ground hornbill.
e- (ki/bi) lit. something empty or emptied; empty cell of honeycomb; husk; fig. an empty, shallow person; one who has become totally depraved, ebisassalala by'omupunga, rice husks, ne nsigala kisassalala, and I remained petrified, all the strength and stamina had gone from me. cf. -sa.
e- (ki/bi) headless corpse.
etc. Kwatirira omulwadde aleme kugwa. Keep holding on to the patient so that he does not fall.
Abutilon indicum.
e- (ki/bi) kind of large soft yam.
e- no plur. (ki/bi) breathlessness; panting; nervousness, flutter, cf. egguggwe.
seize; catch (a person). bu 1 i iwe nnakwatirizangayo akaseera, every time I got a chance.
a- (ka/bu) sensitive plant, plant which contracts when touched; shame. cf. 1 fa, ensonyi.
a- (ka/bu) wandering far afield, long journey; discoursing at length, cf. landagga.
a- see butagali.
a- plur. obwebindu (ka/bu) shoot(s) of the jjuuni, a plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum, kumerako bwebindu, to put on airs, make oneself important, lit. to grow shoots.
e- (ki/bi) bad disease, serious illness. cf. olumbe.
e- (ki/bi) time; period of time, ekiseera ekinene, a long time, ebiseera eby'eddembe, leisure time, ebiseera eby'omu maaso, the future, abakozi ab'eki- seera, temporary employees, gavumenti ey'ekiseera, provisional government, ebiseera eby'akabenje, period of emergency, okukuuma ebiseera, to be on time, okumala ebiseera, to waste time. cf. akaseera.
e- (ki/bi) dust bath (for birds). ekiwugiro ky' ennyonyi, iden. cf. ^wuga.
etc.; take, grasp with/by means of; hand over; trap (an animal); fasten; cause to freeze/curdle, etc. ku- kwasa ensonyi, to shame, put to shame, kukwasa muntu, to catch a person (e.g., in the act of theft); to get hold of a person (who is hard to contact).
a kind of creeping plant found in old cattle kraals, Ipomea tenuirostris. enkalu kalandalugo, a technique used in wrestling. cf. llanda, lolugo.
a mechanism through constant use); rare form, take form (of fruit).
a- (ka/bu) bustle of activity, flurry, business. Baali mu kaebugo. They were very busy/in a bustle of activity. cf. buga, -ebuga.
formerly the chief of Buluuli County.
e- (ki/bi) line, wrinkle; segment (e-S-> of a caterpillar). Omusomo gummaze ebiseera mu bulago. The course was extremely difficult, lit. finished up the wrinkles on my neck.
e- (ki/bi) fan; tennis racket; propeller. ekiwujjo kya tenesi, tennis racket. cf. wujja, akawujjo.
a- (ka/bu) large quantity; large number; abundance. Ensimbi alina kafeetete. He has a great deal of money.
a- (ka/bu) small root; relationship / of blood, friends hip or association), cf. ^landa, omulandira.
a- (ka/bu) strike (of workers); riot. cf. -ediima.
cf. fuutiika.
be rude to; view with hostility /contempt. cf. kimba.
e- (ki/bi) soft canker.
e- (ki/bi) insect; bug. Alimu ekiwuka. He acts as if he is touched in the head. cf. akawuka.
stick out, protrude, cf. enkukunala.
to help a person, give someone a hand.
a- adv. quickly, while moving quickly; hastily, cf. ^landa, landuka.
to drink down without taking the cup from the lips, drink and produce a gurgling sound in the throat.
a- (ka/bu) fuss and bother; intense effort, cf. Ifunya, funyirira.
e- (ki/bi) sudd, mass of floating vegetation which obstructs the course of a river (esp. the Nile).
contemptible little fellow.
e- (ki/bi) crevice; remote corner; recess; side of a porch, ebisegguusi by'omutima, the depths of the heart, cf. akasegguusi.
e- also ekiwukuwuku (ki/bi) shallow cave/cavern, cf. empuku.
stick in (without care); put partially inside.
a- (ka/bu) small, niggardly portion/ helping of food. cf. mufumbakafu.
light-skinned, neither very dark nor very light, omuwala owa katakketakke, a light-skinned girl.
a- (ka/bu) strife, fight; argument; debate, cf. nyoola, -enyoola.
e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth (lubugo) used for tying things.
e- no plur. (ki/bi) rheumatism; aching/stiffness of the limbs, cf. menya.
e- (ki/bi) scum/debris floating on a liquid.
e- also spelled ekiwucu (ki/bi) kind of grass, cf. cuucu.
come forth (e.g., from water, from the bush, from a hiding place).
a- (ka/bu) consumption, tuberculosis; small chest, cf. ekifuba.
a- adv. endlessly, incessantly.
keerera, keesa, keeza, etc. see ^kya.
arch dance (at a ceremony after the birth of twins).
e- (ki/bi) self-sown seeds; plant/ crop from self-sown seeds, cf. mera.
e- (ki/bi) hill of nsejjere termites.
e- (ki/bi) stethoscope, cf. wulira, wuliriza.
cause to emerge/come forth; take out; pull out, drag out; get, obtain.
put in contact, put together.
a- (ka/bu) hangnail, bit of skin hanging from the base of the fingernail. cf. takkuluza.
cf. ekyererezi, -yereere.
e- (ki/bi) something flattened out /esp. of food, such as a boiled plantain which has been flattened out, a flat broad a grandchild.
e- no plur. (ki/bi) resentment, anger.
e- (ki/bi) wrist.
e- (ki/bi) rare hole, orifice, cf. empuliru.
a- no plur. (ka/bu) privacy; private session, with the -a of rel. private. Bali mu kafubo. They are in private session.
a- (ka/bu) mouth organ, harmonica. cf. lennanga.
carries torches and scares his companions; the name of the game itself, lit. scratches (takulira) fire (muliro).
e- (ki/bi) [Sie., Hind.f\ large vehicle; railroad car; trailer; cart; ugly old bicycle, kugalangatana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to walk unsteadily; to be unsteady or clumsy in what one is doing, lit., to be unsteady like the bicycle of one who is learning (to ride), cf. eggaali, akagaali.
e- (ki/bi) trachea, windpipe, okukuba ekimiro, to yodel, sing by tapping the throat in a manner formerly practiced by goatherds, cf. mira, omumiro.
e- (ki/bi) large umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum grantii) from which nseke (straws, pipestems, etc.) are made. cf. oluseke.
e- (kibi) roar, roaring, cf. wuluguma.
snap at someone.