a- (ka/bu) dangerous/very evil person; phenomenon, wonder.

a- (ka/bu) panic; riot; upheaval; disturbance, commotion, cf. -egugunga.

e- (ki/bi) unwalled or partially walled enclosure used for meetings, meals, etc.; audience hall.

e- lit. that which pulls (sika) the trousers (mpale). ebiraato eby'eki- sikampale, high boots.

e- with the -a of rel. mediocre; moderate. Embaga yaabwe yabadde ya kiyabayaba. Their wedding was a mediocre (affair), mu ngeri ya kiyabayaba, in a mediocre manner, imperfectly, cf. -yabaya- ba.

a-: eby'akalebule, untruth; false statements; libel, cf. lebula.

adj. Sr pron. for nouns of the ka/bu class, this/these.

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

e- (ki/bi) hoof.

e- (ki/bi) flash, gleam; lightning. cf. myansa.

e- (ki/bi) log, stump, okutema ebisiki, to nod, doze, doze off. cf. ^akasiki.

q.v.

a- (ka/bu) [S w., Hind.~\ bicycle; small vehicle; wheelbarrow, akagaali k'omwana, baby carriage; tricycle; small bicycle, cf. eggaali, ekigaali.

a- also akalibuzo (ka/bu) small piece of calabash used to smooth soft pottery.

bargain for. Waaliwo kopi ya ... emu ne ngikansa ngigule. There was one copy of ... left and I offered to pay a good price for it.

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) gray monkey.

e- (ki/bi) a large band/piece of cloth tied around the waist as a sign of mourning; in the plur. loins, okusiba (or okwesiba) ekimyu, to gird the loins, take a resolute stand, become very determined.

e- (ki/bi) plant, shrub, young tree. cf. simba.

kolebwa (-koleddwa) v.i. pass, be done/made, etc. Abalwadde balabika oku- kolwako eddagala lino. The sick people seem to be favorably affected by this medicine.

go ahead, be at the head; lead. v.tr. lead; guide; precede. Mu wiiki eyakulembera okwefuga kwa Uganda, during the week which preceded the independence of Uganda.

a- var. of akagaali, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) loose flesh adhering to a wound; hangnail; fig. edge; brink. Obulamu bwabwe bull ku kalebwerebwe. Their lives are in the balance. Bali ku kalebwerebwe k'okutandika emizannyo. They are on the point/verge of starting the games.

a- (ka/bu) small chair; small stool. Nnazaalibwa mu njala ‘ani amuwadde a katebe.' I was born during the great famine of the early 1940's, lit. the famine ‘who has given him a chair (so that he can sit down and eat our food)?' cf. ekitebe, entebe.

e- also kyaziyazi adv. crosswise. okntuula ekigazigazi, to sit sprawled out, sit in a very relaxed manner; to feel at ease in the company of others. Atuula kyaziyazi omugumba ky'atuula ku mbaga. She takes up a lot of space like a childless woman at a wedding party, cf. -gazi.

e- (ki/bi) kind of yellow flower, resembling a sunflower, from which a reddish dye is obtained; fig. something beautiful/ resplendent. Omwana omuwala oli si kimyula kitalo butalo. That girl is not just beautiful, she is ravishing.

e- (ki/bi) ekisimbira kya taaba, tobacco plantation, cf. simba, simbira.

e- (ki/bi) domestic animal/fowl.

lit. the one who cooks them, i.e., plantains (-ga- implies matooke).

a- usually plur. (ka/bu) tiny fragments and liquid spray which splash off of barkcloth when it is being beaten.

a- (ka/bu) various species of hibiscus. Akansambwe akasajja, Vrena lobata. cf. ekinsambwe.

e- (ki/bi) trap for large animals.

e- (ki/bi) bathroom, washroom. cf. naaba.

e- (ki/bi) excavation, cf. sima, Simula.

e- (ki/bi) double handful.

etc.; act for, do for the benefit of; do a disservice to, spoil things for.

lit. madness makes him pass beyond.

a- (ka/bu) small finger. Alina akagalo. He is light-fingered/adroit in stealing, cf. engalo.

a- (ka/bu, brassiere, bra; a device used for tightening the spokes of a bicycle. cf. leega.

a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe.

struggle (with); be unable to go on. -Waaliwo akekejjanya oluggi lwa sitowa ye. There was somebody trying to force the door of his storeroom.

e- (ki/bi) euph. snake, python, lit. it goes naked.

e- numer. eighty, with the -a of rel, eightieth, cf. -naana.

e- (ki/bi) track; path; company on the march, expedition, cf. omusinde.

e- (ki/bi) persecution; period of persecution, cf. yigga, yigganya.

make off; run fast; do to an intense degree (in association with a prec eding negative verb). Tazina akwekwenyuka. He does not just dance, he dances exceptionally well.

let us go. ka bagende, let them go. cf. leka.

a- (ka/bu) small word, akagambo akayunzi, gramm. conjunction, cf. gamba, ekigambo.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small rattle (esp. of the type placed on the legs of small children who are learning to walk), cf. endege.

a- also akensubi (ka/bu) bottom row of a bunch of bananas; one banana from this bunch, cf. ekyensubi.

a- (ka/bu) small/short skirt, obuteeteeyi obumpi, miniskirts, cf. ekiteeteeyi.

e- (ki/bi) that which is intended, intention, purpose, aim. cf. genda, genderera.

e- (ki/bi) evil urge/compulsion.

e- (ki/bi) Rom. Cath. morning prayers; evening prayers.

e- (ki/bi) toilet, latrine.

make off with. c f. kwenyuka.

e- adv. at home; home(wards). Embaga bwe yaggwa ne tugenda eka. When the wedding was over we went home. cf. am aka, awaka.

a- (ka/bu) charge of gunpowder. cf. obuganga.

a- (ka/bu) small package; calf of the leg. akalegete k'omusajja, a short, stocky man.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) faint breathing of a dying person. Yasangibwa mu nju ye ng'aliko kateetera. He was found in his house on the point of death, cf. teetera.

e-: omunnyu ogw'ekigenekere, salt extracted from vegetable cinders. cf. geneka.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi; half of a bunch of bananas broken off. See enkuyu & enkwekwe.

e- adv. with all one's might; wholeheartedly, with great gusto, with great rancor/hostility, cf. ^yiika.

for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. ka- is the prefix for singular nouns of the ka/bu class. This class contains not only nouns proper to it, but in addition most other nouns can be converted to this class; in the latter case the resultant noun is a diminutive. In many cases sound changes obscure the relationship between the original noun and the diminutive: ente, cow; akate, small cow. ejjinja, rock; akayinja, stone, endabirwamu, mirror; akalabirwamu, small mirror.

to go down to Kaganga, i.e., to die.

a- (ka/bu) a piece of bluing tied inside of a small cloth.

a- with the -a of rel. sprouting, budding (of trees); scarce (of food).

e- (ki/bi) filter for straining salt from ashes; cinders of burnt plants which are used for washing, cf. geneka.

e- (ki/bi) heel. cf. sinziira.

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