a- (ka/bu) anus.

e- (ki/bi) forest, cf. Wabira.

etc. cf. bibinala, giginala.

e- = kalandalugo, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) log; dead branch detached from a tree; old piece of wood. cf. lekiti, ^omuti.

e- (li/ma) large frog. (Awantu) awampi waalema ekkere okubuuka. (prov.) A short distance proved too much for the big frog to jump. Beware, you may be beaten by a trifle. (Asht.) Basammula ekkere ng'amazzi banywa. They splash away the big ugly frog but drink the water (it has been in). (Said o f hypocrites.) cf. ekikere.

-kusensezza) v.i. contract measles, cf. olukusense.

e- without the I.V.'s kyannyanja plur. ebyennyanja (byannyanja) (ki/bi) fish, lit. (thing)of the sea. cf. ennyanja.

ennyingo y'engalo.

an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.

a- (ka/bu) small valley. Sijja ku- menya kawonvu na kagga ku ntambula yange, i will not gp into details about my trip, lit. I will not mention the little valley and the little river, cf. ekiwonvu.

e-: Nnalwalamu ekibiribiri. I felt weak all over. I felt feverish all over. cf. omubiri.

e- (ki/bi) small palm tree. cf. olukindu.

e- (ki/bi) announcement, notice; proclamation, cf. ^langa, langirira.

e- (li/ma) lump; clump; mass; large pill/tablet. Emboozi yagwa amakerenda. They (or we) had a long and pleasant conversation. Kkerenda liva ku lubaya. (prov.) lit. The lump comes fnom the large packet. Like father, like son. cf. akakerenda.

okukooloobya oluyimba, to sing a song.

e- adv. backwards, aback, cf. ennyuma.

Ekkolaani.

plunder, despoil; demolish, destroy, ruin; pull apart; tear to pieces with the teeth.

a- (ka/bu) fine particle(s)/ flake(s); crumb; dust, ssukaali wa kasennyente, very fine sugar.

a- adj. with akasana (sunshine) implied, period from about 7:30 to 8-30 A-M. cf. woomera, omulezi.

e- (ki/bi) [Su;. ] match; box of matches, cf. akabiriiti.

with force. Omu- bbi baamututte kikingizzi. The thief was forcefully dragged away.

e- (ki/bi) announcement; advertisement. cf. ^langa.

e- with the -a of rel. childish, eby'ekito, childish things, childish actions. Nnali nkola bya kito. I was acting childishly. cf. -to.

conceal; shelter, treat with care, omwana omukusike, a sheltered child.

e- (ki/bi) bottom row of a bunch of bananas, cf. akansubi.

ekiraalo, olugo, essaazi.

a- (ka/bu) second totem of a clan. It differs from the first totem in that there is no taboo against eating it.

a- (ka/bu) small belt; small strap, ekirevu ky'akakoba, sideburns, side- whiskers. cf. olukoba.

a- (ka/bu) sieve.

a- (ka/bu) pleasant smell, fragrant odor, aroma; perfume. Ayogeza kawoowo. He speaks pleasingly. His voice has a pleasant sound, eddoboozi ery'akawoowo, a pleasant/attractive voice, cf. eggwoowo.

e- (ki/bi) bug.

e- (ki/bi) slope of a hill; descent; trough, low point; escarpment; valley. cf. kka, olukko.

e- also ekirasi (ki/bi) bleeding at the nose. cf. lasa.

e- (ki/bi) mixture, variegated pattern. cf. tobeka.

e- (n/n) a (Roman Catholic) church. See eklezia.

e- (ki/bi) tail feather; tail (of an airplane); extreme rear end (of an automobile).

a- (ka/bu) dim. of ekibbo, kind of basket, q.v. kuwa kabbo kya nseko, to say something funny/humorous (to someone).

a- (ka/bu) small or young baboon. dim. of enkobe, q.v.

etc.

a- (ka/bu) trial, proof, ordeal, obudde bw'akasera, a timeof trial/ordeal.

a- (ka/bu) lit. it cools the cooking stones, the time from about 9:30 P.M. to midnight, cf. ^wola, woza, essiga.

e- (ki/bi) rib of Raffia monbuttorum palm leaf. cf. embo.

e- (ki/bi) sigh, okussa ekikkowe, to sigh, okussa ku kikkowe, to take a rest/ a breather.

e- (ki/bi) [Su>., /Jr.] glass covering/shade for a lamp or light; arch, glass, tumbler; arch., in the plur. glasses, spectacles.

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

e- (li/ma) strong poison, cf. kesula.

cram, pack; pile. Ensawo bagikoomekeddemu ppamba. They have stuffed the bag with cotton.

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) salvation, redemption. cf. nunula.

a- (ka/bu) water lily.

olugoye olwa kakobe, a purple garment/cloth.

a- see obusera.

a- (ka/bu) cheating; deceit; fraud. cf. ^wuba, wubya.

e- (ki/bi) disease of the nose characterized by an abnormal accumulation of mucus, rhinitis.

e- (ki/bi) obscenity, ekigambo eky'ekiko, an indecent/obscene word. cf. ebiko, ekko.

e- (ki/bi) oath, vow. cf. layira.

e- (ki/bi) knob/bulge on the end of a stick or club. cf. akatottolima, ettolima.

e- no plur. excess, with the -a of rel. excessive, kukola bya kkinyi, to act mischievously, do things to excess.

o- the form of-taano (5) used to form the ordinal, ekitabo eky'okutaano, the fifth book. cf. -taano.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) the color yellow, yellowness, with the -a of rel. yellow. cf. lyenvu.

a- (ka/bu) small|jackal. okuwulira akabe akakaaba, to hear the jackal crying (an omen of death), cf. ekibe.

adj. geniune, pure, real (of persons). Ndi Muganda kakobogo. I am a genuine, pure Muganda.

a- (ka/bu) small trap made of grass and used for catching mudfish (mmale). cf. sereekerera.

a- (ka/bu) scoop formed from a banana leaf used for drinking soup; scoopful (of paraffin, cooking oil, etc.). cf. ekiwujjo.

e- with the -a of rel. partly ripened (of fruit); not completely done (of food); light colored (of Africans), empafu ey'eki- bogwe, a partially ripened mpafu fruit. Abantu abasinga obungi mu bitundu bino balina obugunjufu bwa kibogwe. Most of the people in these areas have a defective/ poor culture.

e- rare var. of olukobo, q.v.

cf. ogulc, akalc.

e-: okunyiga ekitoliro, to overwhelm (an opponent in wrestling); to exploit, treat ruthlessly/despotically.