ekitolima, ensunduba.

a- (ka/bu) sty in the eye; small louse, with the -a of rel. fine, delicate, ennukuta ez'akasekere, fine, delicate letters (in reference to handwriting).

a- adv. rapidly, swiftly. okudduka embiro za kawewuko, to run very fast. cf. wewuka.

e-: okusala ekikerejje, to make a circuit.

e- (ki/bi) command, order; rule, regulation; direction; relig. commandment. cf. lagira

e- (ki/bi) mushroom bed; large mushroom. cf. akatiko.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ill temper; bad disposition; sourness, cf. ^kayuka.

e- numer. ninety, with the -a of rel. ninetieth, omulundi ogw'ekyenda, the ninetieth time. cf. -(y)enda.

v., okukoona, okukuba; (announce oneself) okweyanjula; k. out, okutirimbula; k. up against, okuguuna, okutomera.

a- (ka/bu) kind of very small brownish insect which lives underground.

and plur. is necessary the forms kakawo/bukawo (pea/peas) are used.

e- (ki/bi) marvel, wonder; jubilant occasion, celebration.

e- (ki/bi) [Lunyoromat used by itinerant laborers, olumbe lw'ekirago, source of much trouble; terror; abomination.

e- (ki/bi) net trap used in hunting large animals; curtain, cf. timba, akatimba, olutimba.

e- (li/ma) pleasant smell, sweet odor; pleasant taste.

make the sound characteristic of a cock; fail to grow (of a banana tree). N'ezikookolima, gaali magi, (prov.) The(chickens) which are crowing were (formerly) eggs. From little acorns great oaks grow.

e- usually plur. ebyenda (ki/bi) intestines; bowels; viscera, cf. enda, lwenda.

ekifunvu.

kabassanya (la) cause of dissension, cause of dispute, lit. that which causes them to kill each other, cf. tta.

a- (ka/bu) small tail (e.g., that of a lizard), cf. omukira.

a- (ka/bu) small bundle of firewood. cf. olusekese.

a- (ka/bu) small butterfly, aka- taayi ak'akawojjolo, bow tie. cf. eki- wojjolo.

e- (ki/bi) mob; throng, cf. biiiibijjukana.

e- (ki/bi) sneer; derision; taunt; sarcasm, cf. kiina.

e- (ki/bi) patch, piece of material used to mend or cover a weak spot, okukuba ekiraka, to patch up (e.g., a pair of trousers); to kick a soccer ball and strike (someone); to repair (a tire), okwekubamu ekiraka, to do something to compensate for one's bad behavior, make amends.

adj. pure, real, genuine. Musajja Mukikuyu kyenekyene. He is a pure Kikuyu.

n., ekifundikwa; k. in wood, enkovu, ekifunvuba, e ssunduba, eki tuttwa.

a- (ka/bu) small opening/hole/ aperture, cf. olusekeso.

e- (ki/bi) big pipe (for smoking); ugly pipe. cf. emtnindi.

e- (ki/bi) mental institution, insane asylum, cf. -lalu.

e- (li/ma) shortage; lack; scarcity. with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. Amayinja g'omuwendo ga kkekwa. Precious stones are scarce.

cock- a-doodle-doo. cf. kookolima.

e- (ki/bi) the top bananas on a bunch. They are often much larger than the rest and ripen first.

v., okufundikira, okutugga; k. cloth on shoulders, okusumika.

n- (k»/bn) dropping (of a rat. rabbit, goat, etc.). dim. of enkiringi, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence.

a- = (akasana) akasenda- bazaana, (the sunshine) which attracts (senda) maidens (bazaana), i.e., twilight, the setting sun. See kalabirizabazaana.

deep place, as adv. very deep, to a great depth.

e- (ki/bi) group; crowd; flock; swarm.

e- adv. crosswise; obliquely.

e- (ki/bi) pilgrimage; long journey; arch, day's march, cf. lamaga.

e- (ki/bi) framework for climbing plants; shelf, cf tinda.

cheat, cf. kumpanya.

e- (ki/ba) season of plenty, time of abundance (of food); overabundance; blessing. cf. yengera.

get to, okumanya, okutegeera; for know use perf. tense of v., e.g I k.,mmanyi, ntegedde; become known, okwatuka, okwatiikirira.

corrupt. cf. -kaba, obukaba.

a- plur. obwambe (ka/bu) knife (usually locally made and not used as a table knife); orig. curved Kiganda knife. cf. lyambe (eryambe), omwambe.

a- (ka/bu) short post supporting the roof of a hut. cf. ssendwe.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) jail, prison.

e- (ki/bi) feast; celebration; major social event, cf. ^binuka.

e- (ki/bi) something useful/worthwhile/vital. Tewali kiramu kye baateesa. There is nothing vital which they discussed. cf. -lamu.

e- (ki/bi) kind of flat-tailed rat often found among bunches of bananas.

e- (li/ma) soldier ant.

the Holy Koran.

e- (ki/bi) equality; fairness. Akolagana n'abantu bonna mu ggwanga mu kyenkanyi. He cooperates with everybody in the country with complete equality, kyenkanyi or kyenkanyinkanyi as adv. equally; on equal terms; alike; level; abreast; cf. yenkana, yenkanankana.

amagezi, okumanya, okutegeera.

carry out, undertake; continue doing, carry on with (an activity), kukakkalabya mirimu, to do one's work/duties, kukakkalabya mboozi, to carry on a conversation, kukakkalabya musomo, to work hard on one's studies.

a- (ka/bu) small room; small wall, amannyo ag'akasenge, teeth which are close together without intervening gaps. cf. ekisenge.

o- (ka/bu) fontanel, top of the head, part of the head which is soft in early childhood but becomes hard with maturity.

e- (ki/bi) lever, cf. binuka, binula.

e- (ki/bi) kind of creeping grass/weed. cf. ^landa, ennanda.

e- (ki/bi) ferryboat, lighter.

e- (n/n) electric bell, ekkengere z'obugaali, bicycle bells.

O- the form -satu (3) used to form the ordinal, ekitabo eky'okusatu, the third book. cf. -satu.

e- (ki/bi) breakfast, cf. ^kya, enkya.

well, manyifu, atiikirivu.

a- (ka/bu) foolishness, idiocy, madness.

quickly; briskly; suddenly.

a- (ka/bu) kind of grass with far- spreading roots.

a- (ka/bu) small strainer/filter. cf. sengejja.