etc.; drag along, move (something) furtively. cf. ekikwekweto, omukwekwesi.

irretrievably. Kagenderere, ng'omukadde akogga. (prov.) Gone for good like an old person who is getting thin. What is gone is gone. cf. genda, genderera.

a-: ekyalo ekigudde akaleka, a village having many extensive, well-cultivated and fertile banana gardens.

a- (ka/bu) hoe, lit. it chops (lema) the stumps (nkonge).

make a creaking sound; resound.

e- see ebigenge.

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) bad luck, misfortune.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of meat.

employ (in the most general sense); employ (workers). okukozesa amaanyi, to use force (against opposition); to work with vigor.

a- (ka/bu) gift given to a guest by the host. cf. -genyi, obugenyi.

a- (ka/bu) pleasant aroma, pleasing smell; perfume, cf. eddekende.

drama; performance. cf. ^temba.

kukekeza nnyago, to fight, engage in battle/war. kukekeza miggo, to beat, beat up (a person).

e-: kwekola kigenyi, to have a wonderful time, enjoy oneself thoroughly. cf. -genyi.

e- (ki/bi) hole/bump in a road; fig. hardship, cf. sirikka, akasirikko.

a- (ka/bu) toe; small foot, okwekuba akagere, to menstruate, okukuba akagere,to travel on foot, walk, okukuba obugere, to mock, scorn, okuggya akagere, to start walking, take one's first steps, cf. obu- geregere, ekigere, olugere.

a- (ka/bu) small gourd, cf. endeku.

a- adv. hurriedly; quickly; at a trot. Twagenze kantindiggwa. We went in a great hurry, cf. tindigga.

a- (ka/bu) rush, hurry; a rather long distance, as adv. hurriedly, in a hurry.

gnaw at, nibble.

e- (ki/bi) foot; paw; footstep; footprint. ekigere ekisajja, big toe. ow'ebi- gere, pedestrian, okudda mu bigere bya..., to follow in the steps of; to replace, kulya kintu ne musenza bigere, to eat one's fill, lit. to eat something and you push away with the feet. cf. obugeregere, eggere, akagere, olugere.

e- also kisiriiza (ki/bi) charred wood; cinder, cf. siriira, akasirinza.

e- (ki/bi) wooden handle, ekiyi- niggi ky'enkumbi, a hoe handle.

q.v.

a- usually in the plur. See obu- geregere.

calm down.

a- (ka/bu) top ring in the roof of a thatched hut; fig. pinnacle, acme. Atuuse mu katemyo. He has now reached the pinnacle of success.

e- (ki/bi) watch of the night; sleep, okukwata ekisisimuka, to sleep. Ali mu kisisimuka. Heis asleep. E Bu- ngereza twakubayo ebisisimuka bibiri nga tugenda mu America. We spent two nights in England on our way to America, cf. sisimuka.

e- (ki/bi) shadow.

cooperate. cf. -kole, -kolerere, -kozi, ekikolwa, ekkolero, omukoza, omukozesa, omukozi, enkola, enkolagana, lenkolwa.

a- (ka/bu) lit. one-which-de- feats-the-elephant. a kind of small tree, Gardenia thurnbergia. It is so supple in nature that it bends instead of breaking.

dizziness, vertigo. Kantoolooze ankutte. 1 feel dizzy, cf. tooloola.

a- (ka/bu) variety of colocynth plant, with fruit something like egg-fruit. cf. entengo.

drill.

e- (ki/bi) measure, measurement; size; build; extent, with the -a of rel. moderate. Kirungi omwenge onywenga gwa kigero. You should drink beer in moderation. Obuyivu bwabwe si bwa kigero eki- bayinzisa okusoma ebitabo bino. Their education is not sufficient to enable them to read these books, cf. ^gera.

e- (ki/bi) combination of grass and bananas which cover the vat when beer is fermenting, kuwunya nga kisisiro, to smell like a brewery.

the River Nile. cf. yira.

pull along; push along.

kaabisa (-kaabisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to cry/weep, etc. cf. -kaabya, Mukaabya, Mikaabya.

a- (ka/bu) small river, small stream. cf. omugga. See also akawonvu.

a- (ka/bu) handkerchief; scarf. cf. ekiremba.

a- (ka/bu) small thing; (after a neg.) anything. Situnze kantu olwa leero. [ have not sold anything today TnynesanmH kantu. He did not hesitate, cf. ekintu.

a- (ka/bu) kilt, short skirt.

treat lightly; joke, joke around; trifle, dawdle.

e- (ki/bi) test; trial; temptation; usually in the plur. (school) examination. cf. Igera.

e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.

e- (ki/bi) bean.

go away. Olwamala okulya ne tukulubba. As soon as we finished eating we left.

a- also akalembereza. no plur. (ka/bu) respite, a little bit of peace. cf. eddembe.

a- (ka/bu) cloth placed over the eyes; game of blindman's buff, okusiba abantu kantuntunu, to pull the wool over people's eyes, deceive people.

a- path/ridge of earth before the doorway of a hut.

e- (ki/bi) litter in which a sick person is placed, a stretcher, okuba ku kisituliro, to be very sick; to be bedridden. cf. si tula.

e- adv. breathing one's last, on the point of death. Baamulaba ng'asigad- deko kiyiriitira. They found him unconscious/almost dead. cf. yiriitira.

carry away, carry off.

touch the ground; drag the feet, ku genda ng'okweya, to grovel, be obsequious (in making a request), omuvubuka atasiba zikweya, a determined, aggressive young man, lit. who does not wear clothes (engoye is implied by zi-) which drag along, cf. kwe- yenga.

a- (ka/bu) young mudfish (mmale, q.v.). cf. ekirende.

a- rare var. of akatiriginya, q. v.

put aside as a reserve; use sparingly, banka ez'okukekkereza, savings banks, cf. omukekkereza.

e- (ki/bi) castanet of a sorcerer. cf. enjasabiggu.

e- (ki/bi) calamity, catastrophe.

e- (ki/bi) knife, kukuba muntu kiso, to knife a person (esp. in the chest or stomach), cf. akaso.

e- (ki/bi) wheeze, wheezing; choking sound, cf. yiriitira.

candle, etc.); ignite, okukoleeza emboozi, to strike up a conversation, okukoleeza emmotoka, to start an automobile.

draw, drag, drag along.

linger; drag along the ground, touch the ground / e.g., a very long garment), cf. kweya.

in which if a player is found without a stick, he is beaten until he obtains one. (Sn.) cf. omuggo.

a- (ka/bu) tree frog.

project (of eyes); be or become wide open (of eyes, expressing rage, fright, etc.); be on the point of death (suggested by the action of the eyes); be overwhelmed; go up (of prices), amaaso, eyes is frequently used in association with kanuka and kanula. Akanuse amaaso. His eyes are open (with rage, etc.).

at present, na buli kati, even up to the present time, even now. cf. kaakati.