kyayisa caus. forms of kyawa, q.v.

olusambaggere.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) orneriness, ill- natured disposition; bumptiousness, quality of being loud and bumptious. Omunafu ayinza kababba. (prov.) An idle person excels in boastful talk. It is easier to talk about something than to do it. Alina aka- babba or Wa kababa. He is a loud-mouthed person.

a- (ka/bu) end seat in a canoe. cf. ekirumba, omulumba.

a- (ka/bu) shoot on a plant. L /. wakalita.

e- (ki/bi) kind of reed roofing used for conical huts.

e- (ki/bi) clan; family; type, kind; form. t or sub-divisions of the clan see ~essiga, omutuba and olunyiriri.

e- (ki/bi) drinking party; friendship; bond (between individuals), okulya ekinywi, to make a common cause. Ba kinywi kimu. They are close friends, cf. nywa.

e- (ki/bi) place for a waterpot in a hut. cf. ^teeka.

fall down (as fruit from a stalk); become detached.

e- (ki/bi) dried plantain fiber used in making rope, in tying up bundles of food during the cooking process, in tying poles in building, etc. okusala ebyayi, to relieve oneself, cf. olwayi.

v., okusamba, okusambagala, okusansagala.

emimwa egya kababi, very red lips. cf. babuka.

a- (ka/bu) kind of tree or 1 shrub, Syzygium cordatum. cf. omulunginsanvu.

a- dim. of muwala, q.v. Tosala gwa kawala nga tonnawulira gwa kalenzi. (prov.) Don't judge (the case, omusango is implied by gwa) of the girl before you hear the one of the boy. Don't pass judgment without hearing both sides.

e- (ki/bi) a wide and shallow metallic plate/tray.

e- (ki/bi) temporary enclosure/ shelter made of grass, reeds and small trees, cf. kaabuga.

e- (ki/bi) kind, type. Olukiiko lwa Bungereza n'endala ez'ekinywi ekyo, the Parliament of England and others of this type.

e- (ki/bi) place for disposal of children's feces (e.g., in a hole dug at the base of a plantain tree).

fruit); pluck; snap off, snatch off; disconnect. v.i. loaf, kill time instead of working.

akaana k'embuzi.

o- (ka/bu) kind of plant, osier.

a- (ka/bu) small deserted area, wasteland, cf. eddungu.

intruder.

a- (ka/bu) pair of short pants; shorts, cf. empale.

e- (ki/bi) open space, open area; patch of land. cf. banga.

e- (ki/bi) fence; arch, royal or chief's enclosure (among the Banyoro).

e- (ki/bi) resolution, proposal, bill. c f. ^teesa.

e- (ki/bi) yawn. cf. yayuuya.

okunyaga.

a- (ka/bu) social reception; small party, akabaga ak'eby'okunywa, cocktail party, cf. embaga.

of a forest). Yeetisse bya kakalakakala. He is loaded down with a whole host of things, cf. -kakavu.