e- (ki/bi) large fingernail. cf. olwala.

lout, crude person.

a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence, effrontery; pushiness, aggressiveness, gall; meddlesomeness; nosiness; bumptiousness, kuba na kajanja, to possess some or all of the above attributes, cf. -ejangisa.

a- (ka/bu) small garden, akalimiro ak'ebimuli, flower garden, cf. lima, obu- limiro, ennimiro.

in a hurry; quickly. cf. paapiira.

a- (ka/bu) small pillow/cushion, cf. omutto.

e- (ki/bi) bloodsucking worm, leech.

e- (ki/bi) comb (for the hair). cf. sunsula.

e- (ki/bi) swelling, cf. zimbagatana.

e- (ki/bi) vaginitis, cf. yalaala.

stick, implied) makes a bundle. Little by little fills the measure, cf. 2 ekiganda.

darling, my beloved.

a- (ka/bu) small piece, fragment, okutuuza akapapajjo, to sit on the edge (e.g., of a chair) or on the carrier of a bicycle, cf. ekipapajjo.

a- (ka/bu) small bundle, small packet. as an adv. close together. Ffenna twali tutudde kattu. We all sat jammed together. Tukolera wamu mu kattu. We work together/ as a unit /not necessarily in close physical proximity). cf. ettu.

place sideways, place horizontally.

e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub, Trium- feta tomentosa. Cord or rope, esp. that used for stitching the reeds in the roofs of houses, is made from the bark of this shrub, cf. akansambwe.

e- with the -a of rel. fresh (of milk ).

e- (ki/bi) building, edifice. cf. Izimba.

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) [Sw., Pers."] sewing machine.

a- (ka/bu) coin; cent, penny. cf? jjegejege.

a- also akalimo. (ka/bu) task, chore, small job. obulimulimu, various little chores/ tasks, cf. ^mulimu.

e- var. of ekyensuti, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) itch, itching, cf. ^suna.

e- (ki/bi) yeast; leaven; baking powder, cf. zimbulukuka, zimbulukusa.

up to the waist, as far as the waist. Nfukiramu caayi okukomya mu makkati. Pour out some tea for me up to the middle of the glass. Yankomya ku ssomero. He accompanied me to school, gye -komya + inf... gye -komya + inf., the more...the more. Gye tukomya okuyiga ennyo gye tu- komya n'okufuna obubonero obulungi. The more we concentrate on our studies the better our grades will be. \bamu gye baakomyanga okutendereza omwami naye gye yakomya n'okwenyumiriza. The more some people praised the chief, the prouder he became.

toil, labor; tire oneself.

burglar, lit. the iarge naii (kyala) has given it to me (-kimpadde).

a- plur. obwana (ka/bu) baby, small child, obwana bw'enkoko, young chickens, chicks, cf. omwana.

a- (ka/bu) small chain, okwesala akajegere, to go into a rage, ‘blow one's top.' cf. olujegere.

with the -a of rel. having two stories, enju eya kalina empya, a new two-story house. Agenze mu kalina abiri, He has gone upstairs.

and narrow is the way which leadeth into life (Matth. V.14). cf. nyiga.

etc., place by the side, place alongside; interpose. Yankiikira ensingo. He is vexed/irritated at me.

e- (ki/bi) mixture; jumble, hodgepodge. as an adv. confusedly, with the -a of rel. mixed, essomero ery'ekintabuli, a coeducational school; a multiracial school. Omwana wa kintabuli. The child is of mixed parentage, cf. tabula.

e- usually plur. ebisusunku (ki/bi) chaff; fig. disreputable people, riffraff.

overcast (of the weather). Obudde bwa kizimiira. The sky is overcast, cf. -^zima, zimiira.

etc.

lit. male fingernail. cf. ^ekyala, -sajja.

a- var. of akajenjegule, q.v. See also jegulwa.

a- (ka/bu) small crowded space; small corner; recess; niche; crevice.

a- (ka/bu) sand fly.

cf. enkennembi.

e- (ki/bi) promise, cf. suubira, suubiza.

e- (ki/bi) dust devil, whirlwind. cf. omuzimu.

more properly ku lwa prep, phrase on behalf of; for the sake of; because of. kulwa ddaaki, also lwa ddaaki adv. finally; at last; eventually; after a while, cf. ddaaki.

e- (ki/bi) village; large estate; the country (as opposed to the city), cf. akaalo.

eat (something which requires an effort to chew).

a- (ka/bu) rare native umbrella made of banana leaf.

twilight (on the Equator the period immediately preceding and following six P.M.). cf. linda, omuzaana; kalabiri- zabazaana.

a- (ka/bu) trifle; something tiny/ insignificant.

ggwe kennyini, you yourself, nange kennyini, and 1 myself.

e- (ki/bi) thing (physical object); thing, matter, affair, plur. ebintu things; belongings, possessions, wealth. Si kintu. It doesn't matter, okusala ebintu ku muwala, to set a dowry for one's daughter, i.e., the amount given by the groom to the parents of the bride, okugwa mu bintu, to hit it lucky, have a streak of good luck (by acquiring position, wealth, etc.). cf. obuntuntu, akantu, oluntu.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

make a turn; turn off; go astray; go wrong, err; go to the bathroom.

a- (ka/bu) sign (e.g., on a shop), cf. ekyapa.

a-: eby'akajenjegule, false statements; nonsense; trivia, okwogera eby'akajenjegule, to make false statements, speak foolishly.

a- (ka/bu) small amount of matter which accumulates in the eyes during sleep. cf. ekinyinyi.

a- (ka/bu) banded mongoose.

e-: eby'ekintukiramu, kind/humane actions, mu ngeri ya kintukiramu, in a kind way. cf. obuntubulamu, omuntumulamu.

e- with the -a of rel. having the shape of a water pitcher (nsuwa), round. Ennyumba yaaki? Ya kisuuwa. What sort of a house is this? A round one.

e- (ki/bi) raid; foray, cf. zinda.

etc. akayumba akakyamirwamu, restroom, bathroom.

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

a- (ka/bu) the indentation between the center of the nose and the upper lip. cf. linda, eminyira.

a- (ka/bu) short line; short verse. cf. olunyiriri.

a- (ka/bu) pimple; blister; small sore; rash. cf. 2butuka, butula.

e- (ki/bi) [Su>. ] mortar (usually made of wood).

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

e- (ki/bi) island.

kumiriza (-kumirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. keep together, hold together.