e- [Lunyoro~\ something done of one's own volition, voluntary act.

cf. embogo.

a- (ka/bu) small hard lump on the skin; wart; com on the toe.

cause to squeeze, etc. cf. ekikamulo; kama.

a- also akasiisa (ka/bu) kind of deciduous forest tree, Celtis krdussiana.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small fish, dimin. of ejjamba, q.v. Akayamba kaka- lubye omutwe. Matters have become difficult/serious.

e- (ki/bi) kind of deciduous savannah tree, Steganotaenia araliacea.

e- (ki/bi) leaf of a tree.

e- (ki/bi) group, flock, band, crowd, throng.

e- (ki/bi) platform of earth; platform; pulpit; pedestal, cf. akatuuti.

e- (li/ma) protuberance, knot, knob (on a stick, a tree).

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) echo, (la) one who speaks without being addressed, one who butts into a conversation, cf. yitaba.

adj. huge, very big. ekita kabogolole, an extremely large calabash.

a- (ka/bu) source/cause of grief or woe.

a- (ka/bu) also ensirabo (n/n) oribi antelope.

a- (ka/bu) calf; small calf. cf. ennyana.

e- (ki/bi) darkness; secrecy. 05 an adv. at an unusually late hour. Buli bye bakola babikolera eyo mu kibundugulu nze tebambuulira. Everything they do, they do in secrecy (or darkness) and don't tell me about it.

e- (ki/bi) bonfire; burning of trash or grass, ekikoomi ky'omukka, a cloud of smoke, cf. enkoomi.

e- (ki/bi) something which cannot be used by the owner, a ‘white elephant;' reserve, something held in reserve. cf. linda.

e- (ki/bi) toll or fee imposed on a vendor setting up a stall in a market; preliminary. Ekyo kikyali ekituuza. This is only the beginning (e.g., of a parent threatening even sterner punishment for a recalcitrant child), cf. tuula, tuuza.

e- also ekkonkomi (li/ma) kind of large multicolored lizard. It was believed that the spirit of the lubaale Lubanga resided in this lizard.

imitate. (Note: tkis is one of the few verbs borrowed from English.)

gooff, okukuuliita ne (na)..., to make off with. Omubbi yakuuliita n'ekiteeteeyi kyange! The thief made off with my dress.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) loneliness, lonesomeness; sadness, depression, gloom: anxiety, concern, cf. yobeera.

a- (ka/bu) kind of creeping plant with fleshy leaves. It is used to wipe off banana sap.

snatch away. cf. nyakula.

kwessa mu bwa Kamulu, to showoff, put oneself in the limelight.

a- adv. hurriedly, quickly.

a- (ka/bu) small lake. cf. yanja, obuyanja, ennyanja.

e- (ki/bi) gum, gums, with the -a of rel. toothless, ow'ekibungu, a toothless person.

e- adv. very tired, exhausted. cf. koowa.

e- (ki/bi) tramping of feet; rush of a crowd; abundance, as an adv. in a crowd. Bagenze kirinnimuko. They have all gone in a group/crowd, cf. linnimuka.

e- (ki/bi) asphyxia, cf. tuya. kitwaggu, e- (ki/bi) hot-temperedly. cf. twagga. kitwalotwalo, e- (ki/bi) small package/parcel.

left (as opposed to right); left hand; left side; the (political) left. omukono ogwa kkono, the left hand. Wa kkono. He is left-handed, obukiika obwa kkono, north, kugwa kkono, to miss, miss out on. Kyangwa kkono. I missed it. It escaped me. Yangwa kkono. I missed him (i.e., he wasn't there when I arrived) or I was never successful in my dealings with him. See ddyo.

flow out; overflow; pour forth in numbers (as termites in an anthill).

a- (ka/bu) a burst of laughter (often scornful in character), okukuba akakule, to burst out laughing, okutema akakule, to laugh loudly and scornfully at (with a personal object), okufuna bya kakule, to obtain for nothing; to buy at a price far below the normal.

a- (ka/bu) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. cf. mulya.

a- (ka/bu) quietness, period of silence; truce; lull. cf. sirika.

a- (ka/bu) kind of grass, relatively uncommon, considered desirable for spreading on the floors of houses.

e- (ki/bi) gum, the tissue adjoining the teeth; palate, cf. akabuno.

e- (ki/bi) piece of cloth, about three or four yards, wom by Baganda women under the busuuti, q.v.

kutwala kirinnyamutikka, to follow in hot pursuit; to chase away.

e- (li/ma) large spear.

e- (ki/bi) basin in which a baby is washed. It was originally madeaf clay hat the word is now also applied to metal basins.

a- (ka/bu) sign, indication; symbol; signal; seal; mark; point, grade, akabonero ak'omusaalaba, the sign of the cross, akabonero ak'emikono, gesture of the hands. cf. bona.

a- (ka/bu) also enkuli. kind of grass used fcr thatching and making Leeu

a- (ka/bu) smell of roasting, cf. si riira.

a- (ka/bu) small grasshopper, cf. ejjanzi.

e- (ki/bi) incline, stretch of low- lying land. cf. butama.

e- (ki/bi) [£ng.] cup.

e- (ki/bi) umbilical cord. cf. akalira, olulira.

watch over; guard; protect; maintain, keep, okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, okukuuma olu- bugo (nga lubaale mubbe), to guard the bark- cloth (after the lubaale has been stolen), to close the barndoor after the horse has been stolen. Akuuma omwami akira akuuma ente. (prov.) He who looks after a chief is better off than he who looks after a cow.

e- (ki/bi) rare stomach ailment. cf. enjoka.

a- (ka/bu) craziness, madness (lit. and fig.). Alimu kabonge. Heis crazy. c f. bonga.

a- (ka/bu) tadpole.

a- also akamunyi (ka/bu or la) kind of hawk, yellow-billed African kite. Ebikolimo bya wankoko tebitta kamunye. (prov.) The curses of Mr. Fowl do not kill the kite. Mere words are useless unless they can be backed up with force.

n ^ka on*? one hundred thousand. obusiiriivu bubiri, two hundred thousand.

disease). Walumbe amukayaya. He has a grueling ailment.

e- (ki/bi) large stomach, cf. olubuto.

e- (ki/bi) eyelid, okutemya ekikowe, to wink; to blink, nga kutemya kikowe, in an instant, cf. olukowe.

e- (ki/bi) bed; temporary bed made up on the floor, cf. obuliri, ndiri.

e- (ki/bi) musical instrument. cf. 2Vuga.

e- (li/ma) useless, rejected log (in wood cutting).

q.v.)

e- (ki/bi) anything which has been constructed by welding parts, cf. yokya, yokerera.

sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis. cf. bongeera, bongoota.

adj. hard; firm, solid; compact, thick, dense. Alina enviiri ez'akaku- memme. He has very thick hair.

a- (ka/bu) mouth, kamwa koogera or nze kamwa koogera, I the speaker, I myself, kuta kamwa, to be quarrelsome. Mba sinnaggya bigambo mu kamwa emmotoka n'egwa. I hardly got the words out of my mouth when the car turned over. Tonjasa- miza akamwa! Shut up! (See yasama.) cf. omumwa.

a- (ka/bu) tiny/small/minute thing, cf. -sirikitu; katiiriitu.