e- (ki/bi) kind of very tall softwood tree whose bark yields a strong white cloth, Antiaris toxic aria,
e- (ki/bi) sickle/knife for pruning / first used by the Basoga).
e- (li/ma) road; street; path; way; fig. method, way. cf. akakubo.
e- (ki/bi) kind of large poisonous hairy caterpillar.
a- (ka/bu) small group; cluster; small crowd; clique; caucus, cf. eki- kuukuulu.
a- (ka/bu) premature calf.
a- (ka/bu) inclination; descent; rolling down, going down. cf. yiringita, oluyiringito.
e- (ki/bi) weed.
e* (ki/bi) form, structure, build; stature; make-up, appearance; type, kind. cf. kula, ^enkula.
e- (ki/bi) flavor, flavoring; seasoning; delicacy, cf. lunga.
e- with the -a of rel. sturdy, well- built. ow'ekiwago, a strong/robust/husky person. Muli nnali nneewulira ekiwago. Inwardly I felt strong and powerful. cf. ^vvaga, akawago, oluwago.
be a hypocrite, v.tr. dupe, deceive. (Not to be confused with -ekuusa which is listed under kuuta.) cf. obukuusa, omukuusa(kuusa).
e- (ki/bi) sin, wrongdoing, cf. yonoona.
adj. extraordinary, great, enormous; famous, olukunnaana kakuzzi, a huge meeting, olutalo kakuzzi, a fierce battle.
a- (ka/bu) small animal, small mammal, cf. ekisolo, ensolo.
a- (ka/bu) intersecting; passing of individuals or groups moving in opposite directions, as an adv. in the opposite direction/opposite way. Kaabadde kayisanyo ka malusu na ddookooli. People (or vehicles, moving objects, etc.) were moving in opposite directions. There was a great commotion/total pandemonium, lit. there was an intersecting of saliva and the adam's apple, cf. 2yita.
e- (ki/bi) vehicle; motor vehicle; car. okufuga ekidduka, to be a good driver; to keep a car under control, ekidduka eky'omuliro, motor vehicle, cf. dduka.
e- (ki/bi) marvel, prodigy, something that causes wonder or astonishment.
e- (ki/bi) usually plur. ebirungu weeds.
e- (ki/bi) small bunch of plantains/ bananas, hand of bananas. See enkota. c f. waguka.
e- (li/ma) kind of 1 arge owl.
cf. obukuusiivu.
e- (ki/bi) sacrifice (often in a religious sense); victim, butt; despicable person or thing; scapegoat, animal or fowl to which sickness is transferred.
a- (ka/bu) deceitful act, dirty trick. Okusibaakakwe, to play a dirty trick, cf. olukwe.
a- (la) kind of mushroom growing in an area where nnaka (a kind of termite) occur.
a- (ka/bu) type of stepladder used in picking coffee or in constructing a house.
a- (ka/bu) small needle, cf. empiso.
e- (ki/bi) diarrhea, ekiddukano ky'omusaayi, dysentery, cf. dduka, ddukana.
e- (ki/bi) wonder; marvel; prodigy; freak; monster.
e- no plur. (ki/bi) wrath, fury, great anger; rancor, grudge.
e- (ki/bi) baldness; bald head, ow'ekiwalaata, bald-headed person, oku- kutuka ekiwalaata, to become bald. cf. empalaata.
e- (formerly ekkufuli) (n/n) [Sto., Ar.] lock; padlock.
incidentally, I say.
e- (ki/bi) respite, time off. Akabimbi akatono, kakira ekyosi. (prov.) A little bit of cultivating is better than doing nothing. cf. yosa.
a- (ka/bu) rag, tatter.
a- (ka/bu) kind of small black ant with a sharp sting, cf. ensolosozi.
e- (ki/bi) place to flee, refuge, sanctuary, cf. dduka, ddukira.
e- (ki/bi) flow, ekikulukuto ky'omusaayi, issue of blood, hemorrhage. cf. kulukuta.
e- (ki/bi) skirmish, eby'ekirwanire,
e- (ki/bi) parched/arid place; bald patch on the head, kukaaba kiwalakate, to go through the motions and sentiments of weeping without actually shedding tears, cf. walakata.
e- (li/ma) hip; thigh; thigh bone. cf. ekikugunyu, olukugunyu.
Kristo (used by Protestants) pr.n. Christ.
e- also kyoterezo, e- (ki/bi) framework for holding barkcloth to be fumigated; relig. censer, boat-like vessel in which incense is kept. cf. lyota, yotereza.
r f. bula & omuliro.
a- (ka/bu) mistake, error, cf. 1 kyama.
a- (ka/bu) small elephant; corn weevil, kind of very small insect with a proboscis resembling that of an elephant, cf. enjovu.
e- (ki/bi) flight; retreat, cf. dduka.
e- (ki/bi) den, lair. cf. kulukuunya.
e- no plur. (li/ma) dust, residue of crushed grass, kulonda bwoya mu kkukuuzi, to be occupied in an extremely difficult task, lit. pick up little hairs from the dust. cf. olukukuuzi.
to; at; among (of place, time and other relationships), ku mmeeza, on the table, ku lunaku luno, on this day. to express the partitive okulya emmere, to eat food; okulya ku mmere, to eat some food/ some of the food, ku lwa (before an infinitive), because of, on account of. Ku Iw'oku- beera omulwadde teyajja. Because he was sick (= because of being sick) he did not come, ku lwa (before a substantive), on behalf of. ku lwange, on my behalf, ku lwa Gavumenti, on behalf of the Government. Ali ku bwa Katonda. He is very seriously ill, lit. he is in the (obuyinza, power, implied) of God. Nze siri ku muntu ayagala okunywa omwenge. I do not care for a person who likes to drink beer. In form and function ku is related to the enclitic -ko, q. v.
e- (ki/bi) fireplace, hearth, ekyoto ky'eggaali, railroad engine, okulinnya mu kyoto. to refuse angrily, ‘put one's foot down.' okusula ku kyoto, to sit up all night with a sick person. Ennyonyi erina ebyoto bina. The airplane has four motors. ?cf. yota.
a- (ka/bu) rare puppy.
a- also written akaco (ka/bu) time, period, interval, mu kakyo kano, at this time, at present.
annoy; disturb, upset.
a- (ka/bu) roof of a house; head of a clan.
a- (ka/bu) small bubble, cf. ejjovu.
e- (ki/bi) bell, okukuba ekide, to ring a bell.
e- also ekikulumo (ki/bi) spleen.
e- (ki/bi) pumpkin vine, gourd vine, L agenaria vulgaris.
e- (ki/bi) as an attrib. with or without the -a of rel. wild, undisciplined; obnoxious (of people), ekiwalattule ky'omwana, a brat. Omusajja ekiwalattule! What a wild, wicked man!
e- (1 i/ma) something very precious/ valuable/rare. For meanings of the plural see ^amakula.
e- (ki/bi) foam, suds, okukomba ekyovu, colloq. to drink beer. cf. ejjovu, eryovu.
very large, kabundi w'enkula, a huge rhinoceros.
a- (ka/bu) chaff of malt floating on fermenting beer, okwemala akakya, to drink to excess.
a- (ka/bu) kind of medium-sized tree.
e- (ki/bi) pool, pond, ekidiba eki- swimming pool.
hillock.
e- adv. aimlessly; in confusion; with great effort, kukaaba kiwalazima, to weep hysterically.