e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.

e- (li/ma) iron; steel, ekyuma ekya kkalwe, steel.

cut up; peel (e.g., matooke); block up (a hole), okwekonjera amatooke, to peel matooke for oneself.

kunjisa (-kunjisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 dress (a hide) with/using.

e- (ki/bi) bad omen, evil portent, foreboding, cf. bfka.

okukuma omuliro, okukoleeza; be kindled (anger), okubuubuuka.

a- (ka/bu) hiccough.

or the name of the animal being milked).

a- (ka/bu) riot; disturbance, commotion; strike; turmoil, unrest, cf. sambattuka.

a- (ka/bu) indentation.

e- (ki/bi) basket-like structure made of papyrus which serves as a crib for babies; crib.

e- (ki/bi) honeycomb after the honey has been removed.

e- (ki/bi) thick/coagulated mass; crust; scab, with the -a of rel. thick, hard.

cf. omukonjezi.

e- plur. ebyebikkwa (ki/bi) covering, something to cover oneself with (as a blanket or a sheet); plur. bedding, blankets and/or sheets, cf. bikka, -ebikka.

ekisa, obulungi.

a- (ka/bu) cheekbone.

a- also akakaasokanso (ka/bu) small shrub with edible berries, Rhus incana; berry of the plant.

etc. v.i. stop (of bleeding), ensanke n'ekamira, and the bleeding stopped.

(ka/bu) July dry season when the land is fallow, less hot season before the rainy season, cf. sambula.

collective), akawawa (ka/bu) gadfly.

e- (ki/bi) urinal, cf. kamba.

e- (ki/bi) size, measurement, oku- kuba ekipimo, to conduct an orchestra/a choir; to beat time (to music). Fukamu amazzi ga kipimo. Pour in enough water. cf. pitna.

e- (li/ma) trap for animals. See the plur. amakan da for additional meanings.

tear up, tear off; scratch; scrape; fig. assail verbally, excoriate/reproach, cf. ekikonjobole; kolobola.

peel off; cause to moult, etc.

e- (ki/bi) marvel, amazing thing/ event; oreat omen. rf. bona.

ekika, eŋŋanda, olulyo.

go dry, cease giving milk (of a cow).

a- no plur. (ka/bu) sunshine. cf. lomusana.

a- (ka/bu) rare kind of edible mushroom.

e- (ki/bi) abundance (of food, meat); celebration; rejoicing.

e- (ki/bi) kind of lemur, potto, Perodieticus potto.

e- (ki/bi) thick sauce made of pounded termites, peanuts, etc.; fig. solid, compact mass. Obudde bukntte ekipooli. slang It has become pitch dark outside.

e- (li/ma) kind of shrub with hard wood. cf. olukandwa.

ente.

make stiff; fig. kill; make obstinate; cause to be rebellious, kukakanyaza muntu, to kill a person; to question a person with the intent of trapping him.

milk all the time; ply a person (with liquor, beer, etc.).

a- from, essanda sap. Emmere egudde akasanda. The food is cooked, lit. has lost its juice or ‘sap.' (This phrase is particularly used with reference to sweet potatoes and bananas.)

a- also akawayiro (ka/bu) scrap; slice; piece, akawayi k'omugaati, a slice of bread, akawayi ak'olupapula, a piece of paper.

e- (ki/bi) type of basket made of papyrus, palm leaves or osiers and lined with the stems of plantain leaves, in the plur. baskets; food, meal, okuba mu bibbo, to be eating. Atulinnyidde mu bibbo. He has interrupted our meal/eating, cf. akabbo, olubbobbo, enzibo.

e- (ki/bi) leavings of grass and bananas which remain after the pressing process used in making beer, ebikamulo bya caayi, tea leavings, tea leaves after the substance has been pressed out of them. cf. kamula.

e- var. of ekiwumpuli, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) African print cloth or any similarly patterned material.

rap; tap, strike, konkona ku luggi, to knock on the door. cf. nkonkonamuti.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) large quantity, abundance, ebintu kyega or ekyega ky' ebintu, a large number of things. cf. 2omwega,

Kabaka.

a- (ka/bu) small spot, speck. cf. ebbala.

a- (ka/bu) serious problem; crisis; bad situation. Tuli ku kasandali. We are in a difficult situation.

e- (ki/bi) jackal. Ekika ky'Ekibe, the Jackal Clan. (The jackal is considered an animal of ill omen.) cf. akabe.

e- (ki/bi) deserted stretch of land; wasteland, ekkubo ery'ekikande, a road in a deserted or barren place.

exceed, be more than; be superior to. Asuubira, akira aloota. (prov.) He who hopes is superior to the person who merely dreams (presumably because hope is followed by action).

e- (ki/bi) trembling; shiver; chill (from a fever, cold, etc.).

e- (n/n) [Sw., dr.] Protestant church.

e- (ki/bi) menorrhagia, metrorrhagia.

obwakabaka.

a- (ka/bu) striped grass-rat; foul smell, body odor.

kamisa (kamisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make milk, cause to milk; milk by means of/using.

a- (ka/bu) arch, swelling on the neck.

The sun has been very hot these days, lit. it would awaken Kaweekwa in Ggangu.

e- (ki/bi) cartilage; gristle, cf. bebena, akabebenu.

e- (ki/bi) shock; terror; terrifying event; something appalling, akabenje ak'ekikangabwa, a shocking accident, kukuba kikangabwa, to shock, terrify. Ekikangabwa tekimanya muzira. (prov.) A terrifying event does not recognize a hero, i.e., it elicits the same response from brave men and cowards.

be surpassed, etc.

e- (ki/bi) simpleton, easy mark.

e- (li/ma) arch, sharpened stick for hunting edible rats (misu).

argue, dispute; struggle, etteeka erikontana n'empisa z'abantu, a law which conflicts with the customs of the people, cf. omu- kontanyi.

walk around haughtily/with an air of arrogant indifference.

akasumagizi.

a- (ka/bu) kind of medium-sized tree, Ficus capensis. cf. ?^bal a.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small red finch, ruddy waxbill.