e- also ekigulumo (ki/bi) embankment, mound of earth, slope, cf. eggulumu.

e- (ki/bi) urinal, cf. nnyaala.

e- (ki/bi) [Eng. ] exhibit, physical evidence presented at a court trial; bribe.

stop, come to an end, go as far as, reach. Wakoma wa? How far did you get/go? Awo we nkomye. That is all. That is all I have to say (said after recounting an event or story). Nkomye. I have had enough (said when declining an additional portion of food). Yakoma. She has stopped bearing children, kukoma awo, to stop, let matters rest. Erinnya Kayaga lyakomanga ku bawala bokka. The name Kayaga was restricted to girls. Note the additional meanings 0/koma with the enclitics.

a- plur. obwala (ka/bu) small nail/ talon. Musiizi wa bifaananyi n'akaala. He is an artist down to his finger tips

a- also akalikondo (ka/bu) corner; remote/dark corner.

giddiness. Kanzungu yankwata. I became dizzy.

e- (ki/bi) pubic region.

e- (ki/bi) omunnyu ogw'ekisula, salt in rock/lump form.

return. Komawo! Come back here!

a- (ka/bu) small cage; ring (for boxingj; dock in a courtroom where the prisoner stands, cf. ekiguli.

a- (ka/bu) small lime fruit, cf. ennimaawa.

a- (ka/bu) point, dot; period; drop. cf. tonnya, tonnyeza.

note, notice; suspect, be suspicious of; scent, smell.

e- (ki/bi) mustering place of cows. cf. gumba.

e-: obudde obw'ekinnyikaggo- be, damp, cloudy weather, cf. nnyika, eggobe.

e- (ki/bi) dormitory; place of stay, ekisulo ky'abagenyi, hostel, lodging place. Baatambula olugendo lwa bisulo bibiri. They made a trip which required stopovers for two nights, cf. sula.

e- (ki/bi) spot (on cloth); blemish, defect. Aleetedde eggwanga ekizigiro. He has brought shame on the country. cf. ziga.

rollover, roll along; spend (time), okukulungula ebigambo, to spend a yarn.

a- (ka/bu) turmoil, disturbance, crisis; disagreement, fracas, feud. cf. gulumba.

ama- gezi.

a- as an adv. a little, a little bit; slightly. Yatambulako katono. He walked a short distance (or a short time). After a neg. verb, n'akatono means not at all, not in the least. Simukkiriza n'akatono. I do not believe him at all. Before a verb in the subjunctive it means nearly, almost.

scrutinize. v.i. look around; be careful/watchful.

e- (ki/bi) sheet of burlap/canvas; large gunny sack. cf. egguniya.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) nasal twang, nasal tone of voice, as adv. nasally, okwogeza ekinnyindwa, to speak with a nasal tone, ow'ekinnyindwa, a person with a nasal toneof voice, cf. ennyindo.

e- (ki/bi) twitch(ing) in the eye.

e- (ki/bi) oil; ointment; lotion. cf. 2ziga, lomuzigo.

be a guest/visitor of.

gigantic. kaguugu w'essajja, a giant of a man.

Clitandra orientalis; kind of coarse fungus.

katono is also the form of the adj. -tono used before sing, nouns of the ka/bu class, cf. -tono, ^kata.

e- (ki/bi) gruel of crushed green beans, okulya ekiguude, to insult grossly, slander maliciously.

e- (ki/bi) cold drink; soft drink. cf. nnyogoga.

e- (ki/bi) elephant-snout fish, Gnathonemus longibarbis.

e- (ki/bi) place where game animals are cornered by hunters, hunting ground. cf. Iziga.

have a close brush with death.

bustle around, bustle about; move restlessly; be needlessly busy; be anxious/preoccupied.

a- (ka/bu) small rope; string; tape. cf. omug(u)wa.

guano, cf. eddimbwe.

of the skin). Baagenze okuntuukako nga amaaso gankapye. By the time they reached me 1 was completely bewildered/confused.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small mushroom.

e- (ki/bi) scalp disease; area from which the hair has disappeared because of the disease.

adj. & pron. for nouns of the ki/bi class, this/these.

e- (ki/bi) key. cf. sumulula.

e- adv. with a contemptuous look, contemptuously, mockingly, kutunuu- lira kiziimuziimu, to look askance at, look at with contempt/raised eyebrows, cf. ziitnuula.

depart (of a visitor).

watered down; insipid, tasteless.

a- (ka/bu) small tongue; hand (of a clock or watch), kukaza kalimi, to be all talk, to talk when action is required, kukuba muntu kalimi, to coax/sweet-talk someone. Era akalimi bwe kaalumvi'...And when the time finally arrived... 'lit. When the small tongue bit. cf. olulimi.

large quantity, katoola w'ebintu, a lot of things, a whole conglomeration of things.

e- (ki/bi) stupid/foolish/idiotic person, eby'ekigwagwa, foolishness stupidity, cf. -gwagwa.

e- (ki/bi) savor, good flavor; pleasant sound (e.g., of songs), cf. ^noga.

e- (ki/bi) placenta, afterbirth.

e- (ki/bi) darkness, cf. zikira, zikiza.

collective) kind of bird, ringdove. A single specimen is kakaamu- kuukulu (plur. bukaamukuukulu). It is considered a bird of ill omen.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) madness, craze; folly. Alimu akajabangu. He is Crazy/mad (but not in the literal sense).

deceitful person, cf. olulimi, gobya.

cf. ekitolima, ettolima.

e- (ki/bi) trip, fall; throw in wrestling; wrestling; wrestling match, kukuba kigwo. to throw (in wrestling), kukwata kigwo, to wrestle, omukubi w'ekigwo, wrestler. Ngudde kigwo. I have fallen/tripped, kugwa kigwo, to be wasted/squandered. Essente ze nnawaayo okusomesa omwana oyo zaagwa kigwo. The money I spent to educate that child was utterly wasted, cf. gwa.

e- (ki/bi) flower stalk. cf. ^noga, nogola.

e- (ki/bi) patch of hair left unshaven on the top of the head; hair combed to stand up. cf. sunsumala.

shut in; finish, end at/for, etc.

crowd together.

omukyaze.

to settle a dispute. Ekimala empaka kusirika. The way to settle a dispute is to keep silent or On points of dispute it is best to wait and see kumala bwoya ku n turn be, to keep (someone) running ragged, annoy (someone) by keeping him on the go all the time, lit. finish off the hair on the calves of the leg. kumala mmya, to put (someone) in his place, take down a peg. kumala muntu maanyi, to take the wind out of someone's sails, kukamala, to cause trouble (ka = akabi or akabaate). Okamaze. Now you have gone and done it.

a- (ka/bu) riot; disturbance; uprising; revolt, cf. jagalala.

skirt.

e- (ki/bi) noise produced by cracking the knuckles.

e- (ki/bi) ekisunsulo kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, cf. sunsula, essunsuliro.

e- (ki/bi) swelling; tumor; boil. cf. 2zjjuba.

group, assemble; pile, pile on; burden, overwhelm. Nze tonkuluumulira bigambo bye sisobole. Don't burden me with things which I can't manage.