‘rub each other the wrong way.' cf. akakuubagano.

e- (ki/bi) stumbling block, cause of scandal, cause of offense, hindrance. cf. -esittala.

a- (ka/bu) ankle.

a- (ka/bu) blemish, stain, spot; defect; grudge, rancor. Omulungi tabulako kamogo. (prov.) A beautiful person does not lack a blemish. Nobody is perfect.

a- (ka/bu) hard work; intensive struggle, cf. siitaana.

a- (ka/bu) evening, (la) kind of sweet potato, rather hard and with a dark red color, cf. wungeera.

e- (ki/bi) town, city, ekibuga eki- kulu, capital, okukuba ekibuga, to found a city. cf. embuga.

e- (ki/bi) cup, mug; relig. chalice; ciborium.

e- (ki/bi) chaff of sesame/wheat/ corn, etc.; fig. something as light as a feather, cf. akalerya.

e- (ki/bi) shade.

adj. large, huge; obstinate, intractable.

e- (ki/bi) need, requirement, cf. -etaaga.

a- (ka/bu) pep, enthusiasm (usually misdirected); infatuation.

a- (ka/bu) small lizard, dim. of ekkonkome, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) akamonde akazungu,

a- (ka/bu) small log; small stump. cf. ekisiki.

a- (ka/bu) eaglet, young eagle, enkoko ey'akawungu, chicken with plumage resembling that of an eagle, cf. empungu.

e- (ki/bi) fruit which is slow in ripening, cf. kona.

e- (ki/bi) beard; moustache; whiskers, kukwata mu kirevu, lit. to grab by the beard, i.e., to be insolent towards, to tease (of a child towards an adult), cf. akalevu, amalevu.

e- (ki/bi) wild fig tree, Ficus kitu- balu.

e- (li/ma) place where barkcloth is beaten (it resembles a shed but has open sides), cf. komaga.

kooyesa (-kooyesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 tire, make tired; weary.

e- adv. of one's own accord; independently, on one's own; after due consideration. cf. ^teesa, -eteesa.

a- (ka/bu) small forest; grove; thicket of shrubs and small trees, cf. ekibira.

a- (ka/bu) small hand/arm; trunk of an elephant; consumption, tuberculosis. cf. omukono.

a- (ka/bu) ventilator.

a- (ka/bu) party held for the groom or bride on the night before the wedding.

swiftly (referring to motion), cf. wunguka, oluwunguko.

e- (ki/bi) fist, omukubi w'ebikonde, boxer, ebikonde, fists; boxing, okusekera mu kikonde, to laugh inwardly, suppress a laugh, cf. ekkonde.

e- (ki/bi) medicine, ebirezi ebi- nnansi, native medicines, cf. lera.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) colloq. English, the English language.

e- (li/ma) pomegranate.

e- (ki/bi) prodigy; something which is very unusual/strange/weird.

a- (ka/bu) small bead. cf. embira.

a- var. of akakansokanso, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) kind of termite hill; fig. large amount (usually of money), akamoome k'ensimbi, a great deal of money.

plur. bu-) kind of caterpillar.

grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma.

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth; bark- cloth used as a bed covering; sackcloth, cloth worn as a sign of mourning. cf. ^bukuta.

e- (ki/bi) post, pole; large peg. ekikondo kya mailo, milepost, cf. aka- kondo, enkondo.

e- (ki/bi) large hide/skin. cf. eddiba.

e- (ki/bi) rare first growth after a bush fire.

e- (li/ma) kind of large black caterpillar.

uproot; pull up; pull out. kukuulawo muntu, to beat out/ excel over (an opponent, competitor). Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo, banaakunkuulako bukuuzi. If I get my hands on you, they will have to drag me away.

e- (ki/bi) confusion, confused state.

a- (ka/bu) mask. cf. ekikookolo.

a- (la or ka/bu) hiccup; hiccupping. cf. sikonda, sikondoka.

e- (ki/bi) kukuba kibuli, to dodge (in soccer).

e- (ki/bi) lap; bosom.

e- (ki/bi) nourishment; vitamin(s). cf. lya, Iiisa.

e- (ki/bi) pullet which has begun to lay.

e- (li/ma) castor-oil plant.

lose the feeling of tiredness. cf. -koowu, obukoowu, ekikoowukoowu, mwamyakooye; toowolokoka.

cf. omubiri.

a- with the -a of rel. halfcooked, insufficiently cooked. Emmere ya kakoolakoola. The food is half-cooked.

kampegawano adv. up until now; by now; as of now; all this time, okuiuusa kampegaano, up until now. cf. mpegaano.

a- (ka/bu) degenerate shoot of a plantain.

e- (ki/bi) tree stump; colloq. dignitary; high official, ‘big shot.' cf. obu- konge, ^enkonge.

e- adv. in a haphazard/untidy/ slovenly way. Yesiba empina ekirijja. He dresses in a slovenly way.

e- (ki/bi) hole; opening, aperture, kukwatira mu kituli, to catch tn the act, catch red-handed, cf. omutuli.

e- finally, as a finish. Kkome- kkome ng'eridda emugga (or e Bubebbere). It is as much of a dead end as (the road) which leads to the well (or to Bubebbere). cf. koma.

with the -a of rel. (in political context) republic, republican. Eggwanga lino li- fuulibwa lya kyetwala. This country is becoming a republic, cf. twala, -etwala.

a- (ka/bu) [Su;. ] match, cf. ekibiriiti.

adj. drastic, severe, stern, enkyukakyuka kakoota, drastic changes.

a- var. of akasumagizi, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) tail of a snake or lizard; plantain leaf used for covering a pot of ma- tooke which is cooking, kuggyako kawuuwo, to begin serving a meal; to begin a discussion; to kick off fin soccer), cf. wuuwa.

e- (ki/bi) darkness (inside of a building).

e- (ki/bi) kind of very hard yam.

e- (ki/bi) beak of a canoe.

e- (ki/bi) part; portion; section; half; district, region; role, part, amazima ag'ekitundu, partial truth, a half truth, ekitundu eky'okuna, one fourth. Okkirizi- bwa okusasula mu bitundutundu. You are allowed to pay in installments, cf. entundu.